Film Industry: Marvel Cinematic Universe

 1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article?

At the time of this article they will be releasing they're 22nd film to the MCU.

2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article?

The article reads that they make 'more than $18.2bn to date.

3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films?
As Marvel was recovering from bankruptcy and had sold of some of the rights to their most famous characters they still owned the core superheroes from the Avengers and needed tom introduce these characters.

 
4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films?
Marvel Entertainments had sold the rights of spider man to Sony. However they recently agreed to a partnership which allows Spider man to appear in MCU films whilst still being owned to Sony.

5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men?
The Fantastic Four and X - Men was sold to and is currently owned by 21st century fox however Marvel Studios is expected to regain the rights to both properties due to a merger between Disney and Fox.

6) Look at the very end of the article. What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their new streaming service Disney+?

Disney has announced that they have planned to make several new Marvel TV series on their new streaming service Disney+.