Businessweek just published a profile
on Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, who managed to do what other studios (DC/Warner)
have been unable to, create an extremely successfully superhero franchise.
Large part of the profile is about
the development of Marvel Studios, Feige "fighting" the CEO's about
staying true to the story of the comics, but the article also points out that although
the studio is missing some of its heavy hitters, like Spider-Man and the X-Men,
it still has thousands of other titles to choose from. The previous intel we
had was that Marvel had plans for at least 2021, but it seems that plans have
changed.
"There’s a map of films reaching
far into the next decade on the wall of Feige’s office. “It’s like looking
through the Hubble telescope. You go, ‘What’s happening back there? I can sort
of see it,’ ” he laughs. “They printed out a new one recently that went to
2028.”"
Although Cap and Thor franchises are (judging by Iron
Man) ending, it's not that crazy for Marvel to have plans for at least 2028, as
new franchises are already on the rise, with Doctor Strange, Ant-Man and
Guardians of the Galaxy.
The profile highlights a small conversation between
Feige and Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn that proofs that Feige is
anything but a simple producer, he is very much involved in the all process.
"Gunn freezes a frame of
an imposing-looking villain any serious comic book fan would recognize
instantly. He sits on a rocket-powered throne. Feige sees something on the
screen that he doesn’t like. The evildoer needs to be farther away in the frame
so he looks more imperious, he says.
“I don’t know,” says Gunn. “I
think it’s going to look cool, man.”
“You just don’t want him to
feel petty in that way,” Feige says. “I think it’s a fine line.”
“How do you think it comes off
as petty here?” Gunn says.
“He’s so damn close,” Feige
says.
“Yeah,” concedes Gunn. “I
think I’m going to have him floating in space.”
Feige is concerned about the
throne, too. He points at the base. “Those don’t need to be rockets,” he says.
“Maybe gravity disks?” Feige says he’ll check back later.
In the hallway he extracts a
pledge not to name the bad guy. “That could not be a bigger spoiler,” Feige
says."
You don't need to say, we
know, its Thanos.
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