List of Mob Cinematic Universe films

Mob Cinematic Universe films
Artwork for "The Infinity Saga Collector's Edition" box set
Based on	Characters published by Marvel Comics
Produced by	Kevin Feige Gale Anne Hurd (TIH) Amy Pascal (SM) Ryan Reynolds (DP3) Shawn Levy (DP3) Simon Kinberg (DP3)
Starring	See below
Production companies	Marvel Studios Columbia Pictures (SM; 2017–present) Maximum Effort (DP3) 21 Laps Entertainment (DP3)
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (2008–2011) Universal Pictures (TIH; 2008) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2012–present) Sony Pictures Releasing (SM; 2017–present)
Release date	2024–present
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	TBA
Box office	TBA

The Mob Cinematic Universe (MCU) films are a series of American superhero films produced by Mob Productions based on characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics, Mob Comics, and DC Comics. The MCU is the shared universe in which all of the films are set. The films have been in production since 2019, and in that time Mob Productions have multiple films in various stages of development, currently two films are released.

Freddie Goodwin has produced every film in the series alongside Ryan Reynolds for Deadpool.

Mob Productions releases its films in groups called "Phases". The first film is Deadpool (2024), which was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The Flash (2024), Bart and X.S (2024), Iron Man (2024), and Z Justice (2024) belong to Phase One. Phase Two will feature The Flash and the Multiverse of the Speed Force (2024), Superman: Legacy of Hope (2024), Thor (2024) and will conclude with Harbingers (2024). Phase Three will feature Blade (2024), The Incredible X-Men (2025), Iron Man 2 (2025), Harbingers: Dimension X (2025), Captain America: The First Hero (2025), Fantastic Four (2025), and will conclude with Harbingers: Endgame (2025). The first three Phases are collectively known as "The Chaos Saga".

Development

By September 2012, SOI Studios president Freddie Goodwin was in talks with Warner Bros. and Mob Productions in merging the two companies to create television and films under one brand name. The deal was delayed multiple times because of agreement differences with both presidents of the two companies. During the April 2013 public online presentation, Goodwin announced he had been working hard with the other company to come to a good deal.

In June 2016, it was pubically announced that SOI Studios would merge with Mob Productions with Goodwin retaining the role of president. In 2018, multiple leaks had revealed a Deadpool, The Flash, and Iron Man film projects. Goodwin pubically confirmed the films and stated the three films will all be part of "Phase One".

In 2019, Goodwin confirmed that there will be a new film release once a month starting at some point in 2024. He stated he planned to release mre

In 2020, Ryan Reynolds was announced to reprise his role as as Wade Wilson with other cast members from Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018). Goodwin stated that the film would feature different aspects of the first two films that Reynolds had made and turn the material into MA15+ material, feeling the need to create something that isn't R18+ right away.

During the development of Deadpool (2018), Goodwin confirmed that a sequel for The Flash (2024) that is planned to be released in a later phase. At the time, the film was expected to be released in the same Phase, similarly how Marvel released two Iron Man films in a single phase. Goodwin confirmed that they are developing a Iron Man film, which would lead into events that may happen in a future film.

During production on Deadpool 2 (2018), a reboot for the MCU was being planned by Mob Productions with Freddie Goodwin attached to write the screenplay. In June 2021, Ryan Reynolds was confirmed to be reprising his role as Wade Wilson/Deadpool in the film. Development on the first film was mixed with a potential second film as confirmed in June 2022. By then, Goodwin announced he has worked on every project in the MCU and will focus entirely on the future of the franchise. In December 2019, after the release of Fox's Deadpool 2, Freddie Goodwin began work on a new Deadpool franchise to have Ryan Reynolds star in which will reboot the films. In February 2020, Reynolds agreed to do the film, as long as he produced it alongside Goodwin.

In July 2023, Goodwin took the stage at SDCC to announce future projects for the MCU. He stated that Phase One would not have more films, though later announced that Fantastic Four, would release in 2025 as part of Phase One, and will set up the Doctor Doom film coming in Phase Three. Goodwin announced more films including Blade, a project related to Spider-Man, and a film adapting the Infinity War storyline from the Marvel Comics. In September 2023, Goodwin announced two films titled Infinity War Part I and Infinity War Part II, respectively for a undetermined release date.

The films that were announced in 2023's SDCC were confirmed to be part of a greater plan Goodwin confirmed, and stated they had begun developing Fantastic Four, before Deadpool and The Flash, which they originally planned to be released during Phase Two. He confirmed that the team were excited to release the film and were unsure if they should release the film as early as it is coming. Around the same time, Goodwin announced X-Men vs. The Avengers, but later cancelled the film due to issues regarding the timeline and how the films would fit in the story.

Development on a film based on the DC character the Flash began in the late 1980s when Warner Bros. Pictures hired comic book writer Jeph Loeb to write a screenplay. Warner Bros. hired David S. Goyer to write, direct, and produce a new version of The Flash in December 2004 after he impressed them with his script for Batman Begins (2005). Goyer approached Ryan Reynolds to portray Wally West / The Flash after working with him on the Marvel Comics-based film Blade: Trinity (2004) and intended to have the character Barry Allen appear in a supporting role. Goyer was influenced for the film's tone by Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and the Flash comic book runs by Mike Baron, Mark Waid and Geoff Johns. By early February 2007, Goyer left the project over creative differences with the studio, and Shawn Levy was hired to direct and oversee the writing of a new draft written by Chris Brancato, which used elements from Goyer's script. Later that month, Warner Bros. announced the development of a Justice League film, with Michelle and Kieran Mulroney writing the screenplay. George Miller signed on to direct the film, titled Justice League: Mortal, in September, with Adam Brody cast as the Flash. It was envisioned as the start of a franchise with planned sequels and spin-offs, including the Flash film.

Levy left The Flash in October 2007 because of scheduling conflicts with Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009). David Dobkin took over as director and began developing the film as a spin-off from Justice League: Mortal, with a focus on Wally West. Craig Wright was writing a script for the film the next month, before Justice League: Mortal was canceled and Warner Bros. set a 2008 release for The Flash. Further development was delayed by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Charles Roven joined the project as a producer by July 2009, with Geoff Johns consulting and writing a film treatment that Dan Mazeau adapted into a screenplay. In October, Roven said the studio was not confident enough in their take to green-light the film, though Mazeau disputed this and said the film was moving forward as planned. In June 2010, Green Lantern (2011) writers Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, and Marc Guggenheim were hired to write a new treatment for The Flash based on a recent comics run by Johns that featured Barry Allen. However, Mob Productions took matters into their own hands and made changes to the screenplay to fit into their own narrative for the MCU.

After the critical and commercial failure of the 2015 film Fantastic Four, co-written and directed by Josh Trank and based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, 20th Century Fox began looking at new directions to take the franchise. Having also produced two earlier Fantastic Four films directed by Tim Story a decade prior, the studio did not want to just make another Fantastic Four film. By June 2017, Seth Grahame-Smith was writing a new film that would shift focus to Franklin and Valeria Richards, the children of original Fantastic Four leaders Reed Richards and Sue Storm. Taking inspiration from the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic books, the screenplay included original Fantastic Four members the Thing and the Human Torch, and was described as "kid-centric" with a tone closer to The Incredibles (2004) than Trank's darker film. The basis of the screenplay came from a separate script that Carter Blanchard had adapted from the children's book Kindergarten Heroes by Mark Millar. Millar previously consulted with Fox on their Marvel-based films. In July, Noah Hawley, who had created the Marvel Television series Legion, was hired to develop a separate film focused on Doctor Doom, the Fantastic Four's primary antagonist. The Walt Disney Company officially acquired 21st Century Fox in March 2019 and gained the film rights for the Marvel Comics characters that Fox controlled, including the Fantastic Four, for its subsidiary Marvel Studios. The Marvel-based films that Fox had been developing were placed "on hold".

20th Century Fox began work on a new Fantastic Four film after the failure of Fantastic Four (2015). After the studio was acquired by Disney in March 2019, control of the franchise was transferred to Marvel Studios, and a new film was announced that July. Jon Watts was set as director in December 2020, but stepped down in April 2022. In 2022, it was announced that the film that Marvel was originally developing had been given to Mob Productions to include in the Mob Cinematic Universe. New writers Julianne Crestwood, Marcus V. Ellington, and Eliza Thornhill joined the project to rewrite the film and filming was completed in 2023. Mob Productions wanted to bring a third team into the universe to make things more interesting.

New films were announced on February 18, 2024, those films being The Incredible X-Men which is scheduled to be released on January 17, 2025. Iron Man 2 (February 22, 2025), Captain America: The First Hero and Fantastic Four which will all be part of Phase Three; which was originally part of Phase One. Along with the film announcements, Goodwin pubically announced that the Doctor Doom film has been delayed indefinitely.

The Chaos Saga

Main article: Mob Cinematic Universe: The Chaos Saga

Mob Productions releases its films in groups called "Phases". The films from Phase One through Phase Three are collectively known as "The Chaos Saga", starting with Deadpool (2024) and will conclude with Harbingers: Endgame, scheduled to be released on June 20, 2025.

Film	U.S. release date	Director	Screenwriter(s)	Producer(s)	Status
Phase One
Deadpool	February 8, 2024	Freddie Goodwin	Freddie Goodwin, Benjamin Knowles, Sara Case, Patrick Reid	Freddie Goodwin & Ryan Reynolds	Released
The Flash	March 28, 2024	Jackson Miller	Sara Case & Patrick Reid	Freddie Goodwin
Bart and X.S	April 22, 2024	Myla Salazar	Myla Salazar, Zoe Lancaster, Nathan Bright, Amelia Hartford
Iron Man	May 19, 2024	Ethan Morland	Ethan Morland & Leo Blackwell		Post-production
Z Justice	June 10, 2024	TBA	TBA
Phase Two
The Flash and the Multiverse of the Speed Force	July 28, 2024	Freddie Goodwin	Freddie Goodwin, Benjamin Knowles, Sara Case, Patrick Reid	Freddie Goodwin	Post-production
Superman: Legacy of Hope	August 25, 2024	TBA	TBA
Thor	September 10, 2024	TBA	TBA
Harbingers	October 19, 2024	TBA	TBA
Phase Three
Blade	November 10, 2024	TBA	TBA	Freddie Goodwin	Post-production
Spider-Man: Mask of Time	December 23, 2024	TBA	TBA	Freddie Goodwin and Amy Pascal
The Incredible X-Men	January 17, 2025	TBA	TBA	Freddie Goodwin
Iron Man 2	February 22, 2025	TBA	TBA
Harbingers: Dimension X	March 16, 2025	Freddie Goodwin
Captain America: The First Hero	April 17, 2025	TBA	TBA
Fantastic Four	May 24, 2025	Mira Silverleaf	Julianne Crestwood, Marcus V. Ellington, and Eliza Thornhill		Filming
Harbingers: Endgame	June 20, 2025	Freddie Goodwin

Future

Future films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Screenwriter(s)	Producer(s)	Status
Untitled Deadpool sequel	TBA	TBA	Freddie Goodwin	Freddie Goodwin	In development
Untitled The Flash and the Multiverse of the Speed Force sequel	TBA	TBA	TBA

At any given time, Mob Productions has future films planned five to six years out from what they have announced. By April 2014, additional storylines were planned through 2028, with MCU films through 2032 being planned by April 2022. Disney has scheduled additional release dates for unannounced Mob Productions films on February 13, July 24, and November 6, 2026.

On February 21, 2024, it was confirmed a new saga had already been planned for 2025 or 2026 and would expand on what "The Chaos Saga" had already formed.

Recurring cast and characters

Character	Film
Wade Wilson Deadpool	Ryan Reynolds
James Howlett/Logan Wolverine	Hugh Jackman
Vanessa Carlysle	Morena Baccarin
Piotr Rasputin Colossus	Rob Delaney
Peter W.	Stefan Kapičić
Eloise Phimister Negasonic Teenage Warhead	Brianna Hildebrand
Cable	Josh Brolin
Domino	Zazie Beetz
Barry Allen The Flash	Grant Gustin
Iris West-Allen	Candice Patton
Joe West	Jesse L. Martin
Eobard Thawne Reverse-Flash	Tom Cavanagh
Nora West-Allen X.S	Jessica Parker Kennedy
Bart West-Allen Impulse	Jordan Fisher
Avery Ho	Cate Blanchett
Amanda Waller	Viola Davis
To be announced	Joaquin Phoenix
Alex Luthor	Matthew Rhys
Tony Stark Iron Man	Robert Downey Jr.
TBA	Terrence Howard
TBA	Jeff Bridges
TBA	Gwyneth Paltrow
TBA	Leslie Bibb
TBA	Shaun Toub

Release

Theatrical disttribution

Over time, the first saga of films will consist a grand total of 16 films beginning with Deadpool and finishing with Harbingers: Endgame. All films will be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

The first film and first installment of Phase One, Deadpool was released on February 8, 2024 to all states at the same time. The second film and second installment of Phase One, The Flash, is scheduled to be released on March 28, 2024. The third film and third installment of Phase One, Bart and X.S, is scheduled to be released on April 22, 2024. The fourth film and fourth installment of Phase One, Iron Man, is scheduled to release on May 19, 2024. The fifth film and fifth and final installment of Phase One, Justice Z, is scheduled to be released on June 10, 2019.

Home media

The first film Deadpool will be available to buy on blu-ray and digital on April 2, 2024.

Reception

Box office performances

Film	U.S release date	Box office grosses			Budget
		Domestic	International	Worldwide
Phase One
Deadpool	February 8, 2024	$230,676,069	$330,400,000	$561,076,069	$80 million
The Flash	March 28, 2024	TBA	TBA	$0	$150 million
Bart and X.S	April 22, 2024	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
Iron Man	May 19, 2024	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
Z Justice	June 10, 2024	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
Phase Two
The Flash and the Multiverse of the Speed Force	July 28, 2024	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
Superman: Legacy of Hope	August 25, 2024	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
Thor	September 10, 2024	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
Harbingers	October 19, 2024	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
Phase Two
Blade	December 10, 2024	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
The Incredible X-Men	January 17, 2025	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
Iron Man 2	February 22, 2025	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
Harbingers: Dimension X	March 16, 2025	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
Captain America: The First Hero	April 17, 2025	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
Fantastic Four	May 24, 2025	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
Harbingers: Endgame	June 20, 2025	TBA	TBA	$0	TBA
Total		$230,676,069	$330,400,000	$561,076,069	$230,000,000

Critical and public response

Each film is linked to the "Critical response" section of its article.

Critical and public response of Mob Cinematic Universe films

Film	Critical		Public
	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore	PostTrak
Phase One
Deadpool	87% (320 reviews)	80 (40 reviews)	B+	—
The Flash	—	—	—	—
Bart and X.S	—	—	—	—
Iron Man	—	—	—	—
Z Justice	—	—	—	—
Phase Two
The Flash and the Multiverse of the Speed Force	—	—	—	—
Superman: Legacy of Hope	—	—	—	—
Thor	—	—	—	—
Harbingers	—	—	—	—
Phase Three
Blade	—	—	—	—
The Incredible X-Men	—	—	—	—
Iron Man 2	—	—	—	—
Harbingers: Dimension X	—	—	—	—
Captain America: The First Hero	—	—	—	—
Fantastic Four	—	—	—	—
Harbingers: Endgame	—	—	—	—

Accolades

Main article: List of accolades received by Mob Cinematic Universe films

The films of the Mob Cinematic Universe have been nominated for numerous awards.

Potential/Cancelled projects

These projects were in development as films from Mob Productions before being either cancelled:

• Doctor Doom: A film that focuses on the character on the same name. Goodwin pubically announced that the Doctor Doom film has been delayed indefinitely on February 18, 2024.