Exclusive: Kevin Feige Says We Know All The New Marvel Movies; Plus ‘Thor 3’ And Assembling For ‘Age Of Ultron’
Most people are made of cells;Kevin Feigeis made of news. Seemingly every time the Marvel Studios president does an interview, hedrops a ton of interesting newsabout the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe. Speaking to Feige in London this weekend aboutThor: The Dark Worldwas no different. While the majority of that conversation dealt with major spoilers from the film (check back after the November 8 opening for that talk) he did offer up some interesting quotes about Marvel moving ahead.
First up, Feige said we’ve already heard all of the new properties they’re working on, most of which haven’t been officially announced. Things likeDoctor Strange, Inhumans,Hulketc. He then talked about why Ultron is bad enough to cause The Avengers to assemble again, but Malekith (inThor: The Dark World) is not. Third, whileTom Hiddlestonhas confirmed he won’t be inAvengers: Age of Ultron, Feige said he wouldn’t be back beforeThor 3.(A film they have ideas about, but is far from official). Finally, he explained how the Marvel release schedule might look moving ahead and that Comic-Con 2014 isn’t assuredly where we’d find out about those new films.
Read selections from our interview below.
Here are a few selections from the full interview, pepped with new commentary. I’ve bolded the major quotes and removed allThor: The Dark Worldspoilers.
/Film:Malekith poses a universal problem in Thor: The Dark World. How is Ultron going to be a bigger problem, to necessitate assembling The Avengers? I know the reason Thor doesn’t call The Avengers, in this film, but Malekith does pose a huge problem. How does Ultron compare?
So Ultron isn’t something that’s sprung onThe Avengers, it’s something that develops slowly. Interesting. Back to the interview:
/Film:Where and when do you think we will see Loki come back at this point? Phase 3 seems likely. A third Thor film?
Finally, I asked if we’ll find out about Phase 3 at Comic-Con and Feige confirmed they hope to alternate sequels and original properties every year, but there isn’t anything new and exciting going on right now:
/Film:It seems like Comic Con has become your jump-off point for everything. Can we look at Comic Con 2014 as a place where we might get a reveal of titles for the next batch of release dates, or is it sort of still all in flux?
True, it is like seven or eight months. But is everything we’ve heard is on the table? Dr. Strange, Hulk, maybe another Guardians, Thor are these all on the table?
We’ve heard of them all? Crazy.
We’ll have much more from Feige, director Alan Taylor and actor Tom Hiddleston in the coming weeks as we move toward the November 8 release ofThor: The Dark World.
