In an interview with
Comic Book Resources, the comic book writer was quizzed about how exactly the technicalities of linking these movies together works, whether they're planting seeds for
The Avengers and beyond as well as who it is that makes the decisions. For the full interview with both Craig Kyle and Chris Yost, be sure to click on the link at the bottom of this page!
Craig, I know you can't say much about the "Thor" movie, but I'm just curious if you can tell me anything about the coordination between the Marvel films. Between the Infinity Gauntlet and Cosmic Cube appearing in "Thor" and "Captain America" (respectively), it seems you're planting seeds for something bigger down the line. Is there a "brain trust" behind all the films asking you to plant X, Y, and Z so that they'll get picked up in the "Avengers" film? And who specifically are the people making these decisions?
"I think it's safe to say that Kevin Feige was the one who broke the idea of really kind of doing a cinematic universe like we have in the comic books. Fans love visiting all the corners of the Marvel U in different books, and Kevin knows that. Now there's many creative people involved in the process and lots of great people helping give us feedback as we develop each level of the films."
"At a certain point, Joe Quesada comes in, Dan Buckley, Brian Michael Bendis, Alan Fine. Then we have the other folks who are working on each individual movie coming in - Jeremy Latcham, Stephen Broussard. These are all guys that oversee the various films, and Louis (D'Esposito) who runs Marvel Studios with Kevin."
"So you've got a lot of talented, passionate people that are working to make great individual films, while Kevin is kind of keeping an eye on the larger story for the Marvel cinematic universe. You kind of need that one person guiding us, otherwise it gets to be a bit of a cluster[frick]. He's also the first to remind us that we have to make a great movie on its own, otherwise the little pieces we've seeded for other films aren't going to matter because they're never going to make them. That's kind of the long and short answer."
Thor is set for release on May 20, 2011;
Captain America: The First Avenger will hit cinemas on July 22, 2011 and
The Avengers will finally make their way to the big screen on May 4, 2012!
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