Marvel Cinematic Universe facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Marvel Cinematic Universe |
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| Directed by | See below |
| Produced by | Kevin Feige |
| Screenplay by | See below |
| Starring | Robert Downey Jr. Chris Hemsworth Mark Ruffalo Chris Evans (2010-2019) Scarlett Johansson Tom Hiddleston Paul Bettany Samuel L. Jackson Gwyneth Paltrow Natalie Portman Don Cheadle Benedict Cumberbatch Chadwick Boseman (2016-2019) |
| Studio | Marvel Studios |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures (2008–2011) Universal Studios (2008) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2012–present) |
| Release date(s) | 2008–present |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Total (23 films): $2,150,000,000 |
| Money made | Total (23 films): $8,500,000,000 |
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American movie franchise. It has currently made over 23 movies by 2019. It is a fictional universe that is the setting of several superhero movies and TV shows made by Marvel Studios, based on characters by Marvel Comics. This shared universe was showed in the movies by using the same characters or mentioning the same events. For example, Tony Stark appears at the end of The Incredible Hulk, even though he has nothing to do with the rest of the story. This is the same way that the Marvel comic books were linked into the same universe.
The movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have made a lot of money and become very popular, and the franchise has made the most money of all the movie franchises as of July 2019. However the franchise had a downfall in quality as Endgame and Far From Home were negatively welcomed from fans.
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Movies
The movies in the MCU are organized in sections called Phases. So far, Phases 1, 2 and 3 have been released. Phase 1 began in 2008 with the release of Iron Man and ended in 2012 with the release of The Avengers. Phase 2 began in 2013 with the release of Iron Man 3 and ended in 2015 with the release of Ant-Man. Phase 3 began in 2016 with the release of Captain America: Civil War and ended in 2019 with the release of Spider-Man: Far From Home. Phase 4 will begin with the release of Black Widow and is supposed to end with Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness.
| Movie | Date released | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) |
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| Iron Man | May 2, 2008 | Jon Favreau | Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway | Avi Arad, Kevin Feige |
| The Incredible Hulk | June 13, 2008 | Louis Leterrier | Zak Penn | Avi Arad, Gale Anne Hurd, Kevin Feige |
| Iron Man 2 | May 7, 2010 | Jon Favreau | Justin Theroux | Kevin Feige |
| Thor | May 6, 2011 | Kenneth Branagh | Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz and Don Payne | |
| Captain America: The First Avenger | July 22, 2011 | Joe Johnston | Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely | |
| The Avengers | May 4, 2012 | Joss Whedon | ||
| Iron Man 3 | May 3, 2013 | Shane Black | Drew Pearce and Shane Black | |
| Thor: The Dark World | November 8, 2013 | Alan Taylor | Christopher Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely | |
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier | April 4, 2014 | Joe and Anthony Russo | Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | August 1, 2014 | James Gunn | Nicole Perlman, Chris McCoy, and James Gunn | |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | May 1, 2015 | Joss Whedon | ||
| Ant-Man | July 17, 2015 | Peyton Reed | Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish | |
| Captain America: Civil War | May 6, 2016 | Joe and Anthony Russo | Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely | |
| Doctor Strange | November 4, 2016 | Scott Derrickson | Jon Spaihts | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | May 5, 2017 | James Gunn | ||
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | June 28, 2017 | Jon Watts | Jonathan M. Goldstein & John Francis Daley and
Jon Watts & Christopher Ford and Chris McKenna & Eric Sommers |
Kevin Feige, Amy Pascal |
| Thor: Ragnarok | November 3, 2017 | Taika Waititi | Stephanie Folsom | Kevin Feige |
| Black Panther | February 16, 2018 | Ryan Coogler | Joe Robert Cole and Ryan Coogler | |
| Avengers: Infinity War | April 27, 2018 | Joe and Anthony Russo | Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely | |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp | July 6, 2018 | Peyton Reed | Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari and Paul Rudd | Kevin Feige, Stephen Broussard |
| Captain Marvel | March 8, 2019 | Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck | Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck & Geneva Robertson-Dworet | Kevin Feige |
| Avengers: Endgame | April 26, 2019 | Joe and Anthony Russo | Christopher Markus & Steven McFeely | |
| Spider-Man: Far from Home | July 2, 2019 | Jon Watts | Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers | Kevin Feige, Amy Pascal |
Upcoming films
- Black Widow (2021)
- Shang Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings (2021)
- The Eternals (2021)
- Spider-Man 3
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
- Doctor Strange In The Madness of Multiverse (2022)
TV Shows
| TV Show | Episodes | Season | Air Dates | Showrunner (s) |
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| Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D | 22 | 1 | September 24, 2013 - May 13, 2014 | Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jeffrey Bell |
| 22 | 2 | September 23, 2014 - May 12, 2015 | ||
| 22 | 3 | September 29, 2015 - May 17, 2016 | ||
| 22 | 4 | September 20, 2016 - May 16, 2017 | ||
| 22 | 5 | December 1, 2017 - May 18, 2018 | ||
| 13 | 6 | May 10, 2019 - August 2, 2019 | ||
| Agent Carter | 8 | 1 | January 6, 2015 - February 24, 2015 | Tara Butters, Michele Fazekas, and Chris Dingess |
| 10 | 2 | January 19, 2016 - March 1, 2016 | ||
| Daredevil | 13 | 1 | April 10, 2015 | Steven S. DeKnight |
| 13 | 2 | March 18, 2016 | Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez | |
| 13 | 3 | October 19, 2018 | ||
| Jessica Jones | 13 | 1 | November 20, 2015 | Melissa Rosenberg |
| 13 | 2 | March 8, 2018 | ||
| 13 | 3 | June 14, 2019 | ||
| Luke Cage | 13 | 1 | September 30, 2016 | Cheo Hodari Coker |
| Iron Fist | 13 | 1 | March 17, 2017 | Scott Buck |
| The Defenders | 8 | 1 | 2017 | Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez |
| The Punisher | 13 | 1 | TBA | Steven Lightfoot |
| Cloak and Dagger | TBA | 1 | TBA | Joe Pokaski |
| Runaways | 10 | 1 | November 2017 | |
| What If...? | 10 | 2 | 2021 |
| Iron Man movies | The Incredible Hulk | Thor movies | Captain America movies | Avengers movies | Guardians of the Galaxy movies | Ant-Man movies | Doctor Strange movies | Spider-Man movies | Black Panther movies | Captain Marvel | Black Widow | ||||
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| Tony Stark | Robert Downey Jr. | Robert Downey Jr. | Robert Downey Jr. | Robert Downey Jr. | Robert Downey Jr. | ||||||||||
| James Rhodes | Terrence Howard | Don Cheadle | Don Cheadle | Don Cheadle | Don Cheadle | Don Cheadle | |||||||||
| Pepper Potts | Gwyneth Paltrow | Gwyneth Paltrow | Gwyneth Paltrow | Gwyneth Paltrow | |||||||||||
| J.A.R.V.I.S / Vision | Paul Bettany | Paul Bettany | Paul Bettany | Paul Bettany | Paul Bettany | ||||||||||
| Phil Coulson | Clark Gregg | Clark Gregg | Clark Gregg | ||||||||||||
| Nick Fury | Samuel L. Jackson | Samuel L. Jackson | Samuel L. Jackson | Samuel L. Jackson | |||||||||||
| Happy Hogan | Jon Favreau | Jon Favreau | Jon Favreau | ||||||||||||
| Bruce Banner | Edward Norton | Mark Ruffalo | Mark Ruffalo | Mark Ruffalo | |||||||||||
| General Ross | William Hurt | William Hurt | |||||||||||||
| Natasha Romanoff | Scarlett Johansson | Scarlett Johansson | Scarlett Johansson | Scarlett Johansson | Scarlett Johansson | Scarlett Johansson | |||||||||
| Howard Stark | John Slattery | Dominic Cooper | John Slattery | ||||||||||||
| Senator Stern | Garry Shandling | Garry Shandling | |||||||||||||
| Peter Parker | Max Favreau | Tom Holland | Tom Holland | ||||||||||||
| Thor | Chris Hemsworth | Chris Hemsworth | Chris Hemsworth | Chris Hemsworth | Chris Hemsworth | ||||||||||
| Jane Foster | Natalie Portman | Natalie Portman | |||||||||||||
| Loki | Tom Hiddleston | Tom Hiddleston | Tom Hiddleston | Tom Hiddleston | |||||||||||
| Erik Selvig | Stellan Skarsgard | Stellan Skarsgard | Stellan Skarsgard | Stellan Skarsgard | |||||||||||
| Volstagg | Ray Stevenson | Ray Stevenson | |||||||||||||
| Heimdall | Idris Elba | Idris Elba | Idris Elba | ||||||||||||
| Frigga | Rene Russo | Rene Russo | |||||||||||||
| Odin | Anthony Hopkins | Anthony Hopkins | |||||||||||||
| Sif | Jaimie Alexander | Jaimie Alexander | |||||||||||||
| Jasper Sitwell | Maximiliano Hernandez | Maximiliano Hernandez | Maximiliano Hernandez | ||||||||||||
| Clint Barton | Jeremy Renner | Jeremy Renner | Jeremy Renner | Jeremy Renner | Jeremy Renner | ||||||||||
| Steve Rogers | Chris Evans | Chris Evans | Chris Evans | Chris Evans | |||||||||||
| Peggy Carter | Hayley Atwell | Hayley Atwell | Hayley Atwell | ||||||||||||
| James Barnes | Sebastian Stan | Sebastian Stan | Sebastian Stan | Sebastian Stan | |||||||||||
| Arnim Zola | Toby Jones | Toby Jones | |||||||||||||
| Maria Hill | Cobie Smulders | Cobie Smulders | Cobie Smulders | Cobie Smulders | |||||||||||
| The Other | Alexis Denisof | ||||||||||||||
| Thanos | Damion Poitier/Josh Brolin | Josh Brolin | Josh Brolin | ||||||||||||
| The Collector | Benicio del Toro | Benicio del Toro | Benicio del Toro | ||||||||||||
| Sam Wilson | Anthony Mackie | Anthony Mackie | Anthony Mackie | ||||||||||||
| Brock Rumlow | Frank Grillo | Frank Grillo | |||||||||||||
| Sharon Carter | Emily VanCamp | Emily VanCamp | |||||||||||||
| Baron Strucker | Thomas Kretschmann | Thomas Kretschmann | |||||||||||||
| Dr. List | Henry Goodman | Henry Goodman | |||||||||||||
| Wanda Maximoff | Elizabeth Olsen | Elizabeth Olsen | Elizabeth Olsen | Elizabeth Olsen | |||||||||||
| Pietro Maximoff | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | ||||||||||||||
| Scott Lang | Paul Rudd | Paul Rudd | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Strange | Benedict Cumberbatch | ||||||||||||||
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Kevin Feige helped conceive of a shared media universe of Marvel properties.
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Former Head of Marvel Television Jeph Loeb served as executive producer of every television series on ABC, Netflix, Hulu, and Freeform.
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Joss Whedon was a significant contributor to Phase Two, offering creative insight to all its films and launching the first MCU television series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., while writing and directing Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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See also
In Spanish: Universo cinematográfico de Marvel para niños
