document_title: All-time Olympic Games medal table

question_text: who has the most gold medals in the winter olympics of all time

text: All-time Olympic Games medal table

text: NOCs with medals[edit]

text: The table is pre-sorted by the name of each Olympic Committee, but can be displayed as sorted by any other column, such as the total number of gold medals or total number of overall medals. To sort by gold, silver, and then bronze, sort first by the bronze column, then the silver, and then the gold. The table does not include revoked medals (e.g. due to doping).

text: Medal totals in this table are current as of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases up to and including 25 February 2018 are taken into account.

text:
Summer Games
Winter Games
Combined Total

Team (IOC code)

№

01 !

02 !

03 !

Total

№

01 !

02 !

03 !

Total

№

01 !

02 !

03 !

Total

 Afghanistan (AFG)
14
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
0
2
2

 Algeria (ALG)
13
5
4
8
17
3
0
0
0
0
16
5
4
8
17

 Argentina (ARG)
24
21
25
28
74
19
0
0
0
0
43
21
25
28
74

 Armenia (ARM)
6
2
6
6
14
7
0
0
0
0
13
2
6
6
14

 Australasia (ANZ) [ANZ]
2
3
4
5
12
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
4
5
12

 Australia (AUS) [AUS] [Z]
26
147
163
187
497
19
5
5
5
15
45
152
168
192
512

 Austria (AUT)
27
18
33
36
87
23
64
81
87
232
50
82
114
123
319

 Azerbaijan (AZE)
6
7
11
25
43
6
0
0
0
0
12
7
11
25
43

 Bahamas (BAH)
16
6
2
6
14
0
0
0
0
0
16
6
2
6
14

 Bahrain (BRN)
9
2
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
9
2
1
0
3

 Barbados (BAR) [BAR]
12
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
1
1

 Belarus (BLR)
6
12
27
39
78
7
8
5
5
18
13
20
32
44
96

 Belgium (BEL)
26
40
53
55
148
21
1
2
3
6
47
41
55
58
154

 Bermuda (BER)
18
0
0
1
1
8
0
0
0
0
26
0
0
1
1

 Bohemia (BOH) [BOH] [Z]
3
0
1
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
3
4

 Botswana (BOT)
10
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
1
0
1

 Brazil (BRA)
22
30
36
62
128
8
0
0
0
0
30
30
36
62
128

 British West Indies (BWI) [BWI]
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2

 Bulgaria (BUL) [H]
20
51
87
80
218
20
1
2
3
6
40
52
89
83
224

 Burundi (BDI)
6
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
6
1
1
0
2

 Cameroon (CMR)
14
3
1
2
6
1
0
0
0
0
15
3
1
2
6

 Canada (CAN)
26
64
102
136
302
23
73
64
62
199
49
137
166
198
501

 Chile (CHI) [I]
23
2
7
4
13
17
0
0
0
0
40
2
7
4
13

 China (CHN) [CHN]
10
224
167
155
546
11
13
28
21
62
21
237
195
176
608

 Colombia (COL)
19
5
9
14
28
2
0
0
0
0
21
5
9
14
28

 Costa Rica (CRC)
15
1
1
2
4
6
0
0
0
0
21
1
1
2
4

 Ivory Coast (CIV) [CIV]
13
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
13
1
1
1
3

 Croatia (CRO)
7
11
10
12
33
8
4
6
1
11
15
15
16
13
44

 Cuba (CUB) [Z]
20
78
68
79
225
0
0
0
0
0
20
78
68
79
225

 Cyprus (CYP)
10
0
1
0
1
11
0
0
0
0
21
0
1
0
1

 Czech Republic (CZE) [CZE]
6
15
17
24
56
7
9
11
11
31
13
24
28
35
87

 Czechoslovakia (TCH) [TCH]
16
49
49
45
143
16
2
8
15
25
32
51
57
60
168

 Denmark (DEN) [Z]
27
45
74
75
194
14
0
1
0
1
41
45
75
75
195

 Djibouti (DJI) [B]
8
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
1
1

 Dominican Republic (DOM)
14
3
2
2
7
0
0
0
0
0
14
3
2
2
7

 Ecuador (ECU)
14
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
15
1
1
0
2

 Egypt (EGY) [EGY] [Z]
22
7
10
15
32
1
0
0
0
0
23
7
10
15
32

 Eritrea (ERI)
5
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
1
1

 Estonia (EST)
12
9
9
16
34
10
4
2
1
7
22
13
11
17
41

 Ethiopia (ETH)
13
22
11
20
53
2
0
0
0
0
15
22
11
20
53

 Fiji (FIJ)
14
1
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
17
1
0
0
1

 Finland (FIN)
25
101
85
117
303
23
43
63
61
167
48
144
148
178
470

 France (FRA) [O] [P] [Z]
28
212
241
263
716
23
36
35
53
124
51
248
276
316
840

 Gabon (GAB)
10
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
1
0
1

 Georgia (GEO)
6
8
8
17
33
7
0
0
0
0
13
8
8
17
33

 Germany (GER) [GER] [Z]
16
191
194
230
615
12
92
88
60
240
28
283
282
290
855

 United Team of Germany (EUA) [EUA]
3
28
54
36
118
3
8
6
5
19
6
36
60
41
137

 East Germany (GDR) [GDR]
5
153
129
127
409
6
39
36
35
110
11
192
165
162
519

 West Germany (FRG) [FRG]
5
56
67
81
204
6
11
15
13
39
11
67
82
94
243

 Ghana (GHA) [GHA]
14
0
1
3
4
2
0
0
0
0
16
0
1
3
4

 Great Britain (GBR) [GBR] [Z]
28
263
295
291
849
23
11
4
16
31
51
274
299
307
880

 Greece (GRE) [Z]
28
33
43
40
116
19
0
0
0
0
47
33
43
40
116

 Grenada (GRN)
9
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
9
1
1
0
2

 Guatemala (GUA)
14
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
1
0
1

 Guyana (GUY) [GUY]
17
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
17
0
0
1
1

 Haiti (HAI) [J]
15
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
15
0
1
1
2

 Hong Kong (HKG) [HKG]
16
1
1
1
3
5
0
0
0
0
21
1
1
1
3

 Hungary (HUN)
26
175
147
169
491
23
1
2
4
7
49
176
149
173
498

 Iceland (ISL)
20
0
2
2
4
18
0
0
0
0
38
0
2
2
4

 India (IND) [F]
24
9
7
12
28
10
0
0
0
0
34
9
7
12
28

 Indonesia (INA)
15
7
13
12
32
0
0
0
0
0
15
7
13
12
32

 Iran (IRI) [K]
16
19
22
28
69
11
0
0
0
0
27
19
22
28
69

 Iraq (IRQ)
14
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
0
1
1

 Ireland (IRL)
21
9
10
12
31
7
0
0
0
0
28
9
10
12
31

 Israel (ISR)
16
1
1
7
9
7
0
0
0
0
23
1
1
7
9

 Italy (ITA) [M] [S]
27
206
178
193
577
23
40
36
48
124
50
246
214
241
701

 Jamaica (JAM) [JAM]
17
22
35
20
77
8
0
0
0
0
25
22
35
20
77

 Japan (JPN)
22
142
135
162
439
21
14
22
22
58
43
156
157
184
497

 Jordan (JOR)
10
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
10
1
0
0
1

 Kazakhstan (KAZ)
6
15
20
27
62
7
1
3
4
8
13
16
23
31
70

 Kenya (KEN)
14
31
38
33
102
4
0
0
0
0
18
31
38
33
102

 Kosovo (KOS)
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1

 North Korea (PRK)
10
16
16
22
54
9
0
1
1
2
19
16
17
23
56

 South Korea (KOR)
17
90
87
90
267
18
31
25
14
70
35
121
112
104
337

 Kuwait (KUW)
12
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
2
2

 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
6
0
1
3
4
7
0
0
0
0
13
0
1
3
4

 Latvia (LAT)
11
3
11
5
19
11
0
4
4
8
22
3
15
9
27

 Lebanon (LIB)
17
0
2
2
4
17
0
0
0
0
34
0
2
2
4

 Liechtenstein (LIE)
17
0
0
0
0
19
2
2
6
10
36
2
2
6
10

 Lithuania (LTU)
9
6
7
12
25
9
0
0
0
0
18
6
7
12
25

 Luxembourg (LUX) [O]
23
1
1
0
2
9
0
2
0
2
32
1
3
0
4

 Macedonia (MKD)
6
0
0
1
1
6
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
1
1

 Malaysia (MAS) [MAS]
13
0
7
4
11
1
0
0
0
0
14
0
7
4
11

 Mauritius (MRI)
9
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
1
1

 Mexico (MEX)
23
13
24
32
69
9
0
0
0
0
32
13
24
32
69

 Moldova (MDA)
6
0
2
3
5
7
0
0
0
0
13
0
2
3
5

 Mongolia (MGL)
13
2
10
14
26
14
0
0
0
0
27
2
10
14
26

 Montenegro (MNE)
3
0
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
6
0
1
0
1

 Morocco (MAR)
14
6
5
12
23
7
0
0
0
0
21
6
5
12
23

 Mozambique (MOZ)
10
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
10
1
0
1
2

 Namibia (NAM)
7
0
4
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
4
0
4

 Netherlands (NED) [Z]
26
85
92
108
285
21
45
44
41
130
47
130
136
149
415

 Netherlands Antilles (AHO) [AHO] [I]
13
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
15
0
1
0
1

 New Zealand (NZL) [NZL]
23
46
27
44
117
16
0
1
2
3
39
46
28
46
120

 Niger (NIG)
12
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
1
1
2

 Nigeria (NGR)
16
3
10
12
25
1
0
0
0
0
17
3
10
12
25

 Norway (NOR) [Q]
25
56
49
47
152
23
132
125
111
368
48
188
174
158
520

 Pakistan (PAK)
17
3
3
4
10
3
0
0
0
0
20
3
3
4
10

 Panama (PAN)
17
1
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
17
1
0
2
3

 Paraguay (PAR)
12
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
13
0
1
0
1

 Peru (PER) [L]
18
1
3
0
4
2
0
0
0
0
20
1
3
0
4

 Philippines (PHI)
21
0
3
7
10
5
0
0
0
0
26
0
3
7
10

 Poland (POL)
21
68
83
133
284
23
7
7
8
22
44
75
90
141
306

 Portugal (POR)
24
4
8
12
24
8
0
0
0
0
32
4
8
12
24

 Puerto Rico (PUR)
18
1
2
6
9
7
0
0
0
0
25
1
2
6
9

 Qatar (QAT)
9
0
1
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
1
4
5

 Romania (ROU)
21
89
95
122
306
21
0
0
1
1
42
89
95
123
307

 Russia (RUS) [RUS]
6
149
124
153
426
6
47
38
35
120
12
196
162
188
546

 Russian Empire (RU1) [RU1]
3
1
4
3
8
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
4
3
8

 Soviet Union (URS) [URS]
9
395
319
296
1,010
9
78
57
59
194
18
473
376
355
1,204

 Unified Team (EUN) [EUN]
1
45
38
29
112
1
9
6
8
23
2
54
44
37
135

 Saudi Arabia (KSA)
11
0
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
1
2
3

 Samoa (SAM)
9
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
1
0
1

 Senegal (SEN)
14
0
1
0
1
5
0
0
0
0
19
0
1
0
1

 Serbia (SRB) [SRB]
4
3
6
6
15
3
0
0
0
0
7
3
6
6
15

 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) [SCG]
1
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
2

 Singapore (SIN)
16
1
2
2
5
1
0
0
0
0
17
1
2
2
5

 Slovakia (SVK) [SVK]
6
9
12
7
28
7
3
4
1
8
13
12
16
8
36

 Slovenia (SLO)
7
5
8
10
23
8
2
5
10
17
15
7
13
20
40

 South Africa (RSA)
19
26
31
29
86
7
0
0
0
0
26
26
31
29
86

 Spain (ESP) [Z]
23
45
64
41
150
20
1
0
3
4
43
46
64
44
154

 Sri Lanka (SRI) [SRI]
17
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
17
0
2
0
2

 Sudan (SUD)
12
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
1
0
1

 Suriname (SUR) [E]
12
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
12
1
0
1
2

 Sweden (SWE) [Z]
27
145
170
179
494
23
57
46
55
158
50
202
216
234
652

 Switzerland (SUI)
28
50
75
67
192
23
55
46
52
153
51
105
121
119
345

 Syria (SYR)
13
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
13
1
1
1
3

 Chinese Taipei (TPE) [TPE] [TPE2]
14
5
7
12
24
12
0
0
0
0
26
5
7
12
24

 Tajikistan (TJK)
6
1
1
2
4
4
0
0
0
0
10
1
1
2
4

 Tanzania (TAN) [TAN]
13
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
2
0
2

 Thailand (THA)
16
9
8
16
33
4
0
0
0
0
20
9
8
16
33

 Togo (TOG)
10
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
1
1

 Tonga (TGA)
9
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
11
0
1
0
1

 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) [TRI]
17
2
6
11
19
3
0
0
0
0
20
2
6
11
19

 Tunisia (TUN)
14
4
2
7
13
0
0
0
0
0
14
4
2
7
13

 Turkey (TUR)
22
39
24
28
91
17
0
0
0
0
39
39
24
28
91

 Uganda (UGA)
15
2
3
2
7
0
0
0
0
0
15
2
3
2
7

 Ukraine (UKR)
6
35
30
56
121
7
3
1
4
8
13
38
31
60
129

 United Arab Emirates (UAE)
9
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
9
1
0
1
2

 United States (USA) [P] [Q] [R] [Z]
27
1,022
795
705
2,522
23
105
110
90
305
50
1,127
905
795
2,827

 Uruguay (URU)
21
2
2
6
10
1
0
0
0
0
22
2
2
6
10

 Uzbekistan (UZB)
6
8
6
17
31
7
1
0
0
1
13
9
6
17
32

 Venezuela (VEN)
18
2
3
10
15
4
0
0
0
0
22
2
3
10
15

 Vietnam (VIE)
15
1
3
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
15
1
3
0
4

 Virgin Islands (ISV)
12
0
1
0
1
7
0
0
0
0
19
0
1
0
1

 Yugoslavia (YUG) [YUG]
18
28
31
31
90
16
0
3
1
4
34
28
34
32
94

 Zambia (ZAM) [ZAM]
13
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
1
1
2

 Zimbabwe (ZIM) [ZIM]
13
3
4
1
8
1
0
0
0
0
14
3
4
1
8

 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) [IOA]
3
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
1
2

 Independent Olympic Participants (IOP) [IOP]
1
0
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
3

 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
6
9
17
1
2
6
9
17

 Mixed team (ZZX) [ZZX]
3
8
5
4
17
0
0
0
0
0
3
8
5
4
17

Totals
28
5,115
5,080
5,482
15,677
23
1,060
1,058
1,050
3,168
51
6,175
6,138
6,532
18,845

text: The sum total of gold, silver and bronze medals are not equal for the following reasons:

text:
Some sports (such as boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling) award or have previously awarded two bronze medals per competition.
Some tied performances have resulted in multiple medals of the same colour being awarded for an event. If this tie is for gold or silver, there will be a consequent absence of a silver or bronze medal for that event.
Not all medals which have been revoked have been re-awarded.
Some early events, such as cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics had only two entrants.
Retroactively awarding gold, silver and bronze medals for the 1896 and 1900 games results in some anomalies, such as the 100 metre freestyle swimming event in 1896 where no surviving records distinguish the places of those who finished between 3rd and 10th position.

text: NOCs without medals[edit]

text: After the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, 71 of the current 206 National Olympic Committees have yet to win an Olympic medal. Seven historic National Olympic Committees and the Refugee Olympic Team are also included in this list.

text:
Team (IOC code)
№ Summer
№ Winter
№ Games

 Albania (ALB)
8
4
12

 American Samoa (ASA)
8
1
9

 Andorra (AND)
11
12
23

 Angola (ANG)
9
0
9

 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)
10
0
10

 Aruba (ARU)
8
0
8

 Bangladesh (BAN)
9
0
9

 Belize (BIZ) [BIZ]
12
0
12

 Benin (BEN) [BEN]
11
0
11

 Bhutan (BHU)
9
0
9

 Bolivia (BOL)
14
6
20

 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
7
7
14

 British Virgin Islands (IVB)
9
2
11

 Brunei (BRU) [A]
5
0
5

 Burkina Faso (BUR) [BUR]
9
0
9

 Cambodia (CAM)
9
0
9

 Cape Verde (CPV)
6
0
6

 Cayman Islands (CAY)
10
2
12

 Central African Republic (CAF)
10
0
10

 Chad (CHA)
12
0
12

 Comoros (COM)
6
0
6

 Congo (CGO)
12
0
12

 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) [COD]
10
0
10

 Cook Islands (COK)
8
0
8

 Dominica (DMA)
6
1
7

 El Salvador (ESA)
11
0
11

 Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)
9
0
9

 The Gambia (GAM)
9
0
9

 Guam (GUM)
8
1
9

 Guinea (GUI)
11
0
11

 Guinea-Bissau (GBS)
6
0
6

 Honduras (HON)
11
1
12

 Kiribati (KIR)
4
0
4

 Korea (COR)
0
1
1

 Laos (LAO)
9
0
9

 Lesotho (LES)
11
0
11

 Liberia (LBR) [C]
12
0
12

 Libya (LBA) [D]
10
0
10

 Madagascar (MAD)
12
2
14

 Malawi (MAW)
10
0
10

 Maldives (MDV)
8
0
8

 Mali (MLI)
13
0
13

 Malta (MLT)
16
2
18

 Marshall Islands (MHL)
3
0
3

 Mauritania (MTN)
9
0
9

 Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
5
0
5

 Monaco (MON) [N]
20
10
30

 Myanmar (MYA) [MYA]
17
0
17

 Nauru (NRU)
6
0
6

 Nepal (NEP)
13
4
17

 Nicaragua (NCA)
12
0
12

 Oman (OMA)
9
0
9

 Palau (PLW)
5
0
5

 Palestine (PLE)
6
0
6

 Papua New Guinea (PNG)
10
0
10

 Rwanda (RWA)
9
0
9

 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)
6
0
6

 Saint Lucia (LCA)
6
0
6

 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)
8
0
8

 San Marino (SMR)
14
10
24

 São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)
6
0
6

 Seychelles (SEY)
9
0
9

 Sierra Leone (SLE)
11
0
11

 Solomon Islands (SOL)
9
0
9

 Somalia (SOM)
9
0
9

 South Sudan (SSD)
1
0
1

 Swaziland (SWZ)
10
1
11

 East Timor (TLS) [I]
4
2
6

 Turkmenistan (TKM)
6
0
6

 Tuvalu (TUV)
3
0
3

 Vanuatu (VAN)
8
0
8

 Yemen (YEM) [YEM]
7
0
7

 North Borneo (NBO) [NBO]
1
0
1

 Malaya (MAL) [MAL]
2
0
2

 Republic of China (ROC) [ROC]
3
0
3

 Saar (SAA) [SAA]
1
0
1

 North Yemen (YAR) [YAR]
2
0
2

 South Yemen (YMD) [YMD]
1
0
1

 Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) [ROT]
1
0
1

text: Variations[edit]

text: The sections above are based on information published by the International Olympic Committee. Various sources deal with some of the entries in the preceding sections differently.

text: Early Olympics[edit]

text: For the 1900 Summer Olympics several countries are credited with appearances that are not considered official by the IOC. Only one of these cases concerns a medal. A gold medal that is officially added to France's total is given to Luxembourg.[2]

text: Similar cases of disputed nationality affect the 1904 Summer Olympics. France is credited with a silver medal[3] and Norway with two gold medals.[4] In the table above these medals are listed under the United States. Furthermore, Newfoundland is occasionally listed as a separate country at the 1904 Olympics, and would be listed as a historical NOC without medals.[5]

text: Other differences from the official table are based on disagreements about which events were Olympic. This affects several of the events in the 1900 and 1904 Olympics. In addition, some sources include the 1906 Intercalated Games when compiling their medal tables.[6]

text: Germany[edit]

text: Germany has competed under five different designations, including as two separate teams at several Games. Sources vary in how they present the medals won by these teams. The table below shows sourced combinations of these teams, when applied to the updated medal totals from the main table.

text:
Summer Games
Winter Games
Combined Total

Team (IOC code)

№

01 !

02 !

03 !

Total

№

01 !

02 !

03 !

Total

№

01 !

02 !

03 !

Total

 Germany (GER)[7]
16
191
192
232
615
12
92
88
60
240
28
283
280
292
855

 Germany (GER) (EUA)[8]
19
219
246
268
733
15
100
94
65
259
34
319
340
333
992

 Germany (GER) (EUA) (FRG)[9]
24
275
313
349
937
21
111
109
78
298
45
386
422
427
1235

 Germany (GER) (EUA) (FRG) (GDR)[10]
25[11]
428
442
476
1346
21
150
145
113
408
46[11]
578
587
589
1754

text: Russia and the Soviet Union[edit]

text: The Russian Federation and the Russian Empire are often combined outside of IOC sources. The Soviet Union is sometimes combined with the post-union team that competed in 1992. Few sources combine the Soviet Union and Russia as many republics which subsequently gained independence (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan) contributed to the medal tally of the USSR.

text:
Summer Games
Winter Games
Combined Total

Team (IOC code)

№

01 !

02 !

03 !

Total

№

01 !

02 !

03 !

Total

№

01 !

02 !

03 !

Total

 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
6
9
17
1
2
6
9
17

 Russia (RUS)[12]
6
149
124
153
426
6
47
38
35
120
12
196
162
188
546

 Russia (RUS) (RU1)[13]
9
150
128
156
434
6
47
38
35
120
15
197
166
191
554

 Soviet Union (URS)[9]
9
395
319
296
1010
9
78
57
59
194
18
473
376
355
1204

 Soviet Union (URS) (EUN)[10]
10
440
357
325
1122
10
87
63
67
217
20
527
420
392
1339

 Russia (RUS) (RU1, OAR)  Soviet Union (URS) (EUN)[14]
19
590
485
481
1556
17
136
107
111
354
36
726
592
592
1910

text: Notes[edit]

text: Obsolete nations notes[edit]

text:
ANZ → AUS , NZL Australasia (ANZ) was a combined team of athletes from Australia (AUS) and New Zealand (NZL). They competed together during the 1908 and 1912 Games.
BOH → TCH → CZE , SVK Prior to the foundation of Czechoslovakia (TCH) after World War I, athletes from Bohemia (BOH) (now part of the present-day Czech Republic) competed in 1900, 1908, and 1912 Games. Czechoslovakia competed in 1920–1992, from 1994 represented by successor NOCs of Czech Republic (CZE) and Slovakia (SVK).
BWI → BAR , JAM , TRI Athletes from Barbados (BAR), Jamaica (JAM), and Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) competed as the British West Indies (BWI) at the 1960 Games. The West Indies Federation only existed as a nation from 1958–1962, so the constituent nations once again competed independently in 1964.
SAA , EUA , GDR , FRG → GER Germany (GER) competed 1896–1952 and from 1992. Due to the partition of Germany after World War II, Germany was represented by two teams at the 1952 Games — Germany (GER) and the Saar (SAA). The Saar was reintegrated back into the Federal Republic of Germany on 1 January 1957, and Saar athletes then competed for Germany. East Germany did not contribute athletes to the 1952 team, as the National Olympic Committee for the German Democratic Republic was only granted "provisional" recognition by the IOC in 1955. For the Games of 1956–1964, Germany participated as a United Team of Germany (EUA), representing the National Olympic Committees of both West Germany and East Germany. Retrospectively, the IOC uses the country code EUA for this team. After the NOC for the German Democratic Republic was granted full recognition by the IOC in 1968, East Germany (GDR) and West Germany (FRG) competed as two independent teams from the 1968 to the 1988 Games.
MAL , NBO → MAS Athletes from Malaya (MAL) and North Borneo (NBO) competed as independent teams at the 1956 Games and Malaya also competed at the 1960 Games, prior to the formation of the Federation of Malaysia (MAS) in 1963.
AHO The Netherlands Antilles (AHO), an autonomous country within the Netherlands (NED), competed 1952–2008. The Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee's membership in the IOC was withdrawn in 2011 because of the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.
RU1 → URS → EUN → RUS Russian Empire (RU1) participated at the 1900, 1908 and 1912 Games prior to the World War I. Soviet Union (URS) competed from 1952 to 1988. Unified Team (EUN) is the generic name used for a combined team of six post-Soviet republics that competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and a combined team of twelve post-Soviet republics that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Russian Federation (RUS) and the other fourteen post-Soviet republics started competing independently since 1992 (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia), 1994 or 1996.

SRB , YUG → IOP , SCG Serbia (SRB, 1912, 2006-current) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1912. Yugoslavia (YUG, 1920-1992 Winter) competed as Kingdom of Yugoslavia (officially the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes until 1929) in five Games (1920–1936) before the Second World War. They later competed as Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for the Games (1948–1992 Winter). This ended with the Breakup of Yugoslavia. Some ex-Yugoslavian nations (Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) have competed as independent teams since 1992. Individual athletes from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) competed as Independent Olympic Participants (IOP) at the 1992 Summer Games because of sanctions placed by the United Nations. Athletes representing Macedonia likewise competed as independent olympic participants because their NOC had not yet been formed. Since 1996 Macedonia has competed as independent team. The combined team Serbia and Montenegro (SCG, 2004-2006) consisted of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro. They competed as Yugoslavia from (YUG, 1996–2002) and then changed to State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006). After 96 years Serbia returned to the Olympics as an independent team at the 2008 Games. Montenegro first participated as an independent team in 2008.
YAR , YMD → YEM Prior to Yemeni unification in 1990, North Yemen participated as the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) in 1984 and 1988, and South Yemen participated as the Yemen Democratic Republic (YMD) at the 1988 Games. After forming united republic Yemen (YEM) has participated since 1992.
ROC → CHN , TPE The Republic of China was designated as China at the 1932, 1936, and 1948 Games and was representing all of China (including Taiwan). After the Chinese Civil War, the People's Republic of China (CHN) and Chinese Taipei (TPE) have participated as separate teams.
ZZX Special code used by the IOC to refer to medals won by athletes of multiple nations competing together, which was common in early Games (1896–1904). These medals are not included in the respective totals for each nation represented by individual mixed team athletes.
IOA Special code used by the IOC for athletes whose NOC is not recognized by IOC. At the 2000 Summer Olympics four athletes from East Timor competed as Individual Olympic Athletes (IOA). At the 2012 Summer Olympics three athletes from former Netherlands Antilles and one athlete from South Sudan competed as Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA). At the 2016 Summer Olympics nine athletes from Kuwait competed as Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA). Kuwait Olympic Committee had been suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the second time in five years due to governmental interference.

text: Name changes notes[edit]

text:
BIZ Belize participated under its former name of British Honduras (HBR) in 1968 and 1972.
BEN Benin was known as Dahomey (DAH) in 1972.
BUR Burkina Faso was known as Upper Volta (VOL) in 1972.
TPE2 After the Chinese Civil War, Chinese Taipei (TPE) participated using the name of the Republic of China at the 1956, 1960, 1972 and 1976 (winter) Games and using Taiwan designation at the 1964 and 1968 Games. In 1979, the IOC started to use Chinese Taipei to refer to the NOC, a compromise that was acceptable for the People's Republic of China (CHN) that led to the start of its participation in the Olympic Games. The name Chinese Taipei was first used in 1984. Participation of the Republic of China, representing all of China (including Taiwan), in 1932, 1936 and 1948 Games are not counted in Taiwan's total participation count.
COD The Democratic Republic of the Congo was known as Zaire (ZAI) between 1984 and 1996.
CIV Côte d'Ivoire was known as Ivory Coast between 1964 and 1988.
EGY Egypt participated as the United Arab Republic (UAR) between 1960 and 1968.
GBR Includes medals won by athletes from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1896–1920) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1924–present), both of which used the name "Great Britain" and the country code GBR.

GHA Prior to Ghana's independence in 1957, Gold Coast participated in the 1952 Games.
GUY Prior to Guyana's independence in 1966, British Guiana participated from 1948 to 1964.
HKG Totals of Hong Kong (HKG) includes all medals won by athletes representing the Hong Kong National Olympic Committee, designated as "Hong Kong" from 1952–1996 and "Hong Kong, China" since 2000.
MYA Myanmar was known as Burma (BIR) between 1948 and 1988.
SAM Samoa was known as Western Samoa between 1984 and 1996.
SRI Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon (CEY) between 1948 and 1972.
TAN Although Tanganyika and Zanzibar had already merged to form Tanzania in April 1964, the nation was designated Tanganyika in the official report of the 1964 Games.
ZAM Zambia achieved independence on the last day of the 1964 Games, but had participated as Northern Rhodesia (NRH) during those Games.
ZIM Prior to Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, Southern Rhodesia participated as Rhodesia (RHO) in 1928, 1960, and 1964 Games.

text: Participation notes[edit]

text:
A Brunei's participation in the 1988 Games consisted only of a single official, but no competing athletes. This participation is not counted in Brunei's participation total.
B Djibouti at the 2004 Games took part in the Opening Ceremony, but neither athlete competed, so this participation is not counted in Djibouti's participation total.
C Liberia's athletes withdrew from 1980 Games after marching in the Opening Ceremony and took part in the boycott. This participation is not counted in Liberia's participation total.
D Libya marched in the opening ceremony of the 1964 Games, but then withdrew from competition. This participation is not counted in Libya's participation total.
E Suriname at the 1960 Games took part in the Opening Ceremony, but its lone athlete withdrew from Games due to a scheduling error. Participation of Suriname at the 1960 Games not recognized by IOC, so this participation is not counted in Suriname's participation total.

F India's athletes originally competed at the 2014 Games as Independent Olympic Participants and marched under the Olympic Flag during the opening ceremony due to the Indian Olympic Association's suspension. On February 11, 2014, the Indian Olympic Association was reinstated and India's athletes were allowed the option to compete under their own flag from that time onward.
Ia Ib Does not include the participation of Timor-Leste's and Netherlands Antilles's athletes as Individual Olympic Athletes (IOA) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Za Zb Zc Zd Ze Zf Zg Zh Zi Zj Zk Zl Zm Does not include medals won as part of mixed teams with athletes from other nations (1896–1904).

text: Disputed participation notes[edit]

text:
H The Bulgarian Olympic Committee claims that Charles Champaud, a Swiss gymnastics teacher living in Sofia, competed for the nation in 1896. Bulgarian participation at the 1896 Games is recognized by the IOC.
I The Chilean Olympic Committee claims that Luis Subercaseaux Errázuriz, a Chilean diplomat and athlete, competed for the nation in 1896. Chilean participation at the 1896 Games is recognized by the IOC.
J Some sources consider Léon Thiércelin, a fencer who competed at the 1900 Games, of Haitian nationality and therefore the first Olympic appearance by Haiti. Participation of Haiti at the 1900 Games not recognized by the IOC, so this participation is not counted in Haiti's participation total.
K Some sources consider Freydoun Malkom, a fencer who competed at the 1900 Games, of Persian nationality and therefore the first Olympic appearance by Iran. Participation of Iran at the 1900 Games is not recognized by the IOC, so this participation is not counted in Iran's participation total.
L Some sources consider Carlos de Candamo, a fencer who competed at the 1900 Games, of Peruvian nationality and therefore the first Olympic appearance by Peru. Participation of Peru at the 1900 Games is not recognized by the IOC, so this participation is not counted in Peru's participation total.
M Enrico Brusoni's gold medal in the Cycling Men's Points Race at the 1900 Summer Olympics[15] is recognized by the Italian National Olympic Committee, but this race is not recognized by the IOC as a 1900 Summer Olympics event.[16]

N Monaco earned a bronze in the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[17] However, medals in art competitions are no longer recognized by the IOC.[18]
Oa Ob Michel Théato, a French athlete who won the gold medal in marathon at the 1900 Games, was born in Luxembourg.[2] The IOC does not recognize Luxembourg participation at the 1900 Games and attributes his medal to France.

The nationalities of many medalists at the 1904 Olympics are disputed as many competitors were recent immigrants to the United States who had not yet been granted US citizenship.

Pa Pb Sources are inconsistent regarding Albert Corey's participation in 1904. Although the Games report refers to Corey as a "Frenchman wearing the colors of the Chicago Athletic Association", the IOC attributes his medal in the marathon to the United States instead of France, and in contradiction, the medal in the four mile team race (that was won by a team of three Americans and Corey) to a mixed team composed of athletes from multiple nations instead of just the United States.
Qa Qb The International Olympic Committee considers Norwegian-American wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhoff Hansen to have competed for the United States; each won a gold medal. In 2012, Norwegian historians however found documentation showing that Ericksen did not receive American citizenship until March 22, 1905, and that Hansen, who was registered as an "alien" as late as 1925, probably never received American citizenship. The historians have therefore petitioned to have the athletes registered as Norwegians.[19][20] In May 2013 it was reported that the Norwegian Olympic Committee had filed a formal application for changing the nationality of the wrestlers in IOC's medal database.[21]
R Bob Fowler, an American marathon runner who competed at the 1904 Games, was a native Newfoundlander, Newfoundland is occasionally listed as a separate country at the 1904 Olympics, and would be listed as an historical NOC without medals.[5] Participation of Newfoundland at the 1904 Games is not recognized by the IOC.
S In 2009, historians from the International Society of Olympic Historians discovered that cyclist Frank Bizzoni formerly thought to be an American athlete was still an Italian citizen when he competed in 1904 being granted US citizenship in 1917.[22][23]


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text: The Strangers: Prey at Night

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text: The film opens with a "Based on True Events" message. In a secluded trailer park, the three masked killers — Dollface, Pin Up Girl, and the Man in the Mask — arrive and park their truck in front of a trailer. Dollface wakes one of the sleeping occupants by banging on the door. When the woman goes to investigate, Dollface kills her off-screen and goes to the bedroom to lie down in bed next to the woman's sleeping husband.

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text: Mike and Cindy, their son Luke, and their rebellious daughter, Kinsey, take a family trip to their aunt and uncle's trailer park to spend time together before Kinsey leaves for boarding school. Cindy calls ahead and leaves a voicemail, informing Uncle Marvin that they are running late. After arriving at the grounds and collecting the keys to their trailer, they settle in and hear a knock at the door. Cindy answers the door to find Dollface - unmasked, but hiding in the shadows. She asks if Tamara is home. Cindy informs her she is at the wrong trailer, and Dollface leaves. As the family sits down to play cards and implores Kinsey to join, Kinsey storms out and Cindy sends Luke after her to try and reach out. As Kinsey and Luke wander around the trailer park, they stumble upon a trailer with the door wide open. Inside, they find their aunt and uncle brutally murdered.

text: Back at the family trailer, Dollface arrives again to inquire about Tamara and is yet again turned away. Troubled by the encounter, Mike and Cindy decide to go find the kids, whom they find in hysterics. Mike sends Cindy and Kinsey back to the trailer and follows Luke to find the bodies. Cindy and Kinsey return to the trailer to find their cell phones destroyed and a masked Dollface waiting for them inside. Cindy helps Kinsey escape through a skylight, before being stabbed to death by Dollface.

text: Mike and Luke find the bodies and the voicemail that Cindy left them, realizing that the killers heard the message and were waiting for them to arrive; Mike and Luke are then stalked by the Man in the Mask. Returning to their trailer, Mike and Luke find Kinsey missing and Cindy dead. They drive their minivan around the grounds shouting for Kinsey, but one of the killers shatters the windshield with a thrown object, causing Mike to swerve and crash the minivan into a trailer. As they regain consciousness, Mike finds himself pinned into his seat and tells Luke to find his sister. As Luke leaves, the Man in the Mask gets into the minivan with Mike, turns on the radio, and kills him with an ice pick.

text: Meanwhile, Kinsey is attacked by Pin Up Girl and the Man in the Mask and evades them, only to be attacked and stabbed by Dollface before being rescued by Luke. As the siblings are stalked throughout the grounds, Luke hides Kinsey under a porch and goes to the general store to use the phone but is attacked by Pin Up Girl. As he runs out to the public pool, Pin Up Girl ambushes him, but Luke overpowers her and stabs her to death. The Man in the Mask attacks Luke and both tumble into the pool. After a struggle, Luke is stabbed in the back and left to die. Kinsey arrives and pulls him out of the pool and sets off to find help. As she reaches the road, a sheriff arrives but is killed by Dollface. Kinsey uses a shotgun inside the sheriff's SUV to shoot Dollface; she unmasks her, and as Dollface bleeds to death, Kinsey asks why she is attacking them, to which she replies, "Why not?", before being finished off by Kinsey. The Man in the Mask arrives as Kinsey starts the SUV and wrecks it with his truck. Kinsey uses her lighter to ignite a gasoline leak and both vehicles explode.

text: The Man in the Mask survives and pursues her in his truck, engulfed in flames, but still functional. As he corners her on the bridge to the trailer park, he moves to attack her but is badly burned and seemingly falls dead. Kinsey reaches the road and flags down a mother and her son in a pickup truck, but they attempt to flee when they see the Man in the Mask appear behind Kinsey. Kinsey climbs in the bed of the truck, along with the Man in the Mask, but is able to finally kill him with a heavy swing of a baseball bat to his head.

text: Some time later, Luke is recovering in a hospital bed as Kinsey awakens from a nightmare. As she gets up to fill a cup of water, she hears a familiar banging on the door.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Christina Hendricks as Cindy
Martin Henderson as Mike
Bailee Madison as Kinsey
Lewis Pullman as Luke
Emma Bellomy as Dollface[8]
Damian Maffei as Man in the Mask
Lea Enslin as Pin-Up

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text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: Rogue Pictures' producers announced that a sequel to The Strangers was in development in August 2008, tentatively titled The Strangers: Part II.[9][10] In a 2009 listing published by Bloody Disgusting, it was reported that the script would be written by Bryan Bertino and the film directed by Laurent Briet.[11][12] In 2010, the horror website Shock Till You Drop reported that Relativity Media put The Strangers: Part II on hold because they decided the film might not be in their interest, despite the fact that Universal Pictures was willing to distribute it.[12] However, Rogue Pictures confirmed in January 2011 that the sequel was again in production, and was then scheduled to begin filming as early as April 2011; in a press release, Rogue revealed the plot would concern "a family of four who have been evicted from their home due to the economy, and are paid a visit by the same three strangers from the first film."[12][13]

text: According to Liv Tyler, star of the original film, Part II was slated for release in 2014, but that did not occur.[14][12] In 2015, The Wrap reported that the sequel was in production, and that Relativity Media and GK Films had scheduled the film for a December 2, 2016, release date, though it was later removed from the schedule.[15][16]

text: Roberts said that while he was in Los Angeles, the producers of 47 Meters Down met him for dinner and asked if he could read a script called Prey At Night. He liked the script and wondered if he wanted to get involved in a sequel despite having released the first film years before but finally accepted and decided to add his personal touch.[17]

text: Casting[edit]

text: In February 2017, it was announced that Johannes Roberts would be the sequel's new director, and that filming would commence during the summer of the same year.[18] In May 2017, Christina Hendricks,[19] Bailee Madison, and Lewis Pullman were reported as the film's stars,[20] and production began in Los Angeles on May 30.[21] In June 2017, it was announced Martin Henderson had also joined the cast.

text: Filming[edit]

text: Filming began in June 2017 in Covington, Kentucky,[22] and concluded on July 10, 2017.

text: Release[edit]

text: On October 12, 2017, Collider reported the film would be released on March 9, 2018, by Aviron Pictures.[23] A teaser trailer for the film was released on November 16, 2017.[24] The official trailer debuted on January 5, 2018.[25]

text: Box office[edit]

text: In the United States and Canada, The Strangers: Prey at Night was released alongside The Hurricane Heist, Gringo and A Wrinkle in Time, and was projected to gross around $7 million from 2,464 theaters in its opening weekend.[26] It made $4 million on its first day, including $610,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $10.4 million, finishing third at the box office behind Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time.[2]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 38% based on 66 reviews, and an average rating of 5/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Strangers: Prey at Night may appeal to fans of the original who've been jonesing for a sequel, but its thin story and ironic embrace of genre tropes add up to a bloody step back."[27] On Metacritic, which assigns normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 49 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[28] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale, down from the "B–" given to the first film.[2]

text: Bloody Disgusting gave the film a positive review, saying, "The Strangers: Prey At Night really takes The Strangers to the next level, and serves as a perfect introduction to The Strangers for new horror fans. You can go back and watch The Strangers and be just as happy for their previous relentless onslaughts”.[3] IGN also praised the film, writing that "Skillfully made, spooky, stylish, and featuring some quite good character work, The Strangers: Prey at Night stands much taller than the 2008 original. The central killers are plenty scary, and some of the images on display would make John Carpenter proud."[4] Writing for /Film, Candice Frederick gave the film a 7/10, writing that "Though its characters may fumble and its winks to the first film may not be as slick as I’d like them to be, Prey at Night does maintain the original commitment of presenting horror to the most mundane. It doesn’t just disrupt an innocent setting of a quiet suburb...It is that relentless seclusion, heightened by a haunting soundtrack of otherwise harmless songs."[5]

text: Brian Douglas from The Hollywood Reporter praised the tone of the film, writing, "While the original Strangers was devoid of any sense of the 80s, instead opting for a kind of timeless modern quality, Roberts’ sequel boasts its stylistic debts, with everything from camera shots, and music choices culled from the 80s, forming an impressionistic collage of a time period that feels made for the big-screen."[6] Staci Wilson writing for Dread Central also praised the film, writing “Aside from the quick setup introducing the targets, The Strangers: Prey at Night really is a nonstop thrill ride. I know it’s a cliché, but sometimes you’ve just got to call it as you see it. I was breathless from start to finish. Kudos to Roberts on his best movie yet! He was wise to amp up the atmosphere with a kick-ass original score and flawless cinematography."[7]

text: Glenn Kenny of The New York Times gave the film a mixed review and compared sequences of the film to Lucio Fulci's Zombi and the slasher film The Mutilator, adding: "If you recognize those films, you might find yourself mildly diverted by this tawdry, occasionally effective shock-delivery device. Watching it with a demonstrative crowd in a Times Square theater proved to this former grindhouse devotee that sometimes you can go home again, at least momentarily. That said, the movie’s ludicrously drawn-out finale sapped the good will out of some of my fellow audience members."[29] Kimber Myers of the Los Angeles Times also gave the film a mixed review and wrote that “...although the film is as slim and poorly balanced as a cheap knife, The Strangers: Prey at Night is a stylish 1980s throwback that packs plenty of terror into its short running time. This isn't a horror movie that will take up residence in your nightmares for weeks, but the sequel to the solid 2008 original The Strangers is nonetheless just as effective in the short term as its well-made counterparts”.[30] Owen Gleiberman, writing for Variety, described the film as "Friday the 13th with four victims and three Jasons... [it's] shameless in its bluntly misanthropic family-of-lambs-to-the-slaughter violence, its blithe depravity that’s more fetishized than felt. It doesn’t take much, though — as it didn’t in the ’80s — to create a one-weekend horror hit."[31]

text: The Guardian's Benjamin Lee gave the film more of a negative review, rating the film 2/5 stars despite praising Hendricks' performance, noting: "...it’s just difficult to really invest in what happens to any of them. Before long, characters are all making stock horror movie decisions, and there’s no amount of effective craftsmanship that can sell stupidity. Audience members will be too busy sighing at the screen to be scared."[32]


document_title: List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films

question_text: what order do the captain america movies go in

question_tokens: what order do the captain america movies go in

text: List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films

text: Phase One[edit]

text:
Film[4][5]
U.S. release date
Director
Screenwriter(s)
Producer(s)

Iron Man
May 2, 2008 (2008-05-02)
Jon Favreau[6]
Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway[6][7]
Avi Arad and Kevin Feige

The Incredible Hulk
June 13, 2008 (2008-06-13)
Louis Leterrier[8]
Zak Penn[9]
Avi Arad, Gale Anne Hurd and Kevin Feige

Iron Man 2
May 7, 2010 (2010-05-07)
Jon Favreau[10]
Justin Theroux[11]
Kevin Feige

Thor
May 6, 2011 (2011-05-06)
Kenneth Branagh[12]
Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz and Don Payne[13]

Captain America: The First Avenger
July 22, 2011 (2011-07-22)
Joe Johnston[14]
Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely[15]

Marvel's The Avengers
May 4, 2012 (2012-05-04)
Joss Whedon[16]

text: Iron Man (2008)[edit]

text: Billionaire industrialist Tony Stark builds himself a suit of armor after he is taken captive by a terrorist organization. Free from his captors, he decides to upgrade and don his armor as Iron Man in order to hunt down weapons that were sold under the table.[18]

text: In April 2006, Marvel hired Jon Favreau to direct Iron Man,[6] with Arthur Marcum & Matt Holloway, and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby writing competing scripts.[6][19] Favreau consolidated both into one script, which was then polished by John August.[7] Robert Downey, Jr. was cast in the title role in September 2006, after growing out a goatee and working out to convince the filmmakers he was right for the part.[20] Principal photography began on March 12, 2007,[21] with the first few weeks spent on Stark's captivity in Afghanistan,[22] which was filmed in Inyo County, California.[23] Production also occurred on the former Hughes Company soundstages in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California,[24] with additional filming at Edwards Air Force Base[25] and Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.[26] Iron Man premiered at the Greater Union theater in George Street, Sydney, on April 14, 2008,[27] and was released internationally on April 30, and in North America on May 2.[28][29]

text: The film ends with a post-credits scene featuring Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, who approaches Stark regarding the "Avenger Initiative". Favreau said that he included the scene as "a little tip of the hat for the fans...a way to sort of tee up The Avengers." Jackson was only on set for a day, with a skeletal crew to avoid the news of his cameo leaking.[30] Captain America's shield is also visible in the background of a scene; it was added by an ILM artist as a joke, and Favreau decided to leave it in the film.[31]

text: The Incredible Hulk (2008)[edit]

text: After being exposed to gamma radiation that causes him to transform into the monstrous Hulk, scientist Bruce Banner goes on the run and isolates himself from his love, Betty Ross. Hunted by the military, Banner seeks to cure himself and prevent his condition from being weaponized.[32]

text: In January 2006,[33] Marvel reclaimed the film rights for the Hulk character from Universal Pictures after Universal failed to meet a deadline to develop a sequel to director Ang Lee's 2003 film Hulk.[34] Universal retained distribution rights for future Hulk films.[34] Instead of moving forward with a sequel, Marvel hired Louis Leterrier to direct The Incredible Hulk, a reboot.[8] Leterrier initially turned down the job out of respect for Lee, but later reconsidered and signed on.[8] The script was written by Zak Penn, who drafted a treatment for the 2003 film.[35] In April 2006, Edward Norton entered negotiations to portray Bruce Banner and rewrite Penn's script,[36] although Penn received sole credit for the screenplay.[9] Production began on July 9, 2007 and filming primarily took place in Toronto,[37] with additional filming in New York City and Rio de Janeiro.[38] The film premiered at the Gibson Amphitheatre on June 8, 2008, and was released on June 13.[39][40]

text: The film takes place simultaneously with the events of Iron Man 2 and Thor,[41] the former of which is set six months after the events Iron Man.[42] Downey briefly reprised his role from Iron Man as Tony Stark in a cameo appearance at the end of the film. Downey said that the filmmakers "were just cross-pollinating our superheroes. It happens to be a scene where I basically approach [actor William Hurt's character General Ross], and we may be considering going into some sort of limited partnership together. The great thing is he—and I don't want to give too much away—but he's in disrepair at the time I find him. It was really fun seeing him play this really powerful character who's half in the bag."[43] In addition, Captain America is briefly seen frozen in ice in an alternate opening of the film, included in the DVD release.[44]

text: Iron Man 2 (2010)[edit]

text: After Tony Stark reveals himself to be Iron Man, the U.S. government demands he hand over his technology. Meanwhile, a rival industrialist and a Russian scientist conspire to use his own technology against him.[45]

text: Immediately following the successful release of Iron Man in May 2008, Marvel Studios announced it was developing a sequel, Iron Man 2.[46] Favreau returned as director[10] and Justin Theroux was hired to write the screenplay, which would be based on an original story by Favreau and Downey.[11] In October 2008, Downey signed a new four-picture deal, that retroactively included the first film, to reprise his role and Don Cheadle was hired to replace Terrence Howard as James Rhodes.[47][48] Jackson signed on to reprise his role as Nick Fury from the Iron Man post-credits sequence in up to nine films,[49] and Scarlett Johansson was cast as the Black Widow, as part of a multi-film commitment.[50] Principal photography began April 6, 2009,[51] at the Pasadena Masonic Temple in Pasadena, California.[52] The majority of filming took place at Raleigh Studios in Manhattan Beach, California.[53] Other locations included Edwards Air Force Base,[54] Monaco,[55] and the Sepulveda Dam.[53] Iron Man 2 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California on April 26, 2010,[56] and was released internationally between April 28 and May 7 before releasing in North America on May 7.[57]

text: The film is set six months after the events of Iron Man,[42] and takes place simultaneously with the events of The Incredible Hulk and Thor.[41] The filmmakers continued to reference other Marvel films by again including Captain America's shield. Favreau explained, "We introduced Captain America's shield briefly in one shot in the last film. So now it really was in his room, so we had to figure out how to deal with the reality that the shield was in his workshop."[31] A scene toward the end of Iron Man 2 in a S.H.I.E.L.D. safe house contains several Easter eggs, ranging from footage from The Incredible Hulk displayed on a monitor to pointers on a map indicating several locales related to other Marvel films, including one pointing toward a region of Africa in reference to the Black Panther.[58] A young Peter Parker appears as the child wearing an Iron Man mask who Stark saves from a drone; the appearance was confirmed in June 2017 by Spider-Man actor Tom Holland, Kevin Feige and Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts.[59][60] The film's post-credits scene showed the discovery of Thor's hammer in a crater.[61]

text: Thor (2011)[edit]

text: Thor, crown prince of Asgard, is banished to Earth and stripped of his powers after he reignites a dormant war. As his brother, Loki, plots to take the throne for himself, Thor must prove himself worthy and reclaim his hammer Mjolnir.[62]

text: Mark Protosevich was hired to develop a script for Thor in April 2006, after the rights were acquired from Sony Pictures.[6] In August 2007 Marvel hired Matthew Vaughn to direct the film,[63] however he exited the project in May 2008.[64] In September 2008, Kenneth Branagh entered into negotiations to replace Vaughn.[12] In May 2009, Chris Hemsworth was in negotiations to portray the titular character,[65] and Tom Hiddleston was set to play his brother, Loki.[66] Both actors were contracted to star in several films.[67] Marvel hired Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz to write a new script for the film, which was then rewritten by Don Payne.[13] Production began on January 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California,[68] before moving to Galisteo, New Mexico in March.[69] Thor had its world premiere on April 17, 2011 at the Event Cinemas theatre in George Street, Sydney[70] and a U.S. premiere on May 2 at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California.[71] The film was released internationally from April 21 to 30, and on May 6 in North America.[72]

text: The film takes place simultaneously with the events of The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man 2,[41] the latter of which is set six months after the events of Iron Man,[42] Clark Gregg, who appeared in Iron Man and Iron Man 2 as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson, reprised the role in Thor. About his role in Thor he stated, "Agent Coulson was one of the guys who wasn't really in the comic books, and he [had] a very kind of small role in Iron Man. And I was just very lucky that they chose to expand that character and [chose] to put him more into the universe of it."[73] After signing on to appear as Clint Barton / Hawkeye in The Avengers, Jeremy Renner made a cameo appearance as the character during a scene in Thor.[74] Branagh said that they "were always going to have a guy in a basket above the action where Thor breaks in the S.H.I.E.L.D. camp", and that he was thrilled when the producers told him they wanted to use Renner's Hawkeye for that role.[75] The film ends with a post-credits scene featuring Loki, watching as Erik Selvig and Nick Fury discuss the Tesseract.[76] The scene was directed by Joss Whedon, who directed The Avengers.[77] Stellan Skarsgård, who played Selvig, said the scene was not included when he first read the screenplay for Thor, and that he was sent pages for the scene after agreeing to appear in The Avengers.[78]

text: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)[edit]

text: In 1942, Steve Rogers is deemed physically unfit to enlist in the U.S. Army and fight the Nazis in World War II. Recruited for a secret military operation, he is physically transformed into a super-soldier dubbed Captain America and must battle the Red Skull, head of a Nazi weaponry division known as Hydra.[79]

text: In April 2006, Marvel hired David Self to write the script for a Captain America film.[6] Joe Johnston signed on to direct in November 2008,[14] and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely were hired to rewrite the script.[15] In March 2010, Chris Evans was cast as Captain America and Hugo Weaving was cast as the Red Skull.[80] Production began on June 28, 2010 in the United Kingdom,[81] with locations in London,[82] Caerwent,[83] Manchester and Liverpool.[84] The film premiered on July 19, 2011, at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California,[85] and was released in North America on July 22, and in international markets starting July 27.[86]

text: The Tesseract from the Thor post-credits scene appears as a MacGuffin in Captain America: The First Avenger.[87] In the film, Dominic Cooper portrays a young Howard Stark, the father of Tony Stark,[88] who hosts an early version of the Stark Expo, the fair Tony hosts in Iron Man 2.[89] The final scene of the film includes a brief appearance by Jackson's Nick Fury followed by a teaser trailer for Marvel's The Avengers after the credits.[90]

text: Marvel's The Avengers (2012)[edit]

text: Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., gathers the superheroes Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, the Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye to fight Thor's brother Loki, who plots to subjugate the Earth.[91]

text: Zak Penn, who wrote The Incredible Hulk, was hired to write a script for The Avengers in June 2007.[92] In April 2010, Joss Whedon closed a deal to direct the film, and to rework Penn's script.[16] Marvel announced that Edward Norton would not be reprising the role of Bruce Banner / Hulk,[93] and in July 2010, Mark Ruffalo was cast in his place.[94] Downey, Evans, Hemsworth, Johansson, Renner, Hiddleston and Jackson reprised their respective roles from previous films.[95] Principal photography began in April 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico,[91] before moving to Cleveland, Ohio in August,[96] and New York City in September.[97] The premiere was held on April 11, 2012 at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California,[98] and the film was released in North America on May 4.[99]

text: Gwyneth Paltrow, who portrayed Pepper Potts in Iron Man and Iron Man 2, was included in the film at Downey's insistence. Prior to this, Whedon had not intended the film to include supporting characters from the heroes' individual films, commenting, "You need to separate the characters from their support systems in order to create the isolation you need for a team."[100] Avi Arad said that Sony Pictures and Disney discussed incorporating the OsCorp Tower from The Amazing Spider-Man into the climax of The Avengers,[101] but Feige said that "the deal was never close to happening."[102] The supervillain Thanos appears in a mid-credits scene, portrayed by Damion Poitier.[103]

text: Phase Two[edit]

text:
Film[4][5][104]
U.S. release date
Director(s)
Screenwriter(s)
Producer

Iron Man 3
May 3, 2013 (2013-05-03)
Shane Black[105]
Drew Pearce and Shane Black[105][106]
Kevin Feige

Thor: The Dark World
November 8, 2013 (2013-11-08)
Alan Taylor[107]
Christopher Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely[108]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04)
Anthony and Joe Russo[109]
Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely[110]

Guardians of the Galaxy
August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)
James Gunn[111]
James Gunn and Nicole Perlman[112]

Avengers: Age of Ultron
May 1, 2015 (2015-05-01)
Joss Whedon[113]

Ant-Man
July 17, 2015
Peyton Reed[114]
Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish and Adam McKay & Paul Rudd[115]

text: Iron Man 3 (2013)[edit]

text: Tony Stark faces a powerful enemy, the Mandarin, who attacks and destroys his mansion. Left to his own devices and battling posttraumatic stress disorder, Stark struggles to get to the bottom of a series of mysterious explosions.[116]

text: In late 2010, Marvel and Disney announced that they were developing a third Iron Man film.[117] In February 2011, Marvel hired Shane Black to direct Iron Man 3.[118] Black co-wrote the film's script with Drew Pearce.[105][106] Downey, Paltrow, and Cheadle reprised their roles from Iron Man 2, while Guy Pearce and Ben Kingsley joined the cast as Aldrich Killian and Trevor Slattery, respectively.[119] Filming began in May 2012, in North Carolina.[120] Additional filming took place in southern Florida,[121] China,[122] and Los Angeles.[123] Iron Man 3 premiered at Le Grand Rex in Paris, France on April 14, 2013 and at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California on April 24.[124][125] The film released internationally on April 25,[126] and in the United States. on May 3.[117]

text: The film is set six months after the events of The Avengers.[127] In the film Tony Stark experiences PTSD-like symptoms following the Battle of New York in The Avengers. Black explained, "that's an anxiety response to feeling inferior to The Avengers, but also to being humbled by sights he cannot possibly begin to understand or reconcile with the realities he's used to... There's a line in the movie about 'ever since that big guy with the hammer fell out of the sky, the rules have changed'. That's what we're dealing with here."[128] Bruce Banner appears in a post-credits scene, with Ruffalo reprising the role. About the scene, Ruffalo said "They were about to wrap the movie and I saw Robert [Downey, Jr.] at the Academy Awards... and he said, 'What do you think about coming and doing a day?' I said, 'Are you kidding me? Bang, let's do it!' We sort of spitballed that scene, then I came in and we shot for a couple of hours and laughed."[129]

text: Thor: The Dark World (2013)[edit]

text: Thor reunites with astrophysicist Jane Foster as a series of portals, linking worlds at random, begin to appear. He discovers that Malekith and his army of Dark Elves have returned after thousands of years, and they seek a powerful weapon known as the Aether. Thor must join forces with his now-imprisoned brother Loki to stop them.[108]

text: A sequel to Thor was first announced in June 2011, with Hemsworth reprising his role as Thor.[130] Hiddleston confirmed he would return as Loki in September,[131] and Alan Taylor signed on to direct the film in December.[107] The film's title was announced as Thor: The Dark World in July 2012 at the San Diego Comic-Con International,[132] and Christopher Eccleston was cast as Malekith a month later.[133] Production started in September 2012 in Bourne Wood, Surrey,[134] with additional filming taking place in Iceland and London.[135][136] The film premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on October 22, 2013.[137] It was internationally released on October 30, 2013 and on November 8, 2013 in North America.[138]

text: The film is set one year after the events of The Avengers.[139] Evans briefly makes a cameo appearance in the film as Captain America when Loki shapeshifts into him while mocking Thor.[140] Hiddleston wore the Captain America costume while standing in for Evans, before Evans came to shoot the scene. Hiddleston said, "I did an impression of Loki in the Captain America costume, and then they showed Chris [Evans] my performance on tape. It's him doing an impression of me doing an impression of him. And it's brilliant."[140] James Gunn, the director of Guardians of the Galaxy, directed the mid-credits scene which featured the Collector, played by Benicio del Toro. Asked about shooting the scene, Gunn said, "I got the script that morning, and I did it in two hours at the end of a day of second unit shooting [for Guardians of the Galaxy]."[141]

text: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)[edit]

text: Steve Rogers, now working with S.H.I.E.L.D., teams up with Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow and Sam Wilson / Falcon to expose a deep conspiracy which involves a mysterious assassin known only as the Winter Soldier.[142]

text: A sequel to 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger was announced in April 2012.[143] Anthony and Joe Russo were hired to direct in June,[109] and in July it was officially titled Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[132] Evans and Jackson were set to reprise their respective roles as Captain America and Nick Fury,[109] and Johansson would again play the Black Widow.[144] Sebastian Stan, who portrayed Bucky in Captain America: The First Avenger, returned as the Winter Soldier.[145] Production started in April 2013 in Manhattan Beach, California, and filming also took place in Washington, D.C. and Cleveland, Ohio.[146][147] The film premiered in Los Angeles on March 13, 2014.[148] Captain America: The Winter Soldier was released internationally on March 26[149] and in North America on April 4.[143]

text: The film is set two years after the events of The Avengers.[127] Stephen Strange, the alter-ego of the Marvel superhero Doctor Strange, is mentioned by name in the film by the character Jasper Sitwell.[150] A remodeled Stark Tower from The Avengers, now known as Avengers Tower, also makes an appearance in the film.[151] Whedon directed a post-credits scene featuring Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (Thomas Kretschmann), List (Henry Goodman), Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), and the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), who appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron.[152][153] The revelation in the film that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been infiltrated by Hydra informed the final six episodes of the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a television series set in the MCU.[154][155]

text: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)[edit]

text: Peter Quill / Star-Lord and a group of misfits, including Gamora, Rocket, Drax the Destroyer and Groot, fight to keep a powerful orb from the clutches of the villainous Ronan.[156][157][158]

text: Nicole Perlman began writing a screenplay in 2009.[159] Marvel Studios announced it was developing a Guardians of the Galaxy film in July 2012.[132] The film is directed by James Gunn, based on his and Perlman's screenplay.[111] In February 2013, Chris Pratt was cast in the lead role, as Peter Quill / Star-Lord.[160] The film was shot at Shepperton Studios and in London from July to October 2013,[161] and post-production work was completed on July 7, 2014.[162] The film premiered on July 21, 2014 in Hollywood.[163] Guardians of the Galaxy was released in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2014,[164] and in North America on August 1.[132]

text: The film is set in 2014.[165] Josh Brolin provides the voice and performance capture for Thanos,[166] the supervillain who appeared in The Avengers mid-credits scene. Gunn noted that the film would be connected to Avengers: Infinity War.[167] Several other objects of significance appear in the Collector's museum, including a Chitauri from The Avengers and a Dark Elf from Thor: The Dark World, among other characters. About their appearances Gunn said, "There's a lot of stuff in the Collector's Museum. And for me, it was mostly just really fun. As a Marvel fan, giving the actual fans something that they can freeze frame on their Blu-Ray at home and just kind of pick out everything that's in there. So there are, I mean, seriously all those boxes have something interesting in them, so it's pretty fun."[168] Ronan's race, the Kree, were first introduced in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "T.A.H.I.T.I.".[169][170]

text: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)[edit]

text: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye must work together as the Avengers to defeat Ultron, a technological enemy bent on human extinction, while encountering the powerful twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, as well as the new entity Vision.[171][172]

text: A sequel to The Avengers was announced by Disney in May 2012, shortly after the first film's release.[173] In August 2012, Joss Whedon was signed to return as writer and director.[113] In June 2013, Downey signed a deal to reprise the role of Iron Man for the second and third Avengers films.[174] On July 20, 2013, at San Diego Comic-Con International, Whedon announced that the subtitle of the film would be Age of Ultron.[175] In August 2013, James Spader was announced to portray Ultron.[176] Second unit filming began on February 11, 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa.[177][178] Principal photography began in March 2014 at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England,[174][179] with additional footage filmed at Fort Bard and various other locations in the Aosta Valley region of Italy,[180] and Seoul, South Korea.[181] Filming was completed on August 6, 2014.[182] Avengers: Age of Ultron had its world premiere in Los Angeles on April 13, 2015,[183] and was released internationally beginning April 22,[184] and on May 1 in North America.[185]

text: The film confirms that the gem in Loki's scepter is an Infinity Stone, specifically the Mind Stone, and Brolin reappears as Thanos in the mid-credit scene wielding an Infinity Gauntlet.[186] It also features references to Vibranium and Wakanda, both connections to Black Panther, introducing both to the universe ahead of Black Panther's solo film. Additionally, Andy Serkis portrays Ulysses Klaue in the film, traditionally a Black Panther antagonist.[187]

text: Ant-Man (2015)[edit]

text: Thief Scott Lang must aid his mentor Dr. Hank Pym in safeguarding the mystery of the Ant-Man technology, which allows its user to decrease in size but increase in strength, from various menaces and plot a heist to defend the Earth.[114]

text: Ant-Man is directed by Peyton Reed with a screenplay written by Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish and Adam McKay & Paul Rudd, from a story by Wright & Cornish, that includes both Scott Lang and Hank Pym.[114][115] Edgar Wright was initially slated to direct and write the film, but left the project in May 2014 due to creative differences.[188][189] In January 2013, Feige stated that Ant-Man would be the first film in Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[190] However, in October 2014, it was revealed that the film would be the last film of Phase Two.[104] Pre-production started in October 2013,[191] and principal photography took place from August to December 2014[192] in San Francisco,[193] Fayette County, Georgia at Pinewood Atlanta,[194] and Downtown Atlanta.[195] In December 2013, Rudd was cast as Ant-Man,[196] followed in January 2014 with the casting of Michael Douglas as Pym and the confirmation of Rudd as Lang.[197] Ant-Man had its world premiere in Los Angeles on June 29, 2015,[198] and was released in France on July 14,[199] and in North America on July 17.[200]

text: The film is set several months after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron.[201] Scott Lang attempts to infiltrate the new Avengers headquarters in Upstate New York featured in Age of Ultron, and confronts Sam Wilson / Falcon, played by Anthony Mackie. McKay and Rudd decided to add Falcon to Ant-Man after watching Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[202] The Russo brothers filmed the post-credit scene, which was footage from Captain America: Civil War,[203][204] and features Falcon (Mackie), Captain America (Chris Evans) and Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan).[205]

text: Phase Three[edit]

text:
Film[104][206][207]
U.S. release date
Director(s)
Screenwriter(s)
Producer(s)

Captain America: Civil War
May 6, 2016 (2016-05-06)
Anthony and Joe Russo[208]
Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely[208]
Kevin Feige

Doctor Strange
November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04)
Scott Derrickson[209]
Jon Spaihts and Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill[210]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
May 5, 2017 (2017-05-05)
James Gunn[112]

Spider-Man: Homecoming
July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)
Jon Watts[211]
Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley and
Jon Watts & Christopher Ford and
Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers[212]
Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal

Thor: Ragnarok
November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)
Taika Waititi[213]
Eric Pearson and Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost[214]
Kevin Feige

text: Captain America: Civil War (2016)[edit]

text: The Avengers become fractured into two opposing teams, one led by Captain America and another by Iron Man, after extensive collateral damage prompts politicians to pass an act regulating superhuman activity with government oversight and accountability for the Avengers while also facing against a new enemy, Helmut Zemo, who seeks revenge upon the Avengers.[215][216]

text: By January 2014, Anthony and Joe Russo had signed on to return to direct a third Captain America installment, which they confirmed in March 2014, with Chris Evans returning as Captain America, Feige returning to produce, and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely writing the screenplay.[217][208] In October 2014, the title was officially announced as Captain America: Civil War along with the reveal that Downey would appear in the film as Tony Stark / Iron Man.[218][219] The film is an adaptation from the "Civil War" storyline in the comics.[220] It is also the first film of Phase Three.[104][206][221] Filming began in April 2015 at Pinewood Atlanta,[222][223] and concluded in August 2015.[224] Captain America: Civil War had its premiere in Hollywood on April 12, 2016,[225] was released internationally beginning April 27,[226] and was released on May 6 in North America.[227]

text: The film is set one year after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron.[228] Captain America: Civil War introduces Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man and Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther to the MCU, who appear in solo films in 2017 and 2018, respectively.[229][230] William Hurt reprises his role as Thunderbolt Ross from The Incredible Hulk, and is now the US Secretary of State.[231] For the mid-credits scene, in which Black Panther offers Captain America and Bucky Barnes asylum in Wakanda, Joe and Anthony Russo received input from Black Panther director Ryan Coogler on the look and design of Wakanda.[232]

text: Doctor Strange (2016)[edit]

text: After Stephen Strange, the world's top neurosurgeon, is involved in a car accident that ruins his career, he sets out on a journey of healing, where he encounters the Ancient One, who teaches Strange the use of Mystic Arts and to defend the Earth from mystical threats.[233][234]

text: In June 2010, Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer were hired to write the screenplay for a film starring the character Doctor Strange.[235] In January 2013, Kevin Feige confirmed that Doctor Strange would be a part of their Phase Three slate of films.[236] In June 2014, Scott Derrickson was hired to direct.[209] In December 2014, Benedict Cumberbatch was cast in the eponymous role, and Jon Spaihts was confirmed to rewrite the script.[237][238] In December 2015, C. Robert Cargill revealed he was a co-writer on the film,[239] and the following April, revealed that Derrickson also wrote the script.[240] Pre-production began in June 2014,[241] with filming beginning in November 2015 in Nepal, before moving to Longcross Studios in the UK later in the month.[242][243] Filming concluded in New York City in April 2016.[244][245] Doctor Strange had its premiere in Hong Kong on October 13, 2016,[246] and was released in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2016,[247] and on November 4 in the United States.[219]

text: Derrickson stated that the events of the film take "roughly" a year, ending "up to date with the rest of the MCU". Doctor Strange introduces the Eye of Agamotto, a mystical relic that can manipulate time and is revealed to be an Infinity Stone at the end of the film,[248] specifically the Time Stone.[249] The film's mid-credits scene features a cameo appearance by Hemsworth as Thor, meeting with Strange, which was footage from Thor: Ragnarok. The scene was directed by Ragnarok director Taika Waititi.[249]

text: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)[edit]

text: The Guardians of the Galaxy travel throughout the cosmos and struggle to keep their newfound family together while helping Peter Quill learn more about his true parentage and facing against new enemies.[250]

text: In July 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy co-writer Nicole Perlman confirmed that Gunn would return to write and direct the sequel.[112][251] Chris Pratt returns for the sequel as Peter Quill / Star-Lord,[252][253] along with the other Guardians from the first film as well as additional cast members.[253] They are joined by Pom Klementieff as Mantis,[254][253] and Kurt Russell as Ego.[253][255] In June 2015, the film's title was revealed as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.[256] Filming began in February 2016 at Pinewood Atlanta,[257][258] and concluded in June 2016.[259] Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 premiered in Tokyo on April 10, 2017,[260] and was released on May 5, 2017.[219]

text: The film is set two-to-three months after the events of Guardians of the Galaxy,[261][262] in 2014.[165] One of the film's post-credit sequences hints at the introduction of Adam Warlock,[263] after Gunn originally intended for Warlock to make a full appearance in Vol. 2. He noted that Warlock could appear in future Guardians films, and is considered "a pretty important part" of the cosmic side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[264] The Grandmaster, played by Jeff Goldblum, is seen dancing in the end credits, before his appearance in Thor: Ragnarok.[265]

text: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)[edit]

text: Peter Parker tries to balance being the hero Spider-Man with his high school life under guidance of Tony Stark as he deals with the threat of the Vulture.[266][267]

text: On February 9, 2015, Sony Pictures and Marvel announced that Sony would be releasing a Spider-Man film co-produced by Marvel Studios president Feige and Amy Pascal, with Sony Pictures continuing to own, finance, distribute, and have final creative control of the Spider-Man films.[3] In April 2015, Feige confirmed the character would be Peter Parker and added that Marvel had been working to add Spider-Man to the MCU since at least October 2014, when they announced their full slate of Phase Three films, saying, "Marvel doesn't announce anything officially until it's set in stone. So we went forward with that Plan A in October, with the Plan B being, if [the deal] were to happen with Sony, how it would all shift. We've been thinking about [the Spider-Man film] as long as we've been thinking about Phase Three.”[268] In June 2015, Tom Holland was cast in the role of Spider-Man and Jon Watts was hired to direct the film,[211] and the next month, John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein were hired to write the screenplay.[269] Additional screenwriters include Watts & Christopher Ford and Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers.[212] In April 2016, the title was revealed to be Spider-Man: Homecoming.[270] Production began in June 2016 at Pinewood Atlanta,[271][272] and concluded in October 2016.[273] Spider-Man: Homecoming premiered on June 28, 2017 in Hollywood,[274] and was released in the United Kingdom on July 5,[275] and the United States on July 7, 2017.[276]

text: The film is set several months after the events of Captain America: Civil War,[277] which is eight years after the events of The Avengers.[278] In April 2016, Feige confirmed that characters from previous MCU films would appear in the film,[279] with Robert Downey Jr. confirmed to reprise his role as Tony Stark / Iron Man shortly thereafter.[280] Favreau, Paltrow, and Evans also reprise their roles as Happy Hogan,[281] Pepper Potts,[282] and Steve Rogers / Captain America, respectively.[283] The clean-up crew Damage Control appear in the film (after previously being referenced in Iron Man and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) ahead of an intended television series about them.[284][285][286] Various weaponry and artifacts from previous films are referenced throughout the film that Toomes and his crew repurpose for their weapons. In Parker's high school, one of his classes has a lesson about the Sokovia Accords,[287] and portraits of Bruce Banner, Howard Stark and Abraham Erskine are seen within the school.[288]

text: Thor: Ragnarok (2017)[edit]

text: Thor, trapped on another world without Mjölnir, must survive a gladiatorial duel against the Hulk and return to Asgard in time to stop the villainous Hela and the impending Ragnarök.[289]

text: In January 2014, Marvel announced that a third Thor film was in development, with Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost writing the screenplay,[290] and was officially announced as Thor: Ragnarok in October 2014.[219] By October 2015, Taika Waititi entered in negotiations to direct Thor: Ragnarok.[291][213] In December 2015, Stephany Folsom was hired to rewrite the script.[292] A year later, in January 2017, it was revealed that Eric Pearson wrote the screenplay, with Kyle, Yost and Folsom receiving story credit.[289] Pearson, Kyle and Yost would ultimately receive screenwriting credit for the film.[214][293] Hemsworth, Hiddleston, Idris Elba and Anthony Hopkins reprise their roles as Thor, Loki, Heimdall and Odin, respectively, and are joined by Cate Blanchett as Hela.[294] Production began in July 2016 in Australia at Village Roadshow Studios,[295][296] and wrapped in late October 2016.[297] Thor: Ragnarok premiered in Los Angeles on October 10, 2017,[298] began its international release on October 24, 2017 in the United Kingdom,[299] and was released on November 3, 2017 in the United States.[300]

text: The film is set four years after the events of Thor: The Dark World, two years after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron,[301][302] and around the same time period as Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming. Producer Brad Winderbaum noted that "Things happen on top of each other now in Phase Three. They're not as interlocked as they were in Phase One."[303] Mark Ruffalo and Benedict Cumberbatch appear in the film as Bruce Banner / Hulk and Doctor Stephen Strange, respectively.[294][249] The film reveals that the Infinity Gauntlet first seen in Odin's vault in Thor was a fake,[304] while also introducing Thanos' ship Sanctuary II in a post-credits scene.[305]

text: Recurring cast and characters[edit]

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A V indicates a voice-only role

text:
Character
Ant-Man films
Avengers films
Black Panther
Captain America films
Captain Marvel
Doctor Strange
Guardians of the Galaxy films
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man films
Spider-Man films
Thor films

Bruce Banner
Hulk

Mark Ruffalo[94]

Edward Norton[36]
Lou FerrignoV [306]
Mark Ruffalo[129]

Mark Ruffalo[307]

James "Bucky" Barnes
Winter Soldier
Sebastian Stan[205][308]

Sebastian Stan[309]

Clint Barton
Hawkeye

Jeremy Renner[95]

Jeremy Renner[310]

Jeremy Renner[74]

Peggy Carter
Hayley Atwell[311][312]

Hayley Atwell[309]

Drax the Destroyer

Dave Bautista[313]

Dave Bautista[253]

Nick Fury

Samuel L. Jackson[314]

Samuel L. Jackson[314][315]

Samuel L. Jackson[30]

Samuel L. Jackson[314]

Gamora

Zoe Saldana[316]

Zoe Saldana[253]

Groot

Vin DieselV [317]

Vin DieselV [253]

Heimdall

Idris Elba[318]

Idris Elba[319]

Maria Hill

Cobie Smulders[320]

Cobie Smulders[321]

Harold "Happy" Hogan

Jon Favreau[322]

Jon Favreau[323][281]

Scott Lang
Ant-Man
Paul Rudd[324][325]

Paul Rudd[215]

Loki

Tom Hiddleston[326]

Tom Hiddleston[66]

Wanda Maximoff
Scarlet Witch

Elizabeth Olsen[327]

Elizabeth Olsen[153]

Nebula

Karen Gillan[328]

Karen Gillan[253]

Peter Parker
Spider-Man

Tom Holland[329]

Tom Holland[229]

Max Favreau[a]
Tom Holland[211]

Virginia "Pepper" Potts

Gwyneth Paltrow[100]

Gwyneth Paltrow[330][282]

Peter Quill
Star-Lord

Chris Pratt[331]

Chris Pratt[160]

James "Rhodey" Rhodes
War Machine / Iron Patriot

Don Cheadle[332]

Don Cheadle[215]

Terrence Howard[330]
Don Cheadle[333]

Rocket

Bradley CooperV [334]

Bradley CooperV [253]

Steve Rogers
Captain America
Chris Evans[205][80]

Chris Evans[80]

Chris Evans[283][140]

Natasha Romanoff
Black Widow

Scarlett Johansson[50]

Scarlett Johansson[144]

Scarlett Johansson[50]

Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross

William Hurt[215]

William Hurt[306]

Erik Selvig

Stellan Skarsgård[78]

Stellan Skarsgård[78]

Tony Stark
Iron Man

Robert Downey, Jr.[47]

Robert Downey, Jr.[218]

Robert Downey, Jr.[218][43][20][280]

Stephen Strange

Benedict Cumberbatch[335]

Benedict Cumberbatch[237]

Benedict Cumberbatch[249]

T'Challa
Black Panther

Chadwick Boseman[230][336]

Thor

Chris Hemsworth[95]

Chris Hemsworth[249]

Chris Hemsworth[65]

Hope van Dyne
Wasp
Evangeline Lilly[337][338]

Vision

Paul Bettany[339]

Paul Bettany[215]

Sam Wilson
Falcon
Anthony Mackie[340][341]

Anthony Mackie[342]

text: Jump up ^ In June 2017 several interviews with Holland, Watts, and Feige revealed that the child who Tony Stark saves from a drone in Iron Man 2 is Peter Parker.[60]

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text: Home media[edit]

text: In June 2012, Marvel announced a 10-disc box set titled "Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One – Avengers Assembled", for release on September 25, 2012. The box set includes all six of the Phase One films—Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, and Marvel's The Avengers—on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D, in a replica of Nick Fury's briefcase from The Avengers.[343] In August 2012, luggage company Rimowa GmbH, who developed the briefcase for The Avengers, filed suit against Marvel Studios and Buena Vista Home Entertainment in U.S. federal court, complaining that "Marvel did not obtain any license or authorization from Rimowa to make replica copies of the cases for any purpose".[344] The set was delayed to early 2013 for the packaging to be redesigned.[345] The box set, with a redesigned case, was released on April 2, 2013. In addition, the box set included a featurette on the then-upcoming Phase Two films, showing footage and concept art, as well as previously unreleased deleted scenes from all of the Phase One films.[346]

text: In July 2015, Marvel announced a 13-disc box set titled "Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection", for release on December 8, 2015, exclusive to Amazon.com. The box set includes all six of the Phase Two films—Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Ant-Man—on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and a digital copy, in a replica of the Orb from Guardians of the Galaxy, plus a bonus disc and exclusive memorabilia. Material on the bonus disc includes all of the Marvel One-Shots with commentary, deleted scenes and pre-production creative features for each of the films, featurettes on the making of the post-credit scenes for the films, and first looks at Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.[347][348]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office performance[edit]

text:
Film
U.S. release date
Box office gross
All-time Ranking
Budget
Ref(s)

U.S. and Canada
Other territories
Worldwide
U.S. and Canada
Worldwide

Iron Man
May 2, 2008
$318,412,101
$266,762,121
$585,174,222
58
144
$140 million
[349]

Incredible Hulk !The Incredible Hulk
June 13, 2008
$134,806,913
$128,620,638
$263,427,551
406
499
$150 million
[350]

Iron Man 2
May 7, 2010
$312,433,331
$311,500,000
$623,933,331
63
125
$200 million
[351]

Thor
May 6, 2011
$181,030,624
$268,295,994
$449,326,618
229
219
$150 million
[352]

Captain America: The First Avenger
July 22, 2011
$176,654,505
$193,915,269
$370,569,774
245
294
$140 million
[353]

Marvel's The Avengers
May 4, 2012
$623,357,910
$895,455,078
$1,518,812,988
5
5
$220 million
[354]

Iron Man 3
May 3, 2013
$409,013,994
$805,797,258
$1,214,811,252
22
12
$200 million (gross)
$178.4 million (net)
[355]
[356]

Thor: The Dark World
November 8, 2013
$206,362,140
$438,209,262
$644,571,402
178
116
$170 million (gross)
$152.7 million (net)
[357]
[356]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
April 4, 2014
$259,766,572
$454,497,695
$714,264,267
101
93
$177 million
[358]
[359]

Guardians of the Galaxy
August 1, 2014
$333,176,600
$440,152,029
$773,328,629
51
78
$232.3 million (gross)
$195.9 million (net)
[360]
[361]

Avengers: Age of Ultron
May 1, 2015
$459,005,868
$946,397,826
$1,405,403,694
13
7
$316 million (gross)
$267.4 million (net)
[362]
[363]

Ant-Man
July 17, 2015
$180,202,163
$339,109,802
$519,311,965
231
176
$142 million
[364]
[363]

Captain America: Civil War
May 6, 2016
$408,084,349
$745,220,146
$1,153,304,495
23
15
$250 million
[365]

Doctor Strange
November 4, 2016
$232,641,920
$445,076,475
$677,718,395
137
105
$165 million
[366]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
May 5, 2017
$389,813,101
$473,919,411
$863,732,512
29
58
$200 million
[367]

Spider-Man: Homecoming
July 7, 2017
$334,201,140
$545,965,784
$880,166,924
49
50
$175 million
[368]

Thor: Ragnarok
November 3, 2017
$312,478,786
$537,316,348
$849,795,134
62
60
$180 million
[369]

Total
$7009527144201700000♠5,271,442,017
$7009823621113600000♠8,236,211,136
$7010135076531530000♠13,507,653,153
1
1
$3.027 billion (gross)
$2.903 billion (net)
[370]
[371]

text: Critical response[edit]

text:
Film
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic

Iron Man
94% (268 reviews)[372]
79 (38 reviews)[373]

Incredible Hulk !The Incredible Hulk
67% (225 reviews)[374]
61 (38 reviews)[375]

Iron Man 2
73% (279 reviews)[376]
57 (40 reviews)[377]

Thor
77% (270 reviews)[378]
57 (40 reviews)[379]

Captain America: The First Avenger
80% (252 reviews)[380]
66 (43 reviews)[381]

Marvel's The Avengers
92% (328 reviews)[382]
69 (43 reviews)[383]

Iron Man 3
80% (298 reviews)[384]
62 (44 reviews)[385]

Thor: The Dark World
66% (253 reviews)[386]
54 (44 reviews)[387]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
89% (273 reviews)[388]
70 (47 reviews)[389]

Guardians of the Galaxy
91% (295 reviews)[390]
76 (52 reviews)[391]

Avengers: Age of Ultron
75% (324 reviews)[392]
66 (49 reviews)[393]

Ant-Man
82% (284 reviews)[394]
64 (43 reviews)[395]

Captain America: Civil War
91% (359 reviews)[396]
75 (52 reviews)[397]

Doctor Strange
89% (304 reviews)[398]
72 (49 reviews)[399]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
83% (333 reviews)[400]
67 (47 reviews)[401]

Spider-Man: Homecoming
92% (311 reviews)[402]
73 (51 reviews)[403]

Thor: Ragnarok
92% (318 reviews)[404]
73 (50 reviews)[405]

Average
83%
67

text: Future[edit]

text:
Film
U.S. release date
Director(s)
Screenwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Status

Phase Three[104][206][207]

Black Panther
February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)[207]
Ryan Coogler[406]
Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole[407][408]
Kevin Feige
Post-production

Avengers: Infinity War
May 4, 2018 (2018-05-04)[219]
Anthony and Joe Russo[409]
Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely[410]

Ant-Man and the Wasp
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)[207]
Peyton Reed[411]
Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers and
Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari and Paul Rudd[412]

Captain Marvel
March 8, 2019 (2019-03-08)[207]
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck[413]
Geneva Robertson-Dworet[414]
Pre-production

Untitled Avengers film
May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)[219]
Anthony and Joe Russo[409]
Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely[410]
Filming

Post-Phase Three

Untitled Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel
July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)[415]
Jon Watts[416]
TBA
Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal
Pre-production[417]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2020 (2020)[418]
James Gunn[419]
Kevin Feige
In development

text: Black Panther (2018)[edit]

text: T'Challa returns home as sovereign of the nation of Wakanda only to find his dual role of king and protector challenged by a long-time adversary in a conflict that has global consequences.[420]

text: Documentary filmmaker Mark Bailey was hired to write a script for Black Panther in January 2011.[421] In October 2014, the film was announced and Chadwick Boseman was revealed to be portraying T'Challa / Black Panther.[219][230] In January 2016, Ryan Coogler was announced as director,[406] and the following month, Joe Robert Cole was confirmed as the film's screenwriter.[407] In April 2016, Feige confirmed that Coogler was a co-screenwriter.[408] Filming began in January 2017 at EUE/Screen Gems Studios and Pinewood Atlanta,[422][423] and concluded in April 2017.[424] Black Panther is scheduled to be released on February 16, 2018.[207]

text: The film is set after the events of Captain America: Civil War.[420] Florence Kasumba,[425] Serkis, Martin Freeman, and John Kani reprise their roles as Ayo, Ulysses Klaue, Everett K. Ross and T'Chaka respectively from previous MCU films.[420]

text: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)[edit]

text: The Avengers join forces with the Guardians of the Galaxy to battle Thanos, who is trying to amass the Infinity Stones.[426]

text: The film was announced in October 2014 as Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1.[219] In April 2015, Marvel announced that Anthony and Joe Russo would direct the film and in May, that Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely would write the screenplay.[409][410] In July 2016, Marvel revealed the title would be shortened to simply Avengers: Infinity War.[427] Brolin reprises his role as Thanos,[428][429] and is part of an ensemble cast featuring many actors who have appeared in other MCU films. Filming for Infinity War began in January 2017 in Atlanta,[422][430] and lasted until July 2017.[431] Additional filming also took place in Scotland.[432] Avengers: Infinity War is scheduled to begin its international release on April 25, 2018,[433] and will be released in the United States on May 4, 2018.[219]

text: The film is set four years after the events of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.[434] Marvel has been planting the seeds for Infinity War since their early films, by introducing the Infinity Stones as MacGuffins: the Tesseract / Space Stone in Captain America: The First Avenger, Loki's Scepter / Mind Stone in The Avengers, the Aether / Reality Stone in Thor: The Dark World, the Orb / Power Stone in Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Eye of Agamotto / Time Stone in Doctor Strange.[249] Additionally, Thanos is shown holding an empty Infinity Gauntlet in Avengers: Age of Ultron.[186]

text: Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)[edit]

text: Scott Lang tries to balance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, when Hope van Dyne and Hank Pym present him with a new mission, requiring him to team up with van Dyne as the Wasp.[412]

text: Ant-Man and the Wasp was announced in October 2015.[207] Peyton Reed confirmed he would return to direct in November 2015, as well as the confirmation that Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly would reprise their roles as Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope van Dyne / Wasp, respectively.[411] In December 2015, Andrew Barrer, Gabriel Ferrari, and Rudd were confirmed to write the screenplay,[435] with Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers revealed to have also contributed to the script in August 2017.[412] In February 2017, Michael Douglas confirmed he would reprise his role as Hank Pym in the film.[436] Filming began in August 2017 in Atlanta with additional filming in San Francisco,[412] and ended in November 2017.[437] Ant-Man and the Wasp is scheduled to be released on July 6, 2018.[207]

text: The film is set after the events of Captain America: Civil War.[412]

text: Captain Marvel (2019)[edit]

text: In May 2013, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Marvel had a working script for Ms. Marvel.[438] In October 2014, Marvel announced the film would be titled Captain Marvel and feature Carol Danvers.[219] In April 2015, Nicole Perlman & Meg LeFauve were announced as screenwriters.[439] At the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con, Brie Larson was confirmed to play the role of Carol Danvers.[440] In April 2017, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck were hired to direct.[413] That August, Geneva Robertson-Dworet was revealed to be taking over as the film's screenwriter, replacing Perlman and LeFauve.[414] Filming is expected to begin in March 2018 in California,[441][442] and is scheduled to last until May 2018.[443] The film is scheduled to be released on March 8, 2019.[207]

text: The film is set in the 1990s.[444] Jackson reprises his role as Nick Fury in the film,[315] while the Skrull species are introduced to the MCU.[444]

text: Untitled Avengers film (2019)[edit]

text: The film was announced in October 2014 as Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2.[219] In April 2015, it was revealed that Anthony and Joe Russo would direct the film and in May, that Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely would write the screenplay.[409][410] In July 2016, Marvel revealed the title would be changed, being known simply at that time as the Untitled Avengers film.[427] Brolin reprises his role as Thanos,[428][429] and is part of an ensemble cast featuring many actors who have appeared in other MCU films. Filming began in August 2017 in Atlanta.[445] The film is scheduled to be released on May 3, 2019.[219]

text: Untitled Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel (2019)[edit]

text: In December 2016, Sony Pictures scheduled a sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming for release on July 5, 2019.[415] A year later, Watts was confirmed to be returning to direct the film.[416] Filming is scheduled to begin in April or May 2018.[417]

text: The film is set after the untitled Avengers film.[446]

text: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2020)[edit]

text: In April 2016, Kevin Feige stated that "Guardians 3 is [one film that's] up there" being considered for release beyond 2019.[447] In March 2017, Gunn stated that a third Guardians film would happen "for sure",[448] and the following month confirmed he would return to write and direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.[419] Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is scheduled to be released in 2020.[418]

text: The film is set after Avengers: Infinity War and its untitled sequel.[419]

text: Other potential projects[edit]

text: Three untitled films are set for release on May 1, August 7, and November 6, 2020. The August 7 film was previously scheduled for July 10, 2020.[207][449][450] In October 2016, Feige said it was a combination of knowing what films would occupy these dates and allowing some flexibility, saying, "We know what [films] we’d like them to be for 2020. Over the years, where we’re aiming we’ve been lucky enough that it’s usually been the same thing but we always leave ourselves the opportunity to bob and weave and adapt if we have to. But we know where we’re headed for 2020 and we have ideas and we're beginning to solidify the years beyond that."[451] Feige and Marvel have ideas for films through 2021,[452] and additional storylines planned through 2028,[453] resulting in 20 films "on the docket that are completely different from anything that’s come before—intentionally."[454]

text: In October 2014, in terms of Phase Four films, Feige said, for the time being, "We're not going to talk specifically about the story of any of those films, the plot of any of those films, what happens to any of the characters in any of those films. In fact, even to talk about any of those characters – who will be involved in those movies – will be a bit of a spoiler as to what may or may not happen to them in earlier movies."[104] In April 2016, Feige added, "We're only working on what’s been announced through the end of 2019. And it is still a big chess board for 2020 and beyond".[447] A year later, Feige noted, "We have an idea [of what the MCU looks like post-Infinity War], and it's gonna be very, very different," but cautioned that Marvel would not be "actively discussing anything past untitled Avengers" besides dating the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming and that James Gunn would be working on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. He also was not sure if Marvel would continue to group the films in phases once Phase Three concluded, that "it might be a new thing."[450] A second sequel to Homecoming is also planned.[455]

text: In February 2014, Feige stated that after exploring Black Widow's past in Age of Ultron, he would like to see it explored further in a solo film.[456] Marvel has done some development work for the potential film, including a "pretty in depth" treatment by Nicole Perlman,[456][457] and by May 2016, Feige stated that Marvel was "creatively and emotionally" committed to creating the solo film.[458]

text: In April 2006, Marvel hired Andrew W. Marlowe to write a script for Nick Fury.[6] In May 2013, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Marvel had a working script for Blade.[438] In July 2015, Wesley Snipes, who played Blade in three films before the character's rights reverted to Marvel, stated that he had discussions with Marvel to reprise the role.[459]

text: Repurposed projects[edit]

text: A film based on the Runaways went through a number of iterations. Brian K. Vaughan was originally hired to write a screenplay based on the property in May 2008.[460] In April 2010, Marvel hired Peter Sollett to direct the film,[461] and Drew Pearce was hired to write a script in May.[462] The following October, development on the film was put on hold,[463] with Pearce revealing in September 2013 that the Runaways film had been shelved in favor of The Avengers, with the earliest it could release being Phase Three.[464] In October 2014, after announcing all of Marvel's Phase Three films without Runaways, Feige stated the project was "still an awesome script that exists in our script vault", adding, "We'd love to do something with Runaways some day. In our television and future film discussions, it's always one that we talk about, because we have a solid draft there. But again, we can't make them all."[104] In August 2016, Marvel Television announced Marvel's Runaways from the streaming service Hulu,[465] with the series receiving a full season order in May 2017.[466] It premiered in November 2017.[467]

text: In April 2013, Feige mentioned the Inhumans as a property out of which he was "confident" a film would be made.[468] Inhumans as a concept would first be introduced to the MCU in 2014 through the second season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[469] By August 2014, the studio was ready to move forward in development with the film, with a screenplay written by Joe Robert Cole.[470] In October 2014, the film was announced for Phase Three[219] and scheduled for release July 2019.[300] By October 2015, Cole was no longer involved with the film and any potential drafts that he may have written would not be used.[471] In April 2016, Inhumans was removed from the release schedule,[472] and would no longer be a part of Phase Three.[473] In July 2016, Feige said Inhumans would "certainly" be a part of the discussion regarding the film ideas for 2020 and 2021,[452] adding the following November that he was still optimistic the film could be released in Phase Four.[474] In November 2016, Marvel Television announced the series Marvel's Inhumans, which premiered on ABC in September 2017, after the first two episodes were screened in IMAX.[475] The series was not intended to be a reworking of the film.[476]