In looking at the future of comic book movies, what will the landscape look like in 10 years? The
DCEU is just getting off the ground with
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. A slew of films are planned to follow but if
Dawn of Justice disappoints, WB may elect to scale back its aggressive slate. 20th Century Fox is steady with its
X-Men franchise but Hugh Jackman is preparing to hang up the claws and
Gambit looks to have about a 50/50 chance of getting off the ground. Lets not even discuss
Fantastic Four. We could easily have a future where WB and Fox fail to rise up and challenge Marvel for box office supremacy. Would that cause Kevin Feige and company to feel "bullish" and increase their output of MCU films past three-a-year? Perhaps say, one per quarter?
Speaking to /Film, Feige stated that he's not sure that they'll ever go past three films a year and that discussions are currently happening to revive the
Marvel One-Shots.
"We talk about [One-Shots] a lot actually, because when you have tables like that (lots of potential storylines, most unexplored in the finished film), and we go, What are we going to do with Howard (the Duck)? What are we going to do with Cosmo? We should do a one shot with Michael Pena. I mean, the universe is big. We’re moving up to three movies a year and I’m not sure how much beyond that we can go so the one shots are great for: oh we have this great idea, wouldn’t it be fun to see… We talk about it a lot. We’re a relatively small team. We’re comfortable doing three movies a year so its just about finding the time and the place. But we have a backlog of ideas."
Feige also commented on when fans can expect casting for Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 and Doctor Strange to be officially announced by Marvel. "I think it will be pretty quickly. There will be a slew of casting announcements over the next few months. Before the end of the year on those two films and some other films."