Recently, a personnel appointment has sparked heated discussions among superhero movie fans.
"Rollover" James Gunn and producer Peter Safran have been named co-CEOs of DC Studios, and the two will officially take up their duties in November.
Just the day before yesterday, the rolling guide on the first day of work also specially sent a personal dynamic, with the text "First day, new job", with pictures from the "Superman" comics.
As a new division to replace the original DC Films, the establishment of DC Pictures marks Warner's official "soft reboot" of DCEU. The new head Roller Director and Safran will replace former CEO Walter Hamada (4 years) and be responsible for content creative planning and production respectively.
After Scroll took over DC Pictures, he announced 5 characters that will be focused on next, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Harley Quinn.
It is worth noting that the ongoing production of "Joker 2" and Robert Pattinson's version of the "New Batman" series are not within the scope of responsibility of the roller guide because they belong to different cosmological views.
The topic of who can become the new head of DC has been discussed in the industry for a long time.
Previously, "Variety" magazine has exposed that Warner especially hopes to find a "talking person" for DC who can understand both comic book content and strategy like Kevin Feige, after all, the current DC universe is obviously insufficient planning, and the style of the work is also somewhat chaotic.
After the rolling guide took Warner's olive branch, owner Feige also expressed his views recently.
Director Rolling just married actress Jennifer Holland in October this year
Feige said that the rolling director has done a very good job at Marvel (the "Guardians of the Galaxy" series grossed $1.6 billion worldwide), and he still has work to complete (referring to the editing and promotion of "Guardians of the Galaxy 3"), after which he is looking forward to seeing his results in DC.
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The roller director responded that he told Feige as soon as he decided to join DC, and the two can be said to trust each other and support each other.
Next, it depends on how James Gunn, who broke away from the "Marvel Production", revitalizes DC Pictures as the new president, and he will also advance from Kevin Feige's subordinate to a competitor, with great responsibilities and of course, the pressure is not small.
Warner benchmarked Kevin Feige with roller guides, which is a recognition of rolling guides, but it also further confirms Kevin Feige's influence in the industry from the side, and he is really a strong opponent that can not be expected.
From an obsessed otaku to a top producer of Marvel, this legendary life of Kevin Feige will take you back today.
Born in Boston in 1973, Feige grew up with an introverted personality and few playmates, and his favorite places in childhood were comic book stores and movie theaters.
Marvel comics such as Fantastic Four and X-Men, Linda Carter's version of "Wonder Woman" (1975), Bill Beckby's version of "Hulk" (1977), etc., all deeply attracted the young Feige.
But what really made him yearn for the film industry was "Superman" starring Christopher Reeve in 1978.
40 years after the release of the movie, Feige will still say in public that "Richard Downer's "Superman" is a monument we still need to follow", and he even believes that whether the DC universe can be revived today, the secret is hidden in this version of "Superman".
Feige prefers science fiction and adventure films, and he has brushed many times "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Indiana Jones" and other blockbusters.
Like the average movie fan, he also loves to collect movie ticket stubs and search the city for the best cinemas.
More attentive than ordinary movie fans, he likes to write down the movies he has seen in his diary, including the content of the film, the viewing time, the number of movies, the theater sound system, etc.
When he graduated from high school, Feige chose to apply for the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, and his idols Spielberg, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis ("Back to the Future" trilogy) and other famous directors graduated from here.
Lucas (left) and Spielberg (right) on the set of Indiana Jones
Six years, six applications, and almost changing careers after repeated blows, Feige was finally accepted to the college.
In college, Feige focused more on characters and stories than his classmates' study of Hollywood business rules. Near graduation, he continued to fight for an internship at Donners' Company.
The founder of this production company is none other than the 1978 version of "Superman" director Richard Downer and his wife Lauren Schuler.
Richard Downer passed away in July 2021
Feige knew that this was the company of the idol Donner and was very excited, but he rarely saw Donner, but Schuler, took Feige to the set to learn about the filmmaking process.
After graduating, Fitch became Schuler's assistant and participated in the production of the famous disaster film "Melting City of Fire" (1997).
Schuler admired the 20-something young man, and Feige himself was a comic book fan, so he participated in a super-British film produced by Fox, and for the first time received the signature of "co-producer".
This was the 2000 release of "X-Men," which completely changed Feige's fate.
Avi Allard, then president of Marvel Studios (the first producer of "X-Men"), found that Feige was very fond of Marvel Comics, so he poached Feige into Marvel Studios, making Feige gradually become the second-in-command.
In 2006, Allard left Marvel to set up his own business, and the 33-year-old Feige became the head of Marvel Studios, responsible for the planning, development and promotion of all MCU projects.
During this period, there was also a major event related to the life and death of Marvel Studios, that is, the preparation of the first "Iron Man".
Previously, Marvel Studios made a living by selling character copyrights, and the income was constrained by Hollywood companies such as Fox ("X-Men", "Fantastic Four"), Sony ("Spider-Man"), Universal ("Hulk"), "Iron Man" is Marvel Studios' first self-financed superhero blockbuster.
To this end, Marvel Studios secured more than $500 million in loans from banks with the copyright of its important superhero characters, and if the entrepreneurial work "Iron Man" fails, Marvel Studios may collapse.
Feiqili was in charge, insisting that Robert Downey Jr., who was scandal-ridden at the time, play Iron Man, and use director Jon Favreau, who has only made a few bad films, to direct. In the end, this movie that no one likes won nearly $600 million at the box office at a cost of $140 million.
At the end of the film, Feige arranged a surprise "Avengers Project" Easter egg for the audience, and while fans were excited in the theater, the commercial map of the Marvel Cinematic Universe officially opened.
Feige led to his own unique film narrative technique - "cross-pollination", that is, to build the world network of MCUs with endless linkage between superhero characters.
Feige began to really take the helm of Marvel Studios, but still experienced some twists and turns.
For example, when preparing for the filming of "Captain America 3: Civil War", there was also a "civil war" within the Marvel leadership.
Marvel Entertainment President Permatt thought that Downey's salary was too high, so he asked "Captain America 3" to delete all the scenes of Iron Man, and Feige, as a subordinate, never agreed.
It was not until August 2015, when Marvel Studios became independent of Marvel Entertainment, and Feige could report directly to the chairman of Disney and was no longer subject to Perlmat, that the "civil war" was declared over.
Before Marvel Studios became independent, Perlmatt had always suppressed Feige, conservatively he repeatedly denied the diversity of the MCU, such as not allowing black superheroes ("Black Panther") and female superheroes ("Captain Marvel").
This made Feige intend to leave Marvel and contact with the Warner executives to which DC belongs.
And just at the beginning of this year, Warner executives still tried to poach Feige to DC Pictures, but Feige declined.
On the one hand, because Feige already has a deep affection and complete voice in Marvel Studios, on the other hand, the new owner Disney has also given him a lot of autonomy.
In addition to continuing to dominate the sprawling Marvel Universe (with some headwinds at the moment, of course), he will also be responsible for the new Star Wars franchise.
Star Wars Prequel 1 (1999) was brushed 13 times by Feige
You know, Feige is a hardcore fan of Star Wars, such as the classic "Broken Hand Terrier" in the Star Wars series is paid tribute to in N Marvel movies.
Luke's broken hand in Star Wars 2: The Empire Strikes Back
Now after completing the comic/comic book movie dream, Kevin Feige naturally has to invest a lot of energy in the face of the comic/comic book movie dream, and with the opportunity to personally continue to write his favorite "Star Wars" IP, coupled with the heavy responsibility of Marvel's fifth and sixth phases, he should not leave Disney for a long time in the future.
"Ant-Man 3"
In short, from fans, fans, to MCU and Star Wars heads, Feige has perfectly interpreted the importance of love and courage in life along the way.
Today, Feige and Rolling Director, who are also well versed in content, are in charge of the MCU and DCEU respectively, and the two giants in the super-British film field are tentatively determined.
Who will go further and better in the future is worth watching, fans have a "good show" to watch.
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