Marvel creates official movie timeline leading up to the. Iron man 2 also introduces black widownatasha romanova ahead of avengers. In 2008, we watched in awe as iron man took flight for the first time. Black panther also now waits a year in this timeline between tchakas death and tchalla ascending to the throne. Iron man, according to marvels 10 years of marvel studios book, actually takes place in 2010, not 2008. Iron man thinks hes the first hero of his kind, captain america is a legend. Breaking down the marvel cinematic universe timeline by.
The winter soldier 2014 guardians of the galaxy 2014 guardians of the galaxy 2 2014 avengers. While the plot of avengers 4 is being kept tightly under wraps, its widely assumed that part of the story will involve bidding a final goodbye to robert downey jrs iron man whether tony stark. The timeline not only showed that iron man took place over the course of nine months, it also detailed nick furys big week the overlapping events of iron man 2, thor and the. Mcu in chronological order marvel movies timeline 1942. While its true that iron man had more movies than the rest of the avengers excluding 2003s hulk, which the timeline wisely forgets, id much rather see the scenes relative to one special. The most enjoyable revelation from the timeline is also cuckoo bananas.
Iron man 2 6 months later, incredible hulk, thor 2009 main events happen all in the same week captain america 1 1942 for the most part, all other present day scenes, the avengers 2009. Here are all twentythree released marvel movies in the mcu so far. The reported production synopsis for black widow teases a prequel set in 20052006, which would place it just a few years ahead of iron man 2008 in the marvel cinematic universe timeline. The complete timeline of marvel cinematic universe movies. The third iron man movie was a box office success but made surprisingly little impact on the marvel cinematic universe, possibly because avengers. This is the order of marvel movies after captain marvel. Iron man 3 6 months after the avengers 2010 even if not entirely correct.
Keep watching the video to see iron mans entire mcu timeline finally explained. In all the futures doctor strange foresee, iron man was the only one who could get. Tony eas introduced a genius inventor, an industrialist, and playboy. Weve put the year they were released here in parenthesis. Captain america is the fifth marvel studios film, with iron man, the hulk, and thor all having films. Watch iron man movies in order chronological timeline. Iron man to endgame the way to watch marvel movie series revealed marvel is on a little bit of a break at present, but many will want to catch up with the movies before the. It also completely divides the avengers into team cap and team iron man when the two take opposing sides of the debate over regulating superheroes, which changes the entire future of the mcu. While the movies after avengers quickly get wrapped up in establishing the future story, the original five films build our heroes universe. Check the official timeline the others have posted. During phase one of the mcu, marvel studios lined up some of their films stories with. Eight years after tony stark became iron man, the avengers have broken apart. However, given later references to iron mans events, and subsequent timeline references to the avengers would place these movies two years apart if we were to place the entirety of the events. What puts this movie first is the fact that the rampage with the hulk is shown on television during this movie.
Anthony edward tony stark was a billionaire industrialist, a founding member of the avengers, and the former ceo of stark industries. Mcu in order marvel cinematic universe in chronological order. The transformers movie timeline in chronological order. In our timeline, we placed it concurrent with the second.
Iron man 2 2010, the incredible hulk 2008, thor 2011 2012. There are two common ways to build a marvel movies timeline. The avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe. The film ends with tony removing the arc reactor from his chest and blowing up all his suits. Political involvement in the avengers affairs causes a rift between captain america and iron man. The marvel cinematic universe mcu films are a series of american superhero films produced.
Homecoming is stated by the film itself to take place eight years after the events of avengers. Screenrant found the official timeline below in the marvel studios. Luke cage a year after losing his bar in jessica jones, luke cage hides out. This is the entire iron man mcu timeline, finally explained. As a side note, when captain marvel premieres, it will replace iron man as the second avengers movie chronologically, and will hopefully explain why no one knows who she is. With that in mind, what if an alternate iron man somehow ends up to be a villain in the main mcu timeline. Iron man starts in 2008, he is captured for 6 months, ends in 2009. It is the continuation of 2008s iron man and 2010s iron man 2, and the seventh film in the marvel cinematic universe mcu.
There is also the fact that tony stark shows up to talk to general ross in the postcredits of the incredible hulk, which puts it squarely. The past year has been a rollercoaster for continuityminded marvel cinematic universe fans, with each new movie seemingly going out of its way to create some form of contradiction. A brash but brilliant inventor, stark was selfdescribed as a genius, billionaire, playboy, and philanthropist. Iron man 3 takes place about six months later, during christmas. Universe timeline in chronological order from iron man to iron fist, heres a. The first avenger 2011 the avengers 2012 thor 2 20 iron man 3 20.
The marvel cinematic universe timeline in chronological order. The movie was coordinated by shane black from a screenplay he cocomposed with drew pearce, and stars robert downey jr. Far from home might or might not be the begining of the new saga yet. Extraction loses top netflix spot to a surprising new movie. The tesseract, an important plot point in captain america. We know it takes place two years after captain america. Marvel sets black list writers for eternals movie exclusive. How to watch marvel movies in order chronological and. The first is in release order, kicking off with 2008s iron man.
Marvel timeline shows that the incredible hulk, iron man 2. Iron man to endgame the way to watch marvel movie series revealed marvel is on a little bit of a break at present, but. The second is a chronological marvel movie order, following the order of events. From infinity stones to infinity war, endgame, and beyond. Weve recapped every movie, dated every important event and. Watch every marvel movie and tv show in the perfect order.
Iron mans entire mcu timeline finally explained youtube. The mcu timeline and the correct marvel movie order inverse. The one movie not listed in the official mcu timeline is antman and the wasp. Wanting to simplify the inuniverse timeline, the phase two films were set roughly in real time relating to the avengers.
The marvel cinematic universe timeline in chronological order ign. According to marvel, iron man 2, the incredible hulk and thor all take place within the same week. Theres a brilliant way for iron man to return to the. Every single avengers movie in chronological order. With iron man 2 being released in 2010, 2009 has been the only year to date without a marvel studios movie, since the mcu started. With his great wealth and exceptional technical knowledge, stark was one of the worlds most powerful men following the deaths of his parents and. The movie, based on marvel comics, will focus on shangchi. At the beginning of the first three films, none of the characters are aware of the others exist.
Iron man 2 comes a year later, as do the incredible hulk and thor, which both, incredibly. Closing out the iron man trilogy, the sequel was the first in phase 2 for the mcu and sees tony still suffering the effects of almost dying in space in the avengers dont edit 8. Iron man 2, the incredible hulk and thor happen during a single week, but this week takes place 6 months after he says i am iron man and at least a year before the avengers. The timeline puts the events from the six marvel movies in chronological order, spanning from years before tony stark declared he was iron man right up until the start of the avengers. Their first film is iron man 2008, which was distributed by paramount pictures.
Iron man is the first movie of the marvel cinematic universe. All marvel avengers movies chronological mcu timeline imdb. The reason we choose to let iron man do it in the end was because he was the closest one to thanos at the time. Marvel first time introduce tony stark and related characters in the year 2008. Following the iron man 2thorincredible hulk cluster there is a small gap in the timeline, but things pick back up with the avengers, which is set in 2012. Many will be shocked to see iron man 2 on the timeline, but you probably blinked and missed a huge mcu easter egg. The comprehensive marvel cinematic universe timeline. Antman and the wasp was set earlier than the movie it succeeded.
Read on for the complete timeline to the marvel cinematic universe, from iron man to avengers. Hulk can be seen in the background on a tv at the safe house at the end of iron man 2. The official timeline of all the marvel movies the credits. Does marvels official timeline just confuse things more. The complete timeline of marvel cinematic universe movies, from iron man to avengers. An old infographic from the art of marvels the avengers depicts.
But the master of the interconnected film continuity is still disneybacked marvel. Iron man already occupies the haughty hero slot on the avengers team so. The avengers, marvel released an official infographic detailing this timeline in. Iron man 2 was the third mcu movie but actually took place before the events of the incredible hulk, the second released movie for marvel. A marvel cinematic universe mcu timeline is probably what youre looking for. As you noticed marvel released 3 movies in 2019 so far and captain marvel filled a gap in storyline, avengers end game round up the big picture, spider man. Iron man 2008 the incredible hulk 2008 iron man 2 2010 thor 2011 captain america. All joking about iron man aside, the timeline offers a really great look at how all the pieces came together to. The events of thor, iron man 2, and the incredible hulk all took place in the same sevenday period. Infinity war doesnt just serve as the culmination of ten years of the mcu, it actually fixes marvels broken timeline. The beginning of time the big bang explodes from six preexisting singularities. Anthony edward stark is a fictional character portrayed by robert downey jr. Earlier this year, we watched that same character fly into space in avengers.
Homecoming opened with a title card placing it eight years after the avengers. After all, we do have rumors that say some of the dead avengers will be brought back to. All marvel avengers movies chronological mcu timeline. This post contains spoilers for all of the marvel cinematic universe films. Marvel timeline shows that the incredible hulk, iron man 2, and thor. The first avenger 2011 marvels the avengers 2012 iron man 3 20 t. Endgame took us on a trip down memory lane of the eleven years since iron man set the marvel cinematic universe mcu in motion. Weve taken the time to lay it all out as clearly as can be. Breaking down the marvel cinematic universe timeline by year.