I actually didn’t know it was a thing, but apparently there is some debate among fans about the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline thanks to “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” The film opens with the suggestion that it takes place eight years after the events of “The Avengers” — in 2020 — which seemingly mucks up the well-orchestrated threads connecting each film. However, Marvel doesn’t do anything without deep thought, and fans will soon get the answers to any timeline queries cleared up.
Kevin Feige has revealed that Marvel is planning to publish an official timeline, so the nerdiest of the nerds can totally nerd out on when every event and movie actually happens. It’s actually a pretty smart move, and a way to re-invest fans, and newcomers to the series, a few phases along into the cinematic universe.
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“All of that [‘Spider-Man’] debate has encouraged us. We are going to be publishing an official, and I’m not sure when, or in what format, an official timeline. It’ll probably be apart of ah, I don’t know, a part of an in-print that you can fold out and look at. But suffice to say, only in limited cases do we ever actually say what the actual years are, because we never want to be tied down to a particular year, and I think people assume that whenever the movie is released is when is when the movie is taking place, and that is not the case,” Feige told Screen Rant.
So, it looks like answers about ‘Homecoming’ are on the way, and it’ll be interesting to see what Marvel has built all mapped out in print. Their next venture, “Thor: Ragnarok,” opens on November 3rd.