What is the MCU? Who the heck is Thanos? Where is Spider-man in the MCU? I'll answer all these questions and more in this chapter of Movies Explained.
The MCU is a group of interconnected film series and TV shows produced by Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures that revolve around a central plot. So far their are 10 films part of the MCU, and 2 more will come this year. The films are: Iron Man (2008), The Incredible Hulk (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). The 2015 films are: The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man.
"Where are is Spider-man, the X-Men, Daredevil and Fantastic Four films?" you may ask. Well back in the day, Marvel Comics sold the film rights to those three properties to 20th Century Fox (X-Men, Daredevil and Fantastic Four) and Sony Pictures (Spider-man). Marvel still had the rights to several other characters and used them to make this universe. Marvel has been able to buy the rights to Daredevil, but no other properties.
Marvel has divided their films into "Phases". Phase One: Avengers Assembled lasted form 2008-2012, Phase Two is 2013-2015, and Phase 3 will take 2016-2019. A forth, fifth, etc. phases will most likely happen, but they have yet to be confirmed.
Marvel currently has one TV show on ABC (USA). It's called "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.". Another series called "Agent Carter" is set to debut on ABC in two days (January 6th, 2015). In May, Marvel will debut a Netflix series called "Daredevil", and a second Netflix series called "A.K.A. Jessica Jones" is set to come out sometime this year.
Now whats this interconnected plot that I mentioned before? It's the Infinity story. Basically, an evil titan named Thanos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanos) wants to destroy the universe, and he can do this by acquiring the six infinity stones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Gems) that control various aspects of existence: space, power, time, reality, a being's mind and a being's soul. All these stones can be controlled by the infinity gauntlet.
The stones have been scattered throughout the universe, falling into the hands of various races. Thanos sends his minions to collect these stones for him. Our best guess is that we have seen four infinity stones so far (since they have not been directly confirmed by Marvel): space stone (Tesseract; seen in: Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers), mind stone (The glowing ball in Loki's scepter; seen in: The Avengers and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (briefly)), reality stone (Aether; seen in: Thor: The Dark World), and the power stone (The Orb; seen in: Guardians of the Galaxy).
Whats the future of the MCU? Well, Marvel has 9 films set to be released between 2016 and 2019. They also have three more Netflix series set to Debut in the next few years, though the dates have yet to be confirmed.
What do you think of the MCU? Do you watch Marvel movies? Comment below and let me Know.
Thanks to Wikipedia for the help!: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe
A Few Marvel Studios Facts
Founded: 1993
President: Kevin Feige
Owned by: Walt Disney Pictures
Future films: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1st, 2015), Ant-Man (July 17th, 2015), Captain America: Civil War (May 6th, 2016), Doctor Strange (November 4th, 2016), Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (May 5th, 2017), Thor: Ragnarok (July 28th, 2017), Black Panther (November 3rd, 2017), Avengers: Infinity War - Part 1 (May 4th, 2018), Captain Marvel (July 6th, 2018), Inhumans (November 2nd, 2018) and Avengers: Infinity War - Part 2 (May 3rd, 2019)
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