The franchise has been critically and commercially successful and has received mainly positive reviews from critics. By development of with Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., MCU expanded the universe to Television networks and then with Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger on Freeform it was expanded to Cable Television. Phase four will begin in 2020 with Black Widow. These three phases are known as “The Infinity Saga”. The third phase started with Captain America: Civil War and concluded with Spider-Man: Far From Home. The second phase of films culminating in the crossover film The Avengers started with Iron Man 3 and ended with Ant-Man. The first movie developed by MCU is Iron Man released in 2008.

TV and digital series, comic books, and short films are included in this franchise. These movies are mainly based on the characters that appear in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. This American media franchise is centered on a series of superhero movies that are independently produced by Marvel Studios. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (also known as MCU) is a media franchise and shared universe.

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