Disney and Marvel Studios must have hammered it hard and often enough to its movie-going audience that the current “Phase 3†of the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise will end with Avengers 4 next year. The phase-based storytelling of the superhero franchise had helped to manage its overall plotline quite nicely.
The epic ending of Avengers 4 has been marked as the conclusion of MCU Phase 3, the longest phase in the saga with the most films. Afterwards, the still-being planned Phase 4 outline will serve as a soft reboot of the franchise with increased focus on heroes outside the Avengers.
While only one MCU film has been confirmed to be in production for release after Phase 3, there’s been several other titles either in development prior to full filming, or merely announced. Here’s a rough list of what to expect after the Avengers deal with Thanos on Avengers 4(2019):
Confirmed
- Spider-Man: Far from Home
Announced
- The Eternals
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – uncertain status following director James Gunn’s departure
- Shang-Chi
- Black Panther sequel
Possible
- Doctor Strange sequel
- Black Widow (prequel)
- Captain Marvel sequel
- Ms. Marvel