THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE PART 1

Welcome back to my movie blog. For this entry I will not be looking at just 1 franchise, I will be looking at entire universe!

We will be looking at "THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE" [or "THE MCU" for short].

Did you know that "THE MCU" is now 10 years old?

The "pilot episode" for this mega-series is the 2008 movie "IRON MAN". There are currently 18 films total and with more films already in production that add up to 24 movies in total and even more titles going well into 2028!

Did you know that a handful "MCU" films are referred to as a "PHASE", just like a T.V. show has seasons? This list includes:

PHASE 1: AVENGERS ASSEMBLED:

"IRON MAN" [2008],

"THE INCREDIBLE HULK" [2008],

"IRON MAN 2" [2010],

"THOR" [2011],

"CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER" [2011],

and "MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS" [2012].

PHASE 2:

"IRON MAN 3" [2013],

"THOR: THE DARK WORLD" [2013],T

"CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER" [2014],

"GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY" [2014],

"AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON" [2015]

and "ANT-MAN" [2015].

PHASE 3:

"CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR" [2016],

"DOCTOR STRANGE" [2016],

"GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2" [2017],

"SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING" [2017],

"THOR: RAGNAROK" [2017],

"BLACK PANTHER" [2018],

"AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR" [2018],

"ANT-MAN AND THE WASP" [2018],

"CAPTAIN MARVEL" [2019],

and a yet to be named 4th "AVENGERS" movie.

["CAPTAIN AMERICA" - CHRIS EVANS - and "THE HULK" - MARK RUFFALO without all of the green giants motion-capture special effects - on the set of "AVENGERS 4".]

And here's a couple of POST-PHASE 3 [Also known as PHASE 4] movies in pre-production and developement:

"SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME" [2019] and "GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3" [2020].

More "MCU" films will be coming between the years 2019 and 2028.

Did you know that "THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE" also expands into the realm of television as well?

Okay, there's a good chance that you already knew about this one. But just in case you didn't, well here's a list of each show with each T.V. network/mobile app that they have all appeared on:

[WARNING!: All T.V. show titles start with the brandname "MARVEL'S" in the name like alot of movie studios like to do now for some reason.]

ABC:

"MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D." [5 SEASONS September 24, 2013 - present],

"MARVEL'S AGENT CARTER" [2 SEASONS January 6, 2015 - March 1, 2016]

and "MARVEL'S INHUMANS" [1 SEASON-CANCELLED September 29 -November 10, 2017]

NETFLIX [All shows still airing]:

"MARVEL'S DAREDEVIL" [3 SEASONS April 10, 2015-present],

"MARVEL'S JESSICA JONES" [2 SEASONS November 20, 2018-present],

"MARVEL'S LUKE CAGE" [2 SEASONS September 30, 2016-preseent],

"MARVEL'S IRON FIST" [March 17, 2017-present],

"MARVEL'S THE DEFENDERS" [August 18, 2017-Eventmini-series] and

"MARVEL'S THE PUNISHER" [2 SEASONS - SEASON 2 is currently in production - November 17, 2017-present].

HULU:

"MARVEL'S THE RUNAWAYS" [2 SEASONS - SEASON 2 is currently in production - November 21, 2017-present.]

FREEFORM:

"MARVEL'S CLOAK AND DAGGER" [The series premiere is on June 7, 2018.]

And there are some series titles that are currently in-development without a major T.V. network/online streaming company for it to air on yet:

"MARVEL'S NEW WARRIORS", "MARVEL'S MOST WANTED" AND "MARVEL'S DAMAGE CONTROL".

MARVEL has also created a series of short films for "THE MCU" movies' Blu-ray releases called "MARVEL ONE-SHOTS" including:

"MARVEL ONE SHOTS: THE CONSULTANT" ["THOR"], 

"MOS: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THOR'S HAMMER" [CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER"],

"MOS: ITEM 47" ["MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS"],

"MOS: AGENT CARTER" ["IRON MAN 3"]

AND "MOS: ALL HAIL THE KING" ["THOR: THE DARK WORLD"]

There's also a trilogy of short-films that casts "THOR" and "THE HULK" along with "THOR'S" new friend and roommate "DARRYL JACOBSON" [an original character created for the shorts] in a mockumentary setting. These films are called:

"TEAM THOR: WHILE YOU WERE FIGHTING: A THOR MOCKUMENTARY" ["CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR"],

"TEAM THOR PART 2: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?" ["DOCTOR STRANGE"] AND

"TEAM DARRYL" ["THOR: RAGNAROK"].

["THOR" and "DARRYL" in an "interview" for "TEAM THOR PART 2" on the "DOCTOR STRANGE" blu-ray release.]

MARVEL also teamed up with GOOGLE to produce a series of YOUTUBE videos called "WHIH NEWSFRONT WITH CHRISTINE EVERHART" a faux-news show that's actually a viral marketing campaign! This web-series deals with the aftermath of "AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON" as well as the events surrounding the films "ANT-MAN", "CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR".

Other "WHIH" content was produced other social websites such as GOOGLE+ and TWITTER. MASHABLE also created a special companion piece video hosted by "MS. EVERHART" [LESLIE BIBB].

["EVERHART" [BIBB] doing a report on "THE AVENGERS" and "ANT-MAN".]

MARVEL also partnered-up with ABC.COM to produce a six episode mini-series that also serves as a prequel to the fourth season of the hit ABC T.V. series "MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.". The "mini-web-series" is called "MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.: SLINGSHOT".

Here is a brief description of the show's plot as according to WIKIPEDIA.COM: "ELENA "YO-YO" RODRIGUEZ" [NATALIA CORDOVA-BUCKLEY] is forced to sign the Sokovia accords as an "INHUMAN". However, by signing the Accords, she creates a direct conflict with a personal mission she is looking to complete.

There's even been talks of some animated movies and motion picture soundtrack tie-ins as well!

This music list includes:

"THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACKS" for all the feature films,

"ORIGINAL TELEVISION SOUNDTRACKS" AND "VINYL RECORDS" for the T.V. shows and

"COMPILATION ALBUMS" including:

"AC/DC: IRON MAN 2",

"AVENGERS ASSEMBLE",

"IRON MAN 3: HEROES FALL",

"GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1" AND

"GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: AWESOME MIX VOL. 2".

[A picture of the "AC/DC: IRON MAN 2". some special edition soundtrack releases [like the one shown here] included: a 30 minute bonus DVD with classic AC/DC music videos, the "IRON MAN 2" "SHOOT TO THRILL" music video and "MAKING OF" featurette and a commemorative photographs and movie stills booklet.]

MARVEL also makes special movie tie-in comic books! these titles include:

"MARVEL'S IRON MAN: I AM IRON MAN" [2010],

"MARVEL'S IRON MAN 2: PUBLIC IDENTITY [2010],

"MARVEL'S IRON MAN 2: AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D." [2010],

"MARVEL'S CAPTAIN AMERICA: FIRST VENGEANCE" [2011],

"MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS PRELUDE: FURY'S BIG WEEK" [2012],

"MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS: BLACK WIDOW STRIKES" [2012],

"MARVEL'S IRON MAN 2" [2012],

"MARVEL'S IRON MAN 3 PRELUDE" 2013,

"MARVEL'S THOR" [2013],

"MARVEL'S THOR: THE DARK WORLD PRELUDE" [2013],

"MARVEL'S CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER" [2013],

"MARVEL'S CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER INFINITE COMIC" [2014],

"MARVEL'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY INFINITE COMIC: DANGEROUS PREY" [2014],

"MARVEL''S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY PRELUDE" [2014],

"MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS" [2015],

"MARVEL'S AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON PRELUDE: THE SCEPTER'D ISLE" [2015]

"MARVEL'S ANT-MAN PRELUDE" [2015],

"MARVEL'S ANT-MAN: SCOTT LANG: SMALL TIME" [2015],

"MARVEL'S JESSICA JONES" [2015],

"MARVEL'S CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR PRELUDE" [2016],

"MARVEL'S CAPTAIN AMERICA PRELUDE INFINITE COMIC" [2016],

"MARVEL'S DOCTOR STRANGE PRELUDE" [2016],

"MARVEL'S DOCTOR STRANGE PRELUDE INFINITE COMIC: THE ZEALOT" [2016],

"MARVEL'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 PRELUDE" [2017],

"MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING PRELUDE" [2017],

"MARVEL'S THOR: RAGNAROK PRELUDE" [2017],

"MARVEL'S BLACK PANTHER PRELUDE" [2017],

"MARVEL'S AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR PRELUDE" [2018] AND

"MARVEL'S ANT-MAN AND THE WASP PRELUDE" [2018].

Well that covers the universe's many connections. Next time we will go behind the scenes. TO BE CONTINUED...