Here's how the biggest entertainment news of 2015 affects the next five years.
Story by Matt Cummings
If you're feeling a little shell-shocked over the huge news about Spider-man finally joining the MCU, get in line. These days, comic book news is hitting us faster than a punch from The Flash and harder than The Hulk. With word reaching us about Spider-man, the entire Marvel release schedule has been upended, but it's also left a high-profile release completely off the list. Truth is, every Sony Pictures production of a Spider-man related property is now off the books, replaced with what appears to be a single universe shared between Sony and Marvel.
But, we'd be in error if we didn't mention that there's still other comic book universes out there, starting with your friends at DC. Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice is happening next year, and DC themselves are moving forward with a huge slate of films, both team-ups and individual stories. Meanwhile, Fox is moving ahead with its mutant franchise, recently inking a deal to bring Patrick Stewart to the upcoming Wolverine movie, and Ian McKellan will return in X-Men: Apocalypse.
So, how does recent news about Spider-man affect the 40-film timeline? We've updated (again) the list to reflect what we believe to be the correct slate of films, and have removed now-defunct projects like Drew Goddard's Sinister Six:
- 2015 -
May 1, 2015 – The Avengers: Age of Ultron
July 17, 2015 – Ant-Man
August 7, 2015 – Fantastic Four
- 2016 -
February 12, 2016 – Deadpool
March 25, 2016 – Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
May 6, 2016 – Captain America: Civil War
May 27, 2016 – X-Men: Apocalypse
August 5, 2016 - Suicide Squad
November 4, 2016 – Doctor Strange
- 2017 -
March 3, 2017 – Wolverine 3 (Untitled)
May 5, 2017 - Guardians of the Galaxy 2
June 23, 2017 - Wonder Woman
July 28, 2017 -
July 14, 2017 – Fantastic Four 2
November 3, 2017 - Thor: Ragnarok
November 17, 2017 - Justice League
- 2018 -
2018 – The Amazing Spider-Man 3
March 23, 2018 - The Flash
May 4, 2018 - The Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1
July 6, 2018 – Black Panther
July 13, 2018 – Unannounced X-Men Movie
July 27, 2018 - Aquaman
November 2, 2018 - Captain Marvel
- 2019 -
April 5th, 2019 - Shazam
May 3, 2019 - The Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2
June 14th, 2019 - Justice League 2
July 12, 2019 - Inhumans
- 2020 -
April 3rd, 2020 - Cyborg
June 19th, 2020 - Green Lantern
What say you, SandwichJohnFilm-ers? Are you excited about these changes, and do you have enough money and time to see all of these comic book films?
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