The chronology of events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be revealed in a new Marvel Studios book

The chronology of events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be revealed in a new Marvel Studios book
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More than five years after Kevin Feigy announced work on a book that will provide an official timeline of events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a release date has been announced. The book by Penguin Random House Publishing entitled "Marvel Studios The Marvel Cinematic Universe An Official Timeline" will see the light of day in 2023. The book's description reads, "Created in close collaboration with Marvel Studios, it will answer the most important questions: what happened, when, where, and why." A release date of September 5, 2023 is given, and the authors of the book about the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline are journalists Anthony Breznikan, Amy Ratcliffe and Rebecca Theodore-Washon.
The vast interconnected universe was built on a single canon, and this has created an obsession with how different movies and shows are connected. Marvel made tracking the timeline difficult with the five-year time jump in Avengers 4: The Final Destiny and the emergence of the Multiverse. This has caused a lot of controversy in the fandom about what a proper KVM timeline looks like.
Confusion about the KVM timeline reached new heights in Phase Four, when various fan communities tried to put together little clues about when certain events in the movies took place. The Disney+ streaming timeline further complicates matters by containing many inconsistencies.
The chronology of events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe needs to be clarified after Phase Four
The planned release of Marvel Studios The Marvel Cinematic Universe An Official Timeline couldn't come at a better time - the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase IV movies and series have created a lot of confusion as to when they take place and how they relate to each other. While some of the earlier Phase Four movies were very clearly defined, "Shan-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" raised some questions about Bruce Banner's human appearance. A relative explanation for this was given in the Hulk Woman: The Advocate series, but the Disney+ show also broke the CWM timeline in other ways, such as through a potential reference to the events of Spider-Man 3: No Way Home. Now Marvel Studios has an opportunity to clear up much of the confusion thanks to a new book.