How Marvel Studios chooses new MCU stories and characters told by the producer
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One of the guiding lights of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has explained the process by which they decide which characters will be part of the next projects. The whole franchise started over a decade ago with the 2008 one iron mana film that spawned several spin-offs and sequels with films featuring other Marvel comic book heroes such as Thor and Captain America, leading to the 2012 crossover. the avengers. This branch of the franchise was later called Phase 1 as the universe grew further and spawned more phases with more heroes, including the Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man in Phase 2, Doctor Strange and Spider- Man in Phase 3, and Shang-Chi and the Eternals in Phase 4, which consists of each post-Avengers: Endgame project that was developed from 2021 until the end of this year with the theatrical film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Disney+ Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
In the last episode of the podcast The Town with Matthew BelloniBelloni sat down Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Nate Moore, Producer and Marvel Production and Development Executive. He revealed that Marvel’s top brass has a “have a not-so-secret retreat” in Palm Springs every few years. During this retreat, they brainstorm comic book characters and stories they’d like to introduce to the MCU, usually coming up with “one or two sticks that sometimes move” and bigger franchise moves like the Infinity Gauntlet storyline and the upcoming Multiverse saga. Check out his full quote below:
[Those decisions] they are done in two different ways, to be honest. You know, every year or two we have a not-so-secret retreat, where we go to Palm Springs, usually, and we just talk about interesting characters or stories that we’d like to tell or, “Hey, if we could.” do whatever we want, what would it be? who would it be What characters haven’t we used that we’re passionate about?”
And this week there are usually one or two sticks that sometimes move, but that we are starting to be able to build on. And things like the multiverse came out of there, things like building… through Phase 3 around the Infinity Gauntlet, they came out of those discussions because people had a passion for the material. And, you know, if you think about Marvel, we’ve got over 50 years of material to pull from, so it’s not like we’re running out of ideas. If anything, there is an overwhelming amount of ideas. And it has to be someone passionate about any idea to figure out how to get it off the ground.
MCU Phase 5 Could Make Marvel’s Phase 4 Evil Focus Worth It
Marvel is currently moving into Phase 5, which will begin incorporating more and more elements of an overarching Multiverse Saga story centered around Jonathan Majors’ villain, Kang. The theatrical branch of this new phase will begin by continuing the stories of various heroes and villains inherited from the franchise in films like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The wondersi Captain America: New World Orderi throneswhile introducing a new hero leaf. The television branch, in addition to delivering more seasons of Loki i What if…?will include the Nick Fury series secret invasionthe hawk eye spin-off echothe Netflix reboot Daredevil: Born Againthe Riri Williams series iron heartand the WandaVision spin-off Agatha: Coven of Chaos.
With so much on the horizon, the franchise may be ready to overcome fan complaints about Phase 4 of the MCU. In general, people have complained that the phase has been too focused on introducing new characters, bringing tones that do not seem to dry with the Infinity saga, and in general, we do not feel that there is any push towards to a general narrative goal. However, based on what Moore has revealed, it seems that this phase was built in the same way that Phase 1 was built all those years ago. Although the elements introduced in these films seemed disparate, they all coalesced into the Infinity Saga after a short time, and even the most maligned entries became characters that fans loved.
The next projects in the Marvel Cinematic Universeincluding the avengers movies The Kang Dynasty i secret wars in Phase 6, he clearly has more of a roadmap for moving forward. Marvel has proven time and time again that they can find ways to weave each individual thread into a crossover tapestry that fans will enjoy. There will probably be detractors who prefer the storytelling of the Infinity Saga to that of the Multiverse Saga, but the Phase 4 films will almost definitely feel much more part of the franchise from a hindsight perspective.
Source: The Town with Matthew Belloni
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