10 Things You Didn't Know About The Marvel Cinematic Universe

6. The Criteria For Hiring MCU Directors Is That They Have To Have Made "Something Singularly Sort Of Awesome"

Have you ever sat down to a MCU movie and wondered why Kenneth Branagh or those guys who directed a bunch of Community episodes are helming some of the biggest blockbusters ever made? Us, too. Thing is: that's precisely the reaction that Marvel Studios are going for, apparently. They're purposely looking for directors who can help them to break the mould - to move things into unique and innovative territories. "You don't have to have directed a big, giant visual-effects movie to do a big, giant visual-effects movie for us. You just have to have done something singularly sort of awesome," said Kevin Fiege on the matter. "It's worked out well for us when we've taken people that have done very, very good things. Very rarely are one of those good things blockbuster superhero movies." The criteria is pretty simple, then: be notably awesome.