We still have no idea which films will be in Marvel’s Phase Four, but it’s going to primarily cosmic films.
Warning: Major Spoilers Follow for Avengers: Endgame —
With the release of Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Studios — and oceans of fans worldwide — approach the inevitable transition into Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Marvel has already announced multiple films that will likely fit under Phase Four’s banner, including as-yet untitled movies about Black Widow, Shang-Chi and The Eternals, along with planned sequels to Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, and Doctor Strange.
That accounts for six films, but the studio has announced a total of nine release dates for upcoming films (May 1,2020, July 31,2020, November 6,2020, February 12,2021, May 7,2021, November 5,2021, February 18,2022, May 6,2022, July 29,2022). Thus, there are at least three currently unknown films set to release in Phase Four.
While the studio hasn’t said what any of these films will entail, it’s possible to assume their content using previously released information from Marvel.
Before the James Gunn controversy happened in July 2018, Gunn was slated to become the “architect” of the MCU’s cosmic side. These comments were later pulled back by Kevin Feige in 2019 to say that James Gunn’s sole cosmic influence was on the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, but those statement could still be extrapolated with regard to the MCU’s trajectory.
The fact that Feige even implied using an architect for one section of the MCU says volumes. Fans have never gotten an architect — at least not publicly — for any of the previous MCU phases.
