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The Inquiry: Is it Endgame for the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

Is it Endgame for the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

15/06/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, Is it Endgame for the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

Is content overload causing quality control problems in Marvel's cinematic universe?

Marvel studios is a long established movie making powerhouse but recently some of its output has left fans and critics unimpressed. Is it Endgame for the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

In 2009 Disney bought Marvel studios and helped transform the company into a movie making powerhouse that brought a new world of superhero stories to the silver screen, called The Marvel Cinematic Universe.
 
Since then the franchise has generated over $30 billion dollars in profit, released 32 films and has even made its way onto the small screen… And it’s not slowing down any time soon. Before the end of next year we can expect Captain America, Thunderbolts, The Marvels and Blade in cinema’s and Daredevil, Agatha: Coven of Chaos and Iron heart  streaming on Disney Plus.
 
But glitchy graphics in recent projects like, ‘She-Hulk’ and patchy plots in ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantomania’ have left fans and film critics wondering if marvels conveyor belt of content has led to it losing its magic.  So this week were asking ‘Is it Endgame for the Marvel Cinematic Universe?’

Contributors:
Dr Mathew J. Smith Radford University in Virginia.
Lisa Laman Writer and film critic at The Spool, Collider and Looper.
Prof Spencer Harrison  International business school INSEAD
Jonathon Sim - Film journalist and movie critic at Comingsoon.net
 
Presenter: Charmaine Cozier 
Producer: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty 
Editor: Tara McDermott 
Researcher: Bisi Adebayo 
Broadcast Co-ordinator: Brenda Brown

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