MCU Phase 3 speculation
If you haven't seen Age of Ultron yet you may want to skip out on this discussion. Also, there will be speculation based upon the comic storylines these movies are based upon. You have been warned, there be spoilers!!!
Infinity Gems currently in play:
Power - Currently in the possession of the Nova Corp
Space - The Tesseract, currently in Odin's (Loki's!!!) vault
Reality - Last seen being given to the Collector. Although the collector's collection kind of blew up in GoG
Mind - Possesed by Vision
Soul & Time gems have yet to appear.
While the Gauntlet was briefly seen in Thor 1, Kevin Feige recently said there are 2 gloves (since people have 2 hands) which is why Thanos has his own. Kind of BS & leaves out the fact that the glove seen in Thor had all the gems, but whatever.
Also, knowing this stuff is all in the pipeline kind of made Age of Ultron less exciting as you knew dealing with Ultron was going to be most of what happened in AoU, while the infinty stones would be dealt with later on. AoU wasn't a bad movie, but a bit less exciting than the first Avengers (but omfg that Hulk vs Hulkbuster fight was cool).
Antman: Summer 2015
Most likely this will be a stand alone film & besides introducing Scott Lang's Antman, will not directly lead into future movies (except when Antman probably shows up in one of the Infinity Wars.) Paul Rudd is not in Cap 3 as far as I'm aware.
Cap 3: Civil War. May 2016
After the end of AoU, we have a New Team of Avengers consisting of: Cap, Black Widow, Vision, Falcon, War Machine, & Scarlet Witch. Banners gone into hiding, Tony's taking time off from Avenging (Although he will most likely be an antagonist in Civil War), Hawkeye's with his family (although he will be in Cap 3), Thor's in Asgard, while both Black Panther & Spider-Man will make their MCU debuts.
What is known is that Baron Zemo, Winter Soldier/Bucky, & Crossbones will be in it as well. Other than that, it's complete speculation as to what will set off the Civil War (either the events of Age of Ultron: notably Hulk & Scarlet Witch's actions, Tony's gult over Ultron's creation, perhaps an MCU version of the New Warriors' actions in the comics, a combo of them all, or perhaps even Baron Zemo/Crossbones framing the Avengers). I would love to see a non powered Carol Danvers introduced. I can't really speculate as to who will be on team Cap or who will be on team Stark, but I shall:
Team Tony:
Black Widow - Former SHIELD agent, following orders but not liking it.
Hawkeye - Same as Widow
War Machine - While he has gone against Tony in the past, he's a soldier first. But he could easily go against Tony so they can fight again.
Black Panther - Protecting Wakanda is his priority
Vision - He could go either way, & as far as I'm aware he hasn't been announced in Cap 3, but I would guess he would side with "life" and the registration act. Having him on the opposite team as Scarlet Witch will throw a wrench in their possible future relationship (plus, she's the only one that could go up against him power wise)
Carol Danvers
Team Cap:
Cap (duh)
Scarlet Witch - I would imagine the government would want her to pay for setting off the Hulk in Age of Ultron. Black Panther in particular would want her to pay.
Falcon - While a soldier, I'd imagine he's on team Cap all the way
Spidey - I doubt they have him unmask then switch teams like he does in the comics, so he'd probably stick with team Cap all the way.
Steve Rodgers/Cap could die at the end, giving Bucky the shield at the end. Then, I'd guess Bucky lasts as Cap until Rodgers returns in Infinity War Part 2 (perhaps with the aid of the time gem)
Doctor Strange: Nov. 2016:
Probable introduction of the Soul Gem, other than that a stand alone flick.
Guardians 2: 5/5/17
You'll learn who Quill's father is & he won't be king of Spartax. Other than that, not a lot known at this point. I'd guess the time gem shows up as the mcguffin & perhaps Thanos even ends the flick with a couple of the gems & the destruction of the Nova corp, leaving the Guardians free to show up in Infinity War.
Marvel/Sony Spider-Man: 7/28/17
New teenage spidey. no idea who will be cast, but they'll make their debut a year prior in civil war. high hopes since marvel is making it with sony. kind of a reboot, kind of a continuation as it'll leave out the origin (or go the Hulk route by showing it in flashes during the credits).
Thor 3: Ragnarok. 11/3/17
Loki's masquerading as Odin as Thor returns to Asgard after the events of Age of Ultron. The Ragnarok storyline implies the end of Asgard, Sutur as the big bad, & I'm betting Thanos shows up to make good on his promise to Loki that "there is nowhere to hide" since he failed Thanos during the events of Avengers 1. I'm hoping with Asgard destroyed Thor loses his hammer, an arm/hand, & hopefully ends up with the world cleaver. I'm betting Thanos ends up with another gem by the end.
Avengers: Infinity War Part 1: 5/4/18
I'd guess its the New Avengers versus Thanos & his lackeys (hopefully Nebula & Loki at least. Maybe even the recent Infinty crossover's Black Order). I'd guess Vision dies when Thanos gets his hands on the soul gem & the flick ends with Thanos having all the gems, some New Avengers deaths, & the gathering of the remaining Avengers for round 2 after Thanos attacks various aspects of the MCU gathering the rest of the stones.
Black Panther: 7/6/18
Most likely a standalone flick.
Captain Marvel: 11/2/18
Will probably tie into some of the events at the end of Infinity War part 1 as well as whatever the Guardians are up to after the end of their 2nd movie. Carol gets introduced so she gets to join the Avengers in the 2nd part of Infinity War.
Infinty War: Part 2 (5/3/19)
Hopefully, any and all surviving MCU characters, the Guardians, Agents of SHIELD, & the Defenders team up to stop Thanos who now has the completed gauntlet. Thor & Hulk (& Cap?) return. Tony & Cap make up. Perhaps some of the Inhuman royalty even make an appearance.
Inhumans: 7/12/19
Given how Inhuman-y Agents of SHIELD has been lately, besides dealing with the Inhuman royalty I have no earthly clue what they'll do with this. Show the Kree creating them, perhaps? Introduce Ms. Marvel as the audience surrogate? IDK...
Thoughts?
Edited, May 5th 2015 4:59am by Omegavegeta