Yup. The guys at Disney will likely be more willing to let Feige spend more than Ike. This will prove beneficial for Infinity War.Damn. So should we expect big changes from here on out then? Changes for the better?
Yup. The guys at Disney will likely be more willing to let Feige spend more than Ike. This will prove beneficial for Infinity War.Damn. So should we expect big changes from here on out then? Changes for the better?
Any chance it had at being an awesome action movie are ruined by the excessive shaky cam.
The bottom one is from behind the scenes or something.
Damn. So should we expect big changes from here on out then? Changes for the better?
The shaky cam made it better for me. It was shaky cam done right. The shaky cam wasn't used to hide bad choreography like in Batman and Hunger Games, it added a kinetic feel to it.
The bottom one is from behind the scenes or something.
Wouldn't this benefit Thor: Ragnarök a lot since it won't be limited by Ike's penny-pinching?
You should be hyped. Feige's won't be limited by Ike's cheap ways financially (which should benefit movies like Thor: Ragnarök & Avengers: Infinity War), & Feige overall can do more of what he wants.FilmGAF, you know better than I.
Is this good news for an MCU fan like myself? Should I be excited about this news?
FilmGAF, you know better than I.
Is this good news for an MCU fan like myself? Should I be excited about this news?
Infinity War gon be gud. Oh Lawd
Wouldn't this benefit Thor: Ragnarök a lot since it won't be limited by Ike's penny-pinching?
Not sure that's the route Feige will take with Strange -- if Loki and Wanda have magical powers why can't Strange?Thor should have the biggest budget after Avengers. Thor was everything I should have liked (fantasy, norse mythology, magic) but ended up being the most disappointing of the franchises (well excluding hulk).
I really don't like their take on magic, especially with what Feige has in mind with Dr. Strange being about physics.
I realize that it's popular to portray Ike as a Super-villain and that he's probably a dick, but I still feel like I should be more concerned that one of the people primarily responsible for Marvel's success in the last ~20 years is losing his power.
Feige to let Evans to direct something in exchange for him returning as Cap?
Not sure that's the route Feige will take with Strange -- if Loki and Wanda have magical powers why can't Strange?
Kevin Feige said:With Strange, it is a classic Marvel origin story because he’s got one of the best origins ever. And it’s our opportunity to take that left turn into the supernatural. Now, what is the definition of supernatural? It varies. We like the idea of playing with alternate dimensions. The very sort of crazy – [Steve] Ditko crazy acid trip way of traveling through dimensions and traveling through other realms is something that we think is very, very cool … playing with the perceptions of reality.
I just watched the Neil deGrasse Tyson ‘Cosmos’ series, which is amazing, and which may as well be an acid trip. It is mind-bending and it’s all based in physics and based in quantum mechanics. We’re going to play a lot with the notion of that as an explanation for how the sorcerers do what they do.
Both of 'em are basically out of the picture, now. Arad went first. Now Perlmutter.
Both of 'em apparently got in Feige's way one time too many.
Arad had lost his shine with Sony after the ASM movies didn't perform as well as they wanted. Ike was seen by many as a tight wad.
Meanwhile, Feige is portrayed as the man with the vision and has hit after hit. He was pulling in the cash and there wasn't much negative word out about him compared to the other guys. So Feige got the money people to give him more control.
Am I getting it right?
Don't highlight alternate dimensions as if all of Dr.Strange's stories in Strange Tales weren't alternate dimensions: the anthology.
It'll visually and conceptually be magic with a background explanation by some non believer or something being scientific. People get their panties bunched up too much about this.
I'm fine with that approach. Reminds me of Thor being an extra dimensional alien instead of a god. Ultimately it hasn't been a significant change.
What was the Creative Committee? It was a group of people who would gives notes and thoughts on Marvel productions as they made their way from script to screen. Some of the guys on the committee included Alan Fine, who came with Perlmutter to Marvel through Toy Biz, Brian Michael Bendis, who is a prolific Marvel Comics writer, Dan Buckley, publisher of Marvel Comics and Joe Quesada, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and the current Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Enterprises.
On paper that sounds like a great line-up of talent, but it seems as if in practice it was often a source of frustration. Over the years I've heard many stories of the Creative Committee giving notes that are pedestrian, motivated by 'save the cat' story logic and sometimes a drag on creativity. One Marvel creative talked to me about battles with the Creative Committee where they focused on details of nit-picky science that ignored the general tone of the script itself. The notes that drove Edgar Wright off Ant-Man came from the Creative Committee. What's more, the Creative Committee was often very tardy with their notes, making movie development a much slower process. All of the Committee members have other, very important jobs, so you understand why that would be the case, but it was a pain for filmmakers. And that's before taking into account the political divisions within Marvel that also created friction with the Creative Committee.
Now that the Creative Committee has been dissolved and now that Ike is out of the picture, Marvel Studios is facing a real new dawn. It won't be evident on Captain America: Civil War or maybe Doctor Strange, which is already deep in pre-production, but everything coming afterwards could reflect a new energy at Marvel. Key creative decisions are now being made by Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito and Victoria Alonso alone. Any drag or difficulty caused by the Creative Committee is over, and any skinflint choices and bizarre decisions made by Ike are out of the way (trivia: I understand the reason there are no Black Widow toys is specifically because Ike, with a background in toys, believes girl toys do not sell and thus vetoed them again and again. One guy was the roadblock.), and now we're going to see Marvel Studios operating at full power as it goes into Phase Three. I don't think this means we're going to see Captain Marvel suddenly get a $300 million budget - I think Marvel understands that reasonable frugality is what has allowed Ant-Man to become a success - but I think we're going to see happier actors, more dynamic creative visions and a Kevin Feige who could be leading Marvel well into the next decade. More than that, I think the doors to diversity have opened in a big way, especially post-Ike.
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/09/02/the-marvel-creative-committee-is-over
According to Devin Faraci and El Mayimbe, the Marvel Studios shakeup also includes the breakup of the Marvel Creative Committee.
So basically Ike and the Marvel braintrust, not Feige drove Wright off Ant-Man? Interesting if true.
Sounds like great news all-around.http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/09/02/the-marvel-creative-committee-is-over
According to Devin Faraci and El Mayimbe, the Marvel Studios shakeup also includes the breakup of the Marvel Creative Committee.
So basically Ike and the Marvel braintrust, not Feige drove Wright off Ant-Man? Interesting if true.
(Girls toys do not sell)
Uh, is Ike mentally competent?
(Girls toys do not sell)
Uh, is Ike mentally competent?
So basically Ike and the Marvel braintrust, not Feige drove Wright off Ant-Man? Interesting if true.
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/09/02/the-marvel-creative-committee-is-over
According to Devin Faraci and El Mayimbe, the Marvel Studios shakeup also includes the breakup of the Marvel Creative Committee.
So basically Ike and the Marvel braintrust, not Feige drove Wright off Ant-Man? Interesting if true.
EDIT: It also doesn't surprise me that Ike would be one vetoing Black Widow toys.
Pretty much, yeah. If I recall, Feige's idea is that so long as the director follows the main basic plot points that he has in mind, the director can do whatever else they want to do with the concept. Correct me if I'm wrong.So does this mean that Feige can give the directors more freedom (looking at Wright and Whedon) in making the movies?
Well, that would gel with the rumors last year that the Ant-Man notes were coming from above Feige's head.
Pretty much, yeah. If I recall, Feige's idea is that so long as the director follows the main basic plot points that he has in mind, the director can do whatever else they want to do with the concept. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Feign begs Wright to come back and direct Wonder Man. Pls.
James Gunn pretty much said that he's dodging this as much as possible in relation to the Infinity War films. Hopefully the same applies to the other Phase 3 films.Hopefully this means that the upcoming movies won't be just setups (i.e. Avengers 2) for the next movies.
Simon Pegg as Simon Williams.
How badly must Ike and the story group fucked over Civil War for it to come to this?
Same. Hopefully the way Civil War came out isn't the reason for all of this.Oh God, I really hope that's not how this came about.
How badly must Ike and the story group fucked over Civil War for it to come to this?