Film Industry: Marvel Cinematic Universe

1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article?            22 films

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

$18.2 billion(£13.7 billion)

3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films?

Marvel were recovering from bankruptcy and had sold off popular characters like X-men and spiderman. However, Marvel still owned the characters from the core avengers team (Thor, Hulk, , Iron man and Captain America ) . Marvel then bought these characters into the crossover movie - Avengers assemble.

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

 Sony own the rights to spider-man and they are now appearing in Marvel films because Sony has given the right to Marvel to use Spider-man in their films.

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

Fox

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

They have announced several new Marvel TV series coming to Disney+. They also have one including Thor's adopted brother Loki.