“I just can’t keep up, there’s too much content”: Kevin Feige Gets a Request to Reboot MCU After Series of Disaster Movies Since Avengers: Endgame
Marvel Cinematic Universe’s mastermind, Kevin Feige has been requested by Marc Guggenheim and Greg Berlanti, the co-creators of Arrowverse, to reboot the franchise. Guggenheim expressed that it is now time for MCU to reboot to simplify the vast amount of content. According to him, MCU has now become way too complicated.
Guggenheim pointed out that MCU faced challenges maintaining similar success levels after the Avengers: Endgame. He said the abundant content is a potential issue, making it much more difficult for the devoted Marvel fans to keep up.
Kevin Feige Could Have Maintained MCU’s Simplicity
It was emphasized through comments during the interview that MCU’s triumph within Phases 1 to 3, it was the simple stories and content. The audience enjoyed individual movies like Captain America: The Winter Soldier or Black Panther. They didn’t need extensive knowledge of the past, which laid the foundation for future events.
Marc Guggenheim said:
“Like you mentioned ‘Winter Soldier.’ ‘Winter Soldier’ was its own movie with a beginning, middle, and end. And yet, that movie set the foundation for things that, you know it didn’t deal with Infinity Stones, but it did deal with Hydra and SHEILD and Steve Rogers’ relationship with the government and the Winter Soldier. There were a lot of pieces.
As an example, Guggenheim mentioned Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. As per him, the movie is too confusing for a casual viewer, and it will need the viewers to have watched WandaVision, streaming on Disney+, to understand the villain’s motivation.
Kevin Feige Should Consider Marc Guggenheim’s Advice
The franchise has grown exponentially with so many TV shows and films that it is becoming difficult for the casual viewers to keep up. Some fans have even argued that MCU is now too formulaic, and every movie has been following a basic structure. Marc Guggenheim is a Marvel nerd himself and yet he believes that curbing down on the content would be a good move for Marvel.
“If I was suddenly in [Marvel Studios President] Kevin Feige’s role, basically I would do what Iger was saying, which is prune the tree. You know, there’s just too much content. I’m like the biggest Marvel nerd ever, and I haven’t seen Moon Knight. I just can’t keep up. There’s just too much content.”
If arguments are considered, MCU must simplify the storytelling. It will make the movies more accessible to the casual viewers. According to him, using Avengers: Secret Wars and other movies would be the way to reboot the franchise and begin afresh.
Kevin Feige Has to Make Difficult Decisions
Guggenheim’s comment isn’t the first of them when there has been a request for MCU’s reboot. It was in 2021 when Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, said that the MCU eventually will get rebooted. However, it wasn’t the right time, as per him. Now, with Guggenheim’s advice, the audience can only wait and see if the reboot happens.
There is also the question of MCU needing or not needing the reboot. This is a complex situation as MCU has been grossing over $29.3 billion at the box office and is one of the most popular franchises. But then again, MCU’s storyline has become quite complicated in recent years.
Ultimately, all decisions lie in the hands of the mastermind of the MCU, Kevin Feige. It is up to Marvel Studios whether they want a reboot. There are pros and cons to every decision, and it is expected that the studio will soon weigh in all factors before the decision is made.
Source: The Direct
