Marvel Release Dates Through 2019:
The Avengers: Age of Ultron — May 1, 2015
Ant-Man — July 17, 2015
Captain America: Civil War — May 6, 2016
Doctor Strange — Nov. 4, 2016
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 — May 5, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok — July 28, 2017
Black Panther — Nov. 3, 2017
The Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 — May 4, 2018
Captain Marvel – July 6, 2018
Inhumans — Nov. 2, 2018
The Avengers: Infinity War Part II — May 3, 2019
And here's what I've been saying since Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier released (click to enlarge):
Basically, I was right for everything except a Black Widow/Hawkeye movie and another standalone Hulk (Planet Hulk was the speculation).
Here's a corrected mapping with the new announcements and how I think they're going to be interconnected (once again click to zoom):
I didn't do so bad guessing after all.
So overall here's how I think it's gonna go down from here:
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Avengers pretty much get messed up from Ultron, ultimately prevailing in the end, but at what cost? Also, I think that Loki's scepter will be an infinity stone (Mind Gem) that plays some part in causing Hulk to go berserk (why we saw him fighting the Iron Man Hulkbuster in the trailer). Unfortunately the lack of a Hulk standalone means that they aren't gonna to fling him into space for Hulk-sized timeout, which would kick-off a Planet Hulk movie.
This whole thing will somehow tie into Ant-man (maybe?).
Anyways, the Avengers get the stuff knocked around, maybe with the twins (Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch) aiding Ultron at some point for some reason, and ultimately this causes Tony Stark to think that all people/creatures with superpowers need to be registered (aka the Superhuman Registration Act). Captain America takes a strong stance opposing this (FREEDOM FTW), and this kicks off the Captain America 3: Civil War storyline, pretty much how it unfolds in the comic books. So pretty much it's a superhero free-for-all. Don't forget that Crossbones survived Cap 2, so be prepared for Captain America Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) to get shot and be replaced by Captain America Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan). This lines up perfectly with Stan's 9-MOVIE CONTRACT with Marvel, just starting with Cap 2.
Avengers: Age of Ultron also makes of big deal of 2 small facts in the trailers:
1 - Cap's broken VIBRANIUM shield
2 - Andy Serkis playing a character that looks strangely resemblant of a Marvel villain named Ulysses Klaw.
This has implications for kicking off the Black Panther movie, as Wakanda, a fictional African country ruled by Black Panther is the world's largest producer of vibranium, and Klaw is Black Panther's arch nemesis, always trying to get his dirty paws on some vibranium. Also, Avengers:AoU shot a lot of scenes in South Africa as well. He'll also likely show up for Avengers 3.
Moving on, we've heard that Benedict Cumberbatch is going to be playing Dr. Strange (yay), who got a name-drop in Cap. 2. He will likely tie back into Avengers 3: Infinity War, maybe he will deal with the Soul Gem?
Moving on, Thor also gets a round 3 movie, this time facing Ragnarok, who is essentially like the giant, flame-y Balrog creature that Gandalf fights in the first Lord of the Rings (Fellowship of the Ring). It makes sense to use that villain is a fire-based one, as he's already fought ice-based and darkness-based enemies (I guess you could call Thor a light-based hero, I mean they got that fancy rainbow light bridge in Asgard). It all balances out in a sense. Also, DID LOKI KILL ODIN? I MUST KNOW! Anyways Thor may or may not be back for Avengers 3, since he does die in the events of Ragnarok (in the comics), which falls before the Civil War timeline in the comics (this is opposite of the the MCU timeline, where Civil War will happen prior to Ragnarok).
Now that brings us back around to our favorite comical bunch of space oddballs - Guardians of the Galaxy 2. This time, Star Lord's dad will likely have some larger role as it was mentioned at the end of the first Guardians movie. Further, did you notice that big cocoon/blob/Halo Flood looking thing in the Collector's museum? And notice how it was burst open in the post-credits scene? Yeah, Adam Warlock aka THANOS'S GOOD-GUY COUTERPART. At multiple points in many Marvel comic series, he gets the Infinity Gauntlet and uses it for good. He also typically fights alongside the Guardians. Also, the Howard the Duck credits-scene from the first Guardians movie will either spin off a Howard reboot after 2020 or was just a giant troll joke from Marvel. Also, Guardians 2 will likely tie into either Captain Marvel (who will likely be Captain Marvel 2.0 aka Carol Danvers, whom I was sure that would ultimately have been revealed to be Skye from Agents of SHIELD), since it's Kree based (the Guardians fought the Kree in the first movie). Also, the Inhumans will probably have a tie-in here, as they are essentially genetically modified sleeper-cell human/alien creatures that were placed on Earth to eventually turn on humanity and prep them for alien takeover. I don't know much about it, but people have been saying that it's pretty much like Game of Thrones in space.
Also, RED SKULL - WHERE IS HE? It's very likely that he didn't die from getting sucked into that inter-dimensional vortex from the Tesseract in the Captain America 1, so where is he and when is he going to pop out again? Loki used the Tesseract to inter-dimensinally jump to Earth in the Avengers, who's to say that Red Skull isn't hiding out with Thanos.
And don't forget about your favorite Marvel TV show - Agents of Nothing (SHIELD). It will also likely have tie-ins directly to Avengers 2, Captain America: Civil War, GOTG 2/Captain Marvel/Inhumans, and ultimately Avengers 3. AND HYDRA, WHERE THEY BE? I know that they aren't going to make the big bad guys from both of the Captain America movies only appear in the TV show spin-off from now on.
Also, don't forget about the street-level heroes Netflix series: Daredevil, Power Man, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist, ultimately culminating in a Defenders mini-series. This is all slated to be going on around the same time as the 2016-2018 movies.
And finally, what everyone has been waiting for, Avengers: Infinity War, Parts 1 & 2.
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We've seen this coming since Avengers 1. It had even more implications from the end-credits scene of Thor 2 (where The Collector basically says that he's after the Infinity Stones) and during GOTG 1, where Thanos makes a direct appearance. Thanos, the ultimate big bad guy, is basically after the 6 Infinity Stones, 3 or 4 of which have been revealed, and the Infinity Gauntlet (currently locked up in Asgard, courtesy of a Thor 1 Easter egg), which when all combined, give him god-like powers. Basically, this movie is going to be so epic, and have so many superheroes in it, that they had to split it into 2 movies to contain all the awesomeness. Adam Warlock will likely have a pretty big role, and it will likely not be until this point that the cosmic heroes (GOTG, Captain Marvel, Inhumans) join up with the Earth-bound heroes (The Avengers). Also, expect A LOT of people to die. That's just how it goes. I'll leave you all with this lovely snapshot of the reveal showing.
And here's another freebie - MCU infinity stone infographic:
Also, does anyone here look or sound familiar:
(Iron Man, Dr. Strange, Captain America, Black Bolt (leader of Inhumans), Black Panther to name a few. Mr. Fantastic will not be present as he is owned by Fox.)
