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Learn about the history, products, and subsidiaries of Marvel Studios, the American film and television production company behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Find out how Marvel Studios was founded, acquired, and distributed by Disney, and what films and series it has produced since 2008.
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films are a series of...
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media...
- The Infinity Saga
A comprehensive overview of the American superhero films produced by Marvel Studios based on Marvel Comics characters. Learn about the history, production, distribution, and phases of the MCU, as well as the cast, budget, and box office of each film.
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Marvel Studios is a film studio and a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios. The company was founded as Marvel Films by Marvel Entertainment Group. The division was formerly headed by Avi Arad from May 13, 1993, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, until October 1998, when he took on other duties within the company such as executive producer for th...
Partnering with Lionsgate Entertainment in 2004, Marvel plans to enter the direct-to-DVD market with eight animated films with Lionsgate handling distribution.
Marvel entered into a non-recourse financing structure with Merrill Lynch Commercial Finance Corp. that is collateralized by certain movie rights to a total of ten characters from Marvel's vast vault. Marvel gets $525 million to make a maximum of 10 movies based on the company's properties over eight years, according to the parameters of the deal with Paramount in September 2004. Those properties were: Ant-Man, the Avengers, Black Panther, Captain America, Cloak & Dagger, Doctor Strange, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, Power Pack, and Shang-Chi.
In 2005, Michael Helfant joined the studio as President and Chief Operating Officer. In November 2005, Marvel gained the film rights to Iron Man from New Line Cinema. In 2006, Marvel revealed that it had regained the film rights to The Incredible Hulk. In April 2006, Paramount Pictures acquired the rights to Thor from Sony Pictures Studios. That year the film was announced to be a Marvel Studios production. Lionsgate Entertainment subsequently dropped the Black Widow motion picture project it had since 2004, giving the rights back to Marvel.
In March 2007, David Maisel was named Chairman and Kevin Feige was named President of Production as Iron Man began filming. In 2008, Marvel Studios signed a lease with Raleigh Studios to host its headquarters and production offices and film the next four movies on the studios' slate, including Iron Man 2 and Thor, at their Manhattan Beach facilities.
In 2009, Marvel attempted to hire a team of writers to help come up with creative ways to launch its lesser-known properties, such as Black Panther, Cable, Iron Fist, Nighthawk, and Vision.
On December 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company purchased Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion. Both Marvel and Disney have stated that the merger would not affect any preexisting deals with other film studios for the time being, although Disney said they would consider distributing future Marvel projects with their own studios once the current deals expired. On October 18, 2010, Disney bought the distribution rights for The Avengers and Iron Man 3 from Paramount Pictures.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios. The films are based on characters that appear in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The franchise also includes television series, short films, digital series, and literature.
A comprehensive online resource for all Marvel Cinematic Universe media, from movies and TV shows to comics and books. Explore the characters, timeline, phases, and more with this fan-made wiki.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki is a comprehensive source of information about the media franchise created by Marvel Studios. It covers the films, TV series, comics, video games, and other contents set in the shared universe or adjacent realities.
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Marvel Studios (originally named Marvel Films) is a film company that is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company, which produces films and television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Films produced by Marvel Studios List of Marvel Comics...
