Film Industry: Marketing - Marvel Cinematic Universe

 1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article?

The MCU has had 22 movies featuring classic comic book characters at the time of this article

2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article?

The MCU has made 18.2 bn

3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films?

It was planned from the start that the characters of marvel would get their own movies and then all unite in a huge cross over in Avengers Assemble

4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films?

Sony and the MCU are in partnership with Sony fully owning it but Marvel having rights to put him in Marvel movies

5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men?

Fox owns the rights to them but at the time of the article Marvel is expected to gain them back

6) Look at the very end of the article. What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their new streaming service Disney+?

A Marvel series on Disney +

Read this Guardian review of Black Widow to prepare for studying our first CSP. What did the Guardian think of the film?

They praised the film

Read this BBC feature on Marvel at 80 years old. How has it survived so long and why is the Marvel Cinematic Universe so important to the recent success of the brand?

They created characters which could relate closer to the audience like spiderman