Kevin Feige Says Marvel Studios Has Movies Planned Up to 2021

Sure, Warner Bros. Is finally taking adequate steps towards the full-fledge "Justice League" movie along with the recently announced and much-talked "Superman vs. Batman" movie, but the DC comics and studio is still way behind what Marvel has done with their cinematic universe. Yes, Marvel Studios is planning for the long haul. How long? Have plans in place for movies all the way up to 2021. 

In an interview with the magazine, Marvel head Kevin Feige reveals that the studio have an idea of their slate of movie projects all the way up to 2021. “I could arguably say what we’re planning for the year 2021,” Feige tells the site. “Will that happen? I don’t know. But what we planned for 2015 in 2006 is happening.”

"Five years ago, looking at our plan, we knew that if Avengers was going to work, the movies had to stand alone," Feige said. "Now we have to prove to the studio that we're more than just these five characters, these five franchises."

What sort of things does the studio have planned? Well, Feige doesn’t outright say anything, but seeing as we’re getting a Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014 and  Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015, Marvel Studios will have completed Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They are immediately launching Phase 3 with the long-gestating Ant-Man movie the same year as the Avengers sequel, so if they continue their current pacing, they’ll be in Phase 4 by 2021. What will the MCU look like then?

Three release dates have already been announced for unspecified movies -- two in 2016 and one in 2017 -- and now we can expect even more in the upcoming years. Characters such as Doctor Strange and Black Panther are rumored to have movies in development.

Aside from sequels for already established franchises like Iron Man and Captain America, what other characters and teams would you like to see join the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Luke Cage, the Inhumans, or Carol Danvers as Captain Marvel, anyone?

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