By Sophia Rutti
The summer movie season officially kicked off this month with the debut of “Avengers: Age of Ultron”on May 1.
The film earned the second-biggest domestic opening in history and has made $875 million worldwide in just two weeks, ushering in the seemingly annual parade of superhero movies to your nearest theatre.
This summer alone there will be two more major Marvel films released. Notorious competitors Marvel and DC seem to be vying for who can release the most superhero films in the next five years.
As such, entertainment website Collider has compiled a timeline of comic book film adaptations that’ll excite even the most closeted of nerds:
2015:
“Ant-Man,” July 17
“Fantastic Four,” Aug. 7
2016:
“Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice”
“Deadpool”
“Captain America: Civil War”
“X-Men: Apocalypse”
“Suicide Squad”
“Gambit”
“Doctor Strange”
2017:
(Untitled Sequel) “Wolverine”
“Guardians of the Galaxy 2”
“Fantastic Four 2”
“Wonder Woman”
(Untitled Sequel) “Spider-Man”
“Thor: Ragnarok”
“Justice League: Part One”
2018:
“The Flash”
“Avengers: Infinity War Part 1”
“Black Panther”
“Aquaman”
“Captain Marvel”
2019:
“Shazam”
“Avengers: Infinity War Part 2”
“Justice League: Part Two”
“Inhumans”
2020:
“Cyborg”
“Green Lantern”