The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), classified by Marvel as Earth-199999, is a film franchise and shared fictional universe that is the setting of superhero films produced independently by Marvel Studios, based on characters that appear in publications published by Marvel Comics. Much like the actual Marvel Comics, the franchises crosses over plot elements, settings, cast and characters from the various films.
The franchise was started in 2008 with the release of Iron Man and some time later The Incredible Hulk, and has since grown to include six movies. Within four years time, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become the fifth highest-grossing film franchise of all time.
Films[]
Blu-ray box set cover of Marvel Cinematic Universe - Phase One: Avengers Assembled
Phase One[]
Phase Two[]
- Iron Man 3
- Thor: The Dark World
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- The Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Ant-Man
Phase Three[]
- Captain America: Civil War
- Doctor Strange
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Black Panther
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Ant-Man and the Wasp
- Captain Marvel
- Avengers: Endgame
- Spider-Man: Far From Home
Phase Four[]
- Black Widow
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- The Eternals
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Thor: Love and Thunder
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- The Marvels
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Fantastic Four
Unconfirmed[]
Below is a list of films hinted, reference or talked about by actors or the press and are rumored to be in the works.
- Mutants (hinted by Kevin Feige)
- Deadpool 3 (hinted by Ryan Reynolds)
- Nova (Rumored)
- Thunderbolts (Rumored)
Television series[]
Disney+ series[]
Phase 4[]
- WandaVision
- Falcon & The Winter Soldier
- Loki
- What if...?
- Ms. Marvel
- Hawkeye
- Moon Knight
- She-Hulk
- Secret Invasion
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
- Ironheart
- Armor Wars
- Untitled Wakanda Series
ABC series[]
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-2017)
- Agent Carter (TV series) (2015-2016)
- Marvel's Inhumans (2017)
Netflix series[]
- Marvel's DaretherdeOMarvel's Jessica Jones
- Marvel's Luke Cage
- Marvel's Iron Fist
- Marvel's The Defenders
- Marvel's The Punisher
Freeform series[]
- Marvel's Cloak & Dagger
- Marvel's New Warriors (cancelled)
Web series[]
- WHIH Newsfront
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot
- The Daily Bugle
Other[]
- Marvel's Most Wanted (cancelled)
- Marvel's Damage Control (cancelled)