Kevin Feige simply cleared up the MCU’s TV continuity as soon as and for all

All issues thought of, the MCU‘s timeline isn’t as messy because it may very well be. Certain, not every little thing is sensible, however total you possibly can clarify away a number of incongruities because of the multiverse. That stated, Kevin Feige has now clarified which televisual escapades are completely canon and which aren’t.

Within the MCU, advising somebody on the best way to watch the Marvel films so as has been fairly straightforward since Iron Man in 2008. Primarily, if it’s made by Marvel Studios, it holds some relevance, if not, then it in all probability gained’t affect the MCU. For the final decade, that’s been made even less complicated since Disney acquired Marvel, making a ubiquity.

The Marvel sequence, alternatively, are a distinct story. Earlier than Disney Plus, there was some quantity of chaos to those. Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and The Defenders have been among the many greatest Netflix sequence, however are they strictly a part of the MCU? What about Cloak and Dagger, Brokers of SHIELD, and Legion? Feige has lastly set the report straight.

“We acknowledge that there are tales – films and sequence – which might be canonical to Marvel however have been created by completely different storytellers throughout completely different intervals in Marvel’s historical past,” Feige writes in The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline. “The timeline introduced on this guide is restricted to the MCU’s Sacred Timeline by means of Part 4.”

In different phrases, what’s in that guide is what has materials relevance to the storytelling in Marvel Part 5 and past. The whole lot else? Most likely nice, however to not be thought of pertinent to imminent Marvel films and Disney Plus reveals. We don’t truly know but what’s listed within the guide – it comes out October 26 – however we’re particularly curious now that Feige has stated that.

My guess is every little thing that’s been made for Disney Plus, Cloak and Dagger, and Brokers of SHIELD makes the reduce. After that, something that’s introduced over, like Daredevil, needs to be thought of a delicate reboot of the Marvel character and never strictly the identical model.

Sure, that cuts out a number of nice storytelling, however Feige and Marvel have to attract a line someplace. Together with all of the Netflix tasks and no matter else would imply they’re beholden to a raft of selections they didn’t make. That’s a tough place to be once you’re steering the most important franchise on the planet.

I’m OK with it, as a result of the multiverse means anybody might technically return anyway, and I don’t essentially need the MCU to be utterly all-encompassing. The Punisher with Jon Bernthal can simply be an important interpretation of the character slightly than one thing that has to echo for years.

One factor I’ll say, although – Brokers of SHIELD all the time deserved higher. FitzSimmons without end! Loki season 2 is presently ongoing, and you’ll count on that to some injury to the timeline indirectly, form, or kind. Take a look at our information to The Marvels for what’s coming to the MCU subsequent, and we have now a listing of one of the best TV sequence if you happen to’d like to maneuver away from the heroics.