Why Phase 3 Needs To End MCU As We Know It

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Marvel Studios wants Phase 3 to terminate the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it , and Kevin Feige explains why . Few would ’ve estimate back in 2008 thatIron Manwould found the universe - construction craze that now overshadow well-nigh all of Hollywood ’s moviemaking ambition . Since that time , Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has spearheaded the structure of Marvel ’s cinematic universe , populating it with the company ’s most democratic heroes from the comics ( without the go - Men and Fantastic Four , of class ) , and in doing so , has release 16 movies apportion one continuity .

WithThor : Ragnarokas the next moving picture on the MCU ’s ticket , the end of Phase 3 is on the apparent horizon . As the death of draws most , so too will this current iteration of the MCU . The next twoAvengersfilms have been teasedto be the culmination of the MCU , and now fans have a better estimate as to why .

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Uproxxspoke to Kevin Feige about Marvel ’s plan for the goal of Phase 3 and how the studio hopes to begin Phase 4 - even thoughFeige is n’t even certain the " Phase " structure will go forward move forward . Feige explain that , as a studio apartment , Marvel is focused on the next five films afterRagnarok , and shut the first three Phases of the MCU"in a satisfying way . "

" And where we go beyond that ? Of course we will go places beyond that . And , of row , we have ideas of where we go beyond that . But , really , it is all good narration . And as the series finale ofStar Trek : The Next Generationsaid , ‘ All good things must derive to an ending . ’ And part of what makes them particular , there is a finite quality to the safe of fancied narrative through account . And we want to do that at the end of our first three phase and 22 moving picture . How we originate anew and wherever we go beyond that is a story for another time . This is really about 10 years on , bringing something to a top dog in a solid and unexpected elbow room . "

While several studios have attempted to replicate Marvel ’s shared universe coming in different elbow room , no one studio has matched the MCU ’s financial and critical consistency . However , with each new film comes an even longer account of events for audiences to taste and keep caterpillar track of . By looking atAvengers 4as an ending of variety to the MCU , Marvel Studios may be able to reinvent itself , its scheme , and , as a outcome , the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole .

This is not to say that the characters audiences have get to jazz and love will be run short afterAvengers 4 . It is already been announced that Tom Holland ’s Spider - Man will get a sequelthat starts minute after the end ofAvengers 4 , while James Gunn is busy ferment not only onGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3 , but alsobuilding out the Marvel Cosmic Universe for the next decade . But before anyone worries too much aboutwhere Marvel is manoeuvre in 2020 and beyond , there ’s wad on the studio ’s dental plate . And if Feige ’s vamper of an unexpected terminate toAvengers : Infinity Warand its subsequence are any indication , how Phase 3 comes to a end will be something to recall .