There are 6 Marvel movies in the works for after 'Avengers: Endgame' — here are all the details

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Marvel Studios has eight release dates set for untitled Marvel Cinematic Universe movies after 2019.
Not much is known about the MCU's future after "Avengers: Endgame," but there are at least six movies in the works.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe will enter bold new territory after this year.

"Avengers: Endgame" is currently breaking records at the box office and "Spider-Man: Far From Home" comes to theaters in July. Beyond that, details about the MCU's future are scarce, but Marvel Studios will make official announcements later this year.

But we do know that Marvel Studios has eight release dates for yet-to-be-titled movies from 2020 to 2022, and we know what some of those movies could be.

The release dates are May 1 and November 6, 2020; February 12, May 7, and November 5, 2021; and February 18, May 6, and July 29, 2022. (A July 2020 release date was cut from the schedule last year.)

Disney, which owns Marvel, closed its merger with Fox last month, and now owns the film rights to Fox's Marvel characters, including the X-Men, Deadpool, and Fantastic Four. It's unclear how Marvel Studios would use these characters — Marvel Studios' president, Kevin Feige, was not approved to develop projects for them until after the merger — but Marvel still has other movies in the works that could fill those release dates.

In a stunning move, Disney last month rehired James Gunn to direct "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" after firing him last year when offensive tweets resurfaced. And Marvel Studios hired the "Short Term 12" director, Destin Daniel Cretton, to direct "Shang-Chi," starring Marvel's first Asian superhero to lead a solo movie.

Here are six Marvel Cinematic Universe movies in the works:

"Black Panther" sequel

"Black Panther" was the highest-grossing movie at the domestic box office last year, with over $700 million, and it made over $1 billion worldwide — a sequel was inevitable. Ryan Coogler has signed on to return to write and direct it.

"Black Widow"

Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow has been an Avenger since the beginning. She debuted in 2010 in "Iron Man 2" and has since starred in every "Avengers" movie, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," and "Captain America: Civil War."

But right when she's getting her own movie, she gets killed off in "Avengers: Endgame." Black Widow sacrifices herself on Vormir to retrieve the Soul Stone, so it's likely that her solo movie will explore her backstory as a Russian assassin-turned-agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The Australian filmmaker Cate Shortland will direct the movie.