Kevin Feige Head Talks Present & Future For Marvel Films
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Jan 27 2010, 7:01 AM
Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige was recently interviewed in SFX Magazine and he had a lot of cool things to say about upcoming Marvel films including leading to the Avengers and beyond. The studio president told the magazine that Iron Man 2, Thor & Captain America will all lay the groundwork for the Avengers movie in 2012.
"It's not about just cramming in lots of new people; that's sort of the cardinal sin of the sequel - adding in too many characters. This is totally Tony Stark's story. And that's gonna weave into Thor's story, and Steve Rogers' story, and it's already ingrained with Nick Fury's story and an organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D."
My only concern is that when we launch a franchise--whichever character's franchise that may be--it should stand on its own two feet... So by the time 'The Avengers' comes in 2012, it's not just a team superhero movie with a bunch of characters with powers. It's three people - four including the Hulk; five including Nick Fury - who you've seen before in other movies, coming together for the very first time."
Feige also helped lay some of the fears of how the mythology of Thor would be brought to the big screen by assuring readers that this was the Jack Kirby/Stan Lee/Walt Simonson Thor so while based on the mythology it will be a fantasy epic. I'm still a little concerned about how they'll translate the dialogue but hey, fingers crossed.
When asked about films beyond The Avengers Feige also had some exciting things to say.
"I love Doctor Strange. Ant-Man is like Whiplash - one of those chracters where you're like, 'Really?' that we've got a fun story with. I've always wanted to do something with Black Panther. I think what Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction have done with Iron Fist lately is great, and the Iron Fist mythology opens up a whole other part to us.
I will always be a bigger DC comic fan than Marvel but Hells Bells this does make the Marvel movie future seem brighter than DC for sure.
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Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige was recently interviewed in SFX Magazine and he had a lot of cool things to say about upcoming Marvel films including leading to the Avengers and beyond. The studio president told the magazine that Iron Man 2, Thor & Captain America will all lay the groundwork for the Avengers movie in 2012.
"It's not about just cramming in lots of new people; that's sort of the cardinal sin of the sequel - adding in too many characters. This is totally Tony Stark's story. And that's gonna weave into Thor's story, and Steve Rogers' story, and it's already ingrained with Nick Fury's story and an organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D."My only concern is that when we launch a franchise--whichever character's franchise that may be--it should stand on its own two feet... So by the time 'The Avengers' comes in 2012, it's not just a team superhero movie with a bunch of characters with powers. It's three people - four including the Hulk; five including Nick Fury - who you've seen before in other movies, coming together for the very first time."
Feige also helped lay some of the fears of how the mythology of Thor would be brought to the big screen by assuring readers that this was the Jack Kirby/Stan Lee/Walt Simonson Thor so while based on the mythology it will be a fantasy epic. I'm still a little concerned about how they'll translate the dialogue but hey, fingers crossed.
When asked about films beyond The Avengers Feige also had some exciting things to say.
"I love Doctor Strange. Ant-Man is like Whiplash - one of those chracters where you're like, 'Really?' that we've got a fun story with. I've always wanted to do something with Black Panther. I think what Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction have done with Iron Fist lately is great, and the Iron Fist mythology opens up a whole other part to us.
I will always be a bigger DC comic fan than Marvel but Hells Bells this does make the Marvel movie future seem brighter than DC for sure.
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