Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a series of American superhero films produced by Marvel Studios and based on the characters that appear in  Marvel Comics publications. This phase began  with the release of Iron Man 3 in 2013 and ended with the release of Ant-Man in 2015. This includes the crossover work "Avengers: Age of Ultron" released in 2015. Kevin Feige made all the films at this stage. The six films in this phase earned over US $ 5.2 billion in box office revenue worldwide and were generally well received by critics and the general public. 

 Chris Evans made most of the appearances in Phase, starring or  cameo  in four  Phase 2 films. Marvel Studios has created two more short films for the Marvel One-Shot program to extend the MCU. Meanwhile, each  feature film received a wraparound comic. Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World,  Captain America: The Winter Soldier also received the video game Thailand, and the Lego Marvel Avengers were released, adapting plots from several films in the franchise. Phase 2, along with Phase 1 and Phase 3, forms the Infinity Saga.




Development of marvel phase 2 movies :

Following the release of Iron Man 2 (2010), the timing and distribution arrangement of a possible third Iron Man film was brought into question following a conflict between Paramount Pictures, the distributor of previous Marvel Studios films including the first two Iron Man films, and The Walt Disney Company, Marvel Entertainment`s then-new corporate parent. On October 18, 2010, Walt Disney Studios agreed to pay Paramount at least $115 million for the worldwide distribution rights to Iron Man 3 (2013). The next October, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said the studio was beginning to look at the films of the second "phase" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), which would start with Iron Man 3 and culminate in a sequel to The Avengers (2012). Feige announced the full slate of Phase Two films at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2012: Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World (2013), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). In January 2013, Feige stated that Ant-Man (2015) would be the beginning of Phase Three, but later revealed that this had changed and Ant-Man would actually be the final film of Phase Two.

 In August 2012, Marvel signed Joss Whedon to an exclusive contract through June 2015 for film and television. With the deal, Whedon would "contribute creatively" on Phase Two of the MCU and develop the first television series set in the universe. In March 2013, Whedon expanded on his consulting responsibilities, saying he would "read the scripts and watch cuts and talk to the directors and writers and give my opinion", while also writing material if needed. Once the story for Avengers: Age of Ultron was approved, Whedon and Marvel Studios were able to examine the other films of the Phase to "really lay it out" so things could be adjusted between the films. Despite this, Whedon did not want to be beholden to the other films of Phase Two because he wanted people to be able to watch Age of Ultron who had not seen the other MCU films since The Avengers. He also found working in television and script doctoring to be "great training ground[s] for dealing with this... because you're given a bunch of pieces and told to make them fit—even if they don't."

 A new Marvel Studios logo was created by Imaginary Forces for Thor: The Dark World, featuring a fanfare composed by The Dark World composer Brian Tyler. Feige explained that a new logo was commissioned for The Dark World since it was the first Marvel Studios film to not also have a distributor logo due to the studio's acquisition by Disney.


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