Kevin Feige Reveals His Next Moves After ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

In 2008, Marvel Studios released Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr., which, while a critical and financial success, is best known for launching the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)—the most cohesive cinematic saga in history. Since then, the MCU has become a staple of modern blockbuster cinema. Even with a recent dip in viewership, the MCU remains strong, especially following the acquisition of X-Men character rights, which paved the way for Deadpool & Wolverine.

The mastermind behind this expansive project is producer Kevin Feige. His creative vision and direction have been pivotal in shaping the MCU and defining the contemporary superhero genre, making his perspective highly influential.

In a recent interview with SlashFilm, Feige addressed key questions about the hit film Deadpool & Wolverine, sharing intriguing details about its production, the influences behind it, and what’s on the horizon.

In this exclusive interview, Kevin Feige shared fascinating details about the movie and its production. A particularly intriguing topic was what Feige plans to work on after Deadpool & Wolverine. Here’s what he revealed:

So, Kevin, you and Hugh Jackman have this neat shared history going back to the first “X-Men” movie. Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy have talked a lot about the saga of getting him involved in this movie, turning it from “Deadpool 3” to “Deadpool & Wolverine” and how the whole movie clicked into place. Did you ever reach out personally, using that connection that you had with Hugh, to bring him on board and give him that final push?

No. No, I didn’t. I had met with Hugh a few years before that, when Disney had bought Fox and “Logan” had just come out and we were working on “Infinity War” and “Endgame,” where I was trying to find a great ending for Tony Stark the way “Logan” had a great ending. And I had said to Hugh, “Don’t screw with that ending.” [Laughs] “You did it, it was perfect.” And so, we didn’t think about it.

I think Ryan had always liked that idea of teaming up with his friend, but we were working on various versions of what a “Deadpool” [movie] within the MCU could be. And Shawn came on and there were great ideas, many of which are in the final version of the movie that people will see.

But there was something missing and it literally was on the same day that we had a call scheduled and I was going to suggest we take a step back and kind of retool and think about what’s missing, when Hugh Jackman called Ryan and said, “I want to come back.” And it happened extremely quickly and absolutely, as you said, it clicked right into place there.

Jumping off of that, how does it feel to be the person who’s had that connection with “X-Men” and now you’re the one who’s helping bring the X-Men into the MCU proper? Does it feel like a full-circle moment for you?

It does. It also feels like that promise fulfilled for Marvel Studios, to be able to have access to those characters for the first time — and not just the X-Men, [but] the Fantastic Four. It’s great, and it feels like being able to take everything we’ve learned over the years and now apply them to “Fantastic Four,” which we start shooting [this] week, and to the X-Men, starting with “Deadpool & Wolverine.”

Source: SlashFilm

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