MCU TIMELINE

The Marvel story so far...

IRON MAN 2008

Release date 2 may 2008

Trivia At the time, Paul Bettany had no idea which film he was recording his JARVIS lines for.

THE INCREDIBLE HULK (2008)

Release date 13 June 2008 Cameo The pizza shop owner is played by Paul Soles, who voiced Bruce Banner in the ’60s Hulk animated series.

IRON MAN 2 (2010)

Release date 7 may 2010 Easter egg Stark has a Captain America comic book in his briefcase.

THOR (2011)

Release date 6 may 2011 Trivia The events of The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, and Thor all happen in the same week.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (2011)

Release date 22 July 2011 Cameos Wolverine and Magneto were both meant to appear until rights issues shelved the idea.

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE (2012)

Release date 4 may 2012 Trivia The film’s code name during production was ‘Group Hug’.

IRON MAN 3 (2013)

Release date 3 may 2013 Trivia The only Iron Man film not to feature any AC/DC songs.

THOR: THE DARK WORLD (2013)

Release date 8 November 2013 Trivia The first Marvel film to open with the Marvel Studios logo.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2014)

Release date 4 April 2014 Trivia Cap doesn’t hold or fire a single gun in the whole film.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014)

Release date 1 august 2014

Easter egg The slugs in the Collector’s lair are a nod to James Gunn’s film Slither.

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON 2015

Release date 1 may 2015

Trivia Chris Evans didn’t know the film’s title until it was announced at Comic-Con.

ANT-MAN (2015)

Release date 17 July 2015 Easter egg The sound effect of Yellowjacket shooting his lasers is the same as the AT-ATs in Star Wars.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (2016)

Release date 6 may 2016 Trivia After Rosemary Harris and Sally Field, Marisa Tomei is the third Oscar-nominated actress to play the role of Aunt May.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 (2017)

Release date 5 may 2017 Cameo James Gunn motion captured Baby Groot’s opening dance number.

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (2017)

Release date 7 July 2017 Cameo Spidey’s computer Karen is voiced by Jennifer Connelly.

THOR: RAGNAROK (2017)

Release date 3 November 2017 Trivia One of the streets on Sakaar – Kirby Way – is named after Marvel artist Jack Kirby.

BLACK PANTHER (2018)

Release date 16 February 2018 Box office Was recently crowned the highestgrossing standalone Marvel movie of all time.

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (2018)

Release date 27 april 2018 Trivia Officially the longest MCU film so far, at two hours and 36 minutes.

ANT-MAN AND THE WASP (2018)

Release date 6 July 2018 Trivia This is the eighth entry in the super-long Phase 3, and the 20th MCU film overall.

CAPTAIN MARVEL (2019)

Release date 8 march 2019 Trivia The first MCU film to be set before the events of Iron Man.