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Kevin Feige confirms that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will focus on Sam Wilson accepting Captain America’s shield

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The upcoming Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which sees Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) reuniting after the events of Avengers Endgame, will ultimately focus on how Sam accepts and deals with the responsibility of inheriting Captain America’s shield.In Avengers: Endgame, old man Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) entrusted Sam with […]

Kevin Feige believes Marvel’s Disney+ series will “expand the MCU to even bigger and better heights”

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Marvel’s lineup of Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series will take the shared universe to “even bigger and better heights,” according to studio president Kevin Feige.“I’ve been [at Marvel] for almost 20 years. And being able to build the MCU, and build a 23-movie Infinity Saga was great,” Feige said during a presentation at CCXP in […]

Marvel has discussed bringing Captain Britain to the big screen

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At times it feels like the Marvel Cinematic Universe is becoming quite packed, yet there are still so many heroes and villains to bring to the big screen. One of those heroes is Captain Britain: basically a British Captain America in form and attitude, but with more mystical origins a la Doctor Strange.Recently, HeyUGuys asked Marvel Studios […]

The hero we deserve: Kevin Feige explains how he brought Spider-Man to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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When it was revealed that Spider-Man would finally be returning home to the MCU, it was met with applause, and a healthy dose of disbelief. How did Marvel do it? This was something that the Marvel fan-base had seemingly accepted as an impossibility. So what happened? Well, Kevin Feige happened. In a recent interview with […]

The next slate of MCU films will be very “distinct” from the past

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Kevin Feige has revealed that the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is going to be very different from what has come before.The MCU, up until this point, has been a gargantuan effort and it’s all set to come to an end with the upcoming Avengers: Endgame. The franchise won’t end here but the future […]

Kevin Feige on why the Marvel movies don’t overlap anymore

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Way back during Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you may recall that many of the movies were taking place at the same time, and a plot-beat from one of these movies might have had its effect felt in a completely different one. However, post-Avengers, the MCU began following a more linear path. Perhaps that was […]

Kevin Feige on introducing Ms. Marvel and The Eternals to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Although Marvel isn’t planning on announcing its Phase Four plans until after the release of this year’s Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Homecoming, the expectation is that we can expect a very different MCU over the next few years as old favourites move on and new characters emerge.One hero who is expected to play […]

Kevin Feige “can’t wait” to see Justice League, asks fans “what are you fighting about?”

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Kevin Feige is just as excited to see Justice League as you are when it hits cinemas next week.There is a lot made of the animosity between DC and Marvel, especially between their two respective fan bases – who it’s fair to say enjoy the competition with one another.Marvel Studios big boss Kevin Feige, however, […]

Spider-Man helped Marvel’s Kevin Feige realise he could make a Star Wars movie

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Kathleen Kennedy has revealed that working on Spider-Man helped Kevin Feige realise he had time to make a Star Wars movie.Kevin Feige is one of the busiest producers in Hollywood, being the head of Marvel Studios, overseeing the MCU, and even producing Sony’s Spider-Man movies.It turns out that taking on the extra workload involved with […]

Kevin Feige responds to Martin Scorsese’s Marvel criticism

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Martin Scorsese caused quite the stir last month when, during his promotional campaign for The Irishman, the legendary filmmaker spent much of his time criticising Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, describing its output as “not cinema” and comparing it instead to theme park attractions.While some of Scorsese’s contemporaries agreed his comments (see Francis […]