Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three

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 three is the third phase of Infinity Saga and also the last phase of Infinity saga which ran from the year 2016 to 2019 with a gross profit of 13.5 million dollar overtaking Phase Two.

Phase three is created during the time of the discord generation after Ultron’s attack on the Earth. Since the end of Ultron’s attack all the superheroes of the Avengers are scattered all over the world and to overcome that new superheroes are introduced like Doctor Strange. Black Panther, Mantis, Spider Man, Shuri, Captain Marvel and also introduced the Thanos plot to create a link with the Infinity Stone which was first introduced at the end of Phase One. Phase three also contains three Short films which are based on Thor. The story was based upon the time when Thor wanted to keep himself from this heroic war and wanted to spend some free time so he decided to go to Australia where he met a guy who was also eager to go to Asgard.

Movies In Phase Three Of Marvel Cinematic Universe

• Captain America : Civil War (2016)

In this it is found that Captain America Aka Steve Roger who created a newly formed Avengers in order to save humanity from enemies. But after another misunderstanding leads to political pressure and forms two different teams where Steve roger leading avengers and on the other side rest want to be free to save humanity. Thus formed two new camps one which is led by Captain America and the other which consist of heroes who want to work freely without the interference of the government and on the other hand everybody was surprised to see Tony Stark supporting the Government without any reasons. Thus led to an internal fight between all the superheroes in which Spider man was also included which is his first appearance in the Marvel cinematic Universe before appearing in Spider Man Homecoming. But somehow at the end Tony Stark convinces all the heroes to support the government for their own benifits.

•  Doctor strange (2016)

World famous dr. Stephen Strange whose hands got paralyzed due to a terrific accident. After losing his end his career as doctor has ended as well as his wealth also because of his treatment. He lost all his hope in his life but a place in Nepal named as Kamar Taj helped him back to gain confidence.They teach him to meditate to reach a person’s ultimate peace. Kamar Taj not only helped him to heal but also gave him the ability to fight against the darker side of the world. When traditional medicine failed to heal him he was eager in search of medicine where he found this mysterious place named as Kamar Taj. he quickly understood that this is not only the place for healing but also teach battle ability to fight against the darker side of the world. He learned many magical powers and now it is his turn to decide whether to get back to his life full of fortune and status or to leave everything behind and defend the world against the darker side.

• Guardian Of The Galaxy 2 (2017)

Team doing adventure all over the cosmos of the galaxies and to save them from enemies . Old Foes join their group and the marvel cinematic universe keeps on growing. All the Guardians must fight together in order to keep their newfound family together as they travel through the mysterious galaxy of Peter Quill’s

• Spider man  Homecoming (2017)

This is the second appearance of spiderman in marvel movies after appearing in the captain america civil war. Tony Stark, a mentor , provided him with a suit with high tech web throwing technologies and many more to face the new villains. While he came back home after his heroic fight in the Captain America: Civil War he started staying with his aunt May and living a simple neighborhood spiderman life and on the other side a new villain named as Vulture appeared which is a new threat for the world. To defeat Vulture and save the world Iron Man gave Peter Parker a new suit with more power and more technologies.

• Thor : Ragnarok (2017)

Getting imprisoned after losing against Hela and also losing his hammer during the fight he took the help of Hulk to fight back. He fights for his kingdom which was captured by his sister named as Hela God of Hell and has to stop Ragnarok. But first of all he has to win the competition which is the deadly Gladiatorial contest in which he has to fight one of his fellow allies from Avengers – The Incredible Hulk. As Hulk was out of control he was unable to recognize Thor but some Thor managed to recall everything and Hulk helped him to get back Asgard although the whole Asgard Island was completely destroyed with not even a single stone left.

• Black Panther (2018)

T challa who returned to his highly technological african nation Wakanda to take the place of the king after the fight in Captain America: Civil War but also has some old memories over there. Due to conflict about the ability of black Panther his whole nation is at risk and on the other side an old enemy has been tracked under their radar. The main motive of the attacker is to bring whole Wakanda under control to get the Vibranium.The suit of Black panther was made of Vibranium as well that makes the suit more strong and withstand heavy attacks. Vibranium is the hardest and the rarest mental present on earth and only present in Wakanada only. So to protect wakanda Black Panther defeated his foes and saved his people.

• Avengers : Infinity war (2018)

The ten year journey of the Marvel Cinematic Universe linked everything to this movie. Avengers fight against Thanos whose goal was to collect all the six Infinity Stones which will make him more powerful and also help to change the world’s reality and faith. Thus this fight led to the loss of many superheroes like Spiderman who disappeared because of the Infinity stone. In this movie Thanos took away the last Infinity stone from Vision’s head after which the world changes.

• Antman And The Wasp (2018)

It is a new character from the marvel cinematic Universe which has the ability to shrink his body and have more power. As he was putting all his efforts to improve his life an enemy appears which he has to fight against and at this point he changes his mind to become a part of avengers and to save the world form unwanted enemies.

• Captain marvels (2019)

Another new character introduced by marvel cinematic universe from the 1990’s of their comics books fight against villains later will join avengers in End Game. This movie tells us about how Carol Danvers became Captain marvel, one of the most powerful characters. She fights with two galactic aliens which have entered the world.

• Avengers: End Game (2019)

Avengers took the final chance to defeat Thanos to save the world. The remaining heroes of the Avengers have tried their best to take back all the Infinity stones and also to bring back all the heroes. They time traveled to the multiverse in search of Thanos but this time travel cost them a lot. This is the last showdown as an avenger provides a conclusion to Avengers where Iron man died and Captain went back to his old age and almost all the heroes of the avengers are scattered all over after the fight with Thanos which results in a sad ending.

• Spider Man : Far From Home (2019)

After the death of Iron man Peter Parker is not able to focus and decided to leave super hero life so went for a vacation with his best friends MJ and Ned but again had to face some villains. He fights against some elemental creatures and helps NIck Fury to uncover all the mysteries behind this Elemental creature This is  the second part after Spider man : Homecoming.

Short Films Of Phase Three

• Team Thor Part 1 (2016)

This short film is also known as Team Thor: Civil War. It is a fictional style short film that has been screened in the year 2016. It is the story that took place when took a break from the fight and went back to Australia where he met a man who is trying to go to Asgard.

• Team Thor Part 2 (2017)

It is the follow up of part 1 where Thor meets with a man who wants to visit Asgard. So he helped him with an Asgardian item so that he could show it to his friend as proof of visiting Asgard.

• Team Darryl (2018)

It is also the follow up of Thor part 1 and Thor Part 2 and the eight series of Marvel One-Shot.

History Of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three

The third phase of Marvel Cinematic Universe is the last phase of Infinity Saga which is the end of the story of six Infinity stones. In October 2014 president Kelvin Feige announced that the full phase 3 will start from 2016 and end with Spider Man: Far From Home in the Year 2019. Started with Captain America: Civil War and ends with Spiderman in between two massive movies named as avengers : Infinity War and Avengers: End Game. The two movies can  be said to be the end of an era of some super heroes like Iron Man, Captain America and some more. The most appearing characters in most of the phases are Chris Evan and Tom Holland in almost five phases with three movies. Marvel Cinematic Universe also created some short films of Thor which are featured from the comic books.

Movies Release Order Of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three

Below is the movie list of Phase 3 which will be continued by phase 4 in Multiverse Saga.

• Captain America: Civil War (in the year 2016)
• Doctor Strange (in the year 2016)
• “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. II “(in the year 2017)
• Spiderman: Homecoming (in the year 2017)
• Thor: Ragnarok (in the year 2017)
• Black Panther (in the year 2018)
• Avengers: Infinity War (in the year 2018)
• “Ant-Man and the Wasp” (in the year 2018)
• Captain Marvel (in the year 2019)
• Avengers: Endgame (in the year 2019)
• Spiderman: Far From Home (in the year 2019)

Television And Web Series of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three

• Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D  (4 seasons from 2016 to 2019)
• Agent Of Carter (season 2 in 2016)
• Inhuman (1 season in 2017)

The Defenders Saga

• Daredevil (3 seasons from 2016 to 2018)
• Jessica Jones (3 seasons from 2017 to 2019)
• Luke Cage (2 season from 2016 to 2018)
• Iron fist (1 season from 2017 to 2018)
• The Defender ( 1 season in 2017)
• The Punisher (2 seasons from 2017 to 2019)

Watch Order Of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three

• Captain America: Civil War (2016 – movie)
• Doctor Strange (2016 – movie)
• “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. II “(2017 – movie)
• Spiderman: Homecoming (2017 – movie)
• Thor: Ragnarok (2017 – movie)
• Black Panther (2018 – movie)
• Avengers: Infinity War (2018 – movie)
• Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018 – movie)
• Captain Marvel (2019 – movie)
• Avengers: Endgame (2019 – movie)
• Spiderman: Far From Home (2019 – movie)

All Characters Of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three

• Tony Stark – Iron Man
• Steve Rogers – Captain America
• Thor Odinson
• Bruce Banner – The Hulk
• Natasha Romanoff – Black Widow
• Clint Barton – Hawkeye
• James or War Machine – Iron Patriot
• Bucky Barnes -The Winter Soldier
• Sam Wilson – The Falcon – Captain America III
• Wanda Maximoff – Scarlet Witch
• Pietro Maximoff – Quicksilver
• The Visionnote
• Scott Lang – Ant-Man
• Peter Parker – Spider-Man
• Carol Danvers – Captain Marvel
• Allies
• Nick Fury
• Phil Coulson
• Daisy Johnson – Quake
• Melinda May
• Leopold Fitz
• Jemma Simmons
• Peggy Carternote
• Howling Commandos
• Other Agentsnote
• Peter Quill – Star-Lord
• Gamora
• Drax the Destroyer
• Groot
• Rocket Raccoon
• Yondu Udonta
• Nebula

Books And Comics Released By Marvel Cinematic Universe In Phase Three

• Thor: Ragnarok Prelude (2017)
• Black Panther Prelude (2017)
• Avengers: Infinity War Prelude (2018)
• Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude (2018)
• Captain Marvel Prelude (2018)
• Avengers: Endgame Prelude (2018)
• Spider-Man: Far From Home Prelude (2019)
• Spider-Man: Far From Home – Got To Hand it To Him (2019)

Video Games Released By Marvel Cinematic Universe In Phase Three

• “Spider-Man: Homecoming – Virtual Reality Experience (2017)”
• Avengers: Damage Control (2019)
• Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Trivia MCU Phase Three Challenge

1. Name the  first movie of Phase 3 ?

Ans: Captain America: Civil War.

2. With whom Thor fights in the Movie Thor: Ragnarok ?

Ans: Thor fought with Hella.

3. Where did Doctor Strange go to get treatment ?

Ans: Doctor Strange went to Kamar Taj which is in Nepal.

4. With whom everybody is fighting in the movie Avengers: Infinity war ?

Ans: Avengers were fighting against Thanos.