- Marvel.com
- Racist internet nerds, start your engines. And then drive into a lake so we don’t have to listen to you anymore.
I think this news actually slowed Twitter down this morning. Jen Yamoto at Deadline reports that superhero movie maker Marvel Studios announced all the films that make up its “Phase 3.” The “phases” in Marvel movies are traditionally capped by an Avengers film. The movies, which will be released after next year’s Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man, are:
May 6, 2016 – Captain America: Civil War
November 4, 2016 – Doctor StrangeMay 5, 2017 – Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 (new date)
July 28, 2017 – Thor: Ragnarok
November 3, 2017 – Black PantherMay 4, 2018 – Avengers: Infinity War – Part I
July 6, 2018 – Captain Marvel
November 2, 2018 – The InhumansMay 3, 2019 – Avengers: Infinity War – Part II
The internet is very excited about this news, especially the fact that Marvel will be making movies starring a black superhero (the excellent Chadwick Boseman will play the Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War before spinning off into his own film) and a female superhero (no actor has been announced for Captain Marvel). Some people are psyched to see Iron Man and Captain America fight in the third Captain America movie. Others are thrilled that the third Avengers movie will be split, Peter Jackson–like, into a two-part story. Some people don’t care. I like Tom Spurgeon’s depressing take on the story:
these movie timelines are less exciting if you imagine yourself on each date: older, fatter and closer to death
— Tom Spurgeon (@comicsreporter) October 28, 2014
Which of these announcements do you think is the most exciting?