--- description: Get ready for more Avengers title: Marvel Announces a Ton of New Movies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24b371228798926f/6987630d35ba6f0b6cc04b18/avengers-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Marvel Unveils Superhero Five-Year Plan ## Video: Understanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe [Watch (HLS stream): Understanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nKWYGrii.m3u8) (2:55)  _Published 2013-11-05. How do we get from Iron Man to The Avengers? Where do the X-Men fit in? Learn how Marvel has crafted the progression of its superheroes in film._  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 28, 2014 7:17 PM CUT  Marvel  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 28, 2014 7:17 PM CUT Marvel Studios announced its upcoming slate of movies through 2019, which include two previously unannounced _Avengers_ sequels as well as its first solo female superhero movie and its first solo black superhero movie. At an event Tuesday, the company unveiled “Phase Three” — movies it plans to make after _Avengers: Age of Ultron_ and _Ant-Man_ arrive next May and July, respectively. Those movies include two more _Avengers_ films (the two-part _Avengers: Infinity War)_, a third _Thor_ film, a third _Captain America_ movie, as well as a few new superheroes. _Guardians of the Galaxy 2_ will now also arrive on May 5 in 2017, after previously being scheduled for a July 2017 release. Actor Chadwick Boseman will play the Black Panther, who will become the first black Marvel superhero to get his own movie. The character Carol Danvers will come to life as Captain Marvel, the first female superhero from Marvel to get her own movie. The big announcement followed Warner Bros.’ similar [unveiling](http://time.com/3510619/warner-bros-justice-league-wonder-woman/ "undefined") of the movies it has in the works through 2020, which include _The Flash_ (starring Ezra Miller) in 2018. The full list of titles and release dates is as follows: _Avengers: Age of Ultro_n, May 1, 2015 _Ant-Man_, July 17, 2015 _Captain America: Civil War_, May 6, 2016 _Doctor Strange_, Nov. 4, 2016 _Guardians of the Galaxy 2_, May 5, 2017 _Thor: Ragnarok_, July 28, 2017 _Black Panther_, Nov. 3, 2017 _Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1_, May 4, 2018 _Captain Marvel_, July 6, 2018 _Inhumans_, Nov. 2, 2018 _Avengers: Infinity War_ _– Part 2_, May 3, 2019 ### See How Marvel's Wolverine Has Evolved Over The Years  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com _Read next:_ [_Meet Black Panther, Marvel’s Newest Movie Superhero_](http://time.com/3544292/meet-black-panther-marvels-newest-movie-superhero/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3544262/marvel-phase-3-captain-marvel-black-panther-avengers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3544262/marvel-phase-3-captain-marvel-black-panther-avengers/"},"headline":"Marvel Unveils Superhero Five-Year Plan","datePublished":"2014-10-28T19:17:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:15.365Z","description":"Get ready for more Avengers, another Captain America and more","url":"https://time.com/3544262/marvel-phase-3-captain-marvel-black-panther-avengers/","keywords":["movies","Marvel","avengers","Captain America","ant-man","doctor strange","black panther"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24b371228798926f/6987630d35ba6f0b6cc04b18/avengers-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24b371228798926f/6987630d35ba6f0b6cc04b18/avengers-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"avengers-3","caption":"","creditText":"Marvel","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3544262/marvel-phase-3-captain-marvel-black-panther-avengers/","name":"Marvel Unveils Superhero Five-Year Plan"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Understanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe","description":"How do we get from Iron Man to The Avengers? 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