Working a media junket is never an easy thing to do, but it’s especially tricky to navigate when you’re name is Kevin Feige. Throughout the last week or so, the Marvel Studios President of Production has been poked and prodded regarding every nook and cranny of the shared universe, save for the aforementioned twentieth MCU entry, seemingly.
Stephen King’s oeuvre is looking a little sparse these days, what with even the most obscure, and microscopic installments of his bibliography gnawed from the bone. With each passing day, it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to decide which Master of Horror adaptation is worthy of your undivided attention, though there’s been one reworking that's continually pinging on the radar: IT: Chapter Two.
As I’m sure most of you are aware, following his departure from the DCEU, whether he was relieved or withdrew voluntarily, Zack Snyder has been a one-man wrecking crew when it comes to purging his now obsolete vision. Simply put, the Saturn Award winner has been unstoppable on Vero, his go-to social media platform for purification, which he's essentially been attempting to achieve ever since Justice League began to underwhelm at the ticket booth.
Every so often we're treated to a motion picture event that commands the undivided attention of cinephiles the world over. The Meg - which will see action star Jason Statham go toe-to-toe with a prehistoric super-shark - is such a phenomenon.
While, at this point, I’d find some way to pay the tab myself, I’m afraid whether or not Zack Snyder can indeed call Warner Bros.’ bluff and foot the bill to complete his cut of Justice League, is irrelevant. Last month, DCEU storyboard artist, Jay Oliva, revealed that the remaining two instalments in Snyder’s initial five-film plan - Justice League Part 2, and an untitled fifth entry - “would have resolved everyone’s arc…Superman most of all.”
Having grossed a ridiculous $328 million on a production budget of just $17 million, and earned quite the endorsement from the Master of Horror himself, Stephen King, there isn’t much A Quiet Place didn’t achieve during its miraculous theatrical run - which culminated in the form of a sequel - earlier this year.
Having guided the shared universe every step of the way - on a path which has led it to box office preeminence in the form of the highest grossing film franchise of all time, mind you - it’s understandable that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige is as protective as the parent of a newborn when considering the future of the MCU.
What with even the most obscure, and microscopic installments of Stephen King’s oeuvre getting the big screen treatment these days, it’s becoming increasingly more challenging to decode which Master of Horror adaptation to keep tabs on. Granted, there's been one reworking continually pinging on the radar - IT: Chapter Two - but another conversion might’ve just stolen Pennywise’s thunder.
Working a media junket is never an easy thing to do, but it’s especially tricky to navigate if you’re the driving force behind the highest grossing film franchise of all time. Marvel Studios president, Kevin Feige, is such a prime mover, and with the twentieth entry into the shared universe, Ant-Man and the Wasp, just over a week away from release, the producing vet of twenty years has inevitably been making the rounds.
While Marvel Studios is busy putting a bow on Phase Three, which will take another step toward elucidation next month in the form of Peyton Reed's Ant-Man and the Wasp, Phase Four of the MCU is slowly beginning to take shape. Late last week, leaky faucet Tom Holland let it slip that the twenty-third entry into the highest grossing franchise of all-time will be titled Spider-Man: Far From Home, and we also know that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is scheduled to fire up production in early January.
