Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has big plans for the Marvel Cinematic Universe following 2019's Avengers 4 - over a dozen, in fact.
"[Marvel is] 22 movies in, and we’ve got another 20 movies on the docket that are completely different from anything that’s come before- intentionally,” Feige told Vanity Fair.
Avengers 4 will be Marvel Studios' twenty-second film, and the end to the MCU's Phase 3. The previously-announced Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel would account for two of those 20 post-Phase 3 projects. Additionally, sequels for Black Panther, Doctor Strange, and the upcoming Captain Marvel can be safely assumed.
That still leaves 15 projects unknown - barring any surprise fourth film for Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, or Guardians of the Galaxy, or a fifth Avengers film.
But as Feige said, these films will be "completely different" from the previous MCU films - a statement that Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger illuminates - and possibly opens some doors to.
“We’re looking for worlds that are completely separate - geographically or in time - from the worlds that we’ve already visited,” said Iger.
Captain America: The First Avenger was a period piece - the 1940s - while 2019's Captain Marvel film will be set in the 1990s.
And following the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Feige and writer/director James Gunn have repeated used the term 'Marvel Cosmic Universe' when referring to that corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which could be tipping the hand on what's to come.