How to pitch a movie idea to Marvel Studios

In its own words

“Marvel does not accept or consider any ideas, creative suggestions, artwork, designs, game proposals, scripts, manuscripts, or similar material unless we have specifically requested it from you.”

“Unfortunately, any unsolicited material you send will not be read or shared.”

What it says it looks for

“We constantly read and review indie, self-published, creator-owned, and web-comics, review popular online art communities, ask other artists for opinions and recommendations, and host portfolio reviews at conventions from time to time.”

“If you are an aspiring comic book artist or writer, we suggest you publish or publicly post your material, continue to create, and if you have the right stuff...we’ll find you.”

What it has bought from outside

1. 2005

   Film rights to Iron Man (reacquired) from New Line Cinema

   “Also that month, Marvel gained the film rights to Iron Man from New Line Cinema.” en.wikipedia.org

2. 2006

   Film rights to the Hulk (reacquired) from Universal

   “Marvel then revealed that it had regained the film rights to the Hulk from Universal in February 2006,” en.wikipedia.org

3. 2015

   Use of Spider-Man in the MCU from Sony Pictures

   “In February 2015, Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures announced they would co-produce a new Spider-Man reboot film, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), and integrate the character into the MCU.” en.wikipedia.org

4. 2019

   X-Men, Fantastic Four and Deadpool rights (returned) from 21st Century Fox, via Disney's acquisition

   “In March 2019, the rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four characters, and Deadpool were returned to Marvel Studios following Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox's owner, 21st Century Fox.” en.wikipedia.org

Other companies that take a movie idea

• Angel StudiosHas a submission portalAngel Studios takes projects only as a Torch, filmed work its Angel Guild streams to gauge interest.

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  NetflixOnly through an agentNetflix reads nothing it did not ask for.

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  Apple TV+Does not take outside ideasApple does not accept, review or consider ideas or creative material it did not request, and anything sent anyway becomes Apple’s property…

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  DreamWorks AnimationDoes not take outside ideasDreamWorks Animation falls under NBCUniversal’s terms, which will not review story or character ideas it did not ask for.

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  LucasfilmDoes not take outside ideasLucasfilm accepts no unsolicited product, artwork, story idea or other creative material, and returns what is sent.

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  ParamountDoes not take outside ideasParamount accepts no unsolicited scripts, story lines, characters or ideas, and deletes them unread.

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  PixarDoes not take outside ideasPixar takes no creative submission of any kind.

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  SkydanceDoes not take outside ideasSkydance accepts no unsolicited scripts, story lines, characters or ideas, and deletes them unread.

All of them, open doors first