The Marvel Cinematic Universe is exploding, and it shows no signs of stopping
With the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 last weekend, Marvel is now 15 films into its grand Cinematic Universe experiment. The studio is only a third of the way through Phase Three, a planned 10-film cycle scheduled to end with the fourth Avengers movie in 2019. But Marvel’s efforts keep expanding, becoming more ambitious and wide-reaching across different media and genres. Not every studio can turn a movie like Captain America: Civil War into both a superhero free-for-all and a thoughtful examination of ideologies. And now that it’s gifted with directors like Doctor Strange‘s Scott Derrickson and Thor: Ragnarok‘s Taika Waititi, its newest movies and TV spinoffs can be bigger, odder, and more visually distinct than the…
