Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Four

Overview

MCU stands for Marvel Cinematic Universe which is an American franchise and shares a common Universe for a certain number of super heroes movies created by marvel studios.

Marvel movies are divided into six phases and each phase comes under two different subdivisions named Infinity Saga and The Multiverse Saga. There is also an undetermined phase in which the movies are in the processing phase. The Infinity Saga Phase consists of Phase One, Phase Two and Phase Three while Phase Four, Phase Five and Phase Six comes under The Multiverse Saga. Therefore Phase Four is the first phase of Multiverse Saga and also the start of a new era which ran from the year 2021 to 2022 with a gross profit of 17.5 million dollar overtaking Phase Three.

Phase four is created during the time after the battle of Earth after Thanos’ Attack on the Earth. Since the end of Thanos’ attack all the superheroes of the Avengers are scattered all over the world and to overcome that new superheroes are introduced like Shang-chi, Eternals,Kate Bishop,She Hulk, Ms marvels, Moon Knight, America chavez, Monica Rambeau and also the return of Charlie Cox as Daredevil and also Kingpin from Daredevil as well. Phase Four also contains two special presentations which are based on Werewolf and Guardian Of The Galaxy.

Movies In Phase Four Of Marvel Cinematic Universe

• Black Widow (2021)

This is a full thrilling action packed spy movie where Black widow aka Natasha finds out all her dark secrets and all the dark conspiracy that haunts her from the past. While all the Force are giving their effort in bringing her down. Now she also has to fight with her history of being a spy and with her broken relationship before becoming a part of Avengers.

• Shang Chi (2021)

He has to find out the past which he left behind when he was drawn into the ten ring mysterious organization.

• Eternals (2021)

The oldest avengers who have been living in this world as a normal human. After the endgame due to unavoidable circumstances they have to come out to save mankind. According to the Marvel Cinematic Universe plot they have been called as the ancient Aliens who have been living in the earth From more than thousand years as well as during the time of Avengers: End. Now due to some reasons they again have to wake and also have to fight against their oldest enemies named the Deviant.

• Spider Man: No way home (2021)

This marvel movie is based on the multiverse where different Spiderman from different universes come together to fight against the villains. Since the whole world gets to know that Peter Parker is Spiderman, his life is no longer the same along with his friends MJ and Zen. They are always followed by the media for taking photos and interviews due to which Peter Parker was very frustrated and went to Doctor strange so that he could chant spells that will make everyone forget that he is Spider man except his two best friends. But  Doctor Strange while chanting got distracted and spelled the wrong chant which led to the opening of all portals of Spiderman from different universes. In that case enemies of Spiderman from different universes get united in a single universe. All other Spiderman from different Universes also came to help him. After a long battle with them they finally succeed in sending all the enemies back to their Universe. 

• Doctor Strange: Multiverse of madness (2022)

Doctor Strange fought with the most powerful scarlet witch who went against to become more powerful and control the whole world. Scarlet Witch was controlled by a dark power and manipulated her about her children so to get back them he decided to get the ancient dark power which will make her more powerful but she does not know in which universe it is. She went for almost most of the Universe in search of that and finally got the location. This is the time when Doctor Strange enters and stops her from getting it but she is so powerful that he can’t even reach her. Thus Doctor Strange decided to do Death walk. Death walk is the condition when a person’s soul leaves his body and brings many different souls to get more power. Finally doctor strange was successful to stop Scarlet Witch and also save the world.

• Thor: Love And Thunder (2022)

After the retirement of Thor from the fights he was finding his inner peace but he again had to come back due to a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher whose main motivation is to kill all the Gods. but Gorr was more powerful and Thor was also not having his Hammer thus he took the help to Valkyrie, Korg and his Ex- girlfriend Jane Foster who made thor surprise by picking up thor hammer. They both went into a cosmic adventure to stop Gorr.

• Black panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Black Panther along with the queen Ramonda, Shuri, and Dora Milaje fight together to protect their nation after the death of the king T’challa. The Queen suspects that the American Government might try to attack Wakanda as they have made a new machine which will help to find Vibranium but latest it has been seen that a new mutant came out from the water. These mutant settlements are under water as they have been transformed after drinking  a plant extraction. They can only breathe oxygen from water and the king of that Mutant has a pair of wings in his legs from the time of birth. The people of Wakanda and these new mutants fight against each other due to the conflict in words. As black Panther is dead and there is no one else to save Wakanda from enemies, T’Challa’s young sister becomes the new Black Panther and saves Wakanada from the Mutants.

History Of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Four

The fourth phase of Marvel Cinematic Universe is the first phase of the Multiverse Saga which is the start of a new era. In October 2020 president Kelvin Feige announced that the full phase 4 will start from 2021 and end with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in the Year 2022. It Starts with Black widow and ends with Black Panther in between two massive movies named as Spider Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange : Multiverse Of Madness. The two movies can  be said to be the representation of the true Multiverse as the name suggested from the Multiverse Saga. The most appearing character in most of the phases is Doctor Strange in almost 2 movies of phase 4. Marvel Cinematic Universe also created some short films of werewolf and Guardian Of the Galaxy which are featured from the comic books.

Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Four Release Order

• Black Widow (2021 – movie)
• “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” (2021 – movie)
• Eternals (2021 – movie)
• Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021 – movie)
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022 – movie)
• Thor: Love and Thunder (2022- movie)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022 – movie)

Television And Web Series of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Four

• Wanda Vision (1 season 2021)

It is an American Web Series based on Marvel Comics and the plot is the relationship between Wanda and Vision. It is the thirteenth Tv series of Marvel Cinematic Universe and the First of phase four. As we all know that Vision is Artificial Intelligence and has been inserted in a human structure and Scarlet Witch is human having Magical power. This web series shows how a robot and a human can become a family and can have children. They have adopted children but in the later episodes it has been seen that Scarlet Witch loses her children for some reasons that you can see in this series. This series consists of only one series and there is no news of continuation of this series.

• The Falcon And The Winter soldier (1 season 2021)

This is the story after the death of Captain America and Steve Roger has handed over his Shield to Falcon. Now a villain somehow manages to steal the shield from Falcon and starts acting as he is the new captain America. Falcon alone was not able to defeat him because of having the shield and took the help of the winter Soldier named as Buccy who was the friend of steve. Buccy gave his full effort to get back the shield from him. This series consists of only one series and there is no news of continuation of this series.

• Loki (1 season 2021)

This is the story after the end of the fight between Thanos and the Avengers. Thor took a break from all this Heroic fight while Loki was sad about all his past works that he had done in order to get back his throne although the Throne for which he was fighting for is no longer there. As of now his past works haunt him all the time throughout his life. This series consists of only one series and there is no news of continuation of this series.

• What If..? (1 season 2021)

This a story which is based on a plot of what if both steve roger and Peggy Carter were not the first super soldier what if the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe is published as an animated series, what if Tony stark was a scientist, what if HYDRA was not formed that it could have been that the Avengers would also not have formed as well as the SHIELD.This series consists of only one series and there is no news of continuation of this series.

• Moon Knight (1 season 2022)

This is the series which is plotted on the Egyption time super heroes is also taken from Marvel Studio Comics. It has been that a god from ancient Egypt has risen and also many  villains. There is a man who serves for him so he was given a suit with super Power and technology. The main motive of the man was to free the god from the curse. So in order to achieve it he had to defeat the enemies who were stopping them. This series consists of only one series and there is no news of continuation of this series.

• Ms. Marvel (1 season 2022)

It is an American animated series created by Kamal khan. According to the story a muslim teen started growing up with supernatural powers which she does not know. But one day when her family was attacked during the time of self defense she felt her internal power. This story is somewhat like Wonder woman. Consisting of one season and in animated mode, it is the twelfth series of Marvel Cinematic Universe and the third series of Phase 4 after Moon Knight.  This series consists of only one series and there is no news of continuation of this series.

• She- hulk (1 season 2022)

The Hulk marvel cinematic universe consists of Jennifer Walter whose life is very much complicated being single at the age of 30 since she happens to be a 6-foot-7-inch green hulk. This is the last webseries of Phase four and the Thirteenth series of Marvel cinematic Universe.This series consists of only one series and there is no news of continuation of this series.

 

Marvel Cinematic Universe Chronological Order and Marvel Cinematic Universe Timeline In Phase Four

• The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (2021 – Disney+ TV show)
• “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” (2021 – movie)
• Eternals (2021 – movie)
• Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021 – movie)
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022 – movie)
• Hawkeye (2021 – Disney+ TV show)
• Moon Knight (2022 – Disney+ TV show)
• She-Hulk (2022 – Disney+ TV show)
• Mrs Marvel (2022 – Disney+ TV show)

All Characters of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Four

• Bruce Banner – The Hulk
• Natasha Romanoff – Black Widow
• James “Rhodey” Rhodes / War Machine – Iron Patriot
• Bucky Barnes -The Winter Soldier
• Sam Wilson – The Falcon – Captain America
• Wanda Maximoff – Scarlet Witch
• Pietro Maximoff – Quicksilver
• The Visionnote
• Scott Lang – Ant-Man IInote
• Peter Parker – Spider-Man
• Peter Quill – Star-Lord
• Gamora
• Drax the Destroyer
• Groot
• Rocket Raccoon
• Yondu Udonta
• Nebula
• Nick Fury

Villains Of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Four

• The Lizard
• Dreykov
• The Sandman
• Najma
• The Taskmaster
• Verruca Blood Stone
• Ikaris
• Razor Fist
• The Electro
• Infinity Ultron
• Karli Morganthao
• Titania
• Arthur Harrow
• The Kingpin
• Death Dealer
• Doctor Octopus
• Maya Lopez
• Agatha Harkness
• John Walker
• Gorr The God Butcher
• The Green Goblin
• Wenwu
• The Scarlet Witch
• Namor

Comics Released By Marvels In Phase Four

• Black Widow Prelude (2020)

It is the last comic of Black widow from which the Black widow web series has been created.

• Eternals: The 500 Year War (2022)

It is the comic book of Eternals from which the Eternals movie has been created.

Video games Released By Marvels In Phase Four

• Eternals: AR Story Experience (2021)

This is the only video game of Marvel Universe in 2021 which is a story based game similar to the internal movie that has been taken from the Marvel Studio Comics.

ArtBooks Released By Marvels In Phase Four

• WandaVision: The Art of the Series (2022)
• The Falcon & The Winter Soldier: The Art of the Series (2022)
• Loki: The Art of the Series (2022)
• The Art of Black Widow (2022)
• The Art of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2022)
• What If…?: The Art of the Series (2022)

Trivia Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Four challenge

1. With whom Doctor strange Fight in the movie Doctor strange : Multiverse madness?

Ans:  Scarlet Witch.

2. To whom Captain America Gave his Shield ?

Ans: Falcon

3. Who Became the New Black Panther ?

Ans: T’Challa’s younger sister.