Marvel Cinematic Universe

The **Marvel Cinematic Universe** (**MCU**) is a American media franchise an shared feectional universe that is centred on a series o superhero films, independently producit bi Marvel Studios an based on chairacters that appear in publications bi Marvel Comics. The franchise haes expandit tae include comic beuks, short films, an telly series. The shared universe, hintle lik the oreeginal Marvel Universe in comic beuks, wis established bi crossin ower common plot elements, settins, cast, an chairacters. Clark Gregg haes appeared the maist in the franchise, portrayin Phil Coulson, a chairacter oreeginal tae the MCU.

The first film released in the MCU wis *[[Iron Man (2008 film)|Iron Man]]* (2008), which began the first phase o films, culminatin in *[[The Avengers (2012 film)|Marvel's The Avengers]]* (2012). "Phase Two" began wi *[[Iron Man 3]]* (2013), concludit wi *[[Ant-Man (film)|Ant-Man]]* (2015). Marvel is preparin "Phase Three" an aw, beginnin wi the release o *[[Captain America: Civil War]]* (2016). The universe began tae expand wi the release o the first ofeeicial tie-in comics in 2010, an saw further expansion wi the Marvel One-Shots direct-tae-video short films in 2011 an the TV series *[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.|Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]* in the 2013–14 saison. Marvel haes multiple films an telly projects in various stages o development.

The franchise as a whole ranks as the heichest-grossin film franchise baith in the Unitit States an warldwide, an haes inspired ither film studios wi comic beuk chairacter film richts tae attempt tae creaut seemilar shared universes.

## Films

### The Infinity Saga
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| Jon Favreau
| Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby an Airt Marcum & Matt Holloway
| Avi Arad an Kevin Feige
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[The Incredible Hulk (film)|The Incredible Hulk]]*
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| Louis Leterrier
| Zak Penn
| Avi Arad, Gale Anne Hurd an Kevin Feige
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[Iron Man 2]]*
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| Jon Favreau
| Justin Theroux
| rowspan="4" | Kevin Feige
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[Thor (film)|Thor]]*
| style="text-align:left" | 
| Kenneth Branagh
| Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz an Don Payne
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]*
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| Joe Johnston
| Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[The Avengers (2012 film)|Marvel's The Avengers]]*
| style="text-align:left" | 
| colspan="2" |Joss Whedon
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! colspan="5" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Phase Twa
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[Iron Man 3]]*
| style="text-align:left" | 
| Shane Black
| Drew Pearce an Shane Black
| rowspan="6"  | Kevin Feige
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | **'
| style="text-align:left" | 
| [[Alan Taylor (director)|Alan Taylor]]
| [[Christopher Yost]] an Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]''
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| [[Russo brithers|Anthony an Joe Russo]]
| Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]''
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| [[James Gunn (filmmakker)|James Gunn]]
| James Gunn an [[Nicole Perlman]]
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | **'
| style="text-align:left" | 
| colspan="2" | Joss Whedon
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[Ant-Man (film)|Ant-Man]]*
| style="text-align:left" | 17 Julie 2015
| Peyton Reed
| Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish an Adam McKay & Paul Rudd
|-
! colspan="5" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Phase Three
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[Captain America: Civil War]]*
| style="text-align:left" | 6 Mey 2016
| Anthony an Joe Russo
| Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely
| rowspan="3" | Kevin Feige
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[Doctor Strange (film)|Doctor Strange]]*
| style="text-align:left" | 4 November 2016
| Scott Derrickson
| Jon Spaihts
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]*
| style="text-align:left" | 5 Mey 2017
| colspan="2" | James Gunn
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[Spider-Man: Homecoming]]*
| style="text-align:left" | 28 Julie 2017
| Jon Watts
| Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley and Jon Watts & Christopher Ford and Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers
| Kevin Feige an Amy Pascal 
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | **'
| style="text-align:left" | 3 November 2017
| [[Taika Waititi]]
| [[Eric Pearson]] an [[Craig Kyle]] & [[Christopher L. Yost]]
| rowspan="3" | Kevin Feige
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]''
| style="text-align:left" | 16 Februar 2018
| [[Ryan Coogler]]
| Ryan Coogler & [[Joe Robert Cole]]
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | **'
| style="text-align:left" | 27 Aprile 2018
| Anthony an Joe Russo
| Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[Ant-Man and the Wasp]]*
| style="text-align:left" | 6 Julie 2018
|Peyton Reed
|Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers an Paul Rudd & Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari
|Kevin Feige an Stephen Broussard
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[Captain Marvel (film)|Captain Marvel]]*
| style="text-align:left" | November 2, 2018
| Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
| Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck & Geneva Robertson-Dworet
| rowspan="2" |Kevin Feige
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | **'
| style="text-align:left" | 26 Aprile 2019
| Anthony an Joe Russo
| Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''[[Spider-Man: Far From Home]]''
| style="text-align:left" | 2 Julie 2019
|Jon Watts
|Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers
|Kevin Feige an Amy Pascal
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=== The Multiverse Saga ===
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|[[Cate Shortland]]
|[[Eric Pearson]]
|[[Kevin Feige]]
| rowspan="7" |Released
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''[[Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings]]''
| style="text-align:left" |
|[[Destin Daniel Cretton]]
|[[Dave Callaham]] & Destin Daniel Cretton & [[Andrew Lanham]]
|Kevin Feige an [[Jonathan Schwartz]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''[[Eternals (film)|Eternals]]''
| style="text-align:left" |
|[[Chloé Zhao]]
|Chloé Zhao an Chloé Zhao & Patrick Burleigh an Ryan Firpo & [[Kaz Firpo]]
|Kevin Feige an [[Nate Moore]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]''
| style="text-align:left" |
|[[Jon Watts]]
|[[Chris McKenna]] & [[Erik Sommers]]
|Kevin Feige an [[Amy Pascal]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''[[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness]]''
| style="text-align:left" |
|[[Sam Raimi]]
|[[Michael Waldron]]
|Kevin Feige
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |**'
| style="text-align:left" |
|Taika Waititi
|Taika Waititi & Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
|Kevin Feige an Brad Winderbaum
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | *[[Black Panther: Wakanda Forever]]*
| style="text-align:left" | 
|Ryan Coogler
|Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole
|Kevin Feige an Nate Moore
|-
! colspan="6" style="background-color:#ccccff;" |Phase Five
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |*[[Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania]]*
| style="text-align:left" |
|Peyton Reed
|Jeff Loveness
|Kevin Feige an Stephen Broussard
| rowspan="3" |Released
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |*[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3]]*
| style="text-align:left" |
| colspan="2" |James Gunn
| rowspan="2" |Kevin Feige
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |*[[The Marvels]]*
| style="text-align:left" |
|Nia DaCosta
|Nia DaCosta an Megan McDonnell an Elissa Karasik
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |*[[Deadpool & Wolverine]]*
| style="text-align:left" |
|Shawn Levy
|Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy
|Kevin Feige, Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy an Lauren Shuler Donner
| rowspan="2" |Post-production
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |*[[Captain America: Brave New World]]*
| style="text-align:left" |
|Julius Onah
|Malcolm Spellman & Dalan Musson an Julius Onah an Matthew Orton
|Kevin Feige, Nate Moore an Malcolm Spellman
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |*[[Thunderbolts*]]*
| style="text-align:left" |5 Mey 2025
|Jake Schreier
|Eric Pearson an Lee Sung Jin an Joanna Calo
|Kevin Feige
|Filmin
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! colspan="6" style="background-color:#ccccff;" |Phase Sax
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |*[[The Fantastic Four (2025 film)|The Fantastic Four]]*
| style="text-align:left" |25 Julie 2025
|Matt Shakman
|Jeff Kaplan & Ian Springer an Josh Friedman an Cameron Squires an Eric Pearson
| rowspan="4" |Kevin Feige
| rowspan="2" |Pre-production
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |*[[Blade (2025 film)|Blade]]*
| style="text-align:left" |7 November 2025
|Yann Demange
|Michael Starrbury an Nic Pizzolatto an Michael Green
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |**'
| style="text-align:left" |1 Mey 2026
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| rowspan="2" |Michael Waldron
| rowspan="2" |In development
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |**'
| style="text-align:left" |7 Mey 2027
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## References

## Freemit airtins
* A Marvel Cinematic Universe Timeline
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* Info graphic Marvel Cinematic Universe