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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Apr 4, 2014 4:23 PM UTC  This image released by Marvel shows Chris Evans, left, and Scarlett Johansson in a scene from "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." (AP Photo/Marvel-Disney) This image released by Marvel shows Chris Evans, left, and Scarlett Johansson in a scene from "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." (AP Photo/Marvel-Disney)Marvel/AP  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Apr 4, 2014 4:23 PM UTC _Captain America: The Winter Soldier_ is still just the tip of the iceberg. In [_Bloomberg BusinessWeek_‘s new in-depth profile of Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige](http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/192619-kevin-feige-marvels-superhero-at-running-movie-franchises), the studio exec tells writer Devin Leonard that one secret to the already-extensive list of Marvel movies — like _The Avengers_ and _Thor_ and _Iron Man_ — is the way they’re interconnected; each success can introduce potential fans to a lesser-known character, who can then receive his or her own movie. That means there are a _lot_ of movies left to be made: Feige says that the most recent planning map for future Marvel films already stretches a full 14 years into the future, to a date nearly two decades after Disney’s 2009 purchase of Marvel. Some of those films are already on the docket (_Guardians of the Galaxy_ and _Ant-Man_ and _Avengers: Age of Ultron_, to name a few), but Marvel Studios and Disney have been turning out films at a rate of about five every three years. If that pace continues, the coming years could see about 25 more films. Feige tosses off that factoid as a side example of the studio’s planning strategy, and the _BusinessWeek_ piece ends up focusing more on his career and Marvel’s relationship to Disney — plus, obviously, having a plan doesn’t mean those movies will _actually_ all make it to theaters. Still, taking Feige’s timeline at face value, Marvel _will_ be doing something kind of revolutionary. Though individual characters may have a modest two or three sequels each, Feige’s perspective makes it clear that the Marvel Studios universe is really one huge franchise, unified by a specific timeline and inter-character relationships that are meant to hold true from one picture to the next, even when a different hero gets top billing. That’s how the studio manages to make bank on superheroes who have relatively tiny comics-based fandoms. That massive reach means, for one thing, the _Avengers_\-et-al set is likely to surpass James Bond and become the [largest continuous franchise in Hollywood history](http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchises/sort/No). Beyond that, Marvel is a different beast than Bond. It’s closer to _Star Wars_ or _Star Trek_, but on a much grander scale. For 007, as for other franchise superstars like Superman or Jason Voorhees, each movie is a moment on a linear timeline centered on one person or group. For Marvel, a franchise is a web rather than a line. There’s still linear continuity and a strict canon, but they’re working with a universe rather than a plot-line. Having this kind of plan, one that reaches that far into the future, isn’t necessarily a good thing — maybe we’ll all be bored of superheroes in a few years, and Marvel will be up a creek. But, new as this structure may be, it’s also somewhat beyond their control. This specific character universe is the whole reason the studio exists — which also means that, if the mega-franchise concept continues to work as well as it has recently, even 2028 is unlikely to be its end. 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