James Gunn says that the company’s mandate has “killed” Marvel Studios; Reveals the probability of the MCU cross / DCU future
It is not a secret for anyone that the multiverse saga saw Marvel Studios fight to resume the success he found with the Infinity saga. There have been critical and commercial disappointments in theaters and streaming, with a large part of the blame for that placed at the feet of the old CEO of Disney, Bob Chapek.
He put pressure on Kevin Feige to produce an increased number of theatrical and Disney +titles, stretching the thin executive. This has also led to a level of MCU fatigue created by too many stories for people to follow and an abundance of superhero content.
Marvel Studios tries to solve properly, although it is easier to say than to do if Thunderbolts * is all indication. The film has received glowing criticism, but it will not be able to break even when its race for the box office will end. Now all hopes are pinned over the Fantastic Four: First steps to succeed.
Rolling Stone put Galaxy goalkeepers DC DC DC Studios James Gunn Superman And The fantastic four, Although the filmmaker was not inclined to agree.
“Maybe. But do you really think they are similar? I really kiss the money’s age of all this, but I don’t think it’s so stylized, or at least not stylized in the same way,” He has countered. “And it’s not as retro. There are retro-future aspects, because we have a daily planet with a large [frick]badge [globe]. And robots, machinery. So I can see where there are certain similarities. “”
When Marvel’s difficulties were discussed, Gunn said, “”[Longtime Marvel executive producer] Louis [D’Esposito] said [they put out too much stuff] In private for me. I don’t even know if it’s really their fault. It was not fair. It was not good. And it killed them. “”
“We must deal with each project as if we were lucky. We do not have the mandate to have a certain amount of films and television programs every year” “ He said the way DC Studios’s approach differs. “So we are going to get out everything we think of the highest quality. We will obviously do good things and things not so good, but I hope that in average, everything will be as high as possible.”
Superhero films are no longer guaranteed to be $ 1 billion, and it is not lost on Gunn. Many fans believe that it is inevitable that Marvel and DC are ultimately forced to associate with a crossing film intended to rekindle the interest in gender.
For Gunn, the idea of the two collision worlds on the screen concerns less the revenues of the box office and more on its own fandom and what is best for these characters.
“We talked about it a billion times. It could easily happen, but simultaneously, I think it would be interesting. But I also think that people are a little above. I think people want to see good stories with their superheroes and that’s what matters. Do it if it’s shit.
“I made Superman because I liked the character. And I was delighted to write this film. If I had to write a superman-Versus-Spider-Man film, is it a concept that I am going to be” oh, yes, it could be a big film “or am I doing it because” oh, yes, people want to see Superman and Spider-Man Team Up “? Be great, if we cash Grab, because I’m just not in there. “
Will we have a MCU / DCU crossover? It is clearly not outside the field of possibility, but does not seem to be a priority for one or the other studio at the moment. Depending on how the next few years are going, it can change at any time.
In the meantime, Marvel Studios remains focused on the return to his old glory and Gunn, seeking to establish the DCU as a success after the many failures of the DCEU.
