Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 3 (Movie Lineup Through 2019)

[RVR II]

Closing out Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be Spider-Man 9 the studio hired Daniel Cretton to take the helm of the project prepaidgiftbalance

Closing out this 

[goflyblind]

wow. spider man 9?! phase three's gonna go on a lot longer than i thought it would, mr. spambot. thanks for the tip.

[Pak-Man]

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[Kete]

Technically, it IS the eighth Spider-Man movie. tankovalmailbox

[Darth Geek]

The title of this thread should be updated now.

[The Lurker]

https://screencrush.com/james-gunn-rocket-guardians-3/

[Cyrusso]

I want to back up a bit to an earlier entry in the MCU, Thor: The Dark World. The movie was by my standards pretty mediocre. What truly bothers me though is that it was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen Mcfeely, the guys who also wrote Captain America The First Avenger, Captain America The Winter Soldier, Captain America Civil War, Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame. This begs the question... WTH went wrong with Thor The Dark World?! I mean those guys are normally amazing writers but somehow The Dark World ended up being not good, not bad, just middle of the road.

[Edward J Grug III]

I want to back up a bit to an earlier entry in the MCU, Thor: The Dark World. The movie was by my standards pretty mediocre. What truly bothers me though is that it was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen Mcfeely, the guys who also wrote Captain America The First Avenger, Captain America The Winter Soldier, Captain America Civil War, Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame. This begs the question... WTH went wrong with Thor The Dark World?! I mean those guys are normally amazing writers but somehow The Dark World ended up being not good, not bad, just middle of the road.

They hadn't figured out how to make Thor work yet. It's a tough character to crack.

[Darth Geek]

I want to back up a bit to an earlier entry in the MCU, Thor: The Dark World. The movie was by my standards pretty mediocre. What truly bothers me though is that it was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen Mcfeely, the guys who also wrote Captain America The First Avenger, Captain America The Winter Soldier, Captain America Civil War, Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame. This begs the question... WTH went wrong with Thor The Dark World?! I mean those guys are normally amazing writers but somehow The Dark World ended up being not good, not bad, just middle of the road.

I think they were stuck with the Marvel mandated story outline. The fetch quest for the Evil Space Cool-Aid (Reality Gem), lame villain, no threat for Thor or Loki because they were needed for later in the series, and no reason for Jane or Darcy to be involved at all.

[Kete]

The worst part is a mediocre villain. The rest was pretty good for me.

[stansimpson]

I want to back up a bit to an earlier entry in the MCU, Thor: The Dark World. The movie was by my standards pretty mediocre. What truly bothers me though is that it was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen Mcfeely, the guys who also wrote Captain America The First Avenger, Captain America The Winter Soldier, Captain America Civil War, Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame. This begs the question... WTH went wrong with Thor The Dark World?! I mean those guys are normally amazing writers but somehow The Dark World ended up being not good, not bad, just middle of the road.

I think they were stuck with the Marvel mandated story outline. The fetch quest for the Evil Space Cool-Aid (Reality Gem), lame villain, no threat for Thor or Loki because they were needed for later in the series, and no reason for Jane or Darcy to be involved at all.

They basically did their best to kill Loki (the "disguised as Odin" was an afterthought). Not sure how Jane had no reason when she was literally the mcguffin. Agreed about the lame villain though. The threat was really big though. Too big, if anything. The whole 9 realms? You would want more than just Thor on the job for that.

But, overall, I think TDW gets looked down upon too much, because people are bored of beating down on Incredible Hulk for being the weakest. TDW had Loki at some of his most playfulness, killing off Thor's mom was a big emotional stake, and the climax was very clever regarding the use of portals 5 years before Dr. Strange did the same thing in IW.

[ScottotD]

The worst part is a mediocre villain. The rest was pretty good for me.

It was kind of the epitome of spooky villain and big blue space tunnel formula, I still like it though myself.  The interplay between Thor and Loki is just fun

[Darth Geek]

The interplay between Thor and Loki is just fun

I do agree with that. Especially the Captain America cameo.

[Kete]

And Kat Dennings and Chris O'Dowd are both great.

[Darth Geek]

And Kat Dennings and Chris O'Dowd are both great.

Eh, I found Kat Dennings' character to be annoying and pointless. I don't blame the actress for that, she's just unnecessary comic relief in a movie with other characters that can do the little sprinkled in comedy the movie needs.