With an event that seemed like a scene out of a comic book movie itself, Marvel Studios delivered the insane details of their next batch of films today, and they are truly not messing around. Known appropriately as Phase Three (dramatic much?), nine new major projects were formally introduced with release dates covering the next five years.
Phase Two is already well under way (with only Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man remaining to be released in that series), but with this updated timeline, the framing of Marvel’s grand scheme is really starting to take shape.
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige and Phase Three / photo courtesy of Marvel.com
Here’s a look at how things will play out in Phase Three through 2019:
May 6, 2016 – Captain America 3
Based on the Civil War comic mini-series
November 4, 2016 – Doctor Strange
Heavily rumored to be starring Benedict Cumberbatch
May 5, 2017 – Guardians of the Galaxy 2
July 28, 2017 – Thor: Ragnarok
November 3, 2017 – Black Panther
Starring 42‘s Chadwick Boseman
Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), and Chris Evans (Captain America) on stage at Marvel’s Phase 3 Event / photo courtesy Marvel.com
May 4, 2018 – Avengers: Infinity War Part I
July 6, 2018 – Captain Marvel
Noted to be the Carol Danvers depiction, meaning it will also be Marvel’s first female-led superhero movie
November 2, 2018 – Inhumans
May 3, 2019 – Avengers: Infinity War Part II
Check out a trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron below, which will be released May 2015. Lord help us (and our wallets) if there’s a Phase Four…
