Warning: This post contains spoilers for all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.

There’s perhaps no more highly anticipated film in 2019 than Avengers: Endgame, which will premiere on April 26. The film will hopefully offer fans some closure after the shocking cliffhanger of Avengers: Infinity War left them desperate for clues about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. New posters released by Marvel in the lead-up to the movie finally revealed to fans exactly which heroes died in Avengers: Infinity War — and who will need to be avenged in Avengers: Endgame.

Endgame is an almost guaranteed success: The superheroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ruled the box office in 2018, and — thanks to Captain Marvel, which just broke box office records with the sixth-largest worldwide debut ever — it looks like Marvel heroes will continue to dominate 2019.

After that saga ends, it’s anyone’s guess as to what will happen next. Given recent studio mergers, a lot could change in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We could see X-Men fighting the Avengers or Fantastic Four villains invading upcoming Marvel movies.

A little over a decade ago, Disney bought Marvel Studios. At the time of Disney’s purchase, Marvel Studios was struggling and had already sold off the rights to its most popular characters: They dealt Spider-Man to Sony and the X-Men and Fantastic Four to Fox. Disney was left to build a franchise out of lesser-known characters like Iron Man and Thor.

Over 10 years, Disney built the most bankable film franchise in the world by building an interlocking universe of characters, teasing future movies with post-credit scenes and experimenting with different genres to shake up the superhero formula.

Disney was so successful, that they are now able to buy back those fan favorite Marvel characters owned by other studios. Last year, Sony and Disney teamed up to make Spider-Man: Homecoming. Sony will continue to make other movies about characters in the so-called Spiderverse, like last year’s Venom, but will allow Disney to use Tom Holland’s Spider-Man in upcoming Marvel movies like Avengers: Endgame. Neither studio has confirmed how much crossover there will be between the two universes after this summer.

Meanwhile, Disney and Fox just completed their merger, which means Disney now has some of Marvel’s most popular characters in their toy box. Disney will likely try to incorporate Fox’s X-Men and Fantastic Four characters into the Avengers reality and could recreate popular storylines from the comics, like fights between Wolverine and Captain America or a romance between Black Panther and Storm. It’s likely that Disney will want to totally reboot these franchises (especially the flagging Fantastic Four) and incorporate them into the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe.

We’ve outlined all the upcoming Marvel movies, and even teased a few sequels and spinoffs that are still in the works. Here’s a list of upcoming Marvel movies in order:

Avengers: Endgame (April 26, 2019)

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The fourth Avengers movie will complete “Phase Three” of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (“Phase One” ended with The Avengers in 2012, “Phase Two” with Ant-Man in 2015.) The movie will have to resolve Infinity War’s cliffhanger ending.

The first Avengers: Endgame trailers tease that resolution, including hints about the whereabouts of both Ant-Man and Hawkeye, who were both absent from Infinity War. On March 14, Marvel released an official poster which only features characters who were still alive at the end of Infinity War. And Captain Marvel is featured prominently in a new trailer for the film.

Here's your first look at the new poster for Marvel Studios’ #AvengersEndgame. See it in theaters April 26. pic.twitter.com/KJ2AWa6nIz

— Captain Marvel (@captainmarvel) March 14, 2019

After all, the Captain Marvel post-credits scene finally confirmed that Captain Marvel did indeed receive the page that Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) sent in the Avengers: Infinity War end-credits scene. As the surviving Avengers—Captain America (Chris Evans), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), James Rhodes (Don Cheadle), and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo)—debate their next steps after Thanos’ snap, Captain Marvel arrives at Avengers headquarters, just in time.

Ever since he first appeared in a Guardians of the Galaxy post-credit scene, Thanos (Josh Brolin) has been after the six Infinity Stones, powerful gems that could allow him to destroy the universe. Marvel fans will recall these gems from previous Marvel movies, like the Time Stone in Doctor Strange or the Power Stone in Guardians of the Galaxy. In Infinity War, he got his hands on all six stones—and used them to dire consequences. Now the Avengers team must figure out what to do next.

Expect few of the original squad to survive this next film. Several of the stars’ contracts will expire with that movie, including Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye).

Evans has been open about wanting to leave the franchise. On Oct. 4, Evans tweeted that he had wrapped filming on Avengers: Endgame and that playing Captain America “over the last 8 years has been an honor.”

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Hemsworth has also said he won’t play Thor again after Avengers: Endgame. Johansson will presumably survive the film since Disney has finally hired someone to write a standalone Black Widow movie.

Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has confirmed as much. “Certainly as we get to Infinity War there is a sense of a climax if not a conclusion to, by the time we’re at untitled Avengers 4, the 22 movies that will have encompassed the first three phases of the MCU,” he told Collider. “And what happens after that will be very different. I don’t know if it’s Phase 4, it might be a new thing.”

The Russo brothers, for their part, have kept the details of Avengers: Endgame entirely under wraps. But note that both Ant-Man and the Wasp and Captain Marvel are set before the events of Avengers: Infinity War, which means the 2019 sequel to Infinity War can pick up at the exact moment the previous film ended or shortly thereafter.

Whether or not fans must say goodbye to Cap and Thor, Marvel certainly has plenty of new characters to play with, including Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther, Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel, Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and the X-Men and Fantastic Four characters—if they decide to incorporate them into the universe. The studio could also promote some of the sidekick characters to lead roles: Anthony Mackie’s Falcon could become Cap or Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie could replace Thor.

Dark Phoenix (June 7, 2019)

Universe: X-Men

Game of Thrones‘ Sophie Turner took over from Famke Janssen as the younger version of the formidable mutant Jean Grey in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse. Now, she’ll star in her own movie about Jean Grey’s evolution from superhero into the villainous Dark Phoenix. The story will be set in the 1990s, and Jean will have to contend with the dark forces in her own mind.

Fox tried to bring the beloved Dark Phoenix saga to the screen in the much-maligned X-Men: The Last Stand. Simon Kinsburg wrote that film, but has since criticized the studio for relegating the Dark Phoenix story to a subplot. Now, he’ll return as director of Dark Phoenix to make the movie he always envisioned. Jennifer Lawrence will return as Mystique, Michael Fassbender as Magneto and James McAvoy as Professor X. Jessica Chastain will play a mysterious villain.

In the first trailer for the film, it seems that Professor X may have modified Jean’s memory so she would forget that she caused the car accident that killed her parents. Jean may break from the X-Men after discovering this betrayal. The trailer also features a funeral, but it’s unclear who has died. Considering that Disney and Fox will soon merge their universes, every mutant—really, the entire universe—is at risk. Disney may decide it wants to reboot the X-Men entirely and thus kill off all the characters from this franchise to wipe the slate clean.

Spider-Man: Far From Home (July 5, 2019)

Universe: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Spider-Man will definitely survive the Infinity War movies because he’s contractually obligated to star in another two Spider-Man films. Tom Holland will return in Far From Home as geeky teen Peter Parker and Zendaya will appear as Mary Jane. In the movie, Peter and his friends head to Europe for summer vacation.

Peter will face off against classic Spidey villain Mysterio, played by Jake Gyllenhaal (who once auditioned to play the webslinger himself but lost out to Tobey Maguire). Though Robert Downey Jr. played a major role in the first film as Spider-Man’s mentor, Holland has confirmed that Iron Man won’t appear in Far From Home. (N.B. The events of Into the Spider-Verse and Venom have no effect on what happens in the Tom Holland movies. Think of them all as parallel universes.)

The first Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer reveals Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio to be a wannabe good guy, though fans have speculated that he is creating monsters to fight so that he can look like the hero.

The New Mutants (Aug. 2, 2019)

Universe: X-Men

Fox has slowly been building a cohort of young actors to take over the X-Men movies when longtime cast members like James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence inevitably exit the franchise. (They are already the second group of actors to play the X-Men. Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry were among the first group.)

The New Mutants is no exception: The movie adds a slew of new actors into the franchise, including Split’s Anya Taylor-Joy, Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams, Stranger Things’ Charlie Heaton and 13 Reasons Why’s Henry Zaga. And like Deadpool and Logan before it, the movie will test the bounds of genre in superhero filmmaking, this time with a horror spin.

Gambit (March 13, 2020)

Universe: X-Men

Channing Tatum has been trying to get a Gambit movie made for years. The Magic Mike actor plans to star as the New Orleans-based thief with the ability to charge inanimate objects (like playing cards) with explosive power.

The movie was initially supposed to start production in 2015, but Fox placed it on the back burner after two different directors dropped out. Tatum has said he wanted to do something edgier and more original with the character. Recent superhero movies like Logan and Deadpool, which experimented with genre, have opened up the door for Gambit to take big risks.

The studio has yet to announce a new director for the upcoming movie after Gore Verbinski dropped out in January. Fox has subsequently pushed the movie’s release date.

Black Widow (TBD 2020)

Universe: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Scarlett Johansson in 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron' — Jay Maidment—Marvel/Walt Disney/Shutterstock

Black Widow is getting a long-overdue solo movie. Scarlett Johansson has appeared in six Marvel movies, beginning with Iron Man 2 in 2010, but she has never gotten to play the lead.

Marvel hired Jac Schaeffer to write a script and announced that Cate Shortland would direct the film. Since, Variety has reported that Florence Pugh (Fighting With My Family) will co-star.

Marvel hasn’t released any details about the plot, but in March 2018, Johansson speculated on what a Black Widow origin story might look like: “I think that there’s definitely an opportunity to explore Widow as a woman who has come into her own and is making independent and active choices for herself, probably for once in her life. She hasn’t always had that possibility.”

The Eternals (2020 TBD)

Universe: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Feige has confirmed that Marvel would make a movie featuring the Eternals. The studio has since hired indie director Chloe Zhao (The Rider and Songs My Brothers Taught Me) to direct the film, though they have not cast anyone yet.

In the comics, a race called the Celestials (the gold people from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) create the Eternals, a superhuman and immortal people. The Eternals have the powers of flight, telepathy and manipulation of matter, among other things. The Eternals are tasked with protecting Earth.

Black Panther 2 (TBD)

Universe: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Black Panther

Marvel Studios head Feige has already confirmed that Black Panther 2 is definitely happening. Ryan Coogler has already signed on to write and direct the sequel. Presumably, Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o and the rest of the first film’s stars will likely sign on for a second movie.

Feige also teased possible spinoff films for some of Black Panther’s standouts, including Black Panther’s genius younger sister Shuri (Letita Wright) and badass warrior Okoye (Danai Gurira). “I think Shuri’s astounding, and you’ll see much more of her in our universe,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “Okoye, I think I’d watch three action films just Okoye.”

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (TBD)

Universe: Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3′s development has been a rollercoaster ride. The film was set for 2020 until Disney fired James Gunn, who directed the first two Guardians films, in July after reviewing many of his old tweets. The cast subsequently released a joint statement in support of Gunn.

Eight months after its initial decision, Disney announced on March 15 that it had rehired Gunn to direct the film. Gunn had previously apologized for the old tweets, which he described as “unfortunate efforts to be provocative,” and Disney executives reportedly decided to accept the apology.

Before Gunn was re-hired by Disney, he signed with Warner Bros. to write and direct a Suicide Squad sequel. Marvel Studios has agreed to being the production of Guardians 3 after Gunn completes Suicide Squad 2, so it is unclear when the movie will premiere.

The final movie in the Guardians trilogy could launch at least one spinoff. In a post-credits scene of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, ravagers played by Sylvester Stallone, Michelle Yeoh and others talk about reuniting a fractured team of heroes.

Doctor Strange 2 (TBD)

Universe: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Doctor Strange

Marvel has not officially confirmed an upcoming Doctor Strange sequel. But C. Robert Cargill, who wrote the first film, and director Scott Derrickson recently revealed at a screening that they already have a concept and villain for the second movie. They also hinted that Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) would play a major role in the story.

It’s unclear what will become of Strange in Avengers: Endgame, but Derrickson has been dropping cryptic clues about the future of the character on Twitter.

Into the Spider-Verse 2 (TBD)

Universe: Spiderverse

Based on early reviews, Sony greenlit a sequel for Into the Spider-Verse before it even premiered. The film will likely focus more closely on Miles Morales as opposed to the other Spider-People now that he’s learned how to handle his webs.

An all-female Spider-verse spinoff (TBD)

Universe: Spiderverse

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Into the Spider-verse left fans craving more from Gwen Stacey and Penni Parker, two of the alternate universe Spider-People. Expect them to lead the pack, along with some other female heroes like Spider-Woman, in this spinoff film.

Shang-Chi (TBD)

Universe: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Marvel Studios has fast-tracked a movie based on the character Shang-Chi. He would be Marvel’s first Asian superhero to get a solo film. Marvel has tapped two up-and coming filmmakers for the project. Screenwriter Dave Callaham, who also wrote the upcoming Wonder Woman 1984 will write. Short Term 12 director Destin Daniel Cretton will direct. Executives likely hope that Shang-Chi can make as big of a cultural impact as Black Panther did.

Venom 2 (TBD)

Universe: Spiderverse

Even though Sony and Disney teamed up to release Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017, Sony is independently producing a series of films based on characters from the Spider-Man comic books in a separate universe. Venom was the first.

Tom Hardy plays Eddie Brock, a man who has been infected by an alien symbiote called Venom. Spidey isn’t even mentioned in the film. Venom turns into something of an anti-hero in the movie, battling the villain, Riot. A mid-credits teaser suggests that Venom will probably get a sequel with Woody Harrelson playing a baddie named Carnage. Despite its lukewarm critical reception, the first movie was a massive hit at the box office.

Morbius (TBD)

Universe: Spiderverse

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Jared Leto, who already has played the Joker for a DC Comics movie, is joining ranks with Sony to play a Spider-Man villain. The movie will center on the vampiric character Morbius and be directed by Daniel Espinosa (Safe House, Life).

Silver and Black (TBD)

Universe: Spiderverse

Despite reports that Sony had scrapped this movie, or even divided it into two different solo movies for Silver Sable and Black Cat, a producer of Venom recently said that the movie was still a-go, but that the writers are revamping the script.

Sony recruited Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball, Beyond the Lights) to make the movie about Silver Sable and Black Cat. It’s unclear if she’s still attached to the project. Plot details are scarce, but Silver Sable, the head of an elite squad, will likely be hunting down the talented burglar Black Cat—until they join forces. Prince-Bythewood has cited buddy movies like Thelma & Louise as her inspiration for the film.

Logan Spinoff (TBD)

Universe: X-Men

Dafne Keen in 'Logan' — Moviestore/ShutterstockDafne Keen in ‘Logan’

Logan surprised just about everyone: The dark and poignant superhero movie set in 2029 earned critical praise and an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. It’s no wonder, then, that Fox is working on a script that would center on Laura, the little girl Logan shepherds across the country in that movie.

Laura could essentially pick up Wolverine’s mantle in future films. She and the other young mutants who are the victim of experimentation in Logan could represent a new, much more diverse future for the X-Men and superhero movies in general.

Ms. Marvel (TBD)

Universe: Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Fan favorite Ms. Marvel—Marvel’s first Muslim superhero—is making her way to the big screen, according to Marvel head Feige. Kamala Khan, a shapeshifting teenager inspired to fight crime by Captain Marvel, made her debut in the comic books in 2014.

Though Feige didn’t confirm how or when Ms. Marvel will make her debut, a solo movie about a female, Muslim-American superhero would be a massive step forward in the still very white, very white Marvel universe. Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel could likely play a mentor role in Ms. Marvel’s movie, much like Iron Man dropped in on Spider-Man in Homecoming.

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