Since 2008, Marvel Studios has released 29 films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Iron Man to Thor: Love and Thunder, eight television series since 2021, from WandaVision to She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and one television special, Werewolf by Night.
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Marvel Films Animation shared Tom Tataranowicz with New World Animation as head of development and production.
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Under Calabrese and Arad, Marvel Films sought to control pre-production by commissioning scripts, hiring directors, and casting characters, providing the package to a major studio partner for filming and distribution.
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Marvel Films was developing a Captain America animated series with Saban Entertainment for Fox Kids Network to premiere in fall 1998.
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Marvel Films was making more from half the consumer product licensing fees while making relatively little from the movie, but was enough for Marvel Films to regain its financial footings.
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In October 2002, Marvel Films Studios announced deals for Sub-Mariner and Prime with Universal Studios.
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Partnering with Lionsgate in 2004, Marvel Studios planned to enter the direct-to-DVD market with eight animated films with Lionsgate Home Entertainment handling distribution.
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Marvel Films entered into a non-recourse debt structure with Merrill Lynch that was collateralized by certain movie rights to a total of 10 characters from Marvel Films's vast vault.
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Marvel Films took back rights in five foreign territories from Paramount for pre-sell to meet that demand.
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On September 6,2005, Marvel Films announced the Merrill Lynch financing deal with Paramount was on as marketer and distributor.
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In November 2005, Marvel Films gained the film rights to Iron Man from New Line Cinema.
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In January 2008, Marvel Films Animation was incorporated to direct Marvel Films's efforts in animation and home entertainment markets including then animation efforts with Lionsgate and Nickelodeon.
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Kevin Feige responded by saying, while budgets are generally never discussed early in development, Marvel was considering films for all characters mentioned in the rumor, except Dazzler, whose rights were at Fox.
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In September 2018, it was reported that Marvel Studios was developing several limited series for the streaming service Disney+, to be centered on "second tier" characters from the MCU films who had not and were unlikely to star in their own films.
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In November 2021, Marvel Films Studios announced the animated series X-Men '97, which would be a revival of the 1990s animated series X-Men and set in that series' continuity.
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In May 2022, Marvel Studios signed a 20-year licensing deal with Stan Lee Universe to license the name and likeness of Lee for use in future films, television series, Disney theme parks and cruises, various "experiences", and merchandizing.
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Marvel Films had licensed out the film rights to many of their characters to other studios in the 1990s, starting with the X-Men, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Daredevil and later Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, Black Widow, Luke Cage, Punisher, Blade, Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, Black Panther and Deadpool among others.
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Kevin Feige stated that since Marvel Films was now their own entity within the Walt Disney Company, it "felt like the time to update it and have something that is more substantial as a standalone logo in front of our features" instead of having it be accompanied by Marvel Films's studio or distribution partners' logos.
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