Since then the franchise has generated over $30 billion dollars in profit, released 32 films and has even made its way onto the small screen… And it’s not slowing down any time soon. Before the end of next year we can expect Captain America, Thunderbolts, The Marvels and Blade in cinema’s and Daredevil, Agatha: Coven of Chaos and Iron heart streaming on Disney Plus.

But glitchy graphics in recent projects like, ‘She-Hulk’ and patchy plots in ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantomania’ have left fans and film critics wondering if marvels conveyor belt of content has led to it losing its magic. So this week were asking ‘Is it Endgame for the Marvel Cinematic Universe?’

Contributors:

Dr Mathew J. Smith Radford University in Virginia.

Lisa Laman Writer and film critic at The Spool, Collider and Looper.

Prof Spencer Harrison International business school INSEAD

Jonathon Sim - Film journalist and movie critic at Comingsoon.net

Presenter: Charmaine Cozier

Producer: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty

Editor: Tara McDermott

Researcher: Bisi Adebayo

Broadcast Co-ordinator: Brenda Brown