The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a media franchise and shared fictional universe that is the setting of superhero television series based on characters that appear in Marvel Comics publications. The MCU first expanded to television with series from Marvel Television that released from 2013 until 2020 on ABC, Netflix, Hulu, and Freeform. Marvel Studios—the production studio behind the films—began releasing series on Disney+ as part of Phase Four. WandaVision began streaming in 2021, and was followed by The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the first season of Loki, the first season of the animated What If...?, and Hawkeye, while Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law were released in 2022; the phase also includes two Marvel Studios Special Presentations. Phase Five series released in 2023 include Secret Invasion, the second season of Loki, and the second season of What If...?. Echo released in 2024 and is expected to be followed that year by Agatha All Along along with the animated series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Eyes of Wakanda, with Daredevil: Born Again and Ironheart planned for release in 2025. Phase Six will feature an untitled Vision series in 2026. Wonder Man, Marvel Zombies, and an untitled Wakanda series are also in development. These series feature greater interconnectivity with the feature films than those from Marvel Television, with many actors reprising their roles from the MCU films and the Marvel Television series.
For Phase Four, reprising their roles are Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch and Paul Bettany as Vision in WandaVision, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Falcon and Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Tom Hiddleston as the titular character in the first season of Loki, and Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye in Hawkeye, where he is joined by Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop / Hawkeye. Jeffrey Wright narrates What If...? as The Watcher, Oscar Isaac stars as Marc Spector / Moon Knight and Steven Grant / Mr. Knight in Moon Knight, Iman Vellani headlines Ms. Marvel as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel, and Tatiana Maslany portrays Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Returning actors for Phase Five include Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn as Talos in Secret Invasion, Hiddleston in the second season of Loki, Wright in the second season of What If...?, Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez / Echo in Echo after appearing in Hawkeye, Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness in Agatha All Along after appearing in WandaVision, Hudson Thames as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man after voicing the character in What If...?, Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil in Daredevil: Born Again after joining Maslany, Alaqua Cox, and Thames in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Echo, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, respectively, and Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams / Ironheart in Ironheart. In Phase Six, Bettany will star in the untitled Vision series. Additionally, the Wakanda series will star Danai Gurira returning as Okoye, while Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will portray Simon Williams / Wonder Man in Wonder Man.