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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 2015. Walt Disney Pictures is the silent distributor to all Marvel Studios films.

Since 2008, the studio has released numerous independently produced films and television series 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 would 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 from this point onwards.

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.

In 2015, after the release of Ant-Man, it was announced that, following a corporate restructuring, Marvel Studios would be moved to the main Walt Disney Studios division, with Kevin Feige reporting directly to Alan Horn instead of Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac Perlumtter. The Marvel Television and Marvel Animation divisions, however, remained under Perlmutter's control.[1][2]

In 2018, it was reported that Marvel Studios would begin developing for Disney+, centered on "second tier" characters such as Loki and the Scarlet Witch, with Feige executive-producing the series, which would last six-to-eight episodes and have a similar budget to the MCU films.[3]

In October 2019, it was reported that Feige would be named chief creative officer for Marvel. Under his new role, Marvel Television and Marvel Animation were returned to being within the Marvel Studios banner.[4] Two months later, Marvel Television was folded into Marvel Studios, with the latter overseeing the former's remaining projects, with oversight headed by Marvel TV's former senior VP of current programming and production, Karim Zreik.[5]

2020s[]

In 2021, it was announced that Marvel Studios would create its own animation branch after the release of its first animated series, What If...?.[6] The studio will outsource its animation to third-party studios, though it remains open to a collaboration with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar.[7]

Through 2021 and 2022, the studio began to branch out its productions towards non-MCU projects. In November 2021, it was reported that Marvel Studios was developing X-Men '97, a continuation of the 1992-97 series X-Men: The Animated Series.[8] Additionally, Marvel Studios took over production for the preschool animated series Spidey and his Amazing Friends starting with its second season.[9]

Marvel character licensing[]

At the time of The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Marvel Entertainment in 2009, 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. Iron Man was the first character whose rights returned to Marvel Studios from New Line Cinema in 2004 before the acquisition followed by the return of the Black Panther rights from Columbia and Artisan Entertainment to Marvel Studios in 2005. In 2006, Lionsgate dropped the Black Widow film that they had planned allowing the rights to return to Marvel. That same year, the rights to Hulk reverted back to Marvel from Universal, however they let the rights to Marvel before they even expired. Universal still retains the right of first refusal to distribute future standalone Hulk films until the rights to The Incredible Hulk were transferred back to Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios in June 2023 after 15 years.

After being acquired by Disney in 2009, Marvel began to reclaim more of the character rights that they licensed out to other studios starting with Blade in 2012.

In 2012, Marvel Entertainment CCO Joe Quesada believed Namor's rights had reverted to Marvel, but Feige said in August 2013 this was not so. However, Feige expanded in July 2014 saying that Marvel Studios, not Universal Pictures or Legendary Pictures, could make a Namor film, "but it's slightly more complicated than that. Let's put it this way – there are entanglements that make it less easy. There are older contracts that still involve other parties that mean we need to work things out before we move forward on it. As opposed to an Iron Man or any of the Avengers or any of the other Marvel characters where we could just put them in." In June 2016, Quesada again stated that, to his knowledge, the film rights to Namor had returned to Marvel. In October 2018, Feige noted the character could appear in the MCU, with the studio still deciding how it would use the character. The character first appeared in the MCU in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). In November 2022, Marvel Studios executive Nate Moore confirmed that they cannot make a standalone Namor film since Universal still holds the character's production rights, similar to the Hulk.

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 The Punisher rights had reverted to Marvel from Sony and Lionsgate respectively, as well as reaffirming the acquisition of the Blade rights. It was later revealed in May 2013 that Marvel has also reacquired the rights to Luke Cage and Thor 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 21st Century Fox, including the rights to the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and Deadpool. The full rights reverted back to Marvel Studios on March 20, 2019.

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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 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 Russo 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 Russo and Joe Russo Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely $250 million $1,153,304,495
Doctor Strange Scott Derrickson Jon Spaihts, Scott Derrickson, and C. Robert Cargill $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 Releasing $175 million $​​​​​880,166,924
Thor: Ragnarok Taika Waititi Eric Pearson, Christopher Yost, and Craig Kyle Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $180 million $853,977,126
2018 Black Panther Ryan Coogler Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole $200-210 million $1,346,529,123
Avengers: Infinity War Anthony Russo and Joe Russo Christopher Markus and 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 Boden and Ryan Fleck Nicole Perlman, Meg LeFauve, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch, Anna Boden, and Ryan Fleck $152-175 million $1,128,274,794
Avengers: Endgame Anthony Russo and Joe Russo Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely $356 million $2,797,800,564
Spider-Man: Far From Home Jon Watts Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers Sony Pictures Releasing $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, and Andrew Lanham $150 million $432,243,292
Eternals Chloé Zhao Matthew Firpo, Ryan Firpo, Chloé Zhao, and Patrick Burleigh $200 million $402,064,899
Spider-Man: No Way Home Jon Watts Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers Sony Pictures Releasing $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 DaCosta Megan McDonnell, Nia DaCosta, and Elissa Karasik $274.8 million $206,058,984
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine Shawn Levy Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, Ryan Reynolds, and Shawn Levy
2025 Captain America: Brave New World Julius Onah Malcolm Spelman, Dalan Musson, Julius Onah, and Matthew Orton
Thunderbolts Jake Schreier Lee Sung Jin
The Fantastic Four Matt Shakman Josh Friedman and Cameron Squires
Blade Yann Demange Michael Starrbury, Nic Pizzolatto, and Michael Green
2026 Avengers 5 Michael Waldron
2027 Avengers: Secret Wars
TBA Spider-Man 4 Sony Pictures Releasing
Shang-Chi 2 Destin Daniel Cretton Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Armor Wars Damian Marcano Yassir Lester
Eternals 2 Chloé Zhao
Silver Surfer N/A N/A
Untitled Nova film N/A N/A
Black Panther 3
Sentry N/A N/A
Doctor Strange 3
X-Men

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
Agatha Jac Schaeffer September 19, 2024 TBA 9 Post-production
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Jeff Trammell November 2, 2024 TBA TBA In-production
X-Men '97 (Season One) Beau DeMayo TBA TBA 10
Eyes of Wakanda Todd Harris TBA TBA TBA
2025 Daredevil: Born Again (Season One) Dario Scardapane January 2025 TBA TBA Filming
Ironheart Chinaka Hodge September 3, 2025 TBA 6 Post-production
Marvel Zombies Zeb Wells TBA TBA 4 In-production
TBA Wonder Man Andrew Guest TBA TBA 10 Filming
Daredevil: Born Again (Season Two) TBA TBA TBA TBA In-development
What If...? (Season Three) Matthew Chauncey 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

Videos[]

Gallery[]

On-screen logos[]

10th Anniversary posters[]

References[]

  1. Lang, Brent (August 31, 2015). "Marvel's Kevin Feige Will Now Report to Disney", Variety. "In a shakeup in its command structure, Marvel Studios is being integrated into Walt Disney Studios with president Kevin Feige reporting to Alan Horn..." 
  2. "Marvel Shake-Up: Film Chief Kevin Feige Breaks Free of CEO Ike Perlmutter (Exclusive)", The Hollywood Reporter (August 31, 2015). 
  3. Kroll, Justin (September 18, 2018). "Loki, Scarlet Witch, Other Marvel Heroes to Get Own TV Series on Disney Streaming Service (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  4. "Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige Adds Marvel Chief Creative Officer Title", Deadline Hollywood (October 15, 2019). 
  5. Goldberg, Lesley (December 8, 2019). "Marvel TV Division Folded Into Studio Unit, Layoffs Expected". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. Shanfeld, Ethan (July 20, 2021). "Marvel's Victoria Alonso Teases 'Mini Studio' for Animation and Discusses Representation in Superhero Stories at NALIP Summit". Variety.
  7. B. Vary, Adam (August 11, 2020). "Marvel Studios Planning 'Multiple' New Animated Series Following Debut of 'What If…?'". Variety.
  8. Hipes, Patrick (November 12, 2021). "Disney+ Day: All The Streamer's Film & TV News From Premiere Dates To Series Orders". Deadline Hollywood.
  9. "Alice! Mickey! Pooh! Spidey! Disney Junior Announces Slate of New Original Series and Shorts, Along With Returning Franchises, Debuting Across Disney+ and Disney Junior Platforms Through 2024 at First-Ever Disney Junior Fun Fest". Disney Branded Television (April 29, 2022).

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