Marvel's Underrated Black-And-White Disney+ Special is Getting a Sequel, Director Michael Giacchino Confirms

Marvel composer and manager Michael Giacchino has confirmed a sequel to black-and-white Disney+ peculiar Werewolf By Night is coming soon.

Speaking to Deadline, Giacchino said the follow-up was his adjacent task — suggesting that accumulation would statesman imminently.

The seasoned composer — who has antecedently worked connected fractional a twelve different Marvel projects, arsenic good arsenic a raft of movies, TV bid and video games — made his MCU directing debut with Werewolf by Night, which dropped onto Disney+ arsenic a Halloween-themed TV peculiar backmost successful 2022.

To date, its characters — including the eponymous werewolf Jack Russell, monster huntsman Elsa Bloodstone, and swamp carnal Man-Thing — person yet to popular up successful different Marvel projects, though Werewolf by Night was re-released with an optional colour mentation a twelvemonth later.

"If you haven't seen it, ticker it," Giacchino said of the original. "It's connected Disney+ if you inactive person that," helium added, referencing the caller spate of subscriber cancellations during the little suspension of chat amusement big Jimmy Kimmel.

The archetypal Werewolf by Night leaves its characters mostly disposable to look successful aboriginal adventures, though Marvel has not said thing officially astir wherever they volition return. Indeed, this caller confirmation by Giacchino is the archetypal coagulated quality that a sequel volition beryllium made — and there's nary connection yet connected who it volition prima oregon erstwhile it volition arrive.

Could accumulation determination accelerated capable that it's acceptable for Halloween 2026? As a one-off amusement with less ocular effects than the accustomed Marvel project, it seems possible. And Marvel itself has taken a much cautious attack to announcing TV projects successful caller years — lone precocious revealing much of the upcoming Wonder-Man (due to aerial successful January, though filmed backmost successful aboriginal 2023).

As portion of the aforesaid interview, Giacchino said helium re-composed the people for this year's The Fantastic Four: First Steps aft seeing a aboriginal chopped of the movie successful action, and realising it had changed from what helium primitively envisioned.

"Musically, erstwhile I'm writing, I similar to commencement astatine the opening and spell done the end," Giacchino said. "I had built this retired based connected 1 mentation of the movie. When I watched that euphony against the caller mentation of the movie, I was like, 'Oh my God, this is not moving for me.'"

Next up for the MCU aft Wonder-Man is an action-packed 2026, including Spider-Man: Brand New Day connected July 31 and Avengers: Doomsday connected December 18. On Disney+, the 2nd play of Daredevil: Born Again begins connected March 4, followed by a Punisher TV special, portion VisionQuest volition get astatine the extremity of the year.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social