1. Marvel kicked off their announcement with the reveal of Captain America: Serpent Society. It was quite shocking to everyone because we were all betting on either "Civil War" or "Fallen Son." However, they later revealed that they were just throwing people off and the subtitle would officially be Civil War. Captain America: Civil War will be released May 6, 2016 and will be the first film in Phase 3.
2. Next on their list was the Sorcerer Supreme himself, Dr. Strange. His movie will be hitting theaters November 4, 2017. They did not make any mention of casting rumors, nor confirm that Benedict Cumberbatch will be playing the titular and strange Marvel character. Anything that was not confirmed today is still rumor for now.
3. A special guest announced their next film via cell phone video. James Gunn appeared to raucous applause and announced that moving up from July 2017, the untitled Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will be pushed up to May 5, 2017. They bumped it up due to how well the film has done this year, becoming the highest-grossing superhero film of 2014 and third highest-grossing Marvel Studios film of all time. (I didn't add the writing to the title card, Marvel presented it like that)
4. The announcement of the next film was revealed to thunderous applause, which was fitting. It has been under speculation for some time, but it was finally confirmed that Thor 3 will be officially titled Thor: Ragnarok. There was quite a bit of whooping when the fans realized that not only will the God of Thunder be returning for what Marvel President Kevin Feige called "the Cap 2 of Phase 3," but that everyone's favorite villain, Loki will be returning as well, and they will have to ban together again, but this time for the battle of the ages. Thor returns on July 28, 2017.
5. Up next came the film that was given some of the loudest applause. Being one of the first films in Phase 3 to introduce a new character to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Panther will be ready for fans to enjoy on November 3, 2017. What's interesting, however, is that his solo movie will not be the Black Panther's first appearance in the MCU. He will be appearing in full character and costume in Captain America: Civil War. Who will be playing the elusive T'Challa? None other than Chadwick Boseman, star of 42 and Get on Up.
6. Also coming in with some of the loudest cheers of the day was the announcement of a Captain Marvel film starring beloved female Marvel character Carol Danvers. This announcement is extremely exciting because this will be Marvel Studios' first female-led superhero film. She is more on the galactic side of the Marvel Universe so it will be interesting to see if there are any cameos in movies like the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel. This film is set to hit theaters on July 6, 2018.
7. Last, but not least of the newly-introduced characters, Marvel announced that a decently-sized large cast will be appearing in an Inhumans film hitting theaters November 2, 2018. Essentially, the Inhumans are the poor man's X-Men, and seem like the perfect fit in the Marvel Universe. We are just starting to see the range of powers that these superheroes can have beginning with Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. with the over-arching story that Marvel has been building, it's only fair they raise the stakes for heroes and villains alike. this is sure to be a hit.
8. As Marvel does, they saved the best reveal for last. After a montage of their building up of the Infinity Gauntlet storyline, Marvel showed a teaser of the Gauntlet on the hand of the Mad Titan himself, Thanos. The light of the Infinity Stones bursted and revealed the title of Avengers: Infinity War. It will come in two parts, however. Part 1 is slated to hit theatres May 4, 2018 with Part 2 following up Inhumans to end Phase 3 in May of 2019.
Here's a link to a video on tumblr of the small scene from Age of Ultron that was shown at the event. This video is different from the scene that was shown tonight during Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Spoilers Ahead! If you don't want to hear about a potential plot point from Avengers: Age of Ultron, skip the next section. You have been warned.
Now, about the clip from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., I was thrilled! I have been hoping that they would show the scene with the various Avengers trying to lift Thor's hammer since they announced that they would be showing bonus footage instead of the trailer; which leaked last week. I know that it was showed at San Diego Comic Con, and I've been dying to see it ever since. It was easy to tell that they had shortened it a bit, but it was still a really fun watch. There was one moment where you think that Steve is going to be able to life Mjolnir and you can see the fear in Thor's eyes. I am desperately hoping that Steve will be able to straight up lift Mjolnir by the end of the movie. Because honestly, in what world is Thor worthy, but not Steve Rogers? Is there something that I'm missing? If I'm wrong, or you want to point something out to me, please do! I welcome it!
Spoilers have come to an end, faithful Marvelite.
Here's the clip with a shortened trailer afterwards. Again, if you don't want to be spoiled, don't watch it. That is all. Enjoy
Anyway, this last few days has been a rollercoaster ride of Marvel mayhem, but it's been awesome. We can take the next couple of months to process all of this new information and look forward to the next batch of trailers and sneak peeks that will inevitably come from the unstoppable machine that is Marvel Studios. I'm secretly glad that everything's supposedly over because I'm pretty sure that I almost died from a heart attack earlier today. Until next time, strive to be worthy to life Mjolnir.
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