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Marvel reveals dates for Black Panther, Doctor Strange and Avengers films

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A scene from the second Avengers movie, Age of Ultron. Photograph: REX/c.W.Disney/Everett

Marvel studios have announced details of their next tranche of superhero movies.

At an event for press and fans at El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, Chadwick Boseman was unveiled as Marvel’s first black standalone lead actor. He will star in the Black Panther, released on in November 2017.

Boseman, who has previously played James Brown in Get on Up, will play T’Challa, the head of the fictional African nation of Wakanda, one of the Avengers.

Marvel president Kevin Feige revealed that The Avengers 3 will be broken up into two separate films called Avengers: Infinity War. The first will be released on 4 May 2018; the second a year later.

Feige was joined onstage by Boseman, Chris Evans, who plays Captain America, and Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man.

The studio also announced the title of the third Captain America film: Civil War. Entertainment Weekly reports that Evans and Downey Jr are set to join forces in the film, an adaptation of the Civil War comics storyline, which pits Iron Man and Captain America against one another.

The Marvel boss also announced the title of the next Thor film, Thor: Ragnarok which, he said “means essentially the end of all things”. Tom Hiddleston will return in the film as Loki.

Feige remained tight-lipped about the news about Benedict Cumberbatch, in talks to take the role of Doctor Strange, saying “if it was confirmed, we would have announced it today.”

Marvel also unveiled artwork from the Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange and The Inhumans.

Marvel’s schedule of films is:

  • Captain America 3: Civil War – 6 May, 2016
  • Doctor Strange – 6 November 2016
  • Guardians of the Galaxy 2 – 5 May 2017
  • Thor: Ragnarok – 28 July 2018
  • Black Panther – 3 November 2017
  • The Avengers 3 – Infinity War: Part 1 – 4 May 2018
  • Captain Marvel – 6 July 2018
  • Inhumans – 2 November 2018
  • The Avengers 3 – Infinity War: Part 2 – 2019
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