Film Industry: Marvel Cinematic Universe
1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article?
-22 films
2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article?
-18.2 billion
3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films?
- In 2007, Marvel was recovering from bankruptcy and had sold off the film rights to some of the company's most popular characters like the X-Men and Spider-Man.
Marvel still owned the superheroes who form the core Avengers team - Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor and Captain America - so used the early MCU films to introduce these heroes.
4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films?
- Long before Marvel Studios existed, Marvel Entertainment had sold the rights to some of its characters to other filmmakers.
Spider-Man was sold to Sony. The studio made a Spider-Man trilogy starring Tobey Maguire, and soon afterwards rebooted the franchise less successfully with Andrew Garfield as the webslinger.
5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men?
- The Fantastic Four series and the X-Men were sold to 20th Century Fox, though Marvel Studios expect to regain the rights to both properties this year due to a merger between Disney and Fox. The merger means Marvel could introduce these characters into the MCU in future films.
6) Look at the very end of the article. What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their new streaming service Disney+?
- new tv shows featuring less known characters will be released in the foreseeable future
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