CBR: Kevin Feige Talks Marvel Movies

[CBR News]

In this exclusive interview,Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige sat down with CBR News for a chat about the making of "Iron Man 2" and Marvel's strategy of interweaving films leading up to "The Avengers.'


Full article here.

[Darth Tigris]

In the case of "Thor" director Kenneth Branagh, Feige said, "it's somebody who can take the spectacle and these very heady sci-fi concepts and make them relatable and, ultimately, make them about the family interplay. Which is what ‘Thor’ is about; between Odin, Loki, and Thor, that's the heart of that story."

Say huh? Thor is ... science fiction?

[JimmyDee]

Say huh? Thor is ... science fiction?

It's not? It's certainly not strictly fantasy and there have been many space sagas in the Thor mythos, so, yeah, it's science fiction. Not Star Trek/Star Wars style scifi, but it doesn't have to be just that to be scifi.

[redvector]

I read that the film rights to Ghost Rider are about to expire if Sony does'nt get GR2 into production by the the first half of 2011. And I imagine that Fox's rights to DD could be expiring soon as well.

[Treqqor]

"While Joss Whedon's status as director of "The Avengers" is still unconfirmed, Feige was willing to talk about what the directors of the individual films bring to the projects and what quality the unnamed director of "The Avengers" might bring to that film."

THERE'S STILL HOPE!!!

Oh, please please PLEASE let this only be rumours! Please please please please...

Say huh? Thor is ... science fiction?

Didn't he fight stone aliens from Saturn in his very first comic?

That's science fiction.

[d-narb]

What about the x-men franchise?! when will it expire so marvel can make really awsome x-men movies?!

[DKR]

What about the x-men franchise?! when will it expire so marvel can make really awsome x-men movies?!

Fox keeps the X-Men license as long as they keep making movies. And they've already got First Class, Wolverine 2, Deadpool, and (maybe) Magneto on the slate. So unless Fox decides to sell it back to Marvel or Marvel takes legal action to get it back, it isn't going anywhere for awhile.

[Darth Tigris]

It's not? It's certainly not strictly fantasy and there have been many space sagas in the Thor mythos, so, yeah, it's science fiction. Not Star Trek/Star Wars style scifi, but it doesn't have to be just that to be scifi.

No, Thor and his powers and the setting he is involved in is NOT science fiction. Just because he may fight Ultron on occasion doesn't make him a science fiction character.

In fact, I'm surprised this is even a discussion.

[JimmyDee]

No, Thor and his powers and the setting he is involved in is NOT science fiction. Just because he may fight Ultron on occasion doesn't make him a science fiction character.

In fact, I'm surprised this is even a discussion.

OK, if in your estimation it's not scifi, then what genre is Thor in? More importantly, does that really matter, at all?

[HitechLolife]

No, Thor and his powers and the setting he is involved in is NOT science fiction. Just because he may fight Ultron on occasion doesn't make him a science fiction character.

In fact, I'm surprised this is even a discussion.

Character is not sci-fi, setting/storyline is. The marvel universe is Sci-Fi. Thor might be based on Norse myth but that's only a basis, he hangs out with guys in power armor after all.

The movie is about more than the character, even if he is centerpiece. They've mentioned elsewhere that Asgard has a fusion of tech/fantasy in it's look.

[GRANT!]

Thor's kind of all over the place genre wise. It's got super hero elements, cosmic sci-fi elements and mythological fantasy elements.

[Darth Tigris]

OK, if in your estimation it's not scifi, then what genre is Thor in? More importantly, does that really matter, at all?

High fantasy, of course.

The reason I'm curious is because of a little something that Feige said earlier this year, and I quote:

“We’re not doing the blow-the-dust-off-of-the-old-Norse-book-in-your-library Thor,” says Feige. “And in the Thor of the Marvel Universe, there’s a race called the Asgardians. And we’re linked through this Tree of Life that we’re unaware of. It’s real science, but we don’t know about it yet. The Thor movie is about teaching people that.”

Now, based on that, this is NOT a magic based concept, which is more in line with the Earth-X story's vision of the Asgardians and, as I see it, would fit more in line with the movie Marvel universe (and would've worked better in the Ultimate universe, but I digress). But its different than the Marvel universe Thor, which would be more akin to Lord of the Rings or Clash of the Titans (high fantasy).

For the record, I'm not angry. In fact, I dig it. I'm just surprised they're going this way with it.

[Vakanai]

High fantasy, of course.

Of course. Even though he teams up an awful lot with a super soldier and a guy in super tech/mecha armor. And has probably helped fight off alien invasions once or twice. And let's not even get into Beta Ray Bill...
Deeply entrenched in high fantasy indeed.

[GRANT!]

And he's been cloned.

[Darth Tigris]

Of course. Even though he teams up an awful lot with a super soldier and a guy in super tech/mecha armor. And has probably helped fight off alien invasions once or twice. And let's not even get into Beta Ray Bill...
Deeply entrenched in high fantasy indeed.

Ah, but so has Dr. Strange, but I would hope (this being the internet and all...) that no one would argue that he too is a sci-fi character.