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
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
Below is a list of films that are all but confirmed to be part of Phase Four.
- Black Widow
- The Eternals
- Black Panther 2 (tentative)
- Doctor Strange 2 (tentative)
- Shang-Chi
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Untitled Marvel Film
- Untitled Marvel Film
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.
- Ant-Man 3 (tentative)
- Captain Marvel 2 (tentative)
- Thor 4 (tentative)
- Blade
- Nova (Rumored)
- Thunderbolts (Rumored)
Television 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 Daredevil
- Marvel's Jessica Jones
- Marvel's Luke Cage
- Marvel's Iron Fist
- Marvel's The Defenders
- Marvel's The Punisher
Freeform series
Disney+ series
- Falcon & The Winter Soldier
- WandaVision
- Hawkeye (tentative)
- Loki (tentative)