Marvel Studios The Marvel Cinematic Universe An Official Timeline

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Alonso confirmed that Marvel Studios had around 31 projects in various stages of development by September 2021. In April 2016, Inhumans was removed from the release schedule, [395] and would no longer be a part of Phase Three. The death of T'Challa's father in Civil War is still raw by the time his movie rolls around but, according to Marvel's own official timeline to mark the ten-year anniversary of the MCU, Black Panther is set in 2017, not 2016. However, at the moment the film has been pulled from the release schedule to to a combination of strike action and Bad Bunny’s tour commitments. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures began distributing the series with the crossover film The Avengers (2012), which concluded Phase One.

Additionally, the studio was not initially planning to have the next saga revolve around Kang, but decided to after seeing actor Jonathan Majors' performance in the first season of Loki (2021) and the dailies while filming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). Marvel Comics worked with Brad Winderbaum, Jeremy Latcham, and Will Corona Pilgrim at Marvel Studios to decide which concepts should be carried over from the Marvel Comics Universe to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what to show in the tie-in comics, and what to leave for the films. Several of its sub-series such as the Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and Spider-Man film series are among the most successful film series of all time. In 2019, Marvel announced that they would be rebooting the Blade franchise with Mahershala Ali playing the daywalker.Joining the brilliant Hahn are Joe Locke, Ali Ahn, Maria Dizzia, Sasheer Zamata, and Aubrey Plaza (make Legion MCU canon, you cowards! This also came after the "creative experience" of ending Phase Three and "The Infinity Saga" with Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame. Marvel Television Former Head of Marvel Television Jeph Loeb served as executive producer of every television series on ABC, Netflix, Hulu, and Freeform. It’s also possible that this isn’t even the final title of the show as it keeps changing every few months, and maybe the reason why will become clearer soon.

Loki season 2 follows on immediately from the end of season 1, but, again, it's all outside of time.

However, The Hollywood Reporter noted that there were no official plans for a new trilogy, despite the strong working relationship between the studios. In July 2023, Disney CEO Bob Iger stated the company would be reducing the spending and creation of Marvel content, admitting that Marvel Studios' expansion into Disney+ series and more films had "diluted focus and attention" after a number of underachieving films at the box office. Yet the vast majority of the story takes place during World War 2 in 1943-1945, so we've included it here for clarity's sake (this will become a running theme). He believed it was already "getting a little more clear for people [as to] where we're headed" at that time and added that the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home in December 2021 would reveal more of this plan.

As the third Avengers movie ends in 2018, it's a safe guess to predict that Natasha Romanoff's standalone movie takes place in 2017. These lookbooks are not always shown to directors, though, with Marvel sometimes preferring to let the director offer their own ideas first. Some of the first elements previously controlled by 20th Century Fox to be integrated into the MCU were the organization S.Phase Two comprises Iron Man 3 (2013), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and Ant-Man (2015). By October 2015, Cole was no longer involved with the film and any potential drafts that he may have written would not be used.

D. [391] By August 2014, the studio was ready to move forward in development with the film, with a screenplay written by Joe Robert Cole. Spider-Man: Freshman Year is yet another MCU animated series that will follow Peter Parker “on his way to becoming Spider-Man in the MCU, with a journey unlike we’ve ever seen and a style that celebrates the character’s early comic book roots. Nakia most likely spent some time deliberating her departure, and considering Love and Thunder, we can put Wakanda Forever in 2025, along with Quantumania. The festival also saw Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Captain America: The First Avenger released in IMAX for the first time.The title here is taken from Kurt Busiek’s weird but action-packed 16-part Marvel Comics run from the early 00s, in which Kang successfully takes over the Earth but is eventually defeated by the Avengers. Critics Consensus: Guardians of the Galaxy is just as irreverent as fans of the frequently zany Marvel comic would expect -- as well as funny, thrilling, full of heart, and packed with visual splendor.