Marvel Studios, LLC (originally known as Marvel Films from 1993 to 1996) is an American motion picture studio based at The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California and is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, itself a wholly owned division of The Walt Disney Company, with film producer Kevin Feige serving as president. Previously, the studio was a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment until The Walt Disney Company reorganized the companies in August 2015 to be separate entities.
Dedicated to producing films based on Marvel Comics characters, the studio has been involved in three Marvel-character film franchises to have exceeded one billion dollars in North American revenue: the X-Men, Spider-Man, and Marvel Cinematic Universe multi-film franchises. Spider-Man is licensed out to Sony Pictures, however; while Sony underwrites and distributes Spider-Man movies in the MCU, creative input is handled by Marvel Studios. Marvel Studios' films are currently distributed theatrically by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, originally Paramount Pictures (except Spain and Japan) from 2008 to 2011. Universal Pictures distributed The Incredible Hulk; and Sony distributed Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
In December 2017, Disney made a commitment to acquire the majority of 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets, which include the Fantastic Four and X-Men film rights; the deal closed on March 20, 2019. Disney CEO Bob Iger has confirmed that there are plans for future for these characters within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Kevin Feige has claimed that they won't commit to any plans until the deal is officially approved by regulators. In fact, he has gone on-record as claiming that he doesn't expect there to be another X-Men movie until 2024 at the absolute earliest. At San Diego Comic Con 2019, Feige confirmed the development of both Fantastic Four and Mutants in the MCU, confirming the merger was well and wrapped.
In another reorganization, announced in October 2019, Marvel Studios gained oversight of Marvel Television and Marvel Animation from Marvel Entertainment, with Feige overseeing both brands and ensuring Marvel Studios oversees all Marvel-based multimedia. This makes Marvel Comics the only major asset left in the Marvel Entertainment subsidiary.
Marvel Studios has released 23 films since 2008 within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starting with Iron Man in 2008, and two films under the "Marvel Knights" banner for darker and lesser known titles, Punisher: War Zone and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in 2008 and 2012, respectively. (Neither are canonical to the MCU.) All films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe share continuity with each other, along with the One-Shots produced by the studio and the television shows produced by Marvel Television.
Noteworthy people who have worked for Marvel Studios
- Marvel Cinematic Universe Actors
- Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah (directors)
- Shane Black (director, writer)
- Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (directors)
- Kenneth Branagh (director)
- Ryan Coogler (director, writer)
- Scott Derrickson (director)
- Danny Elfman (composer)
- Jon Favreau (director)
- Kevin Feige (producer, chairman, chief creative officer)
- Michael Giacchino (composer)
- James Gunn (director, writer)
- Natalie Holt (composer)
- Joe Johnston (director)
- Louis Leterrier (director)
- Sam Raimi (director)
- Peyton Reed (director)
- The Russo Brothers (directors)
- Alan Silvestri (composer)
- Brian Tyler (composer)
- Michael Waldron (writer)
- Taika Waititi (director, writer)
- Joss Whedon (director, writer)
- Christopher Yost (writer)
- Chloé Zhao (director, writer)
Films
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Phase One
- Iron Man (May 2, 2008)
- The Incredible Hulk (June 13, 2008) note
- Iron Man 2 (May 7, 2010)
- Thor (May 6, 2011)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (July 22, 2011)
- The Avengers (May 4, 2012)
- Phase Two
- Iron Man 3 (May 3, 2013)
- Thor: The Dark World (November 8, 2013)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4, 2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (August 1, 2014)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1, 2015)
- Ant-Man (July 17, 2015)
- Phase Three
- Captain America: Civil War (May 6, 2016)
- Doctor Strange (November 4, 2016)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May 5, 2017)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 7, 2017) note
- Thor: Ragnarok (November 3, 2017)
- Black Panther (February 16, 2018)
- Avengers: Infinity War (April 27, 2018)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (July 6, 2018)
- Captain Marvel (March 8, 2019)
- Avengers: Endgame (April 26, 2019)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (July 2, 2019) note
- Phase Four
- Black Widow (July 9, 2021)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (September 3, 2021)
- Eternals (November 5, 2021)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (December 17, 2021) note
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (May 6, 2022)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (July 8, 2022)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (November 11, 2022)
- Phase Five
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (February 17, 2023)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (May 5, 2023)
- The Marvels (November 10, 2023)
- Captain America: The New World Order (May 3, 2024)
- Thunderbolts (July 26, 2024)
- Blade (September 6, 2024)
- Phase Six
- Deadpool 3 (November 8, 2024)
- Fantastic Four (February 14, 2025)
- Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (May 2, 2025)
- Avengers: Secret Wars (May 1, 2026)
- Marvel One-Shots
- The Consultant (2011)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (2011)
- Item 47 (2012)
- Agent Carter (2013)
- All Hail the King (2014)
- Phase One
- Marvel Knights
- Punisher: War Zone (December 5, 2008)
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (February 17, 2012)
Television
- Marvel Cinematic Universe series for Disney+
- Phase Four
- WandaVision (January 15, 2021)
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (March 19, 2021)
- Loki (season 1; June 9, 2021)
- What If...? (season 1; August 11, 2021)
- Hawkeye (November 24, 2021)
- Moon Knight (March 30, 2022)
- Ms. Marvel (June 8, 2022)
- I Am Groot (August 10, 2022)
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (August 18, 2022)
- Werewolf By Night (October 7, 2022)
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (November 25, 2022)
- Phase Five
- Secret Invasion (2023) (June 21, 2023)
- Loki (season 2; October 5, 2023)
- What If...? (season 2; December 2023)
- Echo (January 10, 2024)
- Ironheart (fall 2023)
- Agatha: Coven of Chaos (winter 2023)
- Daredevil: Born Again (spring 2024)
- Marvel Zombies (2024)
- Spider-Man: Freshman Year (2024)
- Armor Wars (TBA)
- Wonder Man (TBA)
- Phase Four
- X-Men '97 (fall 2023)note
