History of the MCU History

• September 6th, 2005

  Marvel Enterprises Inc. secures $525-million loan deal with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc to make 10 movies based on the company’s properties over eight years

• March 2007

  Kevin Feige named President of Production

• Phase One Begins

  May 4th, 2008
  Iron Man released

• August, 31st, 2009 | The Walt Disney Company purchases Marvel Entertainment for $4 Billion.

  

• May 7th, 2010
  Iron Man 2 released

• May 6th, 2011
  Thor released

• July 22nd, 2011
  Captain America: The First Avenger is released

• May 4th, 2012
  The Avengers is released

• May 6^th, 2012
  Avengers breaks opening-weekend domestic box-office record ($207 Million)

• Phase Two Begins

  May 3rd>, 2013
  Iron Man 3 released

• November 8th, 2013
  Thor: The Dark World is released

• April 4th, 2014
  Captain America: The Winter Soldier is released

• August 1st, 2014
  Guardians Of The Galaxy is released

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• February 9^th, 2015

  Sony and Disney agree to a deal that will allow Spider-Man to come to the MCU. Under the agreement, both studios will jointly produce a solo Spidey film that will be released in summer of 2017.  Disney will also be allowed to use the character in other MCU films (Captain: America Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame)

  

• May 1st, 2015
  Avengers: Age Of Ultron is released

• July 17th, 2015
  Ant-Man is released

• August 2015

  Disney CEO Bob Iger integrates Marvel Studios into Walt Disney Studios. Kevin Feige now reports to Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn instead of Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac Perlmutter. The move was made after Feige and his team began getting frustrated with Perlmutter.

  

  

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• Phase Three Begins

  May 6th, 2016
  Captain America: Civil War is released

• November 4th, 2016
  Doctor Strange is released

• May 5th, 2017
  Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 is released

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• July 7th, 2017
  Spider-Man: Homecoming is released

• November 3rd, 2017
  Thor: Ragnarok is released

• February 16th, 2018
  Black Panther is released

• April 27^th, 2018
  Avengers: Infinity War is released

• April 29^th, 2018
  Infinity War breaks opening-weekend records for domestic gross ($257 Million) and worldwide gross ($640 Million)

• July 6^th, 2018
  Ant-Man and the Wasp is released

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• March 8^th, 2019
  Captain Marvel is released

• April 26^th, 2019
  Avengers: Endgame is released

• April 28^th, 2019
  Endgame breaks opening-weekend records for domestic gross ($357 Million) and worldwide gross ($1.223 Billion)

  

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• July 2^nd, 2019
  Spider-Man: Far From Home is released

• July 20^th, 2019
  Endgame passes Avatar to become the all-time highest-grossing film worldwide ($2.798 Billion)

• July 20^th, 2019
  Feige announces at San Diego Comic-Con the upcoming
  Phase 4 slate:
  Black Widow (May 1^st, 2020),
  The Falcon and Winter Soldier (Disney+, Aug, 2020),
  The Eternals (Nov. 6^th, 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 7^th, 2021),
  Hawkeye (Disney+, Late 2021),
  Thor: Love and Thunder (Nov. 5^th, 2021),
  Blade (Unknown)

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• August 20^th, 2019
  Sony and Disney break off negotiations on jointly producing a third Spider-Man film. Next Spider-Man would not take place in the MCU.

  

• September 27^th, 2019
  Sony and Disney reach agreement on jointly producing a third-film, mean Spider-Man will remain in the MCU.

  

• October, 2019
  Feige is promoted to Chief Creative Officer and will now oversee the creative direction of Marvel Television and Marvel Family Entertainment, in addition to Marvel Studios.

  

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• January 30th, 2020

  It’s All Marvel is launched.

  

• March 17th, 2020

  Black Widow was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was originally supposed to come out May 2020.

• April 3rd, 2020

  Disney shifts nearly its entire Phase Four slate due to the pandemic.

  

• 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.

  

• September 14th, 2020

  Marvel Studios cast actor Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror for their upcoming film Kang the Conqueror.

  

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• September 17th, 2020

  Marvel Studios cast actress Tatiana Maslany as She-Hulk in their upcoming Disney+ series.

  

• September 20th, 2020

  First WandaVision trailer released.

• 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.

  

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• 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.

  

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• January 15th, 2021

  Phase Four officially begins with the premiere of WandaVision.

  

• January 15th, 2021

  Ethan Hawke was cast as the villain in the Moon Knight series.

  

• 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.