What does Marvel have in store for D23 2024? D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event takes place this year from August 9-11 at the Anaheim Convention Center and Honda Center. The sold-out event has something for every type of Disney fan- including some exciting Marvel panels and experiences!
Marvel D23 2024 Panels & Events
Friday, August 9th
Music of Marvel Studios will kick of Marvel’s offerings on Friday from 11am to 12pm on the Premiere Stage. Panelists will include composers and songwriters from across multiple Marvel projects, including:
- Michael Giacchinio, director of Werewolf by Night and composer for the MCU Spider-Man movies and Thor: Love and Thunder
- Christophe Beck, composer for the Ant-Man movies and the Hawkeye and WandaVision series
- Laura Karpman, composer for The Marvels, Ms. Marvel, and 11 episodes of What If…? as well as the What If…? an Immersive Story video game
- Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, songwriters for WandaVision– including the Emmy Award-winning “Agatha All Along”
- Dave Jordan and Justine von Winterfeldt, music executives and supervisors for a variety of on-screen Marvel projects
Disney will be hosting official Cosplay Meet-Ups this year, including a Marvel meet-up from 2:45pm-3:45pm at the Grand Plaza Fountain. This time will be shared with a Pixar cosplay meet-up. Stop by to show off your Marvel cosplay creations!
Though no details have been released on specifics for the Disney Entertainment Showcase (7pm-9pm at the Honda Center), it is likely that Marvel will play a big part in the panel. Of course, some news will be announced at Marvel’s panel at San Diego Comic Con in July. In previous years, though, Marvel has made sure to have surprises, announcements, and first looks at their own event as well!
Saturday, August 10
The Marvel Animation Sneak Peak runs from 12:45pm-1:45pm on the Premiere Stage. This panel will include sneak peaks of upcoming Disney+ animated shows with Marvel. New shows Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Eyes of Wakanda will get first looks at this panel. Also included will be looks at the upcoming season(s) of What If…? and X-Men ’97. Will there be any new shows announced from Marvel Animation? You’ll have to wait and see!
Marvel then hops over to the Walt Disney Archives Stage for MARVEL COMICS: Celebrating 50 Years of Wolverine from 2:30pm-3:30pm. Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski and writer Jason Aaron will host this panel looking at the history and future of this hugely popular character. Also, they’ll tease what’s coming up for Marvel’s 85th anniversary. Attendees of the panel will get an exclusive giveaway (while supplies last)!
Sunday, August 11th
Marvel events start on Sunday with Designing the MCU: Marvel Studios’ Visual Development. This behind-the-scenes panel will run from 10am-11am on the Backlot Stage. No specific panelists have been announced yet, but attendees will get a look at how the worlds and places depicted in the MCU are developed and all the work that goes into designing everything you see on screen.
Creating Marvel Studios & ILM Immersive’s What If…?- An Immersive Story rounds out the Marvel panels at D23 2024. The panel will be on the Backlot Stage from 4pm-5pm and feature a look at how the first interactive Disney+ Original story was created for Apple Vision Pro. Featured on the panel will be creatives involved in the development of the first-of-its-kind collab between Marvel and ILM Immersive.
However, Marvel doesn’t quite end there. The final event of D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event is the Disney Legends Awards Ceremony. This ceremony recognizes individuals from across the Walt Disney Company for their contribution to the Disney legacy. This year, Disney will recognize three Marvel-connected Legends. Touching just on their contributions to Marvel, this will include:
- Steve Ditko, the iconic and legendary comics artist and writer. Steve Ditko’s contribution to Marvel Comics is massive- co-creating Spider-Man and many of his villains, creating Doctor Strange, and re-designing Iron Man’s armor to the red-and-gold we know today among many, many other iconic works.
- Angela Bassett, known to Marvel fans as Queen Ramonda of Wakanda in the Black Panther movies. Her potrayal of Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever won her the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress- Motion Picture.
- Harrison Ford hasn’t quite made his Marvel debut yet, but the iconic actor will be appearing in Captain America: Brave New World as President Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross in 2025.
The Disney Legends ceremony will take place from 5pm-7pm at the Honda Center. Fans who have Anaheim Convention Center-only tickets can watch a simulcast of the ceremony at the Premiere Stage.
Marvel D23 2024 Pavilions & Experiences
Though Marvel will likely have some sort of prescience in various pavilions throughout D23 2024, fans will want to check out the Marvel Studios’ TVA Walkthrough Experience. Taking inspiration from Loki‘s Time Variance Authority, this immersive walkthrough experience will chronicle important moments from the MCU’s timeline. There will also be a peak at what lies in the future of the cinematic universe.
College Football fans will want to stop by the ESPN: Showcasing College Football in the Mighty Marvel Manner! experience. This area will celebrate a decade-long collaboration between Marvel and the College Football Playoff. This season will kick off with original artwork of various university mascots that have been inspired by iconic Marvel comic covers.
Other pavilions will also feature Marvel characters and stories, of course. World of Disney: The Product Experience will have various Marvel products and interactive experiences including those from Marvel. Disney+ will also host an interactive pavilion and perhaps Marvel will feature in Walt Disney Archives Presents: “A Great Big Beautiful Car Show”, showcasing iconic cars from across the Disney Archives’ collection. And with upcoming additions to the Disney Cruise Line and Disney Parks, we may also see a Marvel presence at Imagineering: Behind the Dreams, Disney Experiences.
Marvel D23 2024 Signings
Friday, August 9th
Marvel Artist Brian Crosby will be singing a poster of his artwork (complimentary while supplies last!) from 1:30pm-2:30pm at the Talent Central location. Brian Crosby is the Executive of Marvel Experiences Development at Marvel Studios as well as the former creative lead for the Marvel Themed Entertainment team and former Imagineer. Among his other work, he has worked on attractions such California Adventure’s “Guardians of the Galaxy- Mission: BREAKOUT!” and Hong Kong Disneyland’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Nano Battle!”.
Saturday, August 10th
Marvel Comics’ C.B. Cebulski, Jason Aaron, and Humberto Ramos will be singing at the Talent Central from 4:30pm- 5:30pm. C.B. Cebulski is Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief as well as a writer for various comics. Jason Aaron is an Eisner Award winning writer who was the first to introduce the idea of Jane Foster taking up the mantle as the God of Thunder. His most recently announced Marvel project is a new eight-part Namor series. Humberto Ramos is a penciller for Marvel comics with work in many series including various X-Men and Spider-Man stories.
Stay tuned for more information about D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event!
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