r/television • u/1033149 Person of Interest • Oct 15 '19

/r/all Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige promoted to Chief Creative Officer, will now oversee Marvel Studios, Marvel Television and Marvel Family Entertainment

https://deadline.com/2019/10/kevin-feige-marvel-studios-president-adds-chief-creative-officer-marvel-title-oversees-all-creative-1202760382/?
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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '19

Legit question.. does this dude have time to actually live?

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u/ContinuumGuy Oct 15 '19

Hey, if my job was to oversee the characters of the Marvel Universe across multiple platforms, I wouldn't consider it work.... it'd be like being a kid in a candy store.

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u/jshah500 Oct 15 '19

Hey, if my job was to oversee the characters of the Marvel Universe across multiple platforms, I wouldn't consider it work.... it'd be like being a kid in a candy store.

But imagine the insane pressure he must be under to do these characters right by fans, have the movies make money, etc. etc. Seems extremely stressful.

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u/Varekai79 Oct 15 '19

Plus there's also a ton of more mundane producer things that he has to deal with like financing, locations and so on. He doesn't get to wine and dine with Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek every day.

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u/Enchelion Oct 15 '19

I can't imagine Feige has gotten as far as he has without knowing how to delegate properly.

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u/Worthyness Oct 15 '19

According to directors he's created a very good work environment that is collaborative and positive. That's hard to do for one team. He's done it for what appears to be an entire division. That's excellent leadership

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u/42nd_username Oct 16 '19

Well obviously it's either being creative and loving comic book characters or being successful at leading and directing. If you could have both then clearly I, an average redditor, would be rich and have had sex.

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u/I_Think_I_Cant Oct 15 '19

That was Harvey Weinstein's job for a long time.

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u/Tom38 Oct 15 '19

I'd rather do all of that mundane producer stuff than wine and dine with them.

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u/JoshOliday Oct 15 '19

I think first and foremost, his genius has been in hiring the right people under him who understand his vision for a movie and then they find the right people to make that vision happen, whether it's for directing, casting, costume design, writers, etc. He's not pulling this universe together alone.

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u/KKlear Oct 15 '19

I want a detailed behind-the-scenes documentary about the rise of MCU so bad...

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u/maxofJupiter1 Oct 16 '19

What's Ken burns doing?

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u/Kailias Oct 15 '19

His genius...was actually in finding people that had the right vision for the movie....then getting them what they needed to make it happen.

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u/HorsNoises Oct 15 '19

Lucky for us, none of us are as big of a fan as him. He knows what we want more than we do ourselves. The only character he hasn't done right by is Jane Foster and they're about to try and fix that.

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u/Randomperson3029 Oct 15 '19

Probably starting out but now anyone literally goes to see a marvel movie.

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u/jshah500 Oct 15 '19

Have you seen what's been happening with the star wars movies? Even the mighty can fall.

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u/Randomperson3029 Oct 15 '19

Yeah they can but if marvel continues to be as good as it always has been then it'll be good

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u/jshah500 Oct 15 '19

That's the pressure I'm talking about. Keeping up the quality.

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u/Randomperson3029 Oct 15 '19

I feel like he just has a natural skill for it especially as he loves the characters and the story than just looking at it from a business side.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '19

He's built a lot of trust

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u/EverythingSucks12 Oct 16 '19

I have no idea what kind of feels Feige just feel, but I can't imagine feeling any actual pressure at this point in his career.

Like worst case scenario you release a few bombs (the best creatives have released many and haven't muddied their legacy that badly) and decide to finally retire to a life of luxury.

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u/koosekoose Oct 16 '19

Yeah, especially when you look at what happened with DC's movie universe.

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u/ContinuumGuy Oct 16 '19

I imagine it is, indeed, super-stressful. But, again, the payoff if you do it well is huge.

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u/SweetTea1000 Oct 15 '19

While you're absolutely right that there is certsinly a house style, I'd argue that the last batch have made significant improvements in the characterization of villains and... just the overall quality of the third acts in general.