Marvel Studios Crisis: Everything You Need To Know About The Creative Shakeup
1. When Will We See The Effects?
The directly upcoming films will still bear the marks of the old guard. Civil War won't be going through any radical changes at this point, but hopefully Joe and Anthony Russo can still ride the wave of delivering on The Winter Soldier. Doctor Strange has likely also been influenced by Perlmutter and the Creative Committee, though it could always see an increase in budget and some minor freeing changes now.
2017 will likely bring about our first clear look at whether or not the MCU benefits from the absence of the Committee, with the Guardians Of The Galaxy sequel, Spider-Man and Thor: Ragnarok on the way, though it's hard to believe that Feige would suddenly assert an iron grip to keep creativity from flourishing after he lobbied so hard to get out from under Perlmutter.
On the television side of things, however, Marvel TV's head Jeph Loeb still answers to Perlmutter, with a Creative Committee that THR says includes Dan Buckley and Joe Quesada still in place "for continuity purposes as some coordination and cooperation is required for Marvel's film, TV, comic book and merchandising arms to capitalise on projects and events."
Long story short, everyone seems to agree that the film division's separation from Perlmutter and the Creative Committee is for the best, leaving us with our fingers crossed that Feige can now give future directors and creative teams the freedom to make the kinds of films they really want to make. Whatever happens, this shake-up is a huge moment for Marvel Studios going forward and it's hard not to be excited to see what comes next.
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