Marvel Studios divides its Cinematographic Universe into sagas and phases, set by the films and series of the great Marvel heroes.
There are now two great Sagas released by Marvel. The first of these is the Infinity Saga, which is posed by the first three phases of the MCU, ranging from “Iron Man”, the first film in the shared universe released in 2008, to “Spider-Man: Far From Home”, which closed the saga of the events immediately after "Avengers: Endgame".
Now, during San Diego ic-Con, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige introduced the Multiverse Saga, which has been ongoing since the release of "WandaVision", opening up Phase 4 of the MCU in early 2021, and will run through the end of Phase 6, whose films began to be announced.
We separate the films and series of the Marvel Universe into their phases, to facilitate the understanding of the divisions made by Marvel Studios.
Infinity Saga
Phase 1
The first phase of the MCU introduced Marvel's top heroes, resulting in "The Avengers", the first major reunion of heroes. Tony Stark kicks things off by designing his suit, Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, is introduced in the "Iron Man" sequel. But before that, a Bruce Banner still played by Edward Norton ends up becoming the Hulk.
Thor and his brother Loki are also introduced in the first phase, as is Captain America, who takes us to World War II, when he becomes the first Avenger. Finally, "The Avengers" brings together the heroes presented for the episode known as "The Battle of New York".
- Iron Man (2008)
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Thor (2011)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- The Avengers – The Avengers (2012)
Phase 2
After introducing its main characters, Phase 2 of the MCU expanded things by introducing more heroes. More Avengers stories were told in solo films and new heroes were introduced, not just in "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Ant-Man" but along the way in the Phase 2 films.
Among them are Falcon, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch 3 the Vision, not to mention Ant-Man himself and the Guardians of the Galaxy – formed by Lord of the Stars, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon and Groot. It was also in Phase 2 that we began to discover what the Infinity Stones would be, important pieces of Phase 3.
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Ant-Man (2015)
Phase 3
The most eventful phase of the MCU has had more than 10 films, and includes some of the most epic battles in the Marvel Universe ever seen so far. Phase 3 starts the disagreement between the heroes, which results in a real civil war starring Captain America and Iron Man, which divides the Avengers.
But the differences between the heroes end up being put aside the rise of Thanos, who threatens half of the life in the universe. In addition to expanding on existing heroes from a few standalone movie sequels and two major Avengers movies, Phase 3 introduces, among others, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Mantis, Spider-Man, Valkyrie, and Captain Marvel.
- Captain America Civil War (2016)
- Doctor Strange (2016)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
- Thor: Ragnarök (2017)
- Black Panther (2018)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
- Captain Marvel (2019)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Multiverse Saga
Phase 4
As of this writing, Marvel is in its Phase 4, which opens the Multiverse Saga and begins a new MCU Era. And this Era starts something new at Marvel Studios: series produced exclusively for Disney+ that are fully intertwined with the Cinematic Universe, starting “WandaVision“.
The events at the end of Phase 3 caused the end, or a restart, for many of the main heroes we met in the Infinity Saga, here we have a reconstruction of the MCU, several introductions of heroes and also transformations of characters.
o This is a reconstruction, several characters were introduced, or gained more space and became more important figures here. Some of the characters introduced in Phase 4 are the Eternals, Shang-Chi, Moon Knight, and Ms. Marvel.
- WandaVision – Season 1 (2021)
- Falcon and the Winter Soldier – Season 1 (2021)
- Black Widow (2021)
- Loki – Season 1 (2021)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
- Eternals (2021)
- Hawkeye (2021)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
- Moon Knight (2022)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
- Ms Marvel (2022)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
- She-Hulk: Defender of Heroes – Season 1 (August 17, 2022)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever After (November 10, 2022)
Fase 5
Marvel is heading towards the end of its Phase 4, and in 2023 we will have the arrival of Phase 5. It is still early to define what Phase 5 will provide, but we already know that the “Secret Invasion” series should be a great crossover event . As well as in Phase 4, some characters will be introduced and/or will gain more space.
“Echo” will expand on the character introduced in “Hawkeye”, and “WandaVision” will also get a spin-off starring Agatha Harkness. In addition, Blade will be introduced to the MCU, as well as Ironheart, or Iron Heart, Tony Stark's successor. "The Marvels" also promises a meeting of heroes, and the "Thunderbolts", a group of Marvel villains who come together to do good.
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (February 16, 2023)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (May 5, 2023)
- Secret Invasion – Season 1 (first half of 2023)
- Echo – Season 1 (2023)
- Ironheart – Season 1 (2023)
- The Marvels (July 27, 2023)
- Blade (3 November 2023)
- Agatha: Coven of Chaos (late 2023 to early 2024)
- Daredevil: Born Again (Mid 2024)
- Captain America: New World Order (May 3, 2024)
- Thunderbolts (July 26, 2024)
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Phase 6
As for Phase 5, not much is known yet about Phase 6. For now, it only has three movies confirmed, which include two Avengers reunions, the as-yet-unknown new lineup reuniting for the first time since the end of Phase 3.
- Fantastic Four (November 8, 2024)
- Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (May 2, 2025)
- Avengers: Secret Wars (November 7, 2025)
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