# Marvel Cinematic Universe

Marvel Comics is a comic book publisher, which together with DC Comics is the caretaker of the American superhero genre, featuring characters such as Spider-Man and Hulk.

## Understand

Marvel characters have been adapted to motion pictures since 1944 with Captain America.
With the 2008 Iron Man, Marvel Studios began independent production of a continuity named the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which as of 2019, consists of more than 20 live-action films. They have been shot in many locations around the world, most of them available to visit.

## Main filming locations
### Iron Man (2008)

The movie was primarily shot in California. Here are some notable places:
* 36.614656-118.0959221 Alabama Hills (California, United States). The intro scene of the movie was shot because the dessert looks like Afghanistan

### Iron Man 2 (2010)

* 40.745833-73.8447222 Unisphere. The main element of the Stark expo is the large globe in the middle of the expo. This globe exists in the real world in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park.
* 33.961909-118.3703873 Randy's Donuts. The scene with iron man sitting in the big donut was filmed here.
* 43.73457.42144 Monte Carlo. The race track used in the first attack of Vanko is the same track used for the real Grand Prix de Monaco. Although many scenes contain famous buildings, most were recreated on studio backlots. (updated Aug 2018)

### Thor (2011)

    See Vikings and the Old Norse for mythological background to the Thor franchise.

### Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

* 53.422025-2.9984325 Titanic Hotel (Liverpool, United Kingdom). after Captain America is injected with the super serum, a HYDRA agent steals the serum, and a chase ensues. A part of the chase is on the Brooklyn Pier 13. instead of filming it there, they chose to film it in Liverpool

### Marvel's The Avengers (2012)

* 41.499657-81.6936666 Public Square (Cleveland, Ohio, United States). One of the first confrontations with Loki was on a square in Stuttgart, Germany. But it was actually filmed in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
* 40.752813-73.9772157 Grand Central Terminal (New York City, United States).

### Thor: The Dark World (2013)

* 51.4822-0.00678 The Royal Naval College. Built by Christopher Wren in 1694 as the Greenwich Hospital for the relief and support of seamen and their dependants and the improvement of navigation.

### Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

* 50.6247225.5669449 Liège-Guillemins railway station (Liège, Belgium). This train station was used as the base for Xandar Plaza.

### Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

* 45.6083057.744610 Fort Bard (Aosta Valley, Italy). The Hydra fortress seen at the film's beginning is located here.
* 37.51141126.99502211 Seoul Floating Island (Seoul, South Korea). U-Gin Genetics, the place where Ultron tries to acquire a synthetic body, is actually a convention center

### Captain America: Civil War (2016)

* 51.4198312.22108912 Leipzig/Halle Airport (Leipzig, Germany). This is the airport that was the stage for the big confrontation of the film.

### Doctor Strange (2016)

* 27.7185.3213 Kathmandu (Kathmandu Valley, Nepal). Nepal was the first filming location for the movie.

### Black Panther (2018)

Although Wakanda was depicted as a city in the heart of Africa, most of Black Panther was not filmed on the continent.
* 33.75003-84.3911314 Atlanta (Georgia, United States). Atlanta's Pinewood Studios was the home base for the movie.
But some scenes were filmed on location.
* -25.686667-54.44472215 Iguazu Falls (Argentina & Brazil). the overview shots of the Warrior Falls were filmed here.

### Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

* 55.951937-3.1899116 Waverley Station (Edinburgh, United Kingdom). The first fight of the B team starts in this train station.

### Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

* 37.801944-122.41888917 San Francisco (California, United States). The majority of the film takes place here.

### Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

* 51.5058-0.075218 Tower Bridge, ☏ +44 20 7403-3761, enquiries@towerbridge.org.uk. The climactic last battle of the film takes place here. The hallway on top of the bridge, where most of the dramatic scene plays out, is also open to the public.
* 51.5081-0.076219 Tower of London, visitorservices_TOL@hrp.org.uk. During the last fight of the film, a part of the battle takes place in the dungeons of the Tower of London.

### Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

This film is mostly set in space. So there are no earthly locations to visit.