Portal:Marvel Cinematic Universe
Template:/box-header The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared fictional universe that is centered on a series of superhero films, independently produced by Marvel Studios and based on characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics. The franchise has expanded to include comic books, short films, and television series. The shared universe, much like the original Marvel Universe in comic books, was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters. Clark Gregg has appeared the most in the franchise, portraying Phil Coulson, an original character to the MCU.
The first film released in the MCU was Iron Man (2008), which began the first phase of films culminating in Marvel's The Avengers (2012). Phase Two began with Iron Man 3 (2013), and concluded with Ant-Man (2015). The films are currently in Phase Three, which began with the release of Captain America: Civil War (2016). Marvel Television expanded the universe further, first to network television with Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC in the 2013–14 television season, followed by online streaming with Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix in 2015, and then to cable television with Marvel's Cloak and Dagger, which is scheduled to air in 2017 on Freeform; Marvel has multiple films and television projects in various stages of development. The MCU also includes tie-in comics published by Marvel Comics and direct-to-video short films, also from Marvel Studios.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., or simply Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., is an American television series created for ABC by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen, based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division), a fictional peacekeeping and spy agency in a world populated with superheroes and numerous supernatural phenomena. The series is produced by ABC Studios, Marvel Television, and Mutant Enemy Productions, with Jed Whedon, Tancharoen, and Jeffrey Bell serving as showrunners on the series.
The series is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films in that franchise, and revolves around the character of Phil Coulson, with Clark Gregg reprising his role from the film series, and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, who must deal with various unusual cases and enemies. Several characters from Marvel Cinematic Universe films and Marvel One-Shots appear throughout the series, while some episodes directly crossover with films or other MCU television series. The first season originally aired from September 24, 2013, to May 13, 2014, while a second season began airing on September 23, 2014.
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Template:/box-header Draft articles about upcoming films or television series, which are not ready for inclusion in mainspace:
- Draft:Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017 film), July 28, 2017
- Draft:Thor: Ragnarok, November 3, 2017
- Draft:Black Panther (film), February 16, 2018
- Draft:Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1, May 4, 2018
- Draft:Ant-Man and the Wasp, July 6, 2018
- Draft:Captain Marvel (film), March 8, 2019
- Draft:Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2, May 3, 2019
- Draft:Inhumans (film), TBD
- Draft:Black Widow (film), TBD
- Draft:Jessica Jones (season 2), TBD
- Draft:The Defenders (miniseries), TBD
- Draft:Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 4), 2016–17 TV season
- Draft:Marvel's Damage Control, TBD
- Draft:The Punisher (TV series), TBD
- Draft:Cloak and Dagger (TV series), 2017
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. The Incredible Hulk is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character the Hulk, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the second installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was directed by Louis Leterrier, written by Zak Penn, and stars Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell, and William Hurt. This film establishes a new backstory where Bruce Banner becomes the Hulk as an unwitting pawn in a military scheme to reinvigorate the supersoldier program through gamma radiation. On the run, he attempts to cure himself of the Hulk before he is captured by General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, but his worst fears are realized when power-hungry soldier Emil Blonsky becomes a similar but more bestial creature.
Marvel Studios reacquired the rights to the character after the mixed reception to the 2003 film Hulk, and Penn began work on a loose sequel that would be much closer to the comics and the television series. Leterrier redesigned Roth's character, called the Abomination in the comics, from the comics' reptilian humanoid into a monster with bony protrusions. Filming mostly took place in Toronto, Ontario, in 2007, where the production attempted to be environmentally friendly.
The Incredible Hulk premiered on June 8, 2008 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California and was released in theaters on June 13. The film was No. 1 at its box office release—out grossing its predecessor—grossing over $260 million in worldwide. Norton was initially intended to again portray Bruce Banner in The Avengers and other future installments featuring the character, but after talks broke down, he was replaced by Mark Ruffalo, who has signed on to reprise the role in all future sequels. However, despite the positive reception towards Ruffalo's portrayal of the character in The Avengers, Marvel chose to put off serious discussions for a possible sequel until after Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015.
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