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MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
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'Whether you love Marvel 3000 or you're a Scorsese sympathiser, MCU is worth your time, being a pacy, lively account of the single most important studio of the century... This account offers a wealth of insight.' - Empire 'The book every MCU fan needs to read'...
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See moreThe unauthorized, behind-the-scenes story of the most popular, lucrative, and transformative cultural phenomenon of our time: the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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'Whether you love Marvel 3000 or you're a Scorsese sympathiser, MCU is worth your time, being a pacy, lively account of the single most important studio of the century... This account offers a wealth of insight.' - Empire
'The book every MCU fan needs to read' - Alan Sepinwall, co-author of The Soprano Sessions
Marvel Entertainment was a struggling toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel Studios is the dominant player both in Hollywood and in global pop culture. But what accounts for its stunning rise?
In MCU, beloved culture writers Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards draw on more than a hundred interviews with actors, producers, directors, and writers to present the definitive chronicle of Marvel Studios and its sole, ongoing production, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As they delve into the studio's key moments - from the contentious hiring of Robert Downey Jr. for Iron Man to the negotiations over Disney's acquisition of Marvel to studio head Kevin Feige's embrace of streaming TV - the authors demonstrate that the genius of Marvel was its resurrection and modification of Hollywood's old studio system.
Dishy and authoritative, MCU is the first book to tell the Marvel Studios story in full - and an essential, effervescent account of popular culture.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781472270771
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 October 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly, Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 44.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 370g
Pages: 544
About the Author
Joanna Robinson is a writer and podcaster at the Ringer. Previously, she worked at Vanity Fair. She lives in Oakland, California.
Dave Gonzales is a podcaster and has written for the New York Times and the Guardian. He lives in Denver, Colorado.Gavin Edwards Is the best-selling author of The Tao of Bill Murray and twelve other books. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.Also by Dave Gonzales
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