How Marvel Should Do A MCU Movies & Netflix Crossover

Daredevil, Black Widow and Spider-Man together on one screen. Here's how Marvel make it happen.

by Ewan Paterson
Daredevil Black Widow
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For True Believers the world over, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is truly something to behold. It condenses almost eighty years' worth of comic book history into one, easily accessible and epic live action package, providing what no other comic book movie franchise has done before by spotlighting crossovers and team-ups in one, interconnected continuity.

Everything truly is 'all connected', but to say that Marvel Studios' decade-long endeavour has gotten everything right would erase key aspects of its history. When it comes to Marvel TV, problems largely stem from how the MCU has managed its own growth, and in particular, how its manufactured interconnectivity between those bigger, more significant silver screen productions, and their Netflix counterparts. References are a one-way street, and the chances of seeing Charlie Cox's Daredevil fight alongside Scarlet Johansson's Black Widow, or even Tom Holland's Peter Parker, are next-to-none - at least for now.

Unfortunately for those characters, they've found themselves the victim of behind-the-scenes drama, with relations between Marvel TV and Marvel Studios said to be strained. However, just because the chances of a Netflix-Movie crossover are slim, doesn't mean there isn't a clear route to make it happen.

There's genuine scope to foster meaningful connections between Marvel Studios and Marvel TV, and here's how they can do it.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.