Marvel faces its next big challenge as it tries to go through a Phase
(CNN.com Entertainment)

The idea of a Marvel Cinematic Universe has from the beginning given its movies an operatic flavor, where the interlocking template was bigger than any one title or character. Yet the studio`s formal unveiling of new `phases` of its grand plans at Comic-Con underscored how the challenge of connecting multiple movies into one sprawling organism might have become, to borrow from another Disney franchise, a trap.