- Kevin Feige updates on Avengers: Endgame and the MCU.
It was a hot night for Marvel at the Golden Globes
with Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse
winning best animated feature
and Black Panther doing what no
other Marvel cinematic Universe flick has done before,
snag a nomination for best drama film.
Bring out the champagne and the swag bags
'cause the MCU is finally breaking
into the Hollywood elite, baby!
But the biggest thing to come out of the Golden Globes
this year wasn't onstage,
it was right outside on the red carpet.
MTV's Josh Horowitz caught up
with MCU head honcho Kevin Feige,
and in a very uncharacteristically forthcoming interview,
Feige spilled the beans on almost
every upcoming Marvel Studio's project,
from Avengers: Endgame, all the way down
to a potential Silver Surfer solo flick.
So what did the Feig-man reveal while caught up
in the MCU's history-making Golden Globes hype?
Let's break it all down.
First up, Avengers: Endgame.
Feige and pretty much everyone involved
in the Infinity War follow-up have been tight lipped
about Endgame and who can blame them?
With a history of well meaning cast members
dropping unintended spoilers
and NSA level deciphering of every single detail
by eagle-eyed fans,
Marvel has been keeping the lid tightly closed on Endgame.
But Feige, possibly dazzled
by his strut down the Golden Globes red carpet,
decided to go for it and give us some inside info
on the Avengers sequel.
So what did he reveal?
That the Avengers 4 title was decided way earlier
than we thought.
According to Feige, it was in place
before we started developing the movie
or just as we were developing it.
So Dr. Strange says that line
because we knew it was the title.
So not only did they put the Avengers 4 title
into Infinity War on purpose,
but Joe and Anthony Russo's little fib last year
that the A4 title was not spoken
in the dialogue of Infinity War,
was actually a huge honkin' lie from the very beginning!
How can we ever trust you guys again, Russo bros?
Feige also confirmed that "we probably won't be seeing
"anything from more than the first 15 to 20 minutes
"of the film in trailers and promos,
"as was the case with a lot of our films,
"this one in particular.
"You know being able to generate excitement
"without giving away any
"of the many, many, many, many secrets,
"many, many, many secrets,
"would be ideal."
That's a whole lot of many's.
So we're betting Feige is serious
about keeping those Endgame spoilers out of these streets
but it wasn't all Avengers talk.
Feige also gave us an update on where Captain Marvel was in
in the production pipeline.
"We're still working on the cuts.
"VFX's coming together.
"Music's coming together.
"The final mix.
"Were I not on this carpet talking to you right now,
"I'd be in the cutting room and on the mix stage
"where the rest of the team is right this second."
Now, he also touched
on the MCU's ill-fated Guardians of the Galaxy 3
while showing the DC movie universe some love,
especially now that Guardian's director James Gunn
would be setting up camp on the DC side of the fence.
"You know, I went to see Aquaman last night
"and I really, really enjoyed it.
"And you know me, I've always supported.
"I don't see a rivalry.
"I see cool films getting made
"and one thing you know about James Gunn,
"he makes cool films.
"Guardians will happen.
"When, where, how, for a later time."
And when asked which Fox property he's most excited
to get to play with in the MCU,
Feige replied, "The truth is, I'm excited for all of them.
"I'm excited and it's not just the marquee names, you know?
"There are hundreds of names on those documents
"and on those agreements and the fact
"that Marvel is as close as we may ever get
"now to having access to all of the characters,
"is something I've been dreaming about
"for my almost 20 years at Marvel."
So it sounds like Feige's not just focused on the X-Men.
He's setting his sights on a ton
of other newly MUC eligible characters
to bring into the fold,
including a certain chrome-covered space racer.
In the interview, Josh Horowitz brought up Vice director,
Adam McKay's desire to direct a Silver Surfer movie
and Feige's response was encouraging.
"I've not gotten the call yet
"but I've seen Adam tonight
"and at a number of these awards
"and he is not only, as everybody knows,
"an incredibly smart guy, he's an honest to goodness fan
"and you know he did a lot of, sort of,
"behind the scenes help with us
"on the first Ant-man film."
"And have you seen Vice?
"Little cameo, little Galactus cameo in there
"that we helped him get
"so I look forward to speaking with him more."
And if they follow Adam McKay's pitch of making Speed Racer
in Space as any indication as where they might go
with the Silver Surfer, consider us signed up.
But what do you folks think?
Are you excited for the future of the MCU?
Did you catch the Marvel cameo in Vice?
And what character are you most excited
to see come over to Marvel Proper,
as part of the Fox deal?
Let's discuss.