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This is a page that tries to keep the timelines for Marvel movies up to date (it no longer only includes MCU specific movies).
Parts of the list is sorted by the content of Disney Plus "Chronological view"-list. The list has also for a while included references to the series.
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Timeline Labels
Column D+, distributed via Disney Plus. Gets a as soon as it is available (not until then).
The movies will get "correct colours" referring to their respective phases when they are released.
There are also links to each movie that has an imdb reference.
Color schemes are getting updated continuously depending on their release plans:
Phase 1 |
Phase 2 |
Phase 3 |
Phase 4 (Current) |
Phase 5 (Not yet colored) |
Coming up next |
Coming after next |
Documentaries that isn't really belonging to a movie or tvseries |
Coming close to next year |
Coming close in the end of next year |
Far away from now |
Unknown, rumoured or just a confirmed year |
Released MCU unrelated |
Upcoming MCU unrelated |
Statuses
D+ Available at DisneyPlus
TV TV-Mini series rather than movie (Only used when it's not obvious that it's about TV-series)
D+Coming soon to Disney + (Deprecated, as it confuses what's on and what's no)
Where's X-Men, Deadpool and the other guys?
They are either not connected properly to the MCU, or - referring to Disney+ (for X-Men) - a legacy. They may show up in the non-mcu related section in the future.
The timeline
New Timeline Available!
The timeline and the MCU set up may be inaccurate until there are official confirmations for which Phase each movie or tv-series belong.
Look at the bottom of this page to get more information. We have collected some important videos there (from New Rockstars, etc).
Timeline Year | Title | Released | Phase | Status | Connections and information (Incl. spoilers) |
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PHASE 1 | |||||
1943-1945 | 2011-07-22 | 1 | D+ | Steve Rogers wakes up 2012. | |
1995 | 2019-03-08 | 1 | D+ | Carol Danvers meets parts of the survivors from Infinity War 2018. | |
2007-2011 | Incredible Hulk | 2008-06-13 | 1 | Edward Norton Edition Confirmed as an initialization of the MCU
End credits refers to putting a team together. | |
2010 | Iron Man | 2008-05-02 | 1 | D+ | End credits refers to "Iron man became part of a bigger universe". Nick Fury want to talk about "The Avengers Initiative". |
2011 | Iron Man 2 | 2010-05-07 | 1 | D+ | Coulson goes for the hammer of Thor. |
2011 | Thor | 2011-05-06 | 1 | D+ | Doctor Selvig meets Nick Fury. Controlled by Loki, they ends phase one with The Avengers. |
2012 | The Avengers | 2012-05-04 | 1 | D+ | Thanos shows up for the first time. The Avengers goes Shawarma. |
PHASE 2 | |||||
2013 | Thor - The dark world | 2013-11-08 | 2 | D+ | Thor's friends meets "The collector". |
2013-12-23 | Iron Man 3 | 2013-05-03 | 2 | D+ | Tony Stark's Mansion is under attack according to newspapers in december 2013 (source: 44:00:00 in movie). Tony Stark speaks with Banner the claims he's not a therapist. |
2014 | Captain America: The winter soldier | 2014-04-04 | 2 | D+ | Wanda and Pietro - The Twins - are introduced.", "Hydra now has the scepter, a scene that will follow up in Age of Ultron. |
2014 | Guardians of the galaxy | 2014-08-01 | 2 | D+ | Groot protects the guardians by sacrifice and are regrowing as a young plant. The Collector is found in chaos. Howard the Duck is talking. |
2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy - Vol. 2 | 2017-05-05 | 2 | D+ | Groot is growing. Princess Ayesha tries to summon Adam (Warlock?). |
2015 | The Avengers - Age of Ultron | 2015-05-01 | 2 | D+ | Thanos takes the infinity gauntlet. Last episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S02: |
2015/2016 | Deadpool | 2016-02-12 | 2½ | HULU | 4th wall breaking with a helicarrier under maintenance allows us to add this movie here for the references. FOX LEGACY |
2015 | The Ant Man | 2015-07-17 | 2 | D+ | Hope van Dyne gets The Wasp suite. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S03E01, September 29. |
PHASE 3 | |||||
2016 | Captain America: Civil War | 2016-05-06 | 3 | D+ | Mid Credit Post Credit Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S03E20 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S04E02: |
2016 | Black Panther | 2019-02-16 | 3 | D+ | Mid Credit Post Credit |
2016 | Spider-Man - Homecoming | 2017-07-07 | 3 | Mid Credit Post credit | |
2016 | Doctor Strange | 2016-11-04 | 3 | D+ | "There is no defender of the multiverse" Post Credit |
2017 | Thor - Ragnarök | 2017-11-03 | 3 | D+ | Mid Credit Post Credit |
2018-05 | The Ant Man and The Wasp | 2018-07-06 | 3 | D+ | Runs alongside with the end of Infinity War. The world gets snapped. |
2018-05 | The Avengers - Infinity War | 2018-04-27 | 3 | D+ | Nick Fury and Maria Hill gets snapped. |
2018 | Deadpool 2 | 2018-05-15 | 3½ | HULU | 4th wallbreaking with Thanos references allows us adding Deadpool here. Will probably be released at Disney+ under the Star brand. FOX LEGACY |
2023-10 | The Avengers - Endgame | 2019-04-26 | 3 | D+ | Initially occurs at 2023. No ending credits, just the last sounds of Tony Stark. |
2024 | Spider-Man - Far from home | 2019-07-02 | 3 | Occurs right after Endgame. Nick Fury post credits occurs 8 months after Endgame. | |
PHASE 4 | Closest releases listed here | ||||
N/A | 2021-01-08 | 4 | D+ | This series showcases individual characters from the MCU viewers have come to know and love over the years and revisit some of their most iconic moments. | |
2023-10 | 2021-01-15 | 4 | D+ | E01: Filmed Before Alive Studio Audience (1950's episode) Wanda and Vision struggle to conceal their powers during dinner with Vision's boss and his wife E02: Don't Touch That Dial (1950's episode) In an effort to fit in, Wanda and Vision perform a magic act in their community talent show. As seen from Avengers: Endgame | |
2023 | WandaVision S01E03 | 2021-01-22 | 4 | D+ | E04: Now in Color (1970's episode) Wanda's preganancy fritzes her powers and she and Vision prepare for an accelerated delivery |
2023 | WandaVision S01E04 | 2021-01-29 | 4 | D+ | We Interrups This Program (S.W.O.R.D. introduction) Story starts with the unblip. Jimmy Woo finalizes his card trick from Ant Man. The toy chopper (ref. E02) is being sent into the town. Skrulls being mentioned as an easter egg. |
2023 | WandaVision S01E05 | 2021-02-05 | 4 | D+ | Episode 5 (1980's episode) |
2023 | WandaVision S01E06 | 2021-02-12 | 4 | D+ | Episode 6 (1990/2000's episode) |
2023 | WandaVision S01E07 | 2021-02-19 | 4 | D+ | Episode 7 (2010's episode) |
2023 | WandaVision S01E08 | 2021-02-26 | 4 | D+ | Episode 8 (Full MCU episode) |
2023-11 | WandaVision S01E09 | 2021-03-05 | 4 | D+ | Episode 9 (Full MCU episode) Finale takes place about a month after Endgame (excluding the post credit scene). |
N/A | 2021-03-05 | 4 | D+ | ||
N/A | 2021-03-12 | 4 | D+ | ||
N/A | Marvel Studios: Assembled S01E01 - The Making of WandaVision | 2021-03-12 | 4 | D+ | |
2024-04 | The Falcon and The Winter Soldier S01E01 | 2021-03-19 | 4 | D+ | |
2024-04 | The Falcon and The Winter Soldier S01E02 | 2021-03-26 | 4 | D+ | |
2024-04 | The Falcon and The Winter Soldier S01E03 | 2021-04-02 | 4 | D+ | |
2024-04 | The Falcon and The Winter Soldier S01E04 | 2021-04-09 | 4 | D+ | |
2024-04 | The Falcon and The Winter Soldier S01E05 | 2021-04-19 | 4 | D+ | |
2024-04 | The Falcon and The Winter Soldier S01E06 | 2021-04-23 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | Marvel Studios: Assembled (S01E02) The Making of Falcon and the Winter Soldier | 2021-04-30 | 4 | D+ | |
2012 | Loki S01E01 | 2021-06-09 | 4 | D+ | Starts in an alternate timeline from 2012 MCU time line. |
N/A | Loki S01E02 | 2021-06-16 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | Loki S01E03 | 2021-06-23 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | Loki S01E04 | 2021-06-30 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | Loki S01E05 | 2021-07-07 | 4 | D+ | |
2012 - End of time | Loki S01E06 | 2021-07-14 | 4 | D+ | Ends in a probable new timeline, after the end of time is reached. Kang/He who remains revealed. |
N/A | Marvel Studios: Assembled The Making of Loki | 2021-07-21 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | Marvel Studios: Legends S01E09 (Black Widow) | 2021-07-07 | 4 | D+ | |
2016-2017 | Black Widow | 2021-07-09 | 4 | D+ |
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N/A | Marvel Studios: Legends S01E13 (The Ten Rings) | 2021-09-01 | 4 | D+ | |
2024-07 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | 2021-09-03 2021-10-18 (D+) | 4 | D+ |
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Fall 2023 | 2021-11-05 | 4 | D+ | According to New Rockstars, Eternals takes place seven days/immediately after The Blip: | |
N/A | Marvel Studios: Legends S01E10 (Peggy Carter) Marvel Studios: Legends S01E11 (The Avengers Initiative) Marvel Studios: Legends S01E12 (The Ravagers) | 2021-08-04 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | 2021-08-11 | 4 | D+ | Taking famous events from the MCU, with voicecasts reprising their roles. Summer 2021 | |
N/A | What If...? S01E02 | 2021-08-18 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | What If...? S01E03 | 2021-08-25 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | What If...? S01E04 | 2021-09-01 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | What If...? S01E05 | 2021-09-08 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | What If...? S01E06 | 2021-09-15 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | What If...? S01E07 | 2021-09-22 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | What If...? S01E08 | 2021-09-29 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | What If...? S01E09 | 2021-10-06 | 4 | D+ | |
N/A | What If...? S01E10 | 2021-10-13 | 4 | D+ | |
- | Venom: Let there be carnage | 2021-10-01 (USA) | N/A | N/A | SONY |
2025-12 | Hawkeye S01E01 | 2021-11-24 | 4 |
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2025-12 | Hawkeye S01E02 | 2021-12-01 | 4 | ||
2025-12 | Hawkeye S01E03 | 2021-12-08 | 4 | ||
2025-12 | Hawkeye S01E04 | 2021-12-15 | 4 | ||
2025-12 | Hawkeye S01E05 | 2021-12-22 | 4 | ||
2025-12 | Hawkeye S01E06 | 2021-12-29 | 4 | ||
N/A | Marvel Studios: Assembled The Making of Hawkeye | 2022-01-00 | 4 | ||
2025-12 | Spider-Man: No way home | 2021-12-17 | 4 | ||
TBA | MS Marvel S01E01 | Late 2021 | 4 | Not to be confused with Captain Marvel. Coming Late 2021 according to Marvel. | |
TBA | MS Marvel S01E02 | Late 2021 | 4 | ||
TBA | MS Marvel S01E03 | Late 2021 | 4 | ||
TBA | MS Marvel S01E04 | Late 2021 | 4 | ||
TBA | MS Marvel S01E05 | Late 2021 | 4 | ||
TBA | MS Marvel S01E06 | Late 2021 | 4 | ||
TBA - Coming Next | |||||
TBA | Morbius | 2022-01-21 | - | SONY | Vaguely linked to the MCU? |
TBA | 2022-XX-XX | 4 | |||
TBA | She-Hulk - S01E02 | TBA | 4 | ||
TBA | She-Hulk - S01E03 | TBA | 4 | ||
TBA | She-Hulk - S01E04 | TBA | 4 | ||
TBA | She-Hulk - S01E05 | TBA | 4 | ||
TBA | She-Hulk - S01E06 | TBA | 4 | ||
TBA | She-Hulk - S01E07 | TBA | 4 | ||
TBA | She-Hulk - S01E08 | TBA | 4 | ||
TBA | She-Hulk - S01E09 | TBA | 4 | ||
TBA | She-Hulk - S01E10 | TBA | 4 | ||
TBA | Agents of S.W.O.R.D | 2023-01-05 | TBA | Agents of S.W.O.R.D. is introduced in WandaVision. | |
TBA | Secret Invasion S01E01 | TBA | TBA | Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) and Talos (Ben Bendelsohn) returns. | |
TBA | Secret Invasion S01E02 | TBA | |||
TBA | Secret Invasion S01E03 | TBA | |||
TBA | Secret Invasion S01E04 | TBA | |||
TBA | Secret Invasion S01E05 | TBA | |||
TBA | Secret Invasion S01E06 | TBA | |||
TBA | Ironheart | TBA | TBA | TV | |
TBA | Armor Wars | TBA | TBA | TV | A classic Marvel story about Tony Starks worst fears coming true. It's what happens when his tech falls into the wrong hands. Don Cheadle returns as War Machine. |
TBA | 2022-XX-XX | TBA | James Gunn Will be shooted aside with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. | ||
Coming soon | |||||
N/A | Marvel Studios: Assembled The Making of Black Widow | TBA | 4 | Will probably not happen. | |
- | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | 2022-03-25 | 4 | ||
- | Captain America 4 | TBA | 4 | Just announced | |
- | Thor: Love and thunder | 2022-05-06 | 4 | ||
- | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | 2022-07-08 | 5 | ||
- | 2022-11-11 | 5 | Ms Marvel confirmed to join. According to Emergency Awesome, release date is 7 october 2022. According to IMDB, release date is November 2022. | ||
- | New Avengers Movie (Avengers 5) | 2022 | 5 | ||
- | Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania | 2023-02-17 | 4 | Disputed phase | |
- | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | 2023-05-05 | 5 | ||
- | Blade | TBA | 5 | ||
- | Moon Knight | TBA | 4 | TV | |
- | Fantastic Four | 2023 | TBA | 2023 | |
- | Nova | 2023-11-03 | 5 | ||
- | Deadpool 3 | TBA | TBA | 2023 | |
- | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 | TBA | TBA | ||
- | Untitled Wakanda Series S01E01 | TBA | TBA | ||
- | I am Groot S01E01 | TBA | TBA | TV | Animated TV-series. |
Legacy (Released) | |||||
N/A | Hulk | 2003-06-09 | N/A | The Eric Bana-Hulk | |
N/A | The New Mutants | 2020-08-28 | N/A | HBO MAX | PRE-MARVEL/FOX |
N/A | Helstrom | 2020-10-16 | N/A | HULU | HULU Original. |
Legacy Fox | The Broken Fox/X-Men Timeline with no MCU relations 2019, Marvel Studios regained the rights for from the "21st century fox" - also known as "Fox legacy" below. | ||||
1962 | X-Men: First Class | 2011-06-03 | - | D+ | FOX LEGACYREGAINED |
1973/2023 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | 2014-05-23 | - | D+ | FOX LEGACYREGAINED |
1845/1979-1981 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | 2009-05-01 | - | D+ | FOX LEGACYREGAINED |
1983 (Alt) | X-Men: Apocalypse | 2016-05-18 | - | D+ | FOX LEGACYREGAINED |
1992 | X-Men: Dark Phoenix | 2019-06-05 | - | D+ | FOX LEGACYREGAINED |
2003 | X-Men | 2000-06-02 | - | D+ | FOX LEGACYREGAINED |
2003 | X-Men 2 (X-Men: United) | 2003-05-02 | - | D+ | FOX LEGACYREGAINED |
2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | 2006-05-24 | - | D+ | FOX LEGACYREGAINED |
2013 | The Wolverine | 2013-07-26 | - | D+ | FOX LEGACYREGAINED |
2016 | Deadpool (see above) | 2016-02-12 | - | HULU | FOX LEGACYREGAINED |
2018 | Deadpool 2 (see above) | 2018-05-15 | - | HULU | FOX LEGACYREGAINED |
2019 | The New Mutants | 2020-09-02 | - | FOX LEGACYREGAINED | |
2029 | Logan | 2017-03-01 | - | FOX LEGACYREGAINED | |
N/A | Fantastic Four | 2005-07-13 | - | D+ | FOX LEGACYREGAINED |
N/A | 2007-08-17 | - | D+ | FOX LEGACYREGAINED | |
N/A | Fantastic Four | 2015-08-07 | - | D+ | FOX LEGACYREGAINED |
N/A | 2021-05-21 | N/A | HULU | Animated TV Series. | |
N/A | S01E02 | 2021-05-21 | N/A | HULU | |
N/A | S01E03 | 2021-05-21 | N/A | HULU | |
N/A | S01E04 | 2021-05-21 | N/A | HULU | |
N/A | S01E05 | 2021-05-21 | N/A | HULU | |
N/A | S01E06 | 2021-05-21 | N/A | HULU | |
N/A | S01E07 | 2021-05-21 | N/A | HULU | |
N/A | S01E08 | 2021-05-21 | N/A | HULU | |
N/A | S01E09 | 2021-05-21 | N/A | HULU | |
N/A | S01E10 | 2021-05-21 | N/A | HULU | |
N/A | Marvel Studios: Legends S01E07 (Loki) | 2021-06-04 | 4 | D+ | |
Venom/Spiderverse | |||||
Earth-1610 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 2018-12-14 | Miles Morales Edition | ||
PENDING | 2002-06-23 | Peter "Tobey Maguire" Parker | |||
PENDING | 2004-07-07 | Peter "Tobey Maguire" Parker | |||
PENDING | Spider-Man 3 | 2007-05-03 | Peter "Tobey Maguire" Parker | ||
PENDING | The Amazing Spider-Man | 2012-06-03 | Peter "Andrew Garfield" Parker | ||
PENDING | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | 2014-04-18 | Peter "Andrew Garfield" Parker | ||
2016 | Captain America - Civil War | 2016-05-06 | 3 | Peter "Tom Holland" Parker Marvel-Crossover | |
2016 | Spider-Man - Homecoming | 2017-07-07 | 3 | Peter "Tom Holland" Parker | |
2018 | The Avengers - Infinity War | 2018-04-27 | 3 | Peter "Tom Holland" Parker Marvel-Crossover | |
2023-2024 | Spider-Man - Far from home | 2019-07-02 | 3 | Peter "Tom Holland" Parker | |
PENDING | Venom | 2018-10-05 | SONY |
Chronological Timeline according to New Rockstars
Dates to remember
Date | Event | External Information |
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November 2020 | Marvel's 616 |
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Fall 2020 | Marvel's storyboards | Season 1 |
Marvel's storyboards | Season 2 | |
10 december | Disney investor meeting | https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-investor-day-2020/ |
2021-01-08 | Marvel Studios: Legends | Also added to the above timeline under Phase 4. https://www.earth616.org/2020/12/15/marvel-studios-announcing-yet-another-series/ |
2021-02-23 | Star releases in Europe | https://deadline.com/2020/12/disney-star-international-launch-streaming-service-1234653438/ Sweden reports here: https://www.expressen.se/noje/blogg/tvbloggen/2020/12/11/star-disney-sverige-2021/ Star is the Hulu replacement |