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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) is an American superhero film from Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, serving as the sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). Set at their new base on Knowhere, the Guardians are ambushed by Adam Warlock – a Sovereign fighter created by High Priestess Ayesha – seeking vengeance for their thievery. The encounter leaves Rocket gravely injured and with continued attempts to heal him proving fruitless, thanks to Orgocorp’s implanted kill switch. Desperate to save his life, the team ventures to Orgocorp’s headquarters in search of an override code. As Rocket lays comatose, his memories ...

Morbius (2022), an American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, is produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel. As the third installment in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU), it tells the story of 10-year-old Michael Morbius and his surrogate brother Lucien (“Milo”), who bond over their shared blood illness and desire for normalcy while at a hospital in Greece. Their adoptive father and hospital director Nicholas arranges for Morbius to attend medical school in New York, while caring for Milo himself. 25 years later, Morbius declines a Nobel Prize publicly for his work involving artificial blood. ...

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) is an American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Venom. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it serves as the second installment in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe and a sequel to Venom (2018). In 1996, a young Cletus Kasady witnesses helplessly as his lover, Frances Barrison, is taken from St. Estes Home for Unwanted Children to the Ravencroft Institute. Frances, who possesses sonic scream powers, attacks a police officer during her transfer and is subsequently shot in the eye. The officer, Patrick Mulligan, suffers an ear injury ...

X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019), an American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters, serves as both a sequel to 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse and the twelfth installment of the overall series. However, it also marks the final chapter in the prequel films. The story begins in 1975 when eight-year-old Jean Grey loses her parents in a fatal car accident, an event that triggers her telekinetic powers for the first time. She is then taken under Professor Charles Xavier’s wing at his School for Gifted Youngsters with the promise of learning how to control her mutant abilities. Jumping ahead to 1992, we find the X-Men called upon by the president to ...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) is an animated superhero film featuring Miles Morales / Spider-Man, produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel Entertainment, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The story follows Miles, a New York City teenager struggling to meet his father’s expectations as a police officer who sees Spider-Man as a troublemaker. To lift Miles’ spirits, his uncle Aaron takes him to an abandoned subway station where he is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains powers similar to Spider-Man’s. After discovering a collider built by the villainous Kingpin, who hopes to access ...

Venom (2018) is an American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character of the same name. This film marks the first installment in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. Directed by Ruben Fleischer, it features a screenplay written by Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg, along with Kelly Marcel. While on a mission to find new habitable worlds, a probe owned by bio-engineering corporation Life Foundation discovers a comet covered in symbiotic lifeforms. The probe ...

Deadpool 2 (2018) tells the story of the titular character, based on the Marvel Comics superhero. Having spent two years as the sassy mercenary Deadpool fighting organized crime, Wade Wilson fails to successfully take down one of his marks on his anniversary with his girlfriend, Vanessa. Tragically, she is killed by the target that same night and Wade seeks revenge by taking out the culprit. Despite six weeks having passed since her death, Wade is still consumed by self-loathing. Seeking solace, he turns to Blind Al for guidance but ultimately disregards her warning not to do anything rash. In a desperate attempt to end his misery, Wade tries to blow himself up but ...

The Punisher (2017–2019), a Netflix original series developed by Steve Lightfoot, is based on the beloved Marvel Comics character. Set in the same universe as the franchise’s films and other shows, it serves as a spin-off from the initial Marvel Netflix production, Daredevil (2015-2018). In season one, former Marine Frank Castle – known as ‘the Punisher’ in New York City – seeks vengeance for his family’s tragic demise. However, he soon discovers a larger conspiracy beyond their murders. In season two, Castle finds himself embroiled in the investigation of Amy Bendix’s ...

Iron Fist (2017–2018), an American TV show produced by Marvel Television for Netflix, is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name and created by Scott Buck. Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it shares continuity with the franchise’s films and was the fourth in a series of Marvel shows on Netflix leading up to the crossover event The Defenders (2017). After being presumed dead for 15 years, Danny Rand returns to New York City. Upon his return, he faces doubts from childhood friends who now run his parents’ company about whether he is truly the rightful heir. Despite this, ...

Logan (2017) is an American superhero film featuring Hugh Jackman in the lead role. This movie is the tenth installment in the X-Men franchise and serves as the final part of the Wolverine trilogy, which also includes X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and The Wolverine (2013). Set in 2029, Logan’s healing powers are fading and no new mutants have been born in 25 years. He now works as a limousine driver in El Paso, Texas, alongside fellow mutant Caliban. Together, they take care of Charles Xavier, the founder of the X-Men, who suffers from dementia and dangerous telepathic ...

Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, Luke Cage (2016–2018) is an American TV series created by Cheo Hodari Coker for Netflix. As part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it shares continuity with the franchise’s films and was the third installment in the Marvel Netflix series before leading to The Defenders crossover miniseries. Produced by Marvel Television in collaboration with ABC Studios, showrunner Coker tells the story of a fugitive rebuilding his life in Harlem after being granted super strength and unbreakable skin through a sabotaged experiment. Despite overcoming his ...

The American superhero film, X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), was directed and produced by Bryan Singer and written by Simon Kinberg, with a story also contributed by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. In 3600 BCE, the powerful mutant En Sabah Nur ruled ancient Egypt before being buried alive. Centuries later, he is resurrected in 1983 with a belief that humanity has lost its way. To achieve his goal of destroying and rebuilding the world, he enlists four followers, including Ororo ...

Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, Deadpool (2016) is an American superhero film distributed by 20th Century Fox and serves as the eighth installment in the X-Men film series. The protagonist, Wade Wilson, works as a small-time mercenary until he meets and falls in love with Vanessa. However, their idyllic life takes a turn when Wilson is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Fortunately, a man offers him a cure that would grant him superhero powers. Despite initially declining, Wilson agrees and meets Ajax, the mastermind behind the project. During the treatment process, it becomes clear that it involves transforming into a mutant and ...

Captain America: Civil War (2016), a superhero film from Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, follows the events of the first two Captain America movies. As political leaders question the actions of heroes like Captain America and Iron Man, the two find themselves on opposite sides. Tony Stark believes in regulation, while Steve Rogers disagrees. This disagreement leads to a rift within their team, The Avengers. At a United Nations meeting to discuss regulation, an explosion kills several individuals, including T’Chaka, King of Wakanda. The investigation reveals that Bucky Barnes (aka the Winter Soldier), a friend of Captain America ...

Daredevil (2015–2018), a Netflix series based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name and set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, follows Matt Murdock, who gained unique and powerful senses after a chemical spill blinded him as a child. By day, he uses his abilities as a lawyer at his own firm, while at night he patrols Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil, bringing justice to those who need it most. This series was also the first of its kind on Netflix and eventually led to the crossover miniseries The Defenders. Season 1. After ‘the incident’, criminals of various backgrounds ...

Directed and co-produced by Bryan Singer and written by Simon Kinberg, X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) is a superhero film based on the Marvel Comics team. The fifth installment in the X-Men series, it serves as both a sequel to 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand and 2011’s X-Men: First Class, as well as a follow-up to 2013’s The Wolverine. Set in a dystopian version of 2023, the film follows robot Sentinels who hunt and kill those with mutant potential or those who protect them. In Moscow, this results in an attack on ...

The American superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) is based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It follows the story of former Oscorp scientist and businessman Richard Parker, who records a video message explaining his sudden disappearance along with his wife Mary. They try to escape on a private jet, but unfortunately, it is taken over by an assassin and crashes, resulting in the couple’s death. In present day, one year after defeating Dr. Curt Connors, their son Peter continues to use his powers as Spider-Man to fight crime and successfully captures notorious criminal Aleksei Sytsevich. However, due to concerns about his relationship ...

The American superhero film, Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), is based on the popular character from Marvel Comics. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the movie takes place two years after the Battle of New York. Steve Rogers now works for the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. in Washington, D.C., as he tries to adjust to modern society. During a mission with Agent Natasha Romanoff and the S.T.R.I.K.E. team, led by Agent Brock Rumlow, they come across a hijacked S.H.I.E.L.D. vessel with hostages taken by pirates led by Georges Batroc. It is then that Rogers learns that Romanoff has another task: to retrieve data ...

The film The Wolverine (2013) follows the story of the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is part of the X-Men series and specifically the second movie in a trilogy about Wolverine. After being captured during World War II, Logan finds himself in a Japanese POW camp near Nagasaki. During an atomic bombing, he saves a man named Ichirō Yashida by shielding him from the blast. In present day, Logan lives alone in the Yukon and struggles with visions of Jean Grey, who he had to kill to protect the world. He is approached by Yukio, a fellow mutant with powers to foresee death, on behalf of Ichirō who is now a successful CEO. Despite his terminal ...

Based on the popular Marvel Comics character, The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) is a superhero flick that also shares its name with the long-running comic book series. After discovering his father’s office has been ransacked, a young Peter Parker is taken in by his aunt and uncle along with some secretive documents left behind by his parents. Years go by and Peter is now a teenager attending Midtown Science High School where he excels in academics but struggles socially due to being constantly bullied. He harbors feelings for Gwen Stacy, who reciprocates his affections. Through an unexpected turn of events, Peter learns of his father’s connection to Dr. Curt ...