The Canon Database

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) Canon Timeline

Below is an easy-to-follow list of canon from the MCU. The table is sorted in canon timeline order, not release date order. However, the release dates for each item are listed in the column to the right. Given the ever-expanding MCU and a few events that were not released in chronological order, this list focuses on the overall timeline rather than the individual phases Marvel initially grouped content by.

Since the debut of Iron Man and the conclusion of Phase 1 with The Avengers, the MCU has exploded. The full timeline across media formats contains more than 80 different line items. In the future, there will be individual pages for each movie, television show, short, special, and book to provide information about the title, as well as how to find it.

See below for a list of future movies and television shows coming to the MCU.

Future Content for the MCU Canon Timeline:

• 2023
  • I Am Groot (Season 2) – 9/6/23
  • Loki (Season 2) – 10/6/23
  • The Marvels – 11/10/23

• 2024
  • Echo (Season 1) – Jan 2024
  • Daredevil: Born Again – Q1 2024
  • Deadpool 3 – 5/3/24
  • Captain America: New World Order – 7/6/24
  • Agatha: Coven of Chaos – Fall 2024
  • Thunderbolts – 12/20/24
  • What If….? (Season 2) – TBD
  • Ironheart (Season 1) – TBD
  • Spider-Man: Freshman Year – TBD
  • Marvel Zombies (Season 1) – TBD
  • Wonder Man (Season 1) – TBD

• 2025
  • Blade – 2/14/25
  • Fantastic Four – 5/2/25
  • Spider-Man: Sophomore Year – TBD

• 2026
  • Avengers: The Kang Dynasty – 5/1/26

• 2027
  • Avengers: Secret Wars – 5/7/27

• TBD
  • Armor Wars
  • Wakanda (Season 1)
  • Nova (Season 1)
  • What If…? (Season 3)
  • Vision Quest (Season 1)
  • Untitled Spider-Man: No Way Home sequel
  • Untitled Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings sequel

Additional Resources from the MCU:

• Books:
  • Marvel Studios The Marvel Cinematic Universe An Official Timeline (Coming out 10/24/23)
  • Marvel Studios Visual Dictionary (2018)
  • Thanos: Titan Consumed
  • Marvel Studios: The First Ten Years (2018)
• Documentaries:
  • Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (Disney+)
  • Assembled Series – Behind the scenes / making of for select movies and TV shows:
    • The Making of WandaVision
    • The Making of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
    • The Making of Loki
    • The Making of Black Widow
    • The Making of What If…?
    • The Making of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
    • The Making of Hawkeye
    • The Making of Eternals
    • The Making of Moon Knight
    • The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
    • The Making of Ms. Marvel
    • The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
    • The Making of She-Hulk
    • The Making of Wakanda Forever
    • Making of Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania
• Video Games:
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: A Telltale Series
  • LEGO Marvel’s Avengers
• Avengers Campus – An MCU-inspired land at Disney California Adventure and Disneyland Paris. A third location is opening in Hong Kong Disneyland in 2024.
• Podcasts:
  • Marvel Cinematic Universe Podcast
  • This Week in Marvel
  • MCU Rewind