The Marvel Cinematic Universealso known by the acronym MCUis the set of films and TV series produced by Marvel StudiosAnd began with the first Iron Man movie in 2008. I’ve been one ever since thirty films released or just announced and a little less the related TV series.
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So it is very easy lose count of the products seen and those that should be recovered. For this reason, below you will find all four so far known phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with all the films that make them up.
The films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: phase one
There are four phases that mark the release of the various films of the MCU, and which began, as already mentioned, in 2008. Marvel Studios’ initial plan was to create a shared universe like the one created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in comics in the 1960s.
Therefore, despite the time the rights of Spider-Man were sold to Sony, Marvel began the franchise with the idea of introducing the Avengers to theaters. So phase one consists of the following films:
Iron Man: May 1, 2008
The Incredible Hulk: June 18, 2008
Iron Man 2: April 30, 2010
Thor: April 27, 2011
Captain America – The First Avenger: July 22, 2011
The Avengers: April 25, 2012
Marvel Cinematic Universe, phase two: complete list
Since then, Marvel has been adding more and more pieces to their universe, expanding it in numerous ways. Phase two follows:
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Iron Man 3: April 24, 2013
Thor: The Dark World: November 20, 2013
Captain America: The Winter Soldier: March 26, 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy: October 22, 2014
Avengers: Age of Ultron: April 22, 2015
Ant-Man: August 12, 2015
The films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: phase three
There phase three sees the conclusion of a very important cycle of the MCUwith whom many heroes introduced so far and loved by the public, permanently retire from the scene, marking a very important watershed:
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Captain America: Civil War: May 4, 2016
Doctor Strange: October 26, 2016
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: April 25, 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming: July 6, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok: October 25, 2017
Black Panther: February 14, 2018
Avengers: Infinity War: April 25, 2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp: August 14, 2018
Captain Marvel: March 6, 2019
Avengers: Endgame: April 24, 2019
Spider-Man: Far from Home: July 10, 2019
Marvel Cinematic Universe films of phase four
Phase four is the one currently in progressand whose end date is not yet seen:
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Black Widow: July 7, 2021
Shang-Chi and the legend of the Ten Rings: 1 September 2021
Eternals: November 3, 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home: December 15, 2021
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: May 4, 2022
Thor: Love and Thunder: July 6, 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: November 11, 2022
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: February 17, 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: May 5, 2023
Fantastic Four: date to be defined
So, in theory the current phase should end with the Fantastic Four moviethe official date of which has not yet been disclosed.