Then Tony Stark uses it in The Avengers: Age of Ultron to create the first artificial intelligence, Ultron. (Loki used it to hypnotize people.) In a credit sequence after Captain America: The Winter Soldier it was revealed that the stone was used to give Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver their powers. The Mind Stone: Thanos gave this stone to Loki to lead the invasion of Earth in Avengers. Thor took it back to Asgard at the end of that film. Then Loki tried to steal it from S.H.I.E.L.D. The Tesseract or Space Stone : Red Skull stole it from a Church in Norway in Captain America: The First Avenger. We’ve encountered four of the six stones so far: Ever since 2011’s Thor, these things called Infinity Stones keep popping up in the Marvel Universe. What is Infinity War and what does it have to do with Civil War or Doctor Strange? Doctor Strange could help build toward the Infinity War plot. That said, everything in the Marvel universe is related.
Not only does Cumberbatch not appear in Civil War, the movie doesn’t drop any hints about the world of Doctor Strange. On its face Civil War has nothing to do with the Benedict Cumberbatch film arriving in theaters in November. How does this movie relate to Doctor Strange? (She plays a leading role in the Civil War II plot line in the 2016 comic books.) Her movie is set to hit the big screen in 2019, but we could meet her first in The Avengers: Infinity War-Part I-more on that in a bit. But fans will have to wait until Ant-Man and the Wasp in 2018.Ĭaptain Marvel, who will be the first female superhero to get her own solo Marvel Studios movie, did not show up in Civil War. Ant-Man teased that Evangeline Lilly’s character hope would suit up as the superhero in a future Marvel movie. But two super-powered ladies were missing. We’re making some progress when it comes to representing women in the Marvel films: Black Widow and Scarlet Witch are both part of the Avengers team now.
Last year, Sony and Marvel Studios decided to join forces on future Spidey films, which means he can finally join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But those were all made by Sony, who owns the rights to the Spider-Man character. *Yes, there have been five Spider-Man movies-three with Tobey Maguire and two with Andrew Garfield. will star alongside Tom Holland in that film, which is great news since the Tony Stark-Peter Parker banter is a highlight of Civil War. He’ll get his own spinoff, Spider-Man: Homecoming, in 2017. This is also the first Marvel Studios movie* that Spider-Man has appeared in. He’ll get his own movie in 2018, the first Marvel Studios movie with a black superhero as its central character. Why is it important that Black Panther and Spider-Man showed up?Ĭivil War marks the first silver screen appearance for Black Panther (played by Chadwick Boseman).
Ruffalo has described it as a “buddy movie,” and it’s safe to assume the two travel into space together to try to save Thor’s homeland from a threat. Both characters will appear in Thor: Ragnarok, out next year. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) are conspicuously missing. Why are Thor and Hulk missing from Civil War?Ĭivil War brings together almost the entire Avengers team.
For an illustrated look at how these movies connect, go here. What are the next Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies?ĭoctor Strange (2016) Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017) Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Black Panther (2018) Avengers: Infinity Wars-Part 1 (2018) Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) Captain Marvel (2019) Avengers: Infinity Wars-Part 2 (2019).