Marvel Studios, LLC (originally known as Marvel Films), is an American television and motion picture studio based in Manhattan Beach, California. As of 2015, Marvel Studios is one of the six production companies that make up The Walt Disney Studios. From 1996 to 2015, Marvel Studios was a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment (itself a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company since 2009), before being integrated directly into The Walt Disney Studios in August of 2015.
Since 2008, the studio has released twenty-four independently produced films with shared timeline, cast, and characters, making up the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
History[]
2000s[]
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 stated that the merger would not affect any pre-existing deals with other film studios for the time being, although Disney said they will consider distributing future Marvel projects with their own studios once the current deals expire.
2010s[]
On October 18, 2010, Disney bought the distribution rights for The Avengers and Iron Man 3 from Paramount Pictures. However, as part of the deal, Paramount's logo would still be used in the promotion marketing and trailers for both films.
In June 2010, Marvel Studios set up a television division, headed up by Jeph Loeb as Executive Vice President, under which Marvel Animation will be operated.
On August 22, 2011 at Disney's behest, the Studio fired most of its marketing department: Dana Precious, EVP of Worldwide Marketing, Jeffrey Stewart, VP of Worldwide Marketing, and Jodi Miller, Manager of Worldwide Marketing. Disney took over the marketing of Marvel's films.
As part of the deal transferring the distribution rights of The Avengers and Iron Man 3 from Paramount Pictures to Disney, Paramount's logo appears in the films' promotional materials and merchandise. Nevertheless, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is credited at the end of these films.
Upon the release of The Amazing Spider-Man, Disney and Sony negotiated a two-way agreement. Disney would receive full merchandising ancillary rights to future Spider-Man films in exchange for Sony purchasing out Marvel's film participation rights.
By April 2013, Marvel Studios moved its production facilities from Manhattan Beach to Glendale, California, a location already populated by other Disney divisions.
On July 2, 2013, Disney purchased the distribution rights to Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger from Paramount. The rights were assigned to The Walt Disney Studios.
Marvel character licensing[]
At the time of The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Marvel Entertainment, the film production rights to certain Marvel characters were licensed out to Constantin Film, New Line Cinema, New Regency Productions, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Lionsgate. Blade was the first character whose film rights returned to Marvel since the acquisition.
In August 2012, it was reported that 20th Century Fox was willing to allow the film rights to the superhero Daredevil and his related characters revert to Marvel and Disney, a contracted stipulation that required Fox to begin production on a new Daredevil film by late 2012. Fox had approached Marvel about extending the deadline and becoming a co-financier for the film, but was rebuffed. On October 10, 2012, the Daredevil film rights reverted to Marvel Studios, which was confirmed by studio president Kevin Feige on April 23, 2013.
On May 2, 2013, Feige confirmed in an interview that the Ghost Rider and Punisher rights had reverted to Marvel from Sony and Lions Gate respectively, as well as reaffirming the acquisition of the Blade rights. It was later revealed in May 2013 that Marvel has also reacquired the Power Man rights from Columbia Pictures. In an interview with Collider in early May 2013, Kevin Feige stated he believed the Elektra rights were back at Marvel through the Daredevil deal.
On February 2015, Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures signed a deal that would allow Spider-Man to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and would first appear in a Marvel movie before getting a solo movie on July 7, 2017. On June 2016, it was announced that the rights to Namor reverted to Marvel Studios from Universal Studios. On December 14, 2017, Disney purchased the movie and television divisions of 20th Century Fox, including the rights to the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and Deadpool. The full rights reverted back to Marvel Studios on March 20th, 2019.
Updated Logo[]
The Marvel Logo (2013 - 2016)
The new Marvel logo (2016 - present)
Kevin Feige stated that since Marvel was now their own entity within The Walt Disney Company, it "felt like the time to update it and have something that is more substantial as a standalone logo in front of our features" instead of having it be accompanied by Marvel's studio or distribution partners' logos. Feige added that "“We didn’t want to re-invent the wheel [with the new logo], but we wanted it to feel bigger, to feel more substantial, which is why it starts with the flip, but suddenly it’s more dimensional as we go through the lettering and it reveals itself with the metallic sheen before settling into the white-on-red, well known Marvel logo, with the added flourish of the arrival and the announcement of the Studios at the bottom of the word Marvel.
The new logo will be seen on all subsequent feature film releases, as well as the television series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. With the addition of the new logo, Marvel Studios also added a fanfare to accompany the logo, composed by Brian Tyler, who wrote the scores to Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World.
Films[]
See also: Marvel Cinematic Universe
| Year | Film | Directed by | Written by | Distributor | Budget | Gross (Worldwide) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Iron Man | Jon Favreau | Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway | Paramount Pictures | $140 million | $585,174,222 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Louis Leterrier | Zak Penn | Universal Pictures | $150 million | $263,427,551 | |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Jon Favreau | Justin Theroux | Paramount Pictures | $200 million | $623,933,331 |
| 2011 | Thor | Kenneth Branagh | Story: J. Michael Straczynski and Mark Protosevich Screenplay: Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz, and Don Payne |
$150 million | $449,326,618 | |
| Captain America: The First Avenger | Joe Johnston | Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | $140 million | $370,569,774 | ||
| 2012 | Marvel's The Avengers | Joss Whedon | Zak Penn and Joss Whedon | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $220 million | $1,518,812,988 |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | Shane Black | Drew Pearce and Shane Black | $200 million | $1,214,811,252 | |
| Thor: The Dark World | Alan Taylor | Story: Don Payne and Robert Rodat Screenplay: Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus, and Stephen McFeely |
$170 million | $644,571,402 | ||
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Anthony and Joe Russo | Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | $170 million | $714,264,267 | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | James Gunn | James Gunn and Nicole Perlman | $195 million | $773,328,629 | ||
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Joss Whedon | $250 million | $1,405,403,694 | ||
| Ant-Man | Peyton Reed | Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam Mckay, and Paul Rudd | $130 million | $519,311,965 | ||
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Anthony and Joe Russo | Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | $250 million | $1,153,304,495 | |
| Doctor Strange | Scott Derrickson | Jon Spaihts and Scott Derrickson | $165 million | $677,718,395 | ||
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | James Gunn | $200 million | $863,756,051 | ||
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | Jon Watts | Story: John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein Screenplay: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers |
Sony Pictures Entertainment | $175 million | $880,166,924 | |
| Thor: Ragnarok | Taika Waititi | Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $180 million | $853,977,126 | |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Ryan Coogler | Ryan Coogler, Mark Bailey | $200-210 million | $1,346,529,123 | |
| Avengers: Infinity War | Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely | $315 million | $2,039,954,372 | ||
| Ant-Man and the Wasp | Peyton Reed | Andrew Barrer, Gabriel Ferrari, and Paul Rudd | $162-195 million | $622,674,139 | ||
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | Anna Bode and Ryan Fleck | Nicole Perlman & Meg LeFauve and Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Liz Flahive & Carly Mensch and
Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck |
$152-175 million | $1,128,274,794 | |
| Avengers: Endgame | Joe and Anthony Russo | Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely | $356 million | $2,797,800,564 | ||
| Spider-Man: Far From Home | Jon Watts | Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers | Sony Pictures Entertainment | $160 million | $1,131,927,996 | |
| 2021 | Black Widow | Cate Shortland | Story: Jac Schaeffer and Ned Benson Screenplay: Eric Pearson |
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $200 million | $379,631,351 |
| Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Destin Daniel Cretton | David Callaham & Destin Daniel Cretton & Andrew Lanham | $150 million | $432,243,292 | ||
| Eternals | Chloé Zhao | Matthew Firpo & Ryan Firpo & Chloé Zhao | $200 million | $402,064,899 | ||
| Spider-Man: No Way Home | Jon Watts | Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers | Sony Pictures Entertainment | $200 million | $1,917,430,023 | |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Sam Raimi | Michael Waldron | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $200 million | $955,775,804 |
| Thor: Love and Thunder | Taika Waititi | Taika Waititi and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson | $250 million | $760,928,081 | ||
| Werewolf by Night | Michael Giacchino | Peter Cameron and Heather Quinn | N/A | N/A | ||
| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ryan Coogler | Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole | $250 million | $859,208,836 | ||
| The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | James Gunn | N/A | N/A | |||
| 2023 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Peyton Reed | Jeff Loveness | $200 million | $476,071,180 | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | James Gunn | $250 million | $844,778,479 | |||
| The Marvels | Nia Da Costa | Megan McDonnell | $274.8 million | $187,365,494 | ||
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Shawn Levy | Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, and Shawn Levy | $200 million | $1,264,712,600 | |
| 2025 | Captain America: Brave New World | Julius Onah | Malcolm Spelman, Dalan Musson, Julius Onah, and Matthew Orton | |||
| Thunderbolts* | Jake Schreier | Lee Sung Jin and Joanna Calo | ||||
| The Fantastic Four: First Steps | Matt Shakman | Josh Friedman, Cameron Squires, Eric Pearson, and Peter Cameron | ||||
| Blade | Michael Starrbury, Nic Pizzolatto, Michael Green, and Eric Pearson | |||||
| 2026 | Avengers: Doomsday | Anthony Russo and Joe Russo | Stephen McFeely | |||
| 2027 | Avengers: Secret Wars | |||||
Disney+ series[]
See also: Marvel Cinematic Universe
| Year | Series | Showrunner | First released | Last released | Episodes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | WandaVision | Jac Schaeffer | January 15, 2021 | March 5, 2021 | 9 | Released |
| The Falcon and The Winter Soldier | Malcolm Spellman | March 19, 2021 | April 23, 2021 | 6 | ||
| Loki (Season One) | Michael Waldron | June 9, 2021 | July 14, 2021 | 6 | ||
| What If...? (Season One) | A.C. Bradley | August 11, 2021 | October 6, 2021 | 9 | ||
| Hawkeye | Jonathan Igla | November 24, 2021 | December 22, 2021 | 6 | ||
| 2022 | Moon Knight | Jeremy Slater | March 30, 2022 | May 4, 2022 | 6 | |
| Ms. Marvel | Bisha K. Ali | June 8, 2022 | July 13, 2022 | 6 | ||
| I Am Groot (Season One) | Kirsten Lepore | August 10, 2022 | 5 | |||
| She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | Jessica Gao | August 18, 2022 | October 13, 2022 | 9 | ||
| 2023 | Secret Invasion | Kyle Bradstreet | June 21, 2023 | July 26, 2023 | 6 | |
| I Am Groot (Season Two) | Kirsten Lepore | September 6, 2023 | 5 | |||
| Loki (Season Two) | Eric Martin | October 5, 2023 | November 9, 2023 | 6 | ||
| What If...? (Season Two) | A.C. Bradley | December 22, 2023 | December 30, 2023 | 9 | ||
| 2024 | Echo | Marion Dayre | January 9, 2024 | 5 | ||
| X-Men '97 (Season One) | Beau DeMayo | March 20, 2024 | May 15, 2024 | 10 | ||
| Agatha All Along | Jac Schaeffer | September 18, 2024 | TBA | 9 | Post-production | |
| Spider-Man: Freshman Year | Jeff Trammell | November 2, 2024 | TBA | TBA | In-production | |
| 2025 | Daredevil: Born Again (Season One) | Dario Scardapane | March 2025 | TBA | 9 | Post-production |
| Ironheart | Chinaka Hodge | September 3, 2025 | TBA | 6 | ||
| Marvel Zombies | Zeb Wells | TBA | TBA | 4 | In-production | |
| TBA | Wonder Man | Andrew Guest | TBA | TBA | 10 | Post-production |
| Spider-Man: Sophomore Year | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | In-development | |
| Daredevil: Born Again (Season Two) | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
| What If...? (Season Three) | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
| X-Men '97 (Season Two) | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
| Untitled Olympians series | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
| Vision Quest | Jac Schaeffer | TBA | TBA | |||
| Strange Academy | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
| Untitled Okoye series | Ryan Coogler | TBA | TBA | |||
Gallery[]
10th Anniversary posters[]
External Links[]
Marvel Studios on Wikipedia- Marvel Studios on IMDb
- Official website
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