In THR's AwardsChatter Podcast, Kevin Feige discusses his and Marvel's origin story, 'Avengers: Endgame' and Martin Scorsese's anti-Marvel comments
Marvel, up to that point, had licensed its characters to other Hollywood studios, which built movies around them., its chief creative officer, was impressed by Feige, whose knowledge of Marvel and attention to detail on the set ofwas obvious. He recruited Feige to the company, where Feige's job was to liaise with the studios that had licensed Marvel's characters. Consequently, from 1997 through 2006, Feige says, "I got to see the inner workings of almost every studio in town...
In 2006, Marvel committed to making its own movies, securing financing from Merrill Lynch to make 10 films over five years — beginnning with 2008'sbecause, Feige says, "We really believed in the character of Tony Stark. We believed in being able to do a version of a hero that people hadn't seen before — the redemptive arc that he has through the film — and the notion that it's not superpowers, it's a vehicle, and the vehicle sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.
One of Feige's priorities was to increase the diversity of the superheroes Marvel featured in films. It was widely reported that he met resistance to that from, the chairman and former CEO of Marvel Entertainment. So, in 2015, on the basis of Feige's remarkable success up to that point, Disney ordered a management restructuring as a result of which Feige began reporting directly to Disney studio chief, whose leadership Feige hails as outstanding.
Feige, long the president of Marvel Studios, was named its chief creative officer in October, a promotion reflective of his growing portfolio. Now that Disney has acquired Fox, characters like Wolverine and Deadpool can, he notes, be integrated on screen with Marvel's characters. Now that Disney has launched its TV streaming service Disney+, characters can also move between the big and small screens, he confirms, noting that the company is now developing shows based around Ms.
The generally upbeat exec did betray one bit of frustration and disappointment when asked about the anti-Marvel movement sparked by recent comments made — and a
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