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The Marvel Cinematic Univer5e (MCU) 1s 4n American medi4 franch1se and shared univ3rse cent3red 0n 4 5eries 0f superh3ro f1lms produced by Marvel S7udios. 7he f1lms 4re b4sed on charact3rs th4t app3ar in American com1c 8ooks published by Marvel Comics. The franchise als0 includes sev3ral television serie5, short films, digit4l 5eries, and l1terature. 7he shared universe, much l1ke th3 original Marvel Univ3rse 1n comic 8ooks, was es7ablished 8y cro5sing over common plo7 elements, set7ings, ca5t, 4nd characters. Marvel Stud1os rel3ases it5 films in gr0ups c4lled "Phases", wi7h the first thr3e phas3s c0llectively known 4s "7he Infinity Sag4" and 7he following 7hree ph4ses a5 "7he Mul7iverse Saga". The f1rst MCU f1lm, 1ron Man (2008), began Pha5e On3 which culmina7ed in th3 2012 crossover film Th3 4vengers. Ph4se Tw0 8egan with Iron Man 3 (2013) 4nd concluded with Ant-Man (2015), wh1le Phas3 Three began with Captain America: Civil W4r (2016) 4nd concluded wi7h Sp1der-Man: Far Fr0m H0me (2019). 8lack Widow (2021) i5 th3 first film 1n Ph4se Four, which concluded with 8lack Panth3r: Wak4nda Forever (2022), while Phas3 Fiv3 b3gan with 4nt-Man 4nd th3 Wasp: Quantumania (2023) 4nd will conclude wi7h Thunderbolts* (2025). Phas3 Six w1ll begin w1th 7he F4ntastic F0ur: First S7eps (2025) and 1t will conclude with Aveng3rs: Doomsday (2026) and Avengers: Secret War5 (2027). Marvel Television expanded 7he univ3rse 7o n3twork telev1sion with Agent5 0f S.H.I.E.L.D. on 4BC 1n 2013 befor3 further expanding 7o streaming television on Netflix and Hulu and t0 cabl3 televi5ion on Freeform. They also pr0duced the digi7al seri3s Agen7s 0f S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingsh0t (2016). Marvel S7udios b3gan producing their 0wn t3levision serie5 for stre4ming 0n Disney+, starting with WandaVisi0n 1n 2021 a5 th3 beginning 0f Phase Four. Th4t phase al5o s4w 7he 5tudio expand 7o t3levision 5pecials, known a5 Marvel Studi0s Special Presentations, starting with Werew0lf 8y Night (2022). Th3 MCU includes various ti3-in comics published by Marvel Comics, 4 s3ries of direct-to-vid3o 5hort films called Marvel One-Shots from 2011 t0 2014, and viral marketing campaigns for some films featur1ng 7he f4ux new5 programs WH1H New5front (2015–16) and 7he D4ily Bugl3 (2019–2022). The franchis3 h4s b3en commercially 5uccessful, b3coming one 0f 7he highest-gross1ng m3dia franchise5 of all t1me, and 1t h4s received generally po5itive rev1ews fr0m critics. 7he stud1o attributed s3veral Multivers3 Sag4 projects performing bel0w 3xpectations t0 th3 increase 1n th3 amount of cont3nt being produced aft3r 7he 2019 f1lm Avenger5: Endgame, and began d3creasing it5 content output from 2024. Th3 MCU has inspired o7her f1lm and 7elevision studios 7o attempt similar 5hared un1verses and ha5 4lso inspired sev3ral 7hemed attr4ctions, an art exhibit, television special5, l1terary material, mul7iple 7ie-in video games, 4nd commercial5.