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Feb. 28, 2014 / 9:48 AM

'Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe' to air on ABC

Writer/executive producer and creator Stan Lee of Marvel Comics fame attends the premiere of the motion picture sci-fi thriller "Iron Man 3", at the El Capitan Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on April 24, 2013. UPI/Jim Ruymen

Writer/executive producer and creator Stan Lee of Marvel Comics fame attends the premiere of the motion picture sci-fi thriller "Iron Man 3", at the El Capitan Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on April 24, 2013. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. television network ABC has announced plans to air the documentary special "Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe" next month.

The program is about the film studio dedicated to bringing Marvel Comics stories and characters to the big screen. It is to air March 18.

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"Marvel Studios has pioneered and broken box-office records around the world, creating a cinematic universe unlike any other in pop culture history through its blockbuster films," the network said in a release Thursday. "Beginning with 'Iron Man' in 2008 and continuing today through 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' on ABC and the theatrical release of 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' this April, the Marvel cinematic universe presents audiences with some of the most groundbreaking and dynamic storytelling that brings an unprecedented vision to the world of entertainment."

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