Watch Part 4 here: Making movies for toys is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Iron Man 3 changing scripts to sell more toys to Thor: The Dark World changing scripts to sell more toys or choosing to make Guardians of the Galaxy… to sell toys. 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - Avengers Changes the Film Industry 02:01 - Establishing the Marvel Writers Program 02:52 - Drew Pearce’s Runaways 03:19 - Shane Black Replaces Jon Favreau 04:35 - Reconceiving The Mandarin 05:35 - Broken Ankles & Bankrupt Effects Houses 06:48 - Marvel Entertainment vs Marvel Studios 07:21 - Ike Perlmutter’s Creative Committee 08:26 - Superheroes in Toyland 09:31 - Rebecca Hall Can’t Sell Toys 10:26 - Iron Man 3: May 3, 2013 10:56 - Retconning The Mandarin 11:56 - Finding a Kenneth Branagh Replacement 12:40 - Patty Jenkins’ Thoromeo & Juliet 14:28 - A Livid Natalie Portman 14:58 - Alan Taylor Needs a Better Script 15:48 - Every Sh*t Show Trope 16:28 - Marvel Doesn’t Like Taylor’s Thor 17:04 - Marvel’s Reshoot Process 17:41 - 35 Days of Changes 19:17 - Thor: The Dark World: November 8, 2013 20:08 - Nicole Perlman Gets Her Shot 21:18 - Perlman’s Guardians of the Galaxy 22:43 - James Gunn Gets Superheroes 23:17 - Gunn’s Connection to Rocket Raccoon 25:05 - Tuning Guardians for Marvel 25:58 - A Production Left Alone 27:03 - Marvel Branded Kool-Aid 27:36 - Nicole Perlman vs James Gunn 28:29 - Guardians of the Galaxy: August 1st, 2014 Sources: Badass Digest: BuzzFeed: CGSociety: Cinema Blend: Collider: Cosmic Book News: Entertainment Weekly: Film Divider: Forbes: GQ: Guardian: Hollywood Reporter: Huff Post: Inverse: LA Times: MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios: Metro UK: Page Six: Script Magazine: SFX Magazine: /Film: The Story of Marvel Studios: The Telegraph: Toronto Sun: Uproxx: Vanity Fair: Variety: Vox: Vulture: WTF with Marc Maron: Video: Digital Spy: GQ: Hollywood Dosyasi: New York Film Academy: Rotten Tomatoes: ScreenSlam: TheWrap: Featured Footage: Agents of . (2013–2020) All Hail the King (2014) Ant-Man (2015)* The Avengers (2012)* Age of Ultron (2015)* & Endgame (2019)* Batman Begins (2005) Black Panther (2018) Blade (1998) Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) & The Winter Soldier (2014) Captain Marvel (2019) The Dark Knight (2008) Doctor Strange (2016) Eternals (2021) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) Game of Thrones (2011–2019) Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)* Vol. 2 (2017) & Vol. 3 (2023) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)* Howard the Duck (1986) The Incredible Hulk (2008) Iron Fist (2017–2018) Iron Man (1966) Iron Man (2008) 2 (2010)* & 3 (2013)* It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005- ) The Killing (2011–2014) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) Luke Cage (2016–2018) Mad Men (2007–2015) Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) Marvel 75 Years (2014) Monster (2003) Moon Knight (2022) Parks and Recreation (2009–2015) PG Porn (2008–2009) Runaways (2017–2019) Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) Slither (2006) The Specials (2000) Spider-Man (2002) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) Super (2010) Thor (2011)* The Dark World (2013)* Ragnarok (2017) & Love and Thunder (2022) Wonder Woman (2017)* *and special features Music: Brian Tyler - Iron Man 3 & Thor: The Dark World OST The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back Redbone - Come And Get Your Love Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme Tyler Bates - Guardians of the Galaxy OST #itwasashtshow #mcu #avengers