Kevin Feige Explains How Marvel Is Dealing With Internet Leaks, Rumors and Misinformation

Kevin Feige Explains How Marvel Is Dealing With Internet Leaks, Rumors and Misinformation

While a boat load of Marvel news is being released online today from Entertainment Weekly, over at /Film, Kevin Feige explains how Marvel Studios deals with scoops, rumors and (supposed) leaks..*cough cough*...Planet Hulk...

By JasonBourneCBM - May 02, 2013 01:05 PM EST
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Source: Slashfilm



In a recent interview, the Marvel Studios boss reveals his mild annoyance when he reads things that have been leaked online whether it's true or false. Here is the interview via SlashFilm:

Reporter: You’re a very internet-savvy guy and it seems like you’re reading everything… There’s a lot of sites up there reporting leaks or rumors or sometimes even misinformation. I wanted to get your thoughts on “How does Marvel deal with this” in an age when sharing information on the internet is becoming unstoppable.

Kevin Feige: What are you talking about? Latino Review?

Reporter: Nobody specifically. Really just interested in how Marvel Studios is evolving to handle the internet as a whole…

Kevin Feige: How would you “punish” them if you were us?

Reporter: Its an interesting question. I think the only thing you could probably do is exclude them — don’t give them access. Don’t invite them to set visits, to junkets. But I don’t know, info is always going to get out there and someones always going to be posting it.

Kevin Feige: Here’s what I will say, since X-men one frankly, where a photo was stolen off a wardrobe thing and it was the very first look of Hugh Jackman in costume as him under flourescents… it looked awful. (Laughs) It was just like “Oh, this is the world we are living in. This is the reality.” So we’ve always just accepted it. Spy pictures will leak and we used to try to run ahead and put out a cool picture first. Now if we have a cool picture we will put it out, but if we don’t, that’s okay[...] Misinformation… You know, it gets a little annoying when somebody is like “This is what’s happening! This is what Kevin Feige is doing!” It’s annoying when they are right and it’s equally annoying when they are wrong, because everybody passes it. “Planet Hulk is the next thing” and everybody talks about it and you’re just like “Okay, but you’ll be disappointed if you’re expecting it.”

Feige was apparently joined by Iron Man 3 Director, Shane Black who is smirking and says "It’s like Iron Man flying off to see The Guardians at the end of this one…"

Feige agrees with Shane Black saying "Exactly, but then again, nobody knew about Redford until we announced it. Nobody knew about what you know now having seen Iron Man 3, so as long as there are secrets that big that are still being kept, I know it’s nobody in the inner circle. Does that make sense?"

Marvel Studios seems to know what they are doing when it comes down to things beings leaked online by various sources (Latino Review).

Source: SlashFilm
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Comicbookman1
Comicbookman1 - 5/2/2013, 12:22 PM
GOOD STUFF MAN!!!
TheManFromMars
TheManFromMars - 5/2/2013, 12:25 PM
LatinoReview burn!
Hellsing
Hellsing - 5/2/2013, 12:26 PM
it was so [frick]ing awesome seeing tony stark fly off in to space! so [frick]ing awesome...oh wait that didn't happen.
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 5/2/2013, 12:27 PM
Lol the fact that he mentions them means they're getting to him. Planet Hulk will happen.
maryboo
maryboo - 5/2/2013, 12:28 PM
Ha, I love how he puts Latino Review on the spot.
LordoftheThrones26
LordoftheThrones26 - 5/2/2013, 12:31 PM
Screw Latino review and their false news! Im glad Planet Hulk isnt happenung id rather see a Hulk movie with Leader Abomination and a MUSTACHED Red Hulk!
baldric33
baldric33 - 5/2/2013, 12:32 PM
Planet Hulk isn't happening, but Feige is probably annoyed about constantly being asked questions about the garbage that th moron known as "El Mayimbe" is always spreading around.
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 5/2/2013, 12:34 PM
Can't wait till it happens so I can laugh at you [frick]ing morons. He's been right wayyyy more than he's been wrong.
Knightrider
Knightrider - 5/2/2013, 12:37 PM
Although having Stark try to contact other life forms could have been good. Maybe not flying out into space, but maybe sending a signal out into deep space after combining alien tech with one of his own Stark satellites.

Just felt the after credits scene for this one was pointless didn't feel it was building towards anything it was just kinda there because it is traditional for Marvel to have one.
baldric33
baldric33 - 5/2/2013, 12:40 PM
Well, at least that's what he tells you, but he's also pretty quick to remove evidence of when he's wrong. Never trust anybody that throuws a bunch of crap against the wall and when the wrong just proclaim it's the nature of the business for things to change. The guy is like one of those laughable television psychics.
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 5/2/2013, 12:43 PM
He jumps the gun a few times but he's the first to debunk his own stories, atleast he has the balls to do that. He's only been wrong about twice.
Knightrider
Knightrider - 5/2/2013, 12:46 PM
I have found with the recents "scoops" by Latino Review they've put info out there like Planet Hulk for phase 3, or JLA movie to have Bale.

Then about a week or so later they then have the scoop that these things are "no longer happening" even though they probably were never happening in the first place.
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 5/2/2013, 1:13 PM
Feige just curbstomped El Maybe.
Abary
Abary - 5/2/2013, 1:39 PM
Ultron, Thanos, MOE, Kang, Skrulls, Civil War... There are too many great stories to do before even CONSIDERING World War Hulk.
Benjamitesandwich
Benjamitesandwich - 5/2/2013, 1:45 PM
If that's the case, then fingers crossed that Latino Review doesn't mention Adam Warlock (hopefully) being in Guardians of the Galaxy.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 5/2/2013, 1:55 PM
How about you [frick]ing release the movie on May 3rd worldwide and no early viewing bullshit. That will stop the spoilers.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 5/2/2013, 1:59 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939
PREACH
RamonSuarez
RamonSuarez - 5/2/2013, 2:03 PM
El Mayimbe is all over Feige's radar screen. Which means the leaks have been plumbed.
pintoman
pintoman - 5/2/2013, 2:04 PM
Yeah...someone, somewhere ask him why the heck the films are not released the same day, world-wide.
thebearjew
thebearjew - 5/2/2013, 2:05 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 EXACTLY! If its getting an early release ANYWHERE it should be here in the US OF A iron mans an american character created right here in the states
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 5/2/2013, 2:23 PM
@Gusto

That is 1 [frick]ed up dude! That [frick] must have a headache when he wakes up....shit i've got a headache looking at him.
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 5/2/2013, 2:25 PM
@indigobolt956

Yeah....saw it last week...sorry bud...I'm from England.
Minato
Minato - 5/2/2013, 3:37 PM
If latino review gets a bad enough rep on this site bet there will be a troll with that name in no time.
TheOneAboveAll
TheOneAboveAll - 5/2/2013, 4:00 PM
Once Marvel gets all together I would personally love to see the Civil War story arc done in live-action.
nach1wan
nach1wan - 5/2/2013, 4:01 PM
i'll say... they were extremely smart with iron man 3 regarding disinformation
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/2/2013, 4:02 PM
i hope kevin feige vists this site,then he'll know how many of us feel about his stupid twist in iron man 3.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 5/2/2013, 4:33 PM
@ Marvel 72 Ouch!!!! Well the truth hurts, but I am sure he is noticing RT right now! Awwww no he is not he is making freaking bank on this movie!!!!!
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 5/2/2013, 4:41 PM
Latino Review is so freaking done!
ruadh
ruadh - 5/2/2013, 5:33 PM
Real fans, which are simply a drop in the bucket of the box office take...
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/2/2013, 5:48 PM
@ JoeMomma29

i really liked how they did the mandarin up until the big reveal.

KEVIN FEIGE NO MORE TWISTS!
CaptainHulk3
CaptainHulk3 - 5/2/2013, 6:00 PM
NO PLANET HULK!!!!!!! Great story! But needs to be rated R! Leave the HULK alone except for more funny & more SMASH!!!!!
CaptainHulk3
CaptainHulk3 - 5/2/2013, 6:03 PM
KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG!
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