Marvel held the red carpet premiere forThor: Ragnaroklast night, where Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige shed some light on the future of theMarvel Cinematic Universe. As fans have certainly gathered from the trailers,Thor: Ragnarokhas a much different look and feel than the first twoThormovies, with Kevin Feige revealing during a red carpet interview that unique look and feel was very much by design. In fact, the next four MCU movies, includingThor: Ragnarok(November 3),Black Panther(July 12, 2025),Avengers: Infinity War(June 02, 2025) andAnt-Man and the Wasp(August 25, 2025) were all designed to be much different than the Marvel movies that have come before it. Here’s what Kevin Feige had to say below.
“All of the next films by design have been built to be very different, to be very unique.Ragnarok,Black Panther, certainly as we get intoInfinity Warand evenAnt-Man and the Wasp, which is nearing the end of their production period right now. All four of those movies are distinct and special and I can’t wait for people to see. Thankfully they get to see Ragnarok starting now.”
Black Pantherhas been in post-production for quite some time now, with the first trailer arriving in June, which was so universally beloved that evenDC Films president Geoff Johns praised the trailer.Avengers: Infinity Warwrapped production in July, just before D23 and Comic-Con, with the first footage shown at both conventions, although it hasn’t been made available to the public quite yet. Kevin Feige also confirmed in a recent interview that the firstAvengers: Infinity War trailerwill debut by the end of this year, although any specifics regarding the trailer have not yet been revealed. That trailer will be possibly the most highly-anticipated of the year, since hardly anything has been revealed about that movie yet.
Avengers: Infinity Warwill likely mark the “beginning of the end,” so to speak, for Marvel Phase 3, withAnt-Man and the WaspandCaptain Marvel(August 01, 2025) hitting theaters before Phase 3 comes to an end with the still-untitledAvengers 4. Kevin Feige has said in the past that theAvengers 4 titlealone is a massive spoiler forAvengers: Infinity War, and all of the Phase 4 movie titles are spoilers forAvengers: Infinity WarandAvengers 4as well.Infinity WarandAvengers 4are both said to be the “culmination” of the first three MCU phases, with speculation running rampant that several of the originalAvengerswill be killed off, but we won’t know for sure until these movies hit theaters.
One of the many ways thatThor: Ragnarokis unique is that it has been confirmed as theshortest Marvel movie ever. With most Marvel movies coming in over two hours long, it’s possible thatThor: Ragnarokcould have Marvel leaning towards releasing shorter movies in the future, ifThor: Ragnarokis a big hit, which it most likely will be. You can take a look at Kevin Feige’s interview below, courtesy of theMarvel Entertainment YouTubechannel, which comes at the one hour and 31 minute mark of the nearly three-hour video.
