Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (TV Movie 2014)

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe: With Axel Alonso, Victoria Alonso, Hayley Atwell, Jeffrey Bell. A look at the story behind Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from all of the Marvel films, the Marvel One-Shots and “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

“Originally a DVD extra, u0026quot;Assembling a Universeu0026quot; now appears on Disney Plus in the documentary section, which is, if Iu0026#39;m honest a little bit of a stretch – but it does go into the creation of the first phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and does have a few interviews with the key figures.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eStarting with u0026quot;Ironmanu0026quot; in 2008, Marvelu0026#39;s risky decision to stop leasing out their iconic characters to other studios and instead make the movies themselves has paid off in a big way. Their masterstroke though was to set all the movies in one shared universe, allowing for characters to continually cross into each otheru0026#39;s stories leading to u0026quot;Avengers Assembleu0026quot; their major crossover movie. Their success with the u0026quot;B-Teamu0026quot; characters allowed not only for riskier and more varied projects going forward, but also for the big players to return home.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAgain, itu0026#39;s not really a structured regimented documentary, itu0026#39;s a 40 minute recap / advert for their projects with some teasers for u0026quot;The Winters Soldieru0026quot;, u0026quot;Guardians of the Galaxyu0026quot; and particularly for the new u0026quot;Agents of SHIELDu0026quot; show, that it felt at the time might prove to be more important than really it was allowed to be. There are interviews with the stars and directors of the various films, thought I suspect they were actually recorded for the DVDu0026#39;s of the films themselves. Thereu0026#39;s also interviews with Kevin Feige about his visions for the overall storyline of the universe and how their carefully seeded things in the direction of the Infinity stones and Thanos from an early point.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s a little dated now and, as I say, more an advert than a true documentary, but as a time capsule curio it was reasonable interesting.”