
History of the MCU History
March 2007
Kevin Feige named President of Production
Phase One Begins
May 4th, 2008
Iron Man releasedMay 7th, 2010
Iron Man 2 releasedMay 6th, 2011
Thor releasedJuly 22nd, 2011
Captain America: The First Avenger is releasedMay 4th, 2012
The Avengers is releasedMay 6th, 2012
Avengers breaks opening-weekend domestic box-office record ($207 Million)Phase Two Begins
May 3rd>, 2013
Iron Man 3 releasedNovember 8th, 2013
Thor: The Dark World is releasedApril 4th, 2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is releasedAugust 1st, 2014
Guardians Of The Galaxy is releasedMay 1st, 2015
Avengers: Age Of Ultron is releasedJuly 17th, 2015
Ant-Man is releasedAugust 2015
Former CEO Marvel Entertainment Isaac Perlmutter From Left to Right: Alan Horn, Kevin Feige, Bob Iger Phase Three Begins
May 6th, 2016
Captain America: Civil War is releasedNovember 4th, 2016
Doctor Strange is releasedMay 5th, 2017
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 is releasedJuly 7th, 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming is releasedNovember 3rd, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok is releasedFebruary 16th, 2018
Black Panther is releasedApril 27th, 2018
Avengers: Infinity War is releasedApril 29th, 2018
Infinity War breaks opening-weekend records for domestic gross ($257 Million) and worldwide gross ($640 Million)July 6th, 2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp is releasedMarch 8th, 2019
Captain Marvel is releasedApril 26th, 2019
Avengers: Endgame is releasedApril 28th, 2019
Endgame breaks opening-weekend records for domestic gross ($357 Million) and worldwide gross ($1.223 Billion)July 2nd, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home is releasedJuly 20th, 2019
Endgame passes Avatar to become the all-time highest-grossing film worldwide ($2.798 Billion)July 20th, 2019
Feige announces at San Diego Comic-Con the upcoming
Phase 4 slate:
Black Widow (May 1st, 2020),
The Falcon and Winter Soldier (Disney+, Aug, 2020),
The Eternals (Nov. 6th, 2020),
WandaVision (Disney+, Dec. 2020),
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (Feb. 12, 2021),
Loki (Disney+, Early 2021),
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (May 7th, 2021),
Hawkeye (Disney+, Late 2021),
Thor: Love and Thunder (Nov. 5th, 2021),
Blade (Unknown)October, 2019
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March 17th, 2020
Black Widow was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was originally supposed to come out May 2020.
July 1st, 2020
Marvel Studios pushes back their first Disney+ series Falcon and the Winter Soldier. The show was supposed to premiere in August 2020.
August 28th, 2020
Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman passes away at the age of 43.
BLACK PANTHER, Chadwick Boseman, 2018. © Marvel / © Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection September 14th, 2020
Marvel Studios cast actor Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror for their upcoming film Kang the Conqueror.
September 17th, 2020
Marvel Studios cast actress Tatiana Maslany as She-Hulk in their upcoming Disney+ series.
September 23rd, 2020
Disney delays Black Widow to May 2021. Eternals and Shang-Chi also pushed back.
October 1st, 2020
News breaks that actor Jamie Foxx would return to play Electro in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Foxx played the role in 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
October 26th, 2020
Marvel Studios chooses actor Oscar Isaac to play Moon Knight in their upcoming Disney+ series.
November 20th, 2020
Deadpool 3 officially in the works after Marvel Studios hired Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Loeglin to write a script. It was also reported that the film would be rated R.
Decemember 2nd, 2020
Set video confirms that Hailee Steinfeld has been cast as Kate Bishop in Hawkeye series.
December 8th, 2020
It was revealed that Alfred Molina would reprise his role as Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
December 8th, 2020
Major news breaks that Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire reportedly will repise their roles as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Spider-Man: No Way Home,
December 10, 2020
Marvel Studios makes many announcements about upcoming projects during Disney’s Investor Day Event.
January 14th, 2021
News breaks that Chris Evans is in talks with Marvel Studios to return to the MCU as Captain America.
January 15th, 2021
Phase Four officially begins with the premiere of WandaVision.
February, 1st, 2021
Disney announces that Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler is developing a Wakanda-based show for Disney+.
February 21st, 2021
Marvel Studios begins meeting with writers for their Fantastic Four film.