{"id":26920,"date":"2013-03-04T15:30:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T20:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=26920"},"modified":"2015-01-15T14:06:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T19:06:14","slug":"feige-speaks-with-sfx-on-marvels-phase-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/04\/feige-speaks-with-sfx-on-marvels-phase-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Feige Speaks With SFX On Marvel’s Phase Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KevinFeige\"<\/a>It’s refreshing to a studio head telling you that you don’t have to see one of his films to enjoy another one of his films. It doesn’t happen often, but it appears that is just what Kevin Feige did.<\/p>\n

The Marvel boss spoke with British science-fiction magazine,\u00a0SFX, for their March issue (on stands in the UK on Wednesday, presumably in the US and other countries not long after) and the mag decided to tease its readers with two items that came up on the talk.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0juiciest\u00a0tidbit, in my opinion, was when the magazine asked how\u00a0Guardians of the Galaxy\u00a0<\/strong>related to\u00a0Avengers 2<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Will\u00a0Guardians Of The Galaxy<\/em>\u00a0prove as integral to\u00a0Avengers 2<\/em>\u00a0as each Avenger\u2019s solo film?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI would say that it does not. It\u2019s much more of a standalone film. It takes place in the same universe. And when we\u2019ve been on the other side of that universe in other movies, you might see those characteristics in Guardians, but the Avengers are not involved with what\u2019s happening out there at this time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t know if Feige misunderstood the question or viewed in a different connotation than I am, but it sounds like Feige is saying that\u00a0Guardians of\u00a0the\u00a0Galaxy\u00a0<\/strong>is not integral to\u00a0Avengers 2<\/strong>. This comes as a shock, because it reached the point of common knowledge the the GotG will be fighting Thanos in their film, and that Thanos will be the big bad for all Phase II. So, it would be almost impossible for the\u00a0Guardians of\u00a0the\u00a0Galaxy\u00a0<\/strong>to not be integral to\u00a0Avengers 2,\u00a0<\/strong>if only to show how dangerous Thanos really is.<\/p>\n

At the very least, it appears that Feige is putting a stake in the heart of the rumor that Iron Man will go into space with the Guardians at the end of\u00a0Iron Man 3<\/strong>. Of course, if you want to argue semantics, Feige said “the Avengers”, and not “all of the Avengers,” so\u00a0technically\u00a0 Iron Man could be appearing in that film and Feige not be lying. But it looks like Shellhead making a trip to space might not happen.<\/p>\n

In the other interview excerpt, SFX asks about the “cosmic” feel of Marvel’s output to\u00a0this\u00a0point:<\/p>\n

SFX: Phase 2 of Marvel Studios\u2019 films has been described as \u201ccosmic.\u201d Is that a fair description?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kevin Feige:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say that in a broad sense. The\u00a0Thor<\/em>\u00a0film and the\u00a0Guardians Of The Galaxy<\/em>\u00a0film certainly are cosmic.\u00a0Guardians<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Thor<\/em>\u00a0will take the brunt of the cosmic side of the universe, particularly\u00a0Guardians<\/em>, which is 95% in space. I think\u00a0Iron Man 3<\/em>\u00a0shows the other side of Phase 2, which is delving deeper into the characters. Throwing them on a much more personal journey. And Captain America will showcase\u2026 What\u2019s exciting to me about Cap \u2013 sort of about\u00a0Iron Man 3<\/em>\u00a0too if you look at it \u2013 is it\u2019s tonally almost like a different genre. Shane Black\u2019s described\u00a0Iron Man 3<\/em>\u00a0as a Tom Clancy sort of political thriller, which I like a lot. We hired our directors on Cap because they loved our explanation that we really want to make a \u201970s political thriller masquerading as a big superhero movie. Just like with the first film \u2013 we got Joe Johnston because we said, \u2018We want to do a \u201940s World War Two movie masquerading as a big superhero movie.\u2019 I love that we\u2019re doing a sequel to a film that\u2019s a completely different genre than the first film. I think that\u2019s fun. And the comics do it all the time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I find it interesting that Marvel is brave enough to change the concept from film to film, from original to sequel, and that Feige takes pride in that fact. When you think about it, Thor: The Dark World<\/strong> appears to be tonally different from Thor<\/strong>, yet within the same genre. The first film was a glitzy Hollywood sci-fi epic. From what I’ve seen of the sequel, it appears to be a grittier, Game of Thrones\/Lord of the Rings-like fantasy.<\/p>\n

This means every film has to be resold to its target audiences, but it makes it so the franchises never get stale or boring.<\/p>\n

Once again, if you want to read more of the interview, it will be in SFX #233, on newsstands starting Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you need to see Guardians of the Galaxy to enjoy Avengers 2? Which upcoming Marvel films would you recommend to your friends that enjoy political thrillers? Ask SFX!<\/div>\n

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