WithCaptain Marvelopening in theaters this weekend, I recently sat down with Marvel Studios PresidentKevin Feigefor an exclusive interview.
Collider: The de-aging technology you used inCaptain Marvelis crazy.
Peggy Carter, we did in the top of the firstAnt-Manfilm.
But we got to the point in later stages of finishing this movie, where we forgot.
Where we were just used to it.
FEIGE: We love period pieces.
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FEIGE: Yes, we are.
Finishing out these 23 MCU movies.
We have a grand plan going forward.
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We want to talk about it afterEndgameandFar From Home.
But as we’ve already confirmed and said, it’s James' draft.
I do want to do one follow up on that.
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You are developingGuardians of the Galaxy 3.
You’re using James' script, but James is not coming back to direct it.
I mean, when it was pushed back, it was pushed back.
And I heard the title,Endgame, I’m like, “What?
But that had been the title of the movie from the moment we conceived of doing the two films.
In large part, because…it’s seeded right there.
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I mean, it’s seeded inUltron.
FEIGE: We’re gonna release the movie at the exact right running time.
I’m telling you this, it’s gonna be perfect.
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It’s gonna be the exact running time that the movie needs to be.
Do you think it’ll be close to three hours?
Every movie should feel like it’s an hour and 45 minutes.
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Now, some movies can be 90 minutes and feel like they’re four hours.
And some movies can be three and a half hours and feel like 90 minutes.
So for us, that’s what it …
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It’s, “how does it feel?”
And every version ofEndgamethus far, and the ones that we’re honing in on, feel very good.
Listen, there is not one scene in Infinity War that’s wasted.
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FEIGE: You’re 100% correct.
So you’re saying that there’s a chance it’s three hours?
FEIGE: Well, should it be…you want it to be four hours?
What if it was five hours?
I think running times get way too much attention pre-release of films.
How long wasInfinity War?
I think it was like two thirty?
FEIGE: There’s a lot of story.
And that is something that means a lot.
We’ve been very lucky.
But seeing returning characters is certainly something we’re gonna do and want to do.
You were asking about ’60s, and ’70s before.
Your time right now, I’m sure, is maxed out to the Nth degree.
How are you gonna be introducing the Disney+ stuff to your schedule as it currently exists?
It’s working out very well.
You know some of them, Victoria Alonso and Louis D’esposito.
And the team was overjoyed at the notion of being able to have another outlet to tell stories.
FEIGE: All the above, yeah.
Because we’ve been able to weave them.
Marvel properties have shown to be the most popular thing around the world in terms of theatrical box office.
FEIGE: We’ll be doing movies, MCU movies that will be theatrical.
We’ll be doing a series that will be Disney+.
FEIGE: Jon Watts has done a tremendous job.
We’re still in the first third of post, maybe entering the first half of post.
So farI’m knocking on woodso far, so good.
Captain Marvelis in theaters this weekend.
