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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a shared fictional universe of superhero films developed by Marvel Studios based on characters published in Marvel Comics much like the Marvel Universe in comics. The universe was created by crossing over shared plot elements as well as cast and characters. To date Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man 2 have been released in to the universe with Thor filming and both Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers in development.
Development
Marvel Studios' self-produced films show the Marvel Studios logo with the accompanying comic book panels, but with "Studios" appearing under Marvel. In 2005, Variety reported that Marvel Studios would start producing their own films and distribute them through Paramount Pictures. With the ability to cross over their characters freely as they please, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has since dubbed the continuity that these films make up the "Marvel Cinematic Universe."[1][2] Now since August 31, 2009, as the Walt Disney Company has bought Marvel Entertaiment, some of the upcoming films in the future will be distributed by Marvel Studios' new parent distributor, Walt Disney Pictures.[3] The funding will come from a seven year $525 million revolving credit facility with Merrill Lynch.[4]
In an interview with Movie Web, Kevin Fiege was asked about the challenging task of continuing to set up the "Marvel Film Universe" to which he responed by stating, "Well it is daunting but its fun. It's never been done before and that's kind of the spirit everybody's taking it in. The other filmmakers aren't used to getting actors from other movies that other filmmakers have cast, certain plot lines that are connected or certain locations that are connected but I think for the most part, in fact, entirely everyone was on board for it and thinks that its fun. Primarily because we've always remained consistent saying that the movie that we are making comes first. All of the connective tissue, all of that stuff is fun and is going to be very important if you want it to be. If the fans want to look further and find connections than they're there. There are a few big ones obviously, that hopefully the mainstream audience will able to follow as well. But the most important thing and I think the reason that all the filmmakers are on board is that their movies need to stand on their own. They need to have a fresh vision, a unique tone and the fact that they can interconnect if you want to follow those breadcrumbs is a bonus".[5]
Films
| Year | Film | Director | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Iron Man | Jon Favreau | Paramount Pictures |
| The Incredible Hulk | Louis Leterrier | Universal Studios | |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Jon Favreau | Paramount Pictures |
| 2011 | Thor[6] (filming) | Kenneth Branagh |
- In development
| Release Date | Film | Notes | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Director Joe Johnston; Screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely attached. | Paramount Pictures |
| May 4, 2012 | The Avengers[6] | Director Joss Whedon, Screenwriter Zak Penn attached; Jon Favreau executive producer |
Future
Edgar Wright plans to direct a live-action Ant-Man film.[7] The script has been written by Wright and Joe Cornish, who plan to include Henry Pym and Scott Lang as major characters, with Pym as Ant-Man in the 1960s in Tales to Astonish style, and a flashforward to Lang as Ant-Man's successor in the 1980s/1990s.[8]
In April 2010 Marvel Studios began taking meetings with writers and directors to work on small scale movies based on some of their third tier characters. The movies would cost in the range of 20 to 40 million dollars (very small when we're talking studio films) and would allow them to take risks with less obvious characters and with interesting talent. Filmmakers are being offered their pick of characters whose names are only familiar to comic fans. Properties like Dr. Strange, Ka-Zar, Luke Cage, Dazzler and Power Pack are among the many that are being tossed around right now. And the attitude seems to be that Marvel is open to bringing any of their characters to the screen at the right price point.[9]
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said he is happy with the results of Iron Man 2 and has promised that Iron Man 3 will be in theaters by 2013. "We do have a contract with Robert Downey Jr. to do it, and it will come after The Avengers," Feige confirmed.[10]
Cast
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- A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.
Reception
Box office performance
| Film | Release date | Revenue | Rank | Budget | Reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Foreign | Worldwide | All time domestic | All time worldwide | ||||
| Iron Man | May 2, 2008 | $318,412,101 | $266,721,186 | $585,133,287 | #23 | #56 | $140,000,000 | [11] |
| The Incredible Hulk | June 13, 2008 | $134,806,913 | $128,620,638 | $263,427,551 | #242 | #266 | $150,000,000 | [12] |
| Iron Man 2 | May 7, 2010 | $133,600,000 | $194,000,000 | $327,600,000 | #251 | #257 | $200,000,000 | [13] |
Critical reaction
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | Yahoo! Movies | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Cream of the Crop | |||
| Iron Man | 93% (225 reviews)[14] | 92% (38 reviews)[15] | 79% (38 reviews)[16] | B+ (15 reviews)[17] |
| The Incredible Hulk | 66% (206 reviews)[18] | 57% (35 reviews)[19] | 61% (38 reviews)[20] | B- (14 reviews)[21] |
| Iron Man 2 | 74% (213 reviews)[22] | 66% (35 reviews)[23] | 57% (40 reviews)[24] | B- (12 reviews)[25] |
References
- ^ "Marvel Decade: Kevin Feige". Marvel. Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ^ "Marvel Aims For 4 Movies A Year, Leading To World Domination". io9. io9.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ Grase, Marc (Sep 29, 2008). "Paramount, Marvel extend pact". Variety. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Waxman, Sharon (June 18, 2007). "Marvel Wants to Flex Its Own Heroic Muscles as a Moviemaker". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Kevin Feige On Arranging The 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' & More". 2010-04-26. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ a b "Thor, Captain America and Avengers Updates". Coming Soon. 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Comic-Con 2006: Ant-Man Panel". IGN. 2006-07-24. Retrieved 2006-07-30.
- ^ "Exclusive: Edgar Wright Talks Ant-Man". SuperHeroHype.com. 2006-07-26. Retrieved 2006-07-30.
- ^ Devin Farci (2010-04-22). "EXCLUSIVE: MARVEL'S EXCITING SMALL MOVIE PLANS". Chud. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ^ ""Iron Man 2" Earns $133 Million, "Iron Man 3" Promised for 2013". WorstPreviews.com. May 9th, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Iron Man (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "The Incredible Hulk (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "Iron Man 2 (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "Iron Man". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "Iron Man (Cream of the Crop)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "Iron Man (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "Iron Man - Critics Reviews". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "The Incredible Hulk". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "The Incredible Hulk (Cream of the Crop)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "The Incredible Hulk (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "The Incredible Hulk - Critics Reviews". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "Iron Man 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ "Iron Man 2 (Cream of the Crop)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ "Iron Man 2 (2010): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ "Iron Man 2 - Critics Reviews". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
