Avengers Star Anthony Mackie Says He'll Film Secret Wars When He's Done on Broadway Playing Macbeth — a Run That Lasts Until July 2027

Marvel star Anthony Mackie has sparked further speculation on the production schedule for Avengers: Secret Wars, which looks set to film — and also release — next year.

Mackie has now announced he will take on the title role in a new Broadway production of Shakespeare's Macbeth that's set to run in New York until July 2027. Rehearsals begin in February, with previews from late March, Deadline reported.

The news has further raised eyebrows among fans currently tracking Marvel's plans to shoot next year's Avengers: Doomsday follow-up, Avengers: Secret Wars — an enormous blockbuster that is now just over a year from release and is also still to begin its principal photography. Filming was once due to start in September, it's believed, though a series of reports last week suggested it had now been delayed until early next year.

"Once I finish on Broadway, I'll go to finish up all the Avengers stuff for Secret Wars," Mackie has now said, …