What is Marvel Studios?
{{Infobox company | name = Marvel Studios | logo = Marvel Studios 2016 logo.svg | former_name = Marvel Films | type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[Marvel Entertainment]] | industry = [[Television]] | genre = [[Superhero movie|Superhero]] | founded = {{Start date and age|1993|12|07}} | key_people = [[Kevin Feige]] | products = [[List of movies based on Marvel Comics publications|Movies]] and [[List of television series based on Marvel Comics publications|television series]] based on [[Marvel Comics]] | brands = [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] | parent = [[Marvel Entertainment]]<br>[[Disney]] | divisions = [[Marvel Studios Animation]]<br>[[Marvel Music]]<br>[[Marvel Television]] (since 2019) }} '''Marvel Studios, LLC''' is an American film and television studio and a subsidiary of [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]]. The company was founded as '''Marvel Films''' by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Entertainment Group]]. The division was formerly headed by [[Avi Arad]] from May 13, 1993, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, until October 1998, when he took on other duties within the company such as executive producer for the studios’ film output. Marvel Studios produces the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] films and series, based on characters that appear in [[Marvel Comics]] publications. == History == Partnering with [[Lions Gate Entertainment|Lionsgate Entertainment]] in 2004, Marvel plans to enter the direct-to-DVD market with eight animated films with Lionsgate handling distribution. Marvel entered into a non-recourse financing structure with Merrill Lynch Commercial Finance Corp. that is collateralized by certain movie rights to a total of ten characters from Marvel's vast vault. Marvel gets $525 million to make a maximum of 10 movies based on the company's properties over eight years, according to the parameters of the deal with Paramount in September 2004. Those properties were: [[Ant-Man]], the [[The Avengers (movie)|Avengers]], [[Black Panther (Marvel Comics)|Black Panther]], [[Captain America]], [[Cloak