Following up on DC's recent fleshing out of their slate of films, Marvel has further detailed their coming entries, adding both some new heroes to the MCU as well as giving titles for some of the sequels.
2015
– Avengers: Age of Ultron
– Ant-Man
2016
– Captain America: Civil War
– Doctor Strange
2017
– Guardians of the Galaxy 2
– Thor: Ragnarok
– Black Panther
2018
– Avengers: Infinity War, Part 1
– Captain Marvel
– Inhumans
2019
– Avengers: Infinity War, Part 2
It's good to see Black Panther joining the MCU, and I will be shocked if Captain Marvel isn't the Carol Danvers version (which isn't to say that Mar-Vell might not show up in an earlier installment). That the Avenger (and both GotG and Captain Marvel) are tied into the Infinity War is a welcome non-surprise. And, huzzah, the MCU Thor will get its own version of Ragnarok (with multiple comic book selections to meld from).
The solo adventures of Tony Stark appear to be over — which is okay, because he's had a good arc (so to speak) in his three movies. And the Big Government Conspiracy Fest of the Civil War will be a very neat follow-on to the Winter Soldier. (Presumably Tony Stark will play some role in that one, too.)
(Utter speculation here: Ultron is Tony's fault/creation. That drives him to join forces with the government (if not forcibly drafted) to put forth the registration scheme that turns into the Civil War.)
Ant-Man is, presumably, due to join a rejiggered Avengers somewhere down the road. Not sure if or where Doctor Strange will fit into the broader scheme of things, but I look forward to finding out.
Of course, there's nothing to say that a few flops might not radically change, if not truncate, this series, but overall I'm pretty jazzed by what's here.
(h/t +Scott Randel)
Marvel unveils slate of films through 2019
Get the latest details on “Doctor Strange,” “Black Panther,” “Captain America: Civil War” and all the other high-profile films coming soon from Marvel’s cinematic universe
Kevin Feige has confirmed: "I want to make it very clear that this Captain Marvel's name is Carol Danvers," Feige said. This film has been in development almost as long as "Guardians of the Galaxy," according to Feige, who said the character straddles two worlds — Earth-bound origins and outer space adventures.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=56670, which has more information on all of them.
Yay! Carol Danvers!
I did read that Ultron was built by Stark, not Pym. No idea id that ties into Civil War.
So… Adam Warlock?
+Scott Randel Interesting to see if they introduce him in some fashion. On the one hand, he's a key player in the Infinity Stones and with Thanos. On the other hand, he's not someone well known in the current MU.
So one femal lead movie out of 11 and most people will assume Captain Marvel is a man. I’m excited that Marvel movies are doing well and we will be getting a hefty helping, but come on!
@Margie – I think it will be a much bigger thing once we get there.
At the same time — well, even if you take out the group movies, it’s still way out of whack. But that’s true even in the Marvel comics. There aren’t that many female super-heroes who can lead a film: Wasp is too close to Ant-Man; Spider-Woman is owned by Sony for films right now, ditto for Fox with the Invisible Woman and Storm; Sif is too close to Thor.
She-Hulk would be interesting, esp. if played for a lighter note as the comics often have. Black Widow is the obvious other character, but Kevin Feige seems to think she got “her film” with Capt America 2 (which is bullshit).
Hmmm. Scarlet Witch? Or, maybe, after the Inhumans movie we can get a Medusa flick.