Marvel announces new movies

At Marvel's presentation Tuesday, the studio announced that "42" star Chadwick Boseman will play the comic-book hero Black Panther, who will be key to the plot of the forthcoming "Captain America: Civil War." He's the latest in a line of fascinating superheroes.

Rumor has it that Benedict Cumberbatch is in negotiations to play Marvel's Doctor Strange, but Marvel kept mum at its announcement. Still, the film is due out in 2016.

The first "Avengers" movie, released in 2012, is the third highest-grossing movie of all time -- and a new one, "Age of Ultron," is due out next summer. The trailer already has people buzzing. Two more will come out in 2018 and 2019.

Robert Downey Jr. brought Tony Stark's Iron Man to life in 2008. There have been two sequels, and Iron Man was a major star in "The Avengers."

Mark Ruffalo got to wear the Hulk's stretchy purple pants in "The Avengers," and he will be in the sequel as well. Eric Bana and Edward Norton played the character in two previous movies: "Hulk" (2003) and "The Incredible Hulk" (2008).

Following in Tobey Maguire's footsteps -- err, spider webs -- Andrew Garfield starred in 2012's "The Amazing Spider-Man." He also played the part in a sequel this year.

Halle Berry's Storm and Hugh Jackman's Wolverine became fan favorites when "X-Men" hit theaters in 2000. The pair have also appeared in the series' many sequels, including "X-Men: Days of Future Past" this year. (Wolverine has even had two movies of his own.)

The late Christopher Reeve, pictured, wore the red cape in 1978's "Superman" and its three sequels. Brandon Routh took over in 2006's "Superman Returns," and Henry Cavill starred in 2013's "Man of Steel."

Chris Evans, who first donned red, white and blue for 2011's "Captain America: The First Avenger," continued his fight against evil in "The Avengers." He reprised his role this year in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," and he'll be in the second Avengers.

Following Michael Keaton in 1989 (and 1992), Val Kilmer in 1995 and George Clooney in 1997, Christian Bale drove the Batmobile for all three of the Batman movies directed by Christopher Nolan.

Chris Hemsworth played Thor in the 2011 film of the same name. There was also a sequel in 2013, and Thor, of course, is one of the Avengers.

Ron Perlman went red for Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy" in 2004 and "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" in 2008.

"Captain America" wasn't Chris Evans' first time battling evil in a form-fitting blue suit. Evans, Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba and Michael Chiklis were the "Fantastic Four" in 2005. They teamed up again in a 2007 sequel.

Ryan Reynolds became the Green Lantern in 2011.

Mikey Kelley, James Arnold Taylor, Nolan North and Mitchell Whitfield voiced the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 2007's "TMNT." Everyone's favorite pizza-eating reptiles returned this year in a live-action reboot.

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• "Avengers: Infinity War" part of Marvel slate leading to 2019


• "Doctor Strange" is among them, but there's no confirmation on its lead actor


• Emerging star Chadwick Boseman will play Black Panther


• Other films include "Captain Marvel" with female lead

(CNN) -- Marvel announced a huge slate of forthcoming films at a Tuesday news conference -- including a two-part "Avengers," "Infinity War" -- but left out a bit of "Strange" information fans were waiting for.

At an enthusiastic gathering at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre, Marvel chief Kevin Feige reeled off announcements for a new Captain America film, a "Guardians of the Galaxy" sequel and the two-part Avengers adventure. The company also plans to introduce some of its other characters on the big screen, including Black Panther, Captain Marvel and the Inhumans.

Although a "Doctor Strange" film was announced, Marvel didn't bring out Benedict Cumberbatch, who has been widely rumored to be in negotiations to play the powerful magician.

Benedict Cumberbatch reportedly to play Doctor Strange

"We're opening up an entire new corner of the (Marvel) cinematic universe: the mystical," Feige said.

"Doctor Strange" is scheduled for release November 4, 2016. The character was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and made his first appearance in Strange Tales No. 110 in 1963. He's a former neurosurgeon who rises to become the Sorcerer Supreme and protect the planet from magical threats.

Scott Derrickson is set to direct.

"Strange" wasn't the only film to get a spot on the Marvel calendar.

The new Captain America film, "Captain America: Civil War," will be released May 6, 2016. A "Guardians of the Galaxy" sequel is slated for May 5, 2017, and the next Thor movie will come out in July 2017.

"Black Panther" will follow in November 2017, "Captain Marvel" in July 2018 and "The Inhumans" in November 2018.

Captain Marvel will be a female superhero, the alter ego of Carol Danvers.

Marvel tweeted concept art for "Black Panther."

Here's AMAZING concept art for #BlackPanther! #MarvelEvent

— Ryan Penagos (@AgentM) October 28, 2014

In addition, Marvel announced a two-part "Avengers" film, "Avengers: Infinity War," due in 2018 and 2019. "Avengers: Age of Ultron," the sequel to 2012's "The Avengers," comes out in 2015. Its trailer has already lit up the Internet.

Feige said Marvel's plans -- and the opportunity to make a big announcement -- have been the works for a while.

"We wanted to do this at Comic-Con this year, and things were not set: 'Civil War' wasn't set; 'Guardians of the Galaxy' wasn't out yet." he said.

"Guardians," which came out in August, is the biggest-grossing film of the year.

Robert Downey Jr., who plays Iron Man, and Chris Evans, who plays Captain America, were on hand for the presentation, along with Chadwick Boseman, who will play Black Panther.

"I'm blessed to be a part of this Marvel universe, and I'm looking forward to making magic happen," Boseman said. The actor portrayed Jackie Robinson in last year's "42" and recently played James Brown in "Get On Up."

However, Cumberbatch was a no-show.

"If it were confirmed, we would have introduced him today," Feige said at the news conference.

Cumberbatch is currently on a hot streak. In addition to his well-received "Sherlock" series, for which he won an Emmy this year, he's earned a great deal of Oscar buzz for his performance as cyberpioneer Alan Turing in "The Imitation Game," a drama about World War II codebreakers.