Thread:Matt Seay/@comment-815833-20160526075001

Hey man, noticed you did some work on the MCU timeline pages and wanted to drop a line.

I've been doing a timeline for the MCU since 2010 (which can be seen here):

http://www.thecomicboard.com/forum/showthread.php?13339-Marvel-Cinematic-Universe-Timeline

and wondered where you guys were getting your dates for the Captain America - Civil War placements...?

You have the attack in Lagos occurring on May 3, 2016, and the rest of the film occurring in early June, 2016.

Just wondering where you guys are pulling your dates from, specifically because Civil War did offer a couple of hard/specific dates that place the film as occurring in late March through first half of April, 2016, not May/June, 2016 as you currently have it. Is there a guidebook or something you guys are using that offers these other dates?

At beginning of Civil War, during scene in Lagos where Wanda is being talked through scoping out surrounding area (by Cap and Widow) while sitting and drinking tea/coffee, there's a newspaper on her table with a picture of Crossbones/Rumlow, with headline "Police Stations Robbed" under his picture.

The newspaper is "The Daily", and its the Saturday edition. The top portion is out of focus so no specific date is visible on newspaper, but it does feature a blurb on bottom that reads "2016 Election Conversations, Sunday, March 22, 3-5 PM. Be Part of the Audience."

That would seem to indicate (if the paper is meant to be that day's issue) the modern day portions of Civil War begin on Saturday, March 21, 2016. Of course in reality March 21, 2016 was a Monday, so this is another example where the MCU timeline (in terms of day of week matching up to dates) differs from reality (Captain America - The First Avenger also had newspaper dates and days of week which didn't align with reality's day/date alignment).

It's also entirely possible the newspaper is a bit old (few weeks or months) and Wanda just had it as dossier material, since they were actively looking for Rumlow, but I doubt it, because there is a second newspaper next to the first one, called The Spot (also with a Saturday label) with headline "Weapons Sold to Terrorists", also featuring a picture of Rumlow.

So, if I had to guess, the opening scenes in Lagos happen on March 21, 2016. Presumably the rest of film occurs in late April, with the WHIH promos occurring in early March before events in Lagos, and final one occurring that night (reporting on the Lagos explosion).

Also, the final scene with Tony helping Rhodey try out the new harness to help him walk happens on April 14, 2016. The Fedex package (delivered by Stan Lee in his requisite cameo) is labeled as a 2 Day package, delivered on/by Tuesday, April 14 (April 14 in real world was a Thursday, so Marvel is keeping the habit of date/days not matching reality). 