Film Industry: Marvel Cinematic Universe blog tasks

 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?

More than 18.2 billion

3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films?

They did it to introduce the Avengers, similar to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's comic books in the 1960s.

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

The rights belonging to Marvel until 1999, when Sony bought them for 7 million. However, Sony and Marvel have now agreed a partnership that allows Tom Holland's Spider-Man to appear in MCU films, while Sony retains the rights to the character.

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

Marvel Studios

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

Disney has announced plans for several more Marvel TV series

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