r/MCU_Timeline

• Slide 1: This is confirmed to take place 9 months after No Way Home (as per the script), which makes sense, since NWH ended in December of 2024, which means Ned and MJ graduated in June of 2025 and entered college in September of 2025.
  • At the same time in the MCU, She-Hulk is having family dinner with Matt Murdock, Bruce and his newfound son.
• Slide 2: Based on the weather and the grass around May's grave, it seems this takes place later in the Fall, probably sometime in October or November. There's also a line during this part of the montage from news anchor Pat Kiernan, that Peter took down the Manfredi crime family, which had previously shown up in Agent Carter and in the Deleted Scene/Extended Cut of Far From Home, where Peter was fighting them once again. We can assume this takes place around the same time.
  • At the same time in the MCU, Riri Williams is getting kicked out of MIT while Kamala Khan becomes Ms. Marvel and Jack Russel saves his buddy Ted from a bunch of monster hunters. All the way on the other side of the universe, Thor goes after Gorr to save the children of New Asgard, which leads to Jane Foster's death and his adoption of Gorr's reborn daughter, Love.
• Slide 3: This is definitely in Winter, based on the clothing. This is when Peter moves out of his old apartment and into the attic.
  • At the same time in the MCU, Drax and Mantis are abducting Kevin Bacon to give to Star-Lord as a birthday present, while Matt Murdock is still mourning the loss of his best friend, Foggy Nelson, who was recently killed by Bullseye.
• Slide 4: Then we move ~9 months later as Peter has fully set up his workshop and Ned says they're starting Sophomore Year, putting us at September of 2026.
  • At the same time in the MCU, a faction of rogue Skrulls led by Gravik, are scheming to take over Earth.
• Slide 5: Once again, we can clearly see snow and and Peter wearing his winter costume, taking us 3 months later in Winter 2026.
  • At the same time in the MCU, Wilson Fisk has just been elected Mayor of New York City and is about to be sworn in on New Year's, while Thaddeus Ross has been elected President of the United States.
• Slide 6: It's not super clear when Peter captures Tombstone, but it has to happen before June of 2027, because the rest of he defeats the rest of the villains (Boomerang, Tarantula, Ramrod and The Hand) in a 6 month period, prior to Winter of 2027, according to a news broadcast by Pat Kiernan. So let's say this is around Early Winter or Spring of 2027.
  • At the same time in the MCU, Matt Murdock is struggling not to suit up again, trying to serve the people as a lawyer, while one of his clients, Hector Ayala, gets murdered by corrupt cop, Cole North. Not long after, President Ross will turn into the Red Hulk and destroy Washington DC, while Mayor Fisk will enact Martial Law in NYC.
• Slide 7: As previously said, there is a quote by Pat Kiernan which says Boomerang, Tarantula, Ramrod and the Hand were defeated in the "previous 6 months" and the scene takes place during Winter time.
  • At the same time in the MCU, Simon Williams gets his big break in Hollywood as Wonder Man, the Thunderbolts are formed to take down the Void and get introduced to the world as the New Avengers, Trevor Slattery stages another terrorist attack to maintain Simon's secret and Daredevil and his army of vigilantes take down Fisk.
• Slide 8: This is the aforementioned news broadcast by Pat Kiernan, which clearly takes place in Winter once again, as seen by Peter's clothes. The new NYC mayor, Sheila Rivera, also gives Peter the key to the city for all his hard work all those years.
  • At the same time in the MCU, Val parades the New Avengers around for PR, making them known to the whole world through magazine covers, interviews and brand collaborations.
• Slide 9: Ned says here that they're 1 month away from graduating from MIT, putting this scene around June of 2028. Evidently, both MJ and Ned completed MIT at only 3 years, considering the film is confirmed to be ~4 years since NWH!
  • At the same time in the MCU, the Wonder Man film comes out with a recast in the role of Barnaby after Trevor's scandal and arrest. Not long after the premiere, Simon breaks Trevor out of the DODC Supermax facility.

The main portion of the film then starts a few months later in early Fall of 2028!

With Doomsday fast approaching, and the post Endgame phases an unfocused mess, I've decided to redesign our understanding of the phases.

In the past, we had a mostly chronological system where the various projects in each phase would ultimately lead up to an Avengers movie, changing up the status quo and providing us with closure before the new phase wpuld begin.

With the new stuff, the lack of a capstone film for each phase really is noticeable. Additionally, with the sheer amount of content, there's a lack of coherence in simply going the chronological route.

The purpose of this experiment was to change our understanding of phases from a chronological one to a thematic one. Essentially, I've reshuffled the various projects between the 3 phases, and tried to match them up as best as I could. It's not perfect, but each phase maintains a consistent theme; contains recurring characters, sequels or spinoffs; and helps each phase from feeling somewhat disjointed.

I've included almost every post Endgame project here, with several exceptions. Black Widow is the biggest missing piece as I prefer watching it after Civil War. I am Groot, similarly, would be placed somewhere before Guardians 2. The animated Spider-Man show is also missing as it doesn't fit into the timeline. Aside from those, I tried to include every other project into this list. Naturally, some of them are very much skipable, but that's for you to decide.

Phase 4 is titled Multiverse & Magic. The idea of the storyline for this phase is that we essentially have 2 branches. On the one hand, we follow the story of Loki, Kang and the TVA as we explore the meaning behind the Multiverse itself. On the other hand, we follow Wanda, the aftermath of WandaVision, and the exploration of the Multiverse with Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. Our capstone here is Deadpool & Wolverine.

Phase 5, titled Creatures and Cosmos is all about the Cosmic side of things, with a sprinkle of Supernatural. Our 2 major branches here is Thor and the Guardians, as well as Nick Fury and The Marvels. This phase is not as clean, especially regarding Moon Knight and Werewolf by Night, but they don't really fit well into any of these, so I decided to include them here. Finally, we jump to an alternate universe with Fantastic Four being our capstone.

Phase 6 is the longest, titled Heroes and Humanity, and zooms all the way in to focus on Earth. We kind of have 3 branches here, the first being Bucky, Sam and The New Avengers. The second branch is all about Daredevil, Kingpin and The Punisher. And our third branch is focused on Wakanda and Riri. Finally, our capstone here is Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

I've also included a season of What If..? at the end of each phase to remind the viewer that the Multiverse is still Multiversing in the background. The other reason they're at the end is that they kind of require the other projects in each phase to be viewed first. And to cap that all off, Marvel Zombies sits at the very end.

I'd love to hear your input about what I could change or what's missing. The order of each phase is also somewhat malleable if there are any suggestions to switching around some of these projects. Overall, I think that this system enhances the current phase system, and offers a more structured rewatch leading into Doomsday.