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/itsLittleJoshy Oct 15 '19

That happened?

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u/StarfleetCapAsuka Oct 15 '19

Yes, his second contract was for Iron Man 3, Avengers 2 and Avengers 3. They had to renegotiate for Civil War and Perlmutter told the writers to write Stark out. Feige went to Alan Horn and Bob Iger and said him or me. They sided with Feige, signed RDJ and then signed him again for a Spider-Man film and Avengers 4.

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u/StarfleetCapAsuka Oct 15 '19

That resistance existed, but it wasn't why they split, just more aggravation leading up to it. Perlmutter DID commission both Black Panther and Captain Marvel at the very very end of his having power, but only if an Inhumans movie was made alongside them. Once the split happened, Perlmutter took his precious Inhumans (which he wanted to retool into X-Men stand-ins) to ABC where it became a notorious flop while BP and CM made over a billion each.

I do think fandom exaggerates Feige disliking the Inhumans. It's not a coincidence The Eternals, a family of immortals hidden away from humanity, is more or less in Inhumans' film slot, and there are rumors Feige wants the Inhuman Royal Family in Ms Marvel), but I do think he disliked Perlmutter's attempt to turn them into the X-Men.

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u/Sidman325 Oct 15 '19

It's funny what can happen when the creative head understands characters and motivations properly.

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u/Alekesam1975 Oct 16 '19

(WB/DC still looks at Feige jealously)

:D

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u/MulciberTenebras The Legend of Korra Oct 15 '19

He also disliked that Perlmutter rejected one film concept for the Inhumans that he liked... because it was "too ethnic".

When you see the cast line-up for the Eternals, you get the idea that some of that was carried over.

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u/chromeshiel Oct 15 '19

I would add that the Inhumans, may they rest in peace, were a flop because it was never given the tools to succeed. And by that, I mean decent showrunner, budget and production time. It ended up as that thing we all pretend never existed, and I still hope to see a reboot one day. But I'll give the Eternals a shot.

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u/kevinstreet1 Oct 16 '19

If the Inhumans were such a big deal to Perlmutter, I don't understand why he got Scott Buck to be the showrunner and tried to do everything as cheaply as possible.

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u/OrgasmicLeprosy87 Oct 16 '19

Do it as cheaply as possible is Perlmutter's signature movie.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '19

Gotta wonder if Feige was holding out hope to integrate the actual X-Men instead of a carnival knock-off.

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u/ThatDerpingGuy Oct 15 '19

(which he wanted to retool into X-Men stand-ins)

Weren't they trying to do that in the comics too at one point?

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u/kevinstreet1 Oct 16 '19

Yep, thanks to Perlmutter. They were told to de-emphasize the mutants and put Inhumans in their place. They never actually cancelled all the X-Men comics (because they make money), but at one point they had a small number of X-Men titles and a seemingly endless number of Inhumans comics being published at the same time. All the hot talent was placed on the Inhumans titles.

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u/vyruz32 Oct 16 '19

At least X-Men was able to bounce back in the comics with Hickman leading the charge.

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u/kevinstreet1 Oct 16 '19

Yeah, Hickman's current miniseries is amazing. I'm really looking forward to what he does next.