The Fast and the Furious franchise, on the other hand, has more leeway.
Marvel Studios is playing the long game, so it’s important for Kevin Feige and the rest of the leadership team to plan out their moves years in advance.
Whether that follow-up arrives two years later, three years later or even longer (although I doubt Universal would want it to be longer), it’s a step-by-step process rather than thinking extremely far in advance.