Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 3 (Movie Lineup Through 2019)

[The Lurker]

He's back!
https://screencrush.com/james-gunn-rehired-to-direct-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3/

[The Lurker]

From Gunn himself...

[LucasM]

The Disney-Fox Acquisition To Officially Take Effect Tomorrow

Quicker than expected - yet longer for FF and X-men to return than it should have been.

[Darth Geek]

How well X-Men Dark Phoenix goes over will determine if Disney keeps the X-Men universe going separately from the MCU for a while. They have said they want to keep the Deadpool movies separate, which is definitely the way to go. I wouldn't be surprised if they hold off on a Fantastic Four movie for a little while.
Personally I loved my friend's idea of them adapting the Triumph and Torment series with Dr. Strange and Dr. Doom fighting through Hell for Doom's mother. Because it would use an existing character, the storyline is tailor made to introduce and establish Doom's character, and it would be significantly different than anything else we've seen in the MCU.

[Pak-Man]

If anyone can do a Fantastic Four movie right, it's Marvel Studios. Conversely, if anyone can besmirch Marvel's excellent record, it's The Fantastic Four. There's something about them that seems really hard for Hollywood to get a grip on. Even the comics has a historically hard time getting a grip on them. Is Reed Richards a brilliant scientist with a heart of gold, or a blind futurist who values science over ethics? Is Sue Storm a warm-hearted mother figure, or the embodiment of what every man in the 40s was afraid was going to happen when they started letting women into the workplace? Is it possible to make Johnny Storm into a LIKABLE jerk?

The Thing seems to be the easiest to get right. Even Corman kind of nailed The Thing.

[goflyblind]

Is it possible to make Johnny Storm into a LIKABLE jerk?

[Kete]

Did you guys listen to Wolverine: The Long Night?  I would love for them to make something like that into a movie.  And with Marvel's penchant for making genre movies that happen to be about superheroes, it could be really cool.  A mystery film from the perspective of the detectives would be neat.

I like the idea of them keeping the mutants separate for a while.  Separate from the rest of the MCU, and separate from each other (in more individual stories).  Maybe they could throw in a mutant or two into another MCU film, but not the whole team.

I'd be down with Wolverine vs Hulk or a Spider-Man Team-Up, but I think we're a long way from something like House of M.

[goflyblind]

I'd be down with Wolverine vs Hulk or a Spider-Man Team-Up, but I think we're a long way from something like House of M.

if they wanna finish some of the mcu contracts, they could start with something like ultimatum.

[Pak-Man]

The trick to introducing the X-Men is mutants would have always been there, there are lots of them, yet nobody has encountered a mutant in the MCU.

I suppose the solution would be to introduce mutants as a new thing that's starting to emerge and then they can deal with the fear and discrimination as it would have happened today, and I think I just talked myself into that concept.

[Darth Geek]

Maybe they could throw in a mutant or two into another MCU film, but not the whole team.

They did, with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.

[Kete]

Maybe they could throw in a mutant or two into another MCU film, but not the whole team.

They did, with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.

Yeah.  I meant that they should do it in a good way

[Darth Geek]

Maybe they could throw in a mutant or two into another MCU film, but not the whole team.

They did, with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.

Yeah.  I meant that they should do it in a good way

Agreed. I don't like Scarlet Witch, her powers are just whatever the plot needs for her to have at the time. And bringing in Quicksilver just to kill him was a waste.

[Kete]

Maybe they could throw in a mutant or two into another MCU film, but not the whole team.

They did, with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.

Yeah.  I meant that they should do it in a good way

Agreed. I don't like Scarlet Witch, her powers are just whatever the plot needs for her to have at the time. And bringing in Quicksilver just to kill him was a waste.

They also couldn't compete with the Days of Future Past Quicksilver.  Maybe that is a character that they should find a way to retain from the Fox X-Men. Not sure how they could do it.  Look Wanda!  Your brother's alive, but he's better!

[Cyrusso]

And bringing in Quicksilver just to kill him was a waste.

You didn't see that coming?

[Edward J Grug III]

The trick to introducing the X-Men is mutants would have always been there, there are lots of them, yet nobody has encountered a mutant in the MCU.

I suppose the solution would be to introduce mutants as a new thing that's starting to emerge and then they can deal with the fear and discrimination as it would have happened today, and I think I just talked myself into that concept.

Or they say the last ten years was the result of House of M.