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How much do you know about Cinematographic Universes?'Iron Man' (2008), directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr., was the first MCU film. Its post-credits scene, where Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) mentions 'The Avengers Initiative', established the concept of a shared universe that would expand to more than 30 films and several television series in the following decades.