The U.S. military has a presence in many superhero movies, but one big issue led to the Pentagon pulling out of the MCU's 2012 mega-hit, The Avengers.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT 2012's The Avengers lost the support of the Pentagon due to one big element of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first big crossover movie. Superhero movies frequently include the presence of American soldiers and the Department of Defense in the backdrop of their stories, which typically makes a lot of narrative sense.
While S.H.I.E.L.D. supports the Avengers on their missions, it is also the reason behind the Pentagon pulling out of providing support to The Avengers. As explained by the Defense Department's Hollywood liaison Phil Strub in an interview with Wired, "We couldn't reconcile the unreality of this international organization and our place in it...To whom did S.H.I.E.L.D. answer? Did we work for S.H.I.E.L.D.? We hit that roadblock and decided we couldn't do anything.
In many ways, trying to actively show the Pentagon in The Avengers might have been more of a burden if its place in the U.S. government's hierarchy were to actually be shown. Otherwise, The Avengers is probably more or less the same movie it would have been with more hands-on involvement from the Pentagon. Still, that doesn't mean that the Department of Defense has completely stepped away from the MCU.
How Marvel Has Worked With The US Military Before And After The Avengers Though the Pentagon pulled out of working with Marvel Studios for The Avengers, Marvel has nonetheless worked very closely with the U.S. military for multiple MCU films. As explained by Vox, the Iron Man trilogy and Captain America: The First Avenger saw a particularly heavy coordination between Marvel Studios and the U.S. military, as did 2019's Captain Marvel.
Marvel is hardly alone in working with the U.S. military for film productions, with other blockbusters with heavy military elements coordinating with the Department of Defense in much the same way. In the end, the U.S. military still has a palpable presence in the MCU. That just makes it all the more ironic that The Avengers, as the movie that made the Marvel Cinematic Universe into such a big-screen titan, is one that the Pentagon opted to sit out.
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