Universe Builders

Universe Builders is an American biographical comedy-drama film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is written by Jon Favreau and Paul Scheer and directed by Jonathan Levine. It stars Emory Cohen, Teri Hatcher, Peter Stomare, Skylar Astin, Jack Huston, Vincent Kartheiser, America Ferrera and Bryan Cranston. The film chronicles Kevin Feige stepping in as president of Marvel Studios and the development of Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk.

Synopsis
The story of Kevin Feige and the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Plot
In 2005, Marvel Studios releases Fantastic Four through 20th Century Fox. While the film is a commercial success, it is critically maligned. Associate executive Kevin Feige openly voices his distaste towards the film. To his surprise, his superior Lauren Shuler Donner commends him for his honesty and for having such a strong admiration for Marvel Comics. He gets an audience with studio president Avi Arad who agrees that having the staple characters at different studios was a bad idea, but does not think a shared universe concept, Feige's dream, will not work. Nevertheless, Arad begins to consider looking at Feige for a leadership role.

Cast
Additionally, Charles Michael Davis, Michael Cudlitz and Annabelle Wallis appear as Iron Man co-stars Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges and Gwyneth Paltrow, respectively. Tom Bateman makes a brief appearance as The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier. Andrea Anders appears as Spider-Man producer Amy Pascal. Samuel L. Jackson appears as himself.
 * Emory Cohen as Kevin Feige
 * Teri Hatcher as Lauren Shuler Donner
 * Peter Stomare as Avi Arad
 * Skylar Astin as Jon Favreau
 * Jack Huston as Robert Downey Jr.
 * Vincent Kartheiser as Louis D'Esposito
 * America Ferrera as Victoria Alonso
 * Bryan Cranston as Stan Lee

Max Thieriot appears as Jason Mintz, a fictitious Universal executive and friend of Kevin Feige. Mintz serves as an amalgam of several different executives that were involved in the making of The Incredible Hulk. His surname is a reference to Charles Mintz, the man who gave Walt Disney his big break.

Several other MCU actors, as well as those who are Marvel adjacent, have cameo appearances, including:
 * Tom Holland as Spider-Man fan
 * Clark Gregg as Comic book store owner
 * Mike Colter as Man celebrating Nick Fury cameo.
 * Eric Bana as Guy who hated Hulk
 * Diamond White as Comic-Con girlfriend
 * Ryan Potter as Comic-Con boyfriend