Marvel's Kevin Feige Reveals What He'd Change About The MCU If He Could Time Travel; Updates BLADE's Status

Marvel's Kevin Feige Reveals What He'd Change About The MCU If He Could Time Travel; Updates BLADE's Status

"I've been very proud of almost every project we've made and every decision we've made," said Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige when asked about what he'd change about the MCU.

By MarkJulian - Jul 22, 2024 09:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool & Wolverine

With time travel and changing the past serving as a central element of the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine film, what would Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige change if he could also change the past?

In an interview with Blavity TV, it's revealed that Deadpool is struggling with whether he can rewrite the past by changing one moment and the interviewer puts that same question to Feige. If we could change the past, what's the one thing that he would alter?

Feige took some time to think about the question and it seems as if he was hesitating to even answer but he ultimately revealed, "In little ways, there's lots of things," began the prolific Marvel Studios producer.

He continued, "You can't finish a project and then look at it again and not see lots of little things that you would have done differently. In the big picture, we've been very lucky. I've been very proud of almost every project we've made and every decision we've made. I think we've not been shy by saying post-Endgame, with Disney+, there were so many new things that we brought [to the platform] in our enthusiasm to bring new characters to life."

Feige then slightly pauses and changes his line of thought as he realizes his comment may be skewing too heavily towards the negative side and remarks, "I think everything had its value but now we're looking at how do we maintain that excitement and that enthusiasm for a handful of projects a year."

Clearly, Feige thinks that Marvel Studios produced too much, too soon, when it came to the launch of Disney+. But that begs the interesting question of if Marvel actually had a do-over, what Disney+ shows wouldn't have been made?

The conversation then closes out with talks of Wesley Snipes' Blade and whether he could appear in the upcoming MCU movie, as the interviewer is a big fan of Snipes' movies.

Feige took time to share where things stand on Blade's production but also shut down any hopes of Snipes returning. "We are still committed to the movie and we're so committed that we're not going to make it until it's right. Which has been frustrating for us and for some fans because it's taken a while. But we have a new writer working on it now, I've read half of his new draft and it's feeling good so far.

"Wesley's great, Wesley's the greatest. Mahershala, is the one who came in four years ago...five years ago and said I want to play [Blade] is what this movie's about. "

In Marvel's Deadpool & Wolverine, Shawn Levy directs Hugh Jackman's Wolverine and Ryan Reynold's Deadpool in an MCU film that has been described as an epic, time-traveling, road-trip buddy film that will change the Marvel Cinematic Universe forever.

Joining Jackman and Reynolds are Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova (Professor X's evil twin), Matthew Macfadyen as the Time Variance Authority's Mr. Paradox,  Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Carlysle, Rob Delaney as Peter Wisdom,  Leslie Uggams as Blind Al,  Karan Soni as Dopinder,  Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and Shioli Kutsuna as Yukio.

Also appearing in supporting roles are Stefan Kapičić as Colossus, Lewis Tan as Shatterstar, Aaron Stanford as Pyro, Tyler Mane as Sabretooth, and Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios.

 Deadpool & Wolverine opens in North American theaters on July 26.

Deadpool & Wolverine Synopsis: Marvel Studios presents their most significant mistake to date – Deadpool & Wolverine. A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life. His days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. When his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctantlier… reluctanter? Reluctantest? He must convince a reluctant Wolverine to – [frick]. Synopses are so [frick]ing stupid.

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thedrudo
thedrudo - 7/22/2024, 9:57 AM
“Almost every project”
MuadDib
MuadDib - 7/22/2024, 10:01 AM
4-5 years ago, and we still not even close to production.

What a Joke

I hope the OG Blade shows in DP&W

ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/22/2024, 10:31 AM
@MuadDib - That's the Blade I'm excited about.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 7/22/2024, 10:51 AM
@MuadDib - back to formula
Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 7/22/2024, 11:00 AM
@MuadDib - Yes... what a joke for a film studio to take their time making sure a project is executed to a high standard...
MuadDib
MuadDib - 7/22/2024, 12:20 PM
@Tonic24k - 5 YEARS in pure development? When will they get close to production?

This isn’t an Endgame level film. It’s a Blade movie.

How long do most movies take to develop on average? At this rate, between actual filming, editing and marketing, we’ll be close to 7 years!

But you keep defending them
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 7/22/2024, 10:07 AM
"I've read half of his new draft and it's feeling good so far."

This guy REALLY knows how to endorse a project.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 7/22/2024, 10:22 AM
Feige has done a lot of great things, that can't be forgotten. But.... not being able to make a Blade movie for so long is something I'll never get. It should be one of the easiest movies to make. just literally having a badass vampire hunter killing vampires, how hard is that?
Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 7/22/2024, 11:16 AM
@Urubrodi - You're not wrong. But I also think it's probably a lot easier said than done.

Personally, I think they should hire someone that knows how to write and direct martial arts / gunplay films. The vampire hunting element can simply be the outer layer aesthetic and underlying story that ties into the supernatural corner of the Marvel lore.

But yeah, who knows what's really going on behind the scenes. They just need to get it right and not feel rushed.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 7/22/2024, 11:23 AM
@Tonic24k - I mean of course it needs a decent plot, but this in my opinion should be like the John Wick type of movie from Marvel (with a supernatural spin of course). The main focus should be on the action, just like Blade 1 and 2 (let's forget that Trinity happened). I just think they overly complicating something that should have been one of their most straightforward movies yet.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 7/22/2024, 11:32 AM
@Urubrodi - How many mediocre action movies come out every year, where the one and only hook is "a badass character does badass things"? Even the most straightforward action movie needs a good script.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 7/22/2024, 11:44 AM
@Urubrodi - it shouldn't be too hard to nail the basic concepts, but I do think it's hard to find an angle that is compelling and not done before
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 7/22/2024, 11:53 AM
@FinnishDude - As I already said, it should have a decent story, but Blade is not the most complex character out there, a deep story is not required. At least in my case I like the original movies because of the action scenes and because Snipes was cool as the character.
Radders
Radders - 7/26/2024, 8:47 AM
@Urubrodi - They need to find a way to insert his daughter and sideline him, that takes some thinking about
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 7/26/2024, 11:17 AM
@Radders - that’s the thing though, there shouldn’t be a daughter in his very first MCU film imo
Radders
Radders - 7/29/2024, 8:41 AM
@Urubrodi - Completely agree but its current day MCU
AC1
AC1 - 7/22/2024, 10:23 AM
We all know the biggest MCU mistake was dying Chris Hemsworth's eyebrows in the first Thor movie
Fogs
Fogs - 7/22/2024, 10:44 AM
@AC1 - Ha, it's hard not to see once you notice it.
ItsNotForMeWahh
ItsNotForMeWahh - 7/22/2024, 1:03 PM
@AC1 - I genuinely want a phase 1-3 remaster where they fix Thanos and a few other CGI issues but most importantly fix his damn eyebrows
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/22/2024, 10:37 AM
I’m sure any creative or producer that gives a damn for pretty much every project when they watch it feels like they could improve things , but it small but ultimately comes down to time & money.

I still think while the Phases and individual projects have had their own issues , I still think all of them had enjoyable qualities to varying degrees (yes , even Secret Invasion haha).

Also , Feige trying to be diplomatic as possible is fun to watch lol
Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 7/22/2024, 11:21 AM
@TheVisionary25 - Secret Invasion really did have some high quality moments. They just under-paced it and gave us a messy landing. It ultimately fell short of my expectations but still net positive by a small margin for me.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/22/2024, 11:50 AM
@Tonic24k - I definitely agree about the finale

The character moments and Gravik were the highlight for me.
Fogs
Fogs - 7/22/2024, 10:43 AM
Well, at least he knows they dropped after EG. Let's see if they can get their shit back together.
SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 7/22/2024, 11:18 AM
I think, more than anything else, the biggest issue has been a lesser emphasis on the interconnectivity of the multiverse saga. I get that they wanted to expand without making the audience feel like they needed to do homework to catch up, but the result is a bit of a disjointed mess. I thought the infinity saga handled it well with the infinity stones connecting the various stories, as well as the assembling of the avengers being the driving force of phase 1.

The multiverse saga should have been two things: 1) The passing of torches and assembly of the new Avengers team, and 2) connected inciting incidents that pull characters to and from different universes

We got half of both of those. We saw the passing of torches, but nothing has been done to establish a new Avengers dynamic. That would have been fine in phase 4, if the culmination of the phase was pulling a team together for something. It didn’t even have to be an Avengers team. Just something. And then we got inciting incidents that introduced multiversal elements to the MCU, but they were all seemingly random yet happening at roughly the same time. There should have been some sort of domino effect at the very least, starting with the end of Loki season 1.

You have to be able to see the bigger picture of the multiverse saga, but so far it just feels like a series of unconnected happenings. What’s it all building towards? Yea, I know Secret Wars, but I shouldn’t have to wait for an official announcement of a project to see the big picture.
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