In a surprise announcement, the studio revealed there will be a new two-part "Avengers" sequel in 2018-2019. This will be in addition to one it has already announced for next year to follow the record-breaking 2012 original. A trailer of Avengers: Age of Ultron was released last week.
The studio also named its first African American solo lead actor - Chadwick Boseman, who will play the title role "Black Panther," due out in 2017.
And it confirmed a release date for the sequel to "Guardians of the Galaxy," which is so far the top-grossing film of 2014.
Here is a list of the nine movies, in chronological order based on release date:
#MarvelEvent News: Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War" | May 6, 2016 http://t.co/PtVmNmK6FF pic.twitter.com/10QBT5nOpi
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 28, 2014
#MarvelEvent News: Marvel's "Doctor Strange" w/ director @scottderrickson | November 4, 2016 http://t.co/ROOzRJ7b6T pic.twitter.com/MetnchrXvD
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#MarvelEvent News: a new date for the @Guardians sequel, May 5, 2017! #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy http://t.co/glMO3rrdE5 pic.twitter.com/1wEObQARxv
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 28, 2014
#MarvelEvent News: Marvel's "Thor: Ragnarok" | July 28, 2017 http://t.co/31rUqYkKwS pic.twitter.com/gBzP6ZzmQt
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#MarvelEvent News: Marvel's "Black Panther" with Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther | 11/3/17 http://t.co/DqsZyHmTOC pic.twitter.com/JSCqN9A6w5
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#MarvelEvent News: Marvel’s “@Avengers: Infinity War Part 1” on 5/4/2018, "Part 2” on 5/3/2019 http://t.co/icvykY0N4L pic.twitter.com/PTdSOqE00Q
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 28, 2014
#MarvelEvent News: Marvel's "Captain Marvel" (Carol Danvers) film | July 6, 2018 http://t.co/k5iRCO5RB0 pic.twitter.com/i9NZqI0kJT
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 28, 2014
#MarvelEvent News: Marvel's "Inhumans" | November 2, 2018 http://t.co/ZImlqCaPgS pic.twitter.com/nDZxw42LNE
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 28, 2014
#MarvelEvent News: Marvel’s “@Avengers: Infinity War Part 1” on 5/4/2018, "Part 2” on 5/3/2019 http://t.co/icvykY0N4L pic.twitter.com/PTdSOqE00Q
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 28, 2014
So-called "tent pole" movies - big money-making films that are often sequels to tried-and-tested blockbuster franchises - are increasingly important to studios as the movie-watching experience fragments into theatergoers and others viewing online or elsewhere.
The first "Avengers" movie and last year's "Iron Man 3" are among the top five grossing films ever, together earning more than $2.7 billion worldwide to date, according to Marvel.
"The Avengers" - in which a band of superheroes helps save Earth from mythical prankster Loki and an alien army - opened in North America in May 2012 with a staggering $207.4 million in ticket sales -- the biggest US debut of all time.
James Cameron's "Avatar" remains the biggest grossing film of all time worldwide, with some $2.8 billion in takings, followed by "Titanic" on $2.2 billion and "The Avengers" on $1.5 billion, according to the Box Office Mojo website.
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