With Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe set to get underway with the release of Captain America: Civil War, Marvel has laid out its plans for the next three years, announcing a slate of films that takes us through to 2019’s Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2 and Inhumans.
There is however an air of uncertainty about what comes next; contracts are expiring, and Infinity War promises to be a culmination of everything we’ve seen so far from the MCU. Of course, Disney and Marvel aren’t going to call time on their box office juggernaut, and Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has been chatting to EW about what comes next, promising a “very different” Phase Four:
“I think you look at comics as a guide,” states Feige. “I think there will be a finality to moments of Phase Three, as well as new beginnings that will mark a different, a very different, a distinctively different chapter in what will someday be a complete first saga made up of three phases.”
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Marvel is of course expanding their roster with Phase Three, so there’s every chance we could see a Phase made up of sequels to the likes of Doctor Strange, Black Panther and Captain Marvel, along with a third Guardians of the Galaxy movie, which Feige has already suggested to be a possibility for Phase Four. That would certainly help to keep things fresh, as well as giving some breathing space before the inevitable recasting of some of the older characters.
What would you like to see in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…
Tim10 says
I think Spider-man and Captain Marvel will be the ones that take over for Iron Man and Captain America in the MCU.
Joni B says
How about the Invaders with Wasp, Cap, Human Torch, Toro, fighting during WWII? I think after Infinity War and Inhumans, fans will be overloaded with all the space storylines. The Invaders will bring us back more war epic types movies like the first Captain America which is an awesome movie.
Brian Smith says
Disney Marvel doesn’t own Human Torch. Since he’s apart of the Fantastic 4 group. Sony is only sharing Spider-Man since, that’s who is needed right now, for the Avengers series.
TSZodiac says
Actually the human torch in the invaders WWII version was the ORIGINAL human torch and a completely different character (an android) than the Johnny Storm human torch of the Fantastic Four
funkmasterrex says
aye
LeightonJones says
He is also referenced/hinted at during the first Stark Expo in ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’
Darcseid says
Actually TORO was the first Human torch. They can easily use that character. Johnny Storm was based on that character. Go look up Marvel-Invaders. (3) movies they can do a time piece for with Captain America.
Jon Tubbesing says
The original Human Torch was an android that was suspiciously similar to the Vision (it was believed that Ultron built Vision using HT’s body, however that was disproven, Ultron did use the schematics/blueprints). HT burst into flame whenever he was in contact with air until he mastered his abilities. Toro was the Human Torch’s sidekick.
Jay E says
Beat me to it!
Shawn says
Yep, If I recall Toro was sick with fever for some reason, and couldn’t get over it and then the Original Human Torch came by for a visit and boom FLAME ON!
Gary@FlickeringMyth says
Wasn’t Toro the first Human Torch’s sidekick?
Justin Ballantine says
The Inhumans aren’t really from space. The royal family may live on the moon but Inhumans are remnants from Alien experiments with humans. I think it was the Kree trying to create soldiers to fight the Skrull. Their mutant genes are dormant until they come into contact with terrigen
funkmasterrex says
kree skull war would be a nice allusion… but phase 4 should be masters of evil.. phase 5 dark avengers and then unleash it in phase 6
Rev.J_blumpkin says
You think they’ll keep riding this wave of Marvel comics until 2028? because phase 3 ends in 2019, and 3 more phases = 9 years…
funkmasterrex says
i think this is gonna go on for a long long time.. so yea.
Shawn says
Ooh, and they can do the bit with Baron Blud (or Blood? I forget)!
paulwt says
Except Carol Danvers is a boring nobody and nobody will take a woman hero seriously (nor should they).
#wtf says
And the sexist pigs come out! “Nobody will take a woman hero seriously?” They already do! Scarlet witch…black widow…many female x-men heroes! Just because you are threatend by women doesn’t mean the rest of the world is! Time to grow up and realize it is 2016 and views like yours are pathetic and disgusting!
Goom128 says
I think you took the troll bait.
paulwt says
What does the year have to do with anything? Oh, because prevailing opinions have changed? You think opinions make reality? Ha. Women are what they are, men are what they are. These are biological facts and no opinion is changing them. Everyone can believe women are men’s equals, or blacks are whites’ equals, and they can all proceed as if it’s true, but they can’t alter the reality and it will show thru.
CJ Croberto says
Captain marvel Carol Danvers is pretty boring, Mrs. Marvel Carol on the other hand was one badass, galaxy spanning, alien ass kicking, whiskey drinking hardcore bitch wtih an attitude and didnt mind being curvy and showing off those curves. Hopefully the captain marvel movie is more faithful to her character as Mrs. Marvel, and not the stuffy, whiny, nerfed stronk tuff womyn she is now.
quwykxz says
There was never a Mrs. Marvel; Carol used to call herself Ms. Marvel, a title that she passed on to Kamala Khan. (Carol has also called herself Binary and Warbird for brief periods of time at different times in her career, but that another kettle of fish). But I do agree that she was more interesting and “real” as a character when she was Ms. Marvel. As Cap. Marvel, most writers have her focus too much on her always trying her damnedest to be perfect and a role model, whereas when she was Ms. Marvel, she was more into just being herself and the hell with what every one else thought (most of the time), and I think that made her a much more fun, interesting, approachable, and charismatic character. Not that I think CapMarv Carol isn’t likable now, but I just think she was much more so and more “human” or “realistic” as Ms. Marvel.
CJ Croberto says
As stated by yourself I clearly meant Ms. Marvel, it was a typo you fucking twat.
quwykxz says
Wow, dude; defensive much? I was just stating a fact, and, if you didn’t notice, I WAS AGREEING WITH YOUR MAIN POINT. Take the stick out of your ass.
CJ Croberto says
Funny you should talk about sticks up peoples asses you poindexter. “WELL AKSHULLY THERE NEVER WAS A MRS MARVEL AND I SHOULD KNOW CUZ IM A FUCKING TURBONERD.” Dont assume my desire to mock is taken out of defensiveness.
CJ Croberto says
Defensive? Im just mocking you for being a turbo nerd. Maybe you should take your own advice, twat is a term of endearment where I come from.
paulwt says
See I honestly disagree even with that. TBH I haven’t read comics in forever and all I know Carol Danvers from is her Chris Claremont days (her original run and when she became Binary). Now, Chris Claremont was imo the greatest comic plotter and character person of all time. Ever. And he was at the height of his powers the times he was writing Danvers. And he’s also the all-time best writer of strong and cool and interesting female characters ever – his Spider-Woman, Rogue, Storm, Shadowcat, Dani Moonstar and so on are all awesome. And yet – even he couldn’t make her interesting, imo. She’s just – bland. Very bland girl. I’d take Jessica Drew over Carol. By a lot. Jessica Drew was fucking cool, both as a superhero and in her professional life, and I wish she’d gotten the show the awful Jessica Jones got.
Madamsjr01 says
I completely agree. . I hate racists but I love a sexiest pig
xtropian says
I hope that was a typo.
Madamsjr01 says
Not at all
funkmasterrex says
pft w/e capt marvel is awesome.
Foyzul Hassan says
Fuck you. Nice name, fuck up. You grope any little girls at a pool lately, invader?
Steven says
You’re going to see the inevitable call for Planet Hulk, which would be great if Hulk had more presence in the films. Tony’s definitely got the arrogance to make such a decision to shoot Hulk off into space… Sadly, the ties that Universal holds keeps Hulk from getting any new solo movies.
With more of space to be opened up as we’re exposed to the Kree, the Inhumans, and the Guardians, it would logically make sense to build to some huge space war storyline.. Sadly that’s difficult with the Shi’ar, the Skrulls, and the Badoon tied up with Fox. Not to mention Galactus, Annihilus (there goes the Annihilation wave), and Silver Surfer.. Marvel pretty much lost their heaviest hitter baddies to Fox!
Kang.. is he tied up with FF? Time wars are always fun.
What about the High Evolutionary? Wungador is more doable than counter-Earth.
Korvac is a distinct possibility for Avengers and Guardians to crossover.
The celestial Madonna is definitely a possibility since Mantis is joining Guardians. Moondragon could be near!
Hopefully with the added mystic element of Doctor Strange, there will be more vampires, spirits of vengeance, and Eliza Bloodstones established. I’m dying for some of this, though it might be a better fit for Netflix.
Personally I’d love to see Blue Marvel developed (i love the current Ultimates series). He deals with the Neutral Zone as a great alternative to the Fantastic Four’s Negative Zone. He’s also a Superman-level (or should i say Thanos-level) powerhouse (and could have been established in Agent Carter season 2 – Dr Jason Wilkes. I don’t know where the story would go, but i love the character, especially with his ties to the 1950s, the present day, and a storyline that explains why he was off-the-grid for several decades..
Agents of Atlas… they bridge 1950s and present day, Jimmy Woo has ties to SHIELD and they’re all over the underground superspy and an interesting mix of superscience and mysticism. Though admittedly, Namora might not be usable since Namor is owned by Universal, i believe. Dangit, i wanna see Gorilla Man and M-11!!
As for Netflix, why not push a Marvel Knights followup to Defenders.. There’s a lot more ground-level characters that are being introduced into the current lineup like Shang-Chi, Misty Knight, etc.. And Moon Knight needs to happen somewhere!
Justin Ballantine says
Good bit of info you got. Moon Knight definitely needs to happen.
And with Doctor Strange coming, I’ve got to see Dormammu.
Feige’s comments may lend to a different for the next phases. Instead of an overarching big bad, we might get a team-up of villains of sorts. Should Baron Zemo survive this, maybe the Masters of Evil make an appearance
funkmasterrex says
masters of evil is aready built up too to. Abomination can be breaked out… amora is going to be introduced.. ultron can be brought back… we got spiderman so doc ock is cool.. if the only og story need telling is freaking egghead it can work.
Justin Ballantine says
out of every character, every villain, so to speak, Ultron was really a disappointment. He needs to be redeemed. I get the whole father/son dynamic but Id like to see Ultron return and really f’ up the Avengers. He’s one of their best villains imo. He came across as a little too spoiled bratty.
funkmasterrex says
it’s cuz they had stark create ultron instead of pym….
that is one giant colossal fail on marvel’s part.
Ultron is my second favorite villain of all time. (first is Kraven the Hunter in Kraven’s last Hunt)
funkmasterrex says
actually make that 3rd… doom slipped my mind.
freaking doom.
Jon Tubbesing says
Amora’s was already introduced in Season 1 of Agents of Shield. Enchantress has not been introduced yet, however. Enchantress (Amora’s older sister) is the Asguardian that is usually in the MoE.
funkmasterrex says
that was lorelei not amora.
funkmasterrex says
High Evolutionary tormenting Warlock with dinosaurs is the movie that needs to be made.
Kang is with marvel… but it makes zero sense with reed @ fox.
funkmasterrex says
also agree about blue marvel and agent carter… that was a wasted opportunity
localman22 says
I see lots of people begging for Planet Hulk, but currently there’s a rights problem with any “Hulk” movie. Hulk can be in any other movie, and Marvel owns the rights to use the character, but any movie where Hulk is the main character must be distributed by Universal.
The rights to make a movie with the character and rights to distribute the movie are separate. When Marvel Studios started making movies, they made deals with Paramount and Universal for distribution. Those companies distributed the Phase 1 movies. Disney bought back the rights to distribute Captain America, Iron Man and Thor from Paramount for Phase 2, but the Hulk distribution rights are still held by Universal. Those rights may be linked to Universal’s rights to use Marvel characters at Universal Studios in Orlando.
So until those distribution rights are sorted out, there will not be a Planet Hulk (or any other Hulk movie).
funkmasterrex says
it seems like they are going to shoe in the beginnings of planet hulk in Ragnarok. Ruffalo himself stated that hulk has is own story arc thru ragnarok and both infinity war movies… i’m betting they will put the entire planet hulk story in those 3 movies to navigate around the universal deal.
SkulloManiac says
Phase Four needs only three things:
1- The Fantastic Four
2- Doctor Doom
3- Galactus.
Gary@FlickeringMyth says
That would be fantastic.
Sorry, I’ll get my coat.
But seriously, I do hope they can get the rights. I’d love to see Reed Richards and Doctor Doom in the MCU.
Kevin Manrique says
They did get the rights to Fantastic Four after that reboot bombed. So it is very possible that they will add them in the future.
clit_niblr036 says
They already did a really good Fantastic Four movie. It was called The Incredibles.
Eric Ike Uzoma says
It was also called an “animation,” dude.
clit_niblr036 says
@ Eric – Not sure what your point was, but thanks for playing.
Rick Stevenson says
I’d like to narrow that further: the MCU only needs Doctor Doom. Just Doom. That would be enough for me.
funkmasterrex says
and doom needs his own movie.
Norton says
I still love FF though
Santos Carrion says
I am okay with Fantastic Four but only if it’s cast right and not deviate wildly from the comic book source like that last movie did. Hollywood needs to understand that the politically correctness bullshit needs to stop.
Jon Tubbesing says
The PC is not the problem, how it was handled was. Johnny and Susan should have been the same race. Ben Grimm has to be white for it to be realistic (most Jewish people in New York are white). Reed’s race does not matter. Susan Storm needs to be shown as being a genius (show do not tell). Johnny needs to be shown as a pilot (back up to Ben Grimm). Show that Ben is a former Marine fighter pilot turned astronaut.
funkmasterrex says
black human torch was problem number 184….
Norton says
Not to a lot of people (including me). It didn’t still well, especially with how much they deviated from the original story
Justin Williams says
Fox still owns the rights to those. If they were done they would have to be completely re-done under Marvels sole control
Fender Melman says
Guardians of the Galaxy should be the blueprint for how MCU handles any possible Fantastic Four films. That could get a Fantastic Four franchise off on teh right foot, albeit on the third try…
SakitSaPuwit says
we need planet hulk/WWHulk
Jon Tubbesing says
Not going to happen as long as Universal holds onto the rights, unless they copy Sony’s team up policy.
Checkii says
i dont see why they wouldnt since universal doesnt seem to have any plans for hulk.
Gary@FlickeringMyth says
Universal can’t make plans for The Hulk. They only have the distribution rights. Marvel could produce a Hulk movie, but Universal would have the rights to distribute it.
Jon M'Shulla says
I see bad code worlds here.
“a finality”
“I think you look to comics as a guide.”
“Very Different.”
Annoying critics may think they are all alike. They aren’t.
Well the present comics suck. They have for some time. This sounds horrible. This sounds the death knell of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe.
New comics have gone astray. It is not the Marvel Universe. It is ersatz Marvel.
We don’t need fake Cap
Fake Hulk
Fake Wolverine
Fake Spider Man
Fake Thor
Fake anyone.
Will Disney destroy Marvel now? Sounds like it.
AKA says
I think you see whatever you want to see. Personally I always thought Phase 4 would shift from what we’ve gotten used to and focused more on newer characters and maybe fill Cap’s role with Bucky or Falcon as in the comics. Not going to judge it as bad until I see it if that is the case.
paulwt says
If the MCU (the real MCU, the films – forget the PC TV side garbage) starts doing PC re-casting of white straight male heroes, it’ll be over. The first time we see Miles Morales or female Thor or any of that shit, forget it, it’s over, turn out the lights.
funkmasterrex says
you really hated dark avengers didn’t you?
Jon Tubbesing says
I have not heard of any of these Fake Heroes except the Dark Avengers (Rulk, Daken, and Venom). I have heard of two Legacy Heroes for Steve Rodgers both of whom he worked with for many years and earned the name Captain America. I have heard of She-Hulk (now The Hulk) and Banner’s spiritual successor Amadeus Cho whose past mirrors Bruce’s history. Wolverine’s daughter is just taking over for her father. I understand any hate for Old Man Logan (his story deserves to burn). Peter Parker is still around as the main Spider-Man, he just has others who share his name. Miles Morales deserves the name (read Ultimate Spiderman to see why) because he is honoring Ultimate Peter Parker’s sacrifice. Miguel O’Hara was the only Spider-Man in his own alternate future so he deserves his name. Thor’s had his power and name removed at least twice (once to an alien and once to a human in the 90’s). The Odinson has been turned into a frog and a woman in the past. Legacy characters deserve their chance. Look at the new Ms. Marvel. The only PC change that deserves hate is Gay Iceman. Instead of having Adult Iceman as straight and revealing that he used to be Bi, but decided he liked women more than men and having Teen Iceman start out as Bi, but Teen Grey accidently used telepathy to push him further towards Gay than Bi the writer decided to destroy continuity and insult all previous writers of Iceman and his creators both living and dead. As a result Gay Iceman is an insult to the homosexual community, as opposed to Northstar who is inspiration to the homosexual community. There are enough straight people in comics, just like we are the majority in real life. We should not force a straight fictional character to become homosexual just because some idiot writer wants to have a gay character, but is too lazy to create a new character.
funkmasterrex says
im sorry i’m cracking up at how that rant went from dark avengers to gay iceman XD
AKA says
They’ll have Ant-Man, Wasp, Dr. Strange, Spider-Man, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Falcon, Vision, and Scarlet Witch for sure. I believe Ruffalo’s contract goes longer than Phase III as well so Hulk would likely still be available too. Not sure on ScarJo and Renner. They could likely pay them, along with RDJ, Evans, and Hemsworth to show up again for Avengers movies.
I think Phase 4 will be just fine. What I’m interested to see is what new superheroes they choose to introduce to the MCU.
IceBaby7 says
Give me a Nova storyline, Doom, and Mephisto for phase 4, please..
funkmasterrex says
I really think thanos is gonna kill vision… which sucks…. we just fking met him in the movies.
Gary@FlickeringMyth says
He will need to take the Infinity Stone from him. But I think Vision might end up like the Adam Warlock character, keeping possession of the stones once Thanos is beaten.
Norton says
I hope so
quwykxz says
If they don’t have NFL SuperPro, Ravage 2099, and Howard The Duck, then they can just scrap the whole MCU, ’cause it won’t be worth watching anymore! 😀
WrassliNerd says
I think Infinity War should be the ultimate climax for Marvel films. It’ll probably be over satured and stale after that.
funkmasterrex says
this is just the beginning… when they take back the FF rights it’s over.
good to be alive and witess
funkmasterrex says
witness*
frankelee says
Unless the actors get literally too old to play their parts, actors love money. They act like they want to go onto bigger and better things, and then they go make The Judge and realize it’s all work and they’re better off taking a huge paycheck.
Rick Stevenson says
I get the impression that we’ll see a changing of the guard, with newer heroes (and actors) stepping forward to become the face of the MCU. It makes sense: unlike comics, you can’t just keep running movies with the same characters, because the actors will eventually want to do other things, or will age out of their parts, etc. I’d love to see the MCU run to a conclusion eventually, and then see a reboot that gives us our heroes again with fresh faces and new storylines. Granted, it’ll probably be another 10-15 years before that happens, so we should enjoy what we’re getting now since it’s been pretty fantastic so far.
Phil says
Most like a Creed situation coming up. Rocky couldn’t box forever so he played the mentor. I have a feeling thats what Stark will eventually become. The majority are quite young, but I don’t think any of them want their careers dictated by Marvel–though money does do a lot of talking. It would be refreshing to see new heroes.
Norton says
Reminds of that new Star Wars thing going on
David Oliver Burcham says
I think they should stay mainly Earth-bound with the culmination being Avengers vs. Masters of Evil.
Rick Stevenson says
Masters of Evil storyline, leading into a Thunderbolts movie. 😀
Justin Ballantine says
If there is a third GotG movie, we gotta have Adam Warlock if he doesn’t arrive sooner. Need more Collector too, and Beta Ray Bill
TheMalevolentCureis5x5 says
Adam Warlock definitely needs to arrive before a GotG3 since GotG2 is close to Infinity War. I’m going to be so let down if Warlock isn’t involved in that. He’s the only one powerful enough (with the help of Doctor Strange, Silver Surfer who we sadly won’t have, and all the other heroes they get together) to defeat a gauntlet wielding Thanos!!
Justin Ballantine says
I think McConaughey was tapped to play that role before he turned it. I’m wondering if Elizabeth Debicki might be Kismet, a.k.a Her in GotG 2.
Similar to Warlock, she might also have an alternate ego, and could be the Embodiment Death as well to put a nice twist in the mix for comic book fans. Both her and the enhanced Captain Marvel could be a match for Thanos.
Aaron Marshall says
While certainly there will be lots of ideas thrown around here and very possibly some great films come about in Phase 4, there’s a flip side to that particular coin: if Phase 3 is indeed the culmination of the arc that fans have been invested in since Iron Man and the end of the line for so many actors they’ve come to identify with specific roles, there could indeed finally be a “Superhero Movie Fatigue” that will set in with audiences. Basically Marvel will be starting over from scratch in certain ways, and it won’t be easy for them to build the same level of excitement and unprecedented cohesiveness that took ten years for Phases 1-3 to achieve.
That isn’t to say I’m necessarily tired of the genre myself, but at some inevitable point it will begin to run out of steam, at least for awhile. My guess is that the first real test will be from Phase 4 onward when the current faces of their franchises are no longer there.
Justin Ballantine says
There’s alway the possibility that they start making movies they resemble the Netflix Marvelverse if fatigue sets in. There’s plenty of characters available.
wes says
eliza dushku as jennifer walters for she-hulk movie
kwelch says
I feel like eventually they will start up a few stories from different universes like Earth 1610 (Ultimate Universe), Earth 982 (MC2), Earth 311 (Marvel 1602). Maybe even trow in a few What ifs and Marvel Team Up flicks.
Jon Tubbesing says
I would love to see the Spider-Girl world aka MC2 or Earth 982 (but really how many non-Spider-Girl comics survived long in MC2) on the big or small screen. I would also love to see Exiles done as a TV show. Exiles started out as Slider/X-Men just create the show.
Psy Kyomynde Yobutishyne says
Phase Four should be a Universal Event which resets the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That way Marvel can recast characters and tell new stories without rehashing. It would also allow Marvel to include properties that may currently be parcelled out to other studios.
MPBulletin says
Black Widow still deserves her own movies. She can definitely carry a solo trio.
AngelsfanSean says
she deserves A movie…just one…but they would need Hawkeye….I would avoid having very few, or no supers in the movie
Joni B says
Phase 4 should include the Invaders which can introduce us to the original Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) and how she fought with others during WWII. This could potentially brings us new characters like Toro and Sub-Mariner and steer clear to the the overloaded “space” storylines from Infinity War and the Inhumans and brings back more war epic type movies like the first Cap movie.
James says
Without question…..”The Silver Surfer”!!!! His cinematic feature film is looonnnnnggg over due. And lastly…. How about making some of the “What if” comics. Those were great to let you see events from interesting and different perspective.
Justin Mustful says
Silver surver was in the second fantastic four movie, and the rights to him belong to sony
AngelsfanSean says
Actually Fox owns the F4 and Silver Surfer
bob2 says
I bet the Thing makes an appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
What is next after the Infinity War movies? Probably a bunch of Spider Man movies. Do we really want to see another Iron Man movie? What they did with the Mandarin was ok but they definitely lost something. Captain America: Civil War, how can they top that? What can they do next for Captain America? Thor, the next Thor movie sounds real good.
I think Phase 4 will bring two Heroes in one movie. Or expect movies from heroes not yet seen, Dare Devil, Punisher, Fantastic Four, if Marvel has the rights to all of those and I do believe they do.
The Elephant in the room is X-MEN. If Marvel and Fox can work out a deal, WOW. A FRESH new start.
Justin Mustful says
they have daredevil and punisher, which is why they have them on Netflix (which is better than a movie IMO, 10+ hours of story compared to 2), Fantastic Four rights are owned by sony.
AngelsfanSean says
Fox owns Fantastic Four rights
not Sony
BrickmanChuck says
Everyone on here is saying that Fox still owns the Fantastic Four rights when I read back in December that Marvel made a deal to get Fantastic Four from Fox by cutting them a deal to own more X-Men properties and release television shows using those properties. Considering that Stan Lee and Marvel were working angles to degrade the value of Fox owned characters and the huge failure of the new Fantastic Four, this make more than enough sense to have happen.
Gary@FlickeringMyth says
That was just some website making up a story in the hope that they’d guess correctly, as it did make complete sense. But the rights are still with Fox at present.
AngelsfanSean says
whatever you read was false
Fox 100% for sure owns the rights to FF and Xmen
AngelsfanSean says
Do you mean the Thing from Fantastic Four? nope, he’s owned by Fox
They probably will at most do 2 spidey movies If I had to guess
They wont do anymore Iron Man movies, RDJ said if they want him to, he would probably do it, but he doesnt see anyway Iron Man could carry his own movie again, but he’s up for co-op movies like Civil War
The Next Cap movie is Civil War…after that Chris Evans will be gone (contract and in the comics Steve Rogers isnt the only Cap, it will most likely be Bucky)
Thor: Ragnorak will most likely be the last Thor Solo movie with Chris Hemsworth
Unlikely we see a DD or Punisher movie, but they could make a guest appearance on other movies….again FF movie rights are owned by Fox not Marvel
and we wont see an X-men crossover for a long time….with all the money and success from Days of Future Past and with the success Apocalypse will bring, they wont have a reason to call to Marvel for help, like Sony needed with Spidey…it wont happen with Xmen in the near future
BillE says
I wonder how good Infinity War will even be? See the comic includes the X-Men, which are vital to the story I think, and with them missing will it be any good?
Norton says
These are the questions we must ask ourselves in these times
Jason says
Marvel could do a New Warriors, Young Avengers or a Runaways movie. It might be interesting to see the marvel universe from a teens perspective. I think a Young Avengers would definitely work, I could easily see teens with super powers trying to take after the Avengers.
BillE says
Secret Wars would be cool, Silver Surfer would be nice, if we can get the rights back, I’d love to see a Thanos movie, just all him.
James Page says
Not only would I like to see a phase 4 but unless this rumor/statement was complete “hog- wash” Marvel Studios will have phases extending to 2028 (or one really long phase 4 and it could go either way)
I still insist that one of the major things done by Marvel which was a game changer was to commit to the comic-book, super-hero format for motion picture entertainment out to 2028. Those of us interested in or concerned about such things know all too well the run around, rigmarole that the studio suits have done with these movies in the past.
The current problems with the DCU can be attributed to just these issues. Decades old promises of a Wonder Woman movie (held-up more by Hollywood’s apparent sexist attitude that women no matter how good they can act are really only in the picture to be eye-candy…”You don’t really think they’re paying to see Scarlett Johansson and Gal Gadot act do you????” said the suit in between lines of cocaine…yeah I went there because a great deal of the time this is where we happen to be.
The current flap over Dawn of Justice would never have happened had Hollywood had the ‘balls’ to make the Worlds Finest film over three decades ago when it was heavily rumored it would be made…didn’t happen so that now, probably because of some suit suggesting it at the staff meeting at DC Warner, “I know, lets have Batman fight Superman, yeah that’s the ticket”
This decision alone probably cost the studio several millions of dollars because now the creative writing team has to come up with a way and spin time showing how Batman can defeat the super alien from another planet who’s ethics and moral center are quite refreshingly and stubbornly not like earthlings…my what a stunning revelation (that he really is not at all interested in taking over the planet)! And of hen course there was the almost as equally long rumor of the ever pending JLA movie which…not!
Marvel changed all of that with the public commitment to “establishing a platform for these type of movies” over a period of approximately 25 years. Now leaving aside for the time being what that statement might really mean and what it may have come to mean today, I believe the remarkable thing was this statement was made before the success (or perhaps during) of the first Iron Man movie. Obviously, writers, producers and, on another level actors and actresses could rest a little easier knowing that should they consider doing such a film they had a much better chance of it making it to the finish line and the pay envelope than ever before.
5 star a-list actors and actresses who public pan such movies because as Sally Field is reported to have said the character (of Aunt May is the Spiderman re-boot) was not three dimensional remind me of what it seems was said of movies by actors on the stage when motion pictures first came out and then again by motion picture actors when silent films gave way to talkies and again when the studio industry had to give way to independent contractors.
The major key to these movies is writing. It is proven over and over and over again that we the fans/consumers will pay to see a well told story and we can tell if the story was the motive or if the it was used as the vehicle to the pay-envelope.
Marvel has made some mistakes. In my opinion huge ones, chief among them was not have Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne as founding members of the Avengers, the killing of Pietro (Quicksilver) and acting as if Romanov was the only female character they could think of to be heroic for all of the movies. (The introduction of Frigga, Odin’s wife in the Thor movies and then having her killed off so unceremoniously was at once one of the most brilliant and then one of the most stupid decisions in all of comic-dom. (As my sainted father used to say, “who bright idea was that”?)
But for the most part Marvel has played a major roll in the changing of the way we will be entertained through the visual arts. One of the things we must keep in mind is that while being definitely in a lead position regarding these types of films, Marvel is by no means the only player in the game nor is the comic book movie.
The following all have contribute in major ways to this transformation: The Transformer franchise (which need s to start telling a story and stop make a two hour commercial for Autobots), The Star Wars franchise which in many ways started it all back in a distant galaxy far, far away, The Star Trek franchise which realizes somewhat like Fox what a mistake they had made not beating Star Wars to the screen first, The Avatar franchise which keeps being delayed precisely I believe because James Cameron is looking for that kick-ass story line, The Lord of the Rings/Hobbit franchise which help to demonstrate audiences will wait for the rest of the story and pay to see it if the story is good, (same with the Matrix series), The Fast and Furious franchise which demonstrated you could take one conception and change it after a movie or two into something more and bam! You have a billion dollar tent-pole juggernaut. There are others too: Jurrasic Park, James Bond, Jason Bourne/Aaron Cross series and the Mission Impossible series. And of course we have to include the X-Men, Batman, Blade, Spiderman and Hulk franchises as well
All of these play a significant and critical roll in how visual arts entertainment will proceed into the future. Notice I did not say ‘motion picture entertainment’. What has to be for Marvel two very welcomed high-lights are, the success of the network shows, Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter and their critically acclaimed Daredevil and Jessica Jones. So far the reason these shows have done so well especially the ones on Netflix is primarily because of the writing.
The standard critics line when Agents of SHIELD came out was that it would not survive renewal for a second season. Well it has survived and Agent Carter won’t seem to go away. All to the good.
Another thing which has so far been the ace in the hole for Marvel in my opinion has been the casting of the characters. While casting Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark was a stroke of genius akin to casting Sean Connery as James Bond, the other unanticipated bonus was that every last one of the actors and actresses cast to play there roles has made the character their own. When we think Thor, Romanov, Fury, Captain America, Loki, Odin, Hawkeye, Hulk we will see these actors and actresses. The one who is the lest definite is Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye but wait awhile. Hawkeye needs to be flesh out even more…(unless he is slated for one of these almost obligatory “superhero deaths” that have suddenly become so disgustingly popular).
There is a lot more that can be said but what I will say here is that another quite unanticipated consequence of these movies and the fan base out there is that some of us who care deeply about these stories and the characters are going to write our own stories about them. I myself intend to write the Avengers/SHIELD/Hydra sequence over again in an iteration I believe more worthy of the Marvel I grow up with.
So at this juncture we have about twelve years to reach the point at which Mavel’s platform should be complete. Perhaps, by then the entire MCU’s (Marvel Cinematic and Comic Universes will have helped to change for ever the way we entertain ourselves visually via creative literary imagination. Excelsior!
Justin Ballantine says
Black Widow could have a solo movie. Something akin to Kill Bill. I’d watch that.
James Page says
Yes Justin Ballantine especially if the Romanov is played by Scarlett J. I would also like to see Jeremy Remer, Sam L. Jackson, Clark Gregg and Ming-Na Wen as possible co-stars is a SHIELD movie exploring what SHIELD is becoming in the world where there is Hydra and “the other realms” which now know the earth is ready for a higher form of war.
Norton says
Bit long of a post, don’t you think?
GetsbyBuckner924 says
End phase three, without any studio announcement beforehand, by showing Thanos defeated by Doctor Doom.
Justin Williams says
based on that photo Chris Evans does Infinity war 1 and 2 which means contract extension
Thor Asgard says
Instead of trilogies, why not just continue like the Bond films? Fast and Furious have 7 already. Mission Impossible isn’t stopping. Or instead of sequels, just create new stories like the ones in the comic books?
Crossovers can be interesting. Make a deal with FOX if possible.
lizard says
Where are the X men and Wolverine? They deff belong here.
AngelsfanSean says
Marvel doesnt have the movie rights for Xmen or Wolverine
Norton says
It sucks so hard
Greg Dove says
no Inhumans. Lets say Marvel can make 3 movies a year. Maybe 2 a year. With Doctor Strange 2, Black Panther 2, Captain Marvel 2, guardians of the galaxy 3, Ant man 2, avengers 4, Iron Man 4 (would be great before rdj gets too old). No room for Inhumans. Put them off for 4 or 5 years.
Justin Ballantine says
I think the Inhumans are going to play a key part in the next phase. It’ll also allow for a lot more super-powered people. They’re pretty much the answer to not being able to control the X-men.
AngelsfanSean says
Inhumans is an awesome story line…and goal is to try and introduce more then just the basics of the comics to the viewers…like Ant Man….no one though anything of the movie, they thought it was a waste, and it was arguably one of the best of the MCU movies
as for all the sequels….they are gonna seperate all those out quite a bit and most of them wont have direct sequels they will most likely combine 2 heroes into one movie…and no Iron Man 4…RDJ basically see’s no reason for there to be another Iron Man movie
Yes…to an Inhuman’s movie….there’s plenty of room for it and the real comic fans want it
James says
Right. Fox does. But, they could buy the rights back or joint venture. Everyone would make a boat load of money, done right.
AngelsfanSean says
with success’ in both Deadpool and Xmen…Fox wont want to give any of their movie rights up….even if FF didnt do well, they could just pocket those movies for now let Deadpool, Gambit, and Xmen do some work and bring in a revamped FF down the road….they wont sell back something that could make them alot of money, and they dont want to share any of that money with Marvel either
highly unlikely we see another Spiderman scenario in the near future
Mike Stansbury says
After Dr. Strange hits, I think it would be nice to open new ground toward bringing characters from The Tomb of Dracula, Werewolf by Night, Son of Satan, and maybe a real Ted Sallis Man-thing! Perhaps The Living Mummy, Brother Voodoo and Skull The Slayer! There is a gold mine worth digging here and some of these characters would make excellent movies! They don’t all have to be super hero movies. After getting Iron fist, I hope they bring Shang Chi into his own movie as well.
stockbridge2112 says
I really see no reason not continue the storyline with the same characters played by different people James Bond has done it for years. For gods sake no more origin stories. I would love to see a Hawkeye movie or TV show based upon currently comics, Captain Marvel is long overdo.
Sadly the current comics do largely suck and Disney will continue to destroy them, dont forget this is the same company that cant put out a decent Donald Duck comic.
Drexel says
C’mon Secret Wars!!! The first Secret Wars 1984 with the Beyonder and the origin of the black Spider-man costume….
Troy Scot Braswell says
As a huge Thor fan from way back, I am excited to see what they do with Ragnarok. Personally, I don’t know about the rest of the MCU, but I hope either Beta Ray Bill or Thunderstrike are introduced. I’d love to see both of them on the big screen. Bill would work perfectly with the extended space theme and if Thor, Odin, et al are wiped out after Ragnarok, well, the world still needs heroes!
funkmasterrex says
masters of evil.
CalvinballPro says
Secret Invasion could be a whole phase, with setups throughout the stand-alones and culminating in a huge team-up movie payoff. (The Avengers: Secret Invasion) Earth-bound enough to involve any hero, but with cosmic elements that could fit the Guardians in somewhere if necessary. Doppleganger aliens would make for some suspense, twists, and crazy FX. That would be my suggestion.
Jim Tilley says
If there is going to be a turn away from Avengers, Why not a New Warriors film. If Thanos kills the Avengers in the Infinity War, How about a Thunderbolts style movie would be interesting. And of course my dream would be Marvel/Disney getting the rights back to the Fantastic Four. They have been able to pull off Ant-Man and Rocket Racoon. Any of the comics would be great as long as they remember to stick to the comics. Years and years of continues runs in a comic is a solid indicator that the character is good and people like them. My dream movie that I would make. Since Disney owns Marvel and characters are co owned. Howard the Duck was unable to register as a superhero in the SHIRA Civil War story line. I think a Howard the Duck film where he dons a costume and becomes DARKWING DUCK.
Darcseid says
AS long as the stories are good and the action matches I’ll continue to see Marvel and DC movies. More Marvel than DC since WB has no idea what they’re doing. Their TV shows are better than their movies but even those need a true fix.
Phase 4… I’ll wait. I bet they’ll ahve some real good stories and characters new to the universe. Marvel have their own Library. Who would have thought the new Guardians of the Galaxay would have been a hit???? I was a fan of the old team the 1st team and I loved the new team after the movie. MAde me buy their book. When I first saw the new team I didn’t even give them a chance but now….. I’m a fan.
Some people have forgot why these movies are made. To ‘Entertain’ us. To see a different world, different people, that takes us away from our own boring dull lives. Hollywood hates the comic book movie but most movies have come from some sort of book / magazine / poem / short story….. As long as the story is good they’ll keep bringing people to the movies.
GO MARVEL!!! GO DC!!! Do what you do and I’ll be there with my ticket.
Let the movies begin !!
Norton says
Agreed about DC. It makes me feel sad that they can’t get their own characters right.
Lyle Hanes says
Since we will soon have Dr. Strange and Valkyrie in Thor 3, why not do the Invaders movie that is suggested and introduce Namor, and someone else mentioned Silver Surfer and the Planet Hulk idea and then culminate all of those movies into the original Defenders? The Defenders could even complement a “What If” band of Avengers that we discover in Phase 5 or 6 is actually the result of a Skrull invasion.
mark magnante says
I would personally love to see a Namor the Submariner movie in phase four to counter DC’s Aqua Man which is looking more and more like it is going to be a good movie for a hero who is not as much of a joke that he has been characterized to be in the past. Another movie that should happen would be a Thunderbolts movie that would then shift into the first Avengers movie of the new “saga” of Masters of Evil. They could, however, just as easily do a continuation of the Infinity War, though, if they introduce Adam Warlock and spin-off two movies from there, one centering on battling The Magus, who is going to be the one of the greatest villains (in terms of power and outright evilness) left in the Marvel Universe (after they use Thanos, and then the second one centering on battling the Goddess (a being that would use the Infinity Stones to pervade reality in some way, shape or form). The unique thing about both of these, though, is that they are all sides of Adam Warlock and would serve to be a cohesive series of movies that is heavily influenced by the first “saga” of movies.
disqus_5IhZmGZsxY says
Here’s the problem with these later stages based off nobody characters: they’re based off nobody characters. 90% of Gen-X/older Millennials knew about the Hulk, Captain America, Iron Man, etc. You had a built in fan base. It’s fun to watch these characters brought to like in a quality way. Black Panther and Ant-Man might draw just enough to make the next stage interesting, but if they continue down this road, and kill off/lose Captain and Iron Man, the Marvel Cinematic draw will shrink tremendously.
eliottsworld says
Bring on The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl series made panel for panel from its current run. That would definitely be different (and awesome).
CJ Croberto says
i hope they don’t just get rid of Cap America, Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye, etc. These characters are bigger than their actors, and even if some people have a problem adjusting to new actors playing the same characters, you know eventually they will come around.
DallasTechie . says
Galactus and Silver Surfer ! Right the check to Fox and make it happen.
BrickmanChuck says
It would be amazing if Deadpool could jump around a bit into other titles. Even for a few minute joke spots like Stan Lee makes in all of the films. This could open many doors if Fox allowed his character some cameos in the MCU.
Michael Ferro says
Dude! I want that freakin picture. I hope it comes out in poster format. Its reminiscent of the Marvel poster that shows every single character ever created, with Spider-Man front & center.
Randy Randalman says
So long as they don’t try to go bigger. What Thanos achieved (and then undid) was total; bigger than the accomplishments of any villain in any comic universe. Make individual stories more interesting. Less “villain obtains powerful thingy and tries to destroy a planet,” followed by “heroes punch things to resolve it.” More creative methods of saving the world.
Also, keep the villains personal. Sorry, but Galactus would NOT be good on screen. Not only did Thanos kick his ass in the Infinity saga (thus rendering the former a “less than” threat), but he’s just a force of nature. There’s no personality, or deep inner conflict to be had there.
Whatever happens, never EVER recast the big four characters. Those being Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and Hulk. If the actors’ contracts are up, then retire their jerseys, as it were. Let them be in name or special effects only.
LeightonJones says
I’m not sure how it’s going to be that different? Surely it’s just going to be the end of the GotG and Ant-Man trilogies and part 2’s of Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Black Panther, Captain Marvel etc.
It would be interesting if Infinity War sees the death/retirement of Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, Hulk.
Personally I would like Cap to die and Bucky or Falcon to pick up the mantle. Similarly Stark should retire from being Iron Man and take on a Nick Fury style role whilst funding the Avengers. War Machine can take his place on the team. Widow, Hawkeye, Fury should be killed or retired. Thor should become king of Asguard and only occasionally pop up as support in later MCU films. Hulk should remain as a supporting character, science buddy for Stark, and occasionally Avengers member.
LeightonJones says
Maybe Teams will be important; there could be enough heroes to have two Avengers teams, the GotG, the Defenders, and maybe even SHIELD/New Warriors.
On the villain front there could be Masters of Evil and the Sinister Six.