Video Essays Explain Why The Making of The MCU Was a Sh*t Show

I’ve got a couple of interesting videos here for you to watch that dive into the making of several of Marvel’s Phase 1 films. The videos mostly put a focus on how the making of the MCU was a complete shit show.

The first film focuses on Jon Favreau’s Iron Man and the second video explores Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, and The Avengers. There’s a lot of intriguing stuff here and while you may know some of what is discussed, you most likely don’t know it all.

Making the MCU is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Iron Man, from getting the film rights to The Avengers, to the casting of Robert Downey Jr, and filming a movie without a script.

Making the MCU is hard. Let's talk about how difficult it was to make Iron Man, from getting the film rights to The Avengers, to the casting of Robert Downey...

Making a superhero film universe is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe; from Avi Arad leaving Marvel & Edward Norton fighting for a final edit, to firing Terrence Howard & forcing script changes on Jon Favreau, or casting troubles with Chris Hemsworth & Chris Evans, and overlooking Favreau for Joss Whedon.

Making a superhero film universe is hard. Let's talk about how difficult it was to make Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe; from Avi Arad leaving Mar...