Avengers Infinity War: Will Doctor Strange create an alternate timeline for Phase 4?

In 2019, the 22-movie spanning first saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – consisting of three phases – will come to an end.

But this will by no means be the end of the world’s highest grossing movie franchise as Saga 2’s Phase 4 will kick off with a Spider-Man Homecoming sequel and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3.

But with and of scenes set in the past, it seems very likely we will be getting

This would be a clever way of resurrecting Avengers who die in Infinity War, by creating an alternate timeline in Avengers 4.

Avengers Infinity War and Avengers 4 are set to have a rumoured 67 characters from across a decade of movies.

It doesn’t get anymore colossal in scale than that. So how can a franchise follow on from? An alternative timeline created by Doctor Strange really does seem like the answer.

Avengers: Infinity War will be released in UK cinemas on April 27, 2018, followed by Avengers 4 on April 26, 2019.