Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a American media franchise an shared feectional universe that is centred on a series o superhero films, independently producit bi Marvel Studios an based on chairacters that appear in publications bi Marvel Comics. The franchise haes expandit tae include comic beuks, short films, an telly series. The shared universe, hintle lik the oreeginal Marvel Universe in comic beuks, wis established bi crossin ower common plot elements, settins, cast, an chairacters. Clark Gregg haes appeared the maist in the franchise, portrayin Phil Coulson, a chairacter oreeginal tae the MCU.

Marvel Cinematic Universe
Marvel Cinematic Universe intertitle frae Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014).
Creator	Marvel Studios
Oreeginal wirk	Iron Man (2008)
Print publications
Comics	Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-in comics
Films an televeesion
Films	Marvel Cinematic Universe films
Short films	Marvel One-Shots
Televeesion series	Marvel Cinematic Universe televeesion series
Televeesion specials	See belaw
Miscellaneous
Live attractions	See belaw

The first film released in the MCU wis Iron Man (2008), which began the first phase o films, culminatin in Marvel's The Avengers (2012). "Phase Two" began wi Iron Man 3 (2013), concludit wi Ant-Man (2015). Marvel is preparin "Phase Three" an aw, beginnin wi the release o Captain America: Civil War (2016). The universe began tae expand wi the release o the first ofeeicial tie-in comics in 2010, an saw further expansion wi the Marvel One-Shots direct-tae-video short films in 2011 an the TV series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the 2013–14 saison. Marvel haes multiple films an telly projects in various stages o development.

The franchise as a whole ranks as the heichest-grossin film franchise baith in the Unitit States an warldwide, an haes inspired ither film studios wi comic beuk chairacter film richts tae attempt tae creaut seemilar shared universes.