The Making Of The MCU: 17 Fascinating Behind-The-Scenes Details You Need To Know

The MCU hasn't had much behind-the-scenes drama in its lifetime, but one of the biggest bust-ups in the franchise's history was the friction between Marvel Studios and Marvel Television.

Marvel Television was a separate entity from Marvel Studios, and was responsible for producing the MCU's first TV shows, like Agent Carter, Inhumans, Agents Of SHIELD, and the Netflix shows. That's why these shows had few meaningful connections to the movies, and why they didn't really feel like true parts of the MCU - Marvel Studios wasn't involved in making them.

This separation between the two entities caused problems when deciding which characters should be used where. Though Marvel Studios wanted to use the likes of Daredevil, Ghost Rider, and Punisher in the movies, the book reveals that Marvel Television's higher-ups (at Marvel Entertainment) blocked this from happening:

"While many observers assumed that this entire stable of characters would go directly into Marvel Studios' movie development process, it was decided by Marvel Entertainment that because the movie side was already committed to their successful Avengers characters, that the returnees would instead help build a planned TV empire under the direct control of Marvel Entertainment."

The book adds that Marvel Studios had "no control" over these characters, which, again, is evident in the lack of connective tissue between the shows and the movies:

"The film side had no control over those characters, despite their interest in developing them. Instead, they all went to Marvel Entertainment. Ghost Rider appeared in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, and the others were placed in different streaming series."

However, with Marvel Television being shut down in 2019, Marvel Studios now producing its own TV shows, and Daredevil and Kingpin appearing in the MCU proper, Kevin Feige clearly had the last laugh.