Recently, after the screening of "Falcon and winter soldier", Marvel released a blockbuster news.
Captain America will develop a fourth installment, but it's currently in tight condition and the director is unknown.
Later, the extranet media Deadline exposed the exclusive news, saying that the original US team actor Chris Evans was already discussing the return with Marvel.
However, the news pointed out that Evans was discussing another project other than "American Team 4".
But in any case, it seems that the return of the original US team to the Marvel Universe can basically be said to be a nail in the coffin.
Speaking of which, there may be children's shoes that scold Marvel for eating too ugly.
"Reunion 4" gave the US team such a perfect retreat ending, even the shield was handed over, and now it has pulled people back.
Come and go, the last three stages of the "Infinite Legend" story, co-authored to die Stark one? Just Downey ran away alone?
In fact, the planning and projects of the Marvel Universe have always been very clear and clear.
Including the news released at various comic shows after "Reunion 4", there is no mention of "Captain America 4".
In other words, "Team 4" is not actually a project originally planned, but later, and may even be a temporary addition recently.
So the question is again, why does Marvel want to temporarily add items to develop "American Team 4"?
To be honest, this is really a last resort.
Why?
In fact, there have been various new news on many of Marvel's projects recently.
For example, "Shangqi" has a trailer, and "Black Panther 2" is about to start filming.
"Doctor Strange 2" "leaked" spoilers, "Eternals" released the full image and open peripheral trading, and so on.
But there is only one hero who seems to be hidden by God.
who? The answer is Captain Marvel.
Like when this character first came out, it was simply a collection of Marvel's thousands of favorites.
President Kevin Feige has always said that she is the hope of the avengers of the whole village, what is the strongest Avenger, the leader of the future Marvel, the benchmark that highlights the powerful power of women, and so on.
However, now there are news from various other projects, but this Captain Marvel has not made any noise at all.
Even some foreign media can't stand it, so they grasped a little wind and said that the subtitle of "Captain Marvel 2" was formulated, but later found that the subtitle was "Ant-Man 3".
Why?
The reason is also very simple, the role of Captain Marvel, the popularity of passers-by is really too poor.
Don't look at her personal film box office is very high, as high as more than 1.1 billion US dollars worldwide, but that is also because of the bundle of "Avengers 4" publicity.
Her solo films, with an audience popcorn index of just over 40 percent, are the worst in the Marvel Universe.
And before its release, it was even boycotted by many white male audiences in North America.
Even if it is placed in the interior, Captain Marvel's passers-by are not very good.
Most children's shoes think that her appearance is too general, and her personality is not pleasing, basically just treating her as a tool with explosive combat strength.
Of course, the reason why the character of Captain Marvel is so poor is inseparable from the various low emotional intelligence operations of actor Brie Larson.
Including but not limited to all kinds of indiscriminate attacks on male audiences, selling dedicated people to be punched in the face, not saying a word to intimidate the audience, Stan Lee's death after the release of stilted Erlang legs photos, etc.
In a video released by Larson on YouTube before, there were 130,000 pedals, which is rare among all stars.
Not to mention the gossip that due to the actress's excessive remarks, she received a lot of death threats, and Disney had to invest more security forces in her, which cost her a lot.
Originally, Marvel wanted Captain Marvel to serve as the leader of the "Infinite Legend", the captain captain, and the natural successor was the class of the US team.
However, can such a poorly popular character accomplish this task?
In North America, the world's largest film market, Captain Marvel offended the vast majority of male audiences.
The mainland market, the world's second largest film market, Captain Marvel is also not pleasing, and many people have no feelings for her.
The audience in the first and second markets did not buy it, how did this Captain Marvel still play the so-called leading figure? What army to lead? How to get it?
Of course, if Captain Marvel alone has a problem, forget it.
The problem is that the situation for other heroes is not very optimistic.
The death of the male protagonist of "Black Panther", resulting in whether to change the role or pass the title of "Black Panther" to other characters, has cost Marvel a lot of brain cells, and no matter how to do it, it is risky.
Not to mention "Shangqi", which originally wanted to stabilize the mainland market with this film, but now look at the resistance of the mainland masses.
In this case, you have to say that Marvel can still be as comfortable as when Iron Man and the US team sat down before, which is impossible.
Developing "Team America 4" and inviting Chris Evans to return is an obvious "eat old" operation.
The purpose is also very obvious, that is, to rely on the old role to stabilize the beginning of the fourth stage.
Although Evans is currently discussing another project other than "Us Team 4", it is not excluded that he is discussing "multiple projects", and as long as he continues to appear in the Marvel Universe, it can basically play a role.
There may be children's shoes will question, since you want to eat the old ben, why not simply let Iron Man also return?
That's because this eating the old book, not to say that the old characters are carrying a movie universe again, it's just an insurance.
Just in case the new heroes really can't do it, at least there are old characters to brush their faces and support themselves, so that they have other time to think about countermeasures.
And the role of Iron Man, if it returns, it must be in the C position.
In fact, Iron Man does have the possibility of returning, but it must also be used as a last resort.
That is to say, if Marvel's fourth stage really pounces, then Downey is indeed likely to return.
But now it is still impossible for the time being, let Downey return, how much will that film pay?
It's not that Marvel isn't bad at money, but if it costs that much money, Iron Man should continue to be in the C position to reach his value.
Can't you spend tens of millions of dollars, ask Downey to come back, and then focus on the new heroes, right? What's the loss?
On the contrary, Captain America is much more suitable for the price, and actor Chris Evans is paid much less than Downey.
And the role of the US team, whether in North America or the mainland, is also very popular, although not as good as Iron Man, but also higher than most members of the Avengers.
Of course, Marvel relies on the IP influence and popularity laid by more than 20 previous movies, and the chassis is still there.
But that doesn't mean the next path will be better.
After all, it is very difficult to create a movie universe, otherwise there are so many movie universes in Hollywood, and there will be few that will not succeed.
Let's see what will happen to Marvel in the future.