Eind april gaat de tweede fase van het Marvel-filmuniversum officieel van start met Iron Man 3, maar Marvels 'President of Production' Kevin Feige verklapt ons nu al een en ander over fase drie. Volgens Feige zal Ant-Man de film zijn waarmee deze fase van start gaat en staat ook Dr. Strange nu eindelijk in de planning.

Aldus Feige over Ant-Man:

"'Ant-Man' is definitely part of Phase Three," Feige explains. "Like 'Iron Man 3,' it's certainly set in the Marvel Universe, but it's also through the lens of Edgar Wright — which is the only reason we're making the movie... It's very much an 'Ant-Man' origin movie from the perspective of Edgar Wright and his co-writer Joe Cornish. It will of course be firmly planted in the MCU, but a different corner than we've seen before."

En over Dr. Strange:

"'Doctor Strange,' which I've been talking about for years, is definitely one of them," Feige continues. "He's a great, original character, and he checks the box off this criteria that I have: he's totally different from anything else we have, just like 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' He's totally different from anything we've done before, as is 'Ant-Man,' which keeps us excited."

De officiele line-up van fase twee ziet er als volgt uit: Iron Man 3 eind april 2013, Thor: The Dark World in november 2013, Captain America: The Winter Soldier in april 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy in augustus 2014 en The Avengers 2 in mei 2015. Daarbij is zojuist ook de productie gestart van de tv-serie Marvels's S.H.I.E.L.D.