The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a shared fictional universe of superhero films developed by Marvel Studios based on characters published in Marvel Comics much like the Marvel Universe in comics. The universe was created by crossing over shared plot elements, settings as well as cast and characters. To date Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man 2 have been released in to the universe with Thor filming and both Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers in development.

Marvel Studios' self-produced films show the Marvel Studios logo with the accompanying comic book panels, but with "Studios" appearing under Marvel. In 2005, Variety reported that Marvel Studios would start producing their own films and distribute them through Paramount Pictures. With the ability to cross over their characters freely as they please, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has since dubbed the continuity that these films make up the "Marvel Cinematic Universe." Now since August 31, 2009, as the Walt Disney Company has bought Marvel Entertaiment, some of the upcoming films in the future will be distributed by Marvel Studios' new parent distributor, Walt Disney Pictures.

The funding will come from a seven year $525 million revolving credit facility with Merrill Lynch. In an interview with Movie Web, Kevin Fiege was asked about the challenging task of continuing to set up the "Marvel Film Universe" to which he responed by stating, "Well it is daunting but its fun. It's never been done before and that's kind of the spirit everybody's taking it in.

The other filmmakers aren't used to getting actors from other movies that other filmmakers have cast, certain plot lines that are connected or certain locations that are connected but I think for the most part, in fact, entirely everyone was on board for it and thinks that its fun. Primarily because we've always remained consistent saying that the movie that we are making comes first. All of the connective tissue, all of that stuff is fun and is going to be very important if you want it to be.

If the fans want to look further and find connections than they're there. There are a few big ones obviously, that hopefully the mainstream audience will able to follow as well. But the most important thing and I think the reason that all the filmmakers are on board is that their movies need to stand on their own.

They need to have a fresh vision, a unique tone and the fact that they can interconnect if you want to follow those breadcrumbs is a bonus". Edgar Wright plans to direct a live-action Ant-Man film. The script has been written by Wright and Joe Cornish, who plan to include Henry Pym and Scott Lang as major characters, with Pym as Ant-Man in the 1960s in Tales to Astonish style, and a flashforward to Lang as Ant-Man's successor in the 1980s/1990s.

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