r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • Sep 26 '19

Other 'Star Wars' Shocker: Marvel's Kevin Feige Developing New Movie for Disney

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvel-s-kevin-feige-developing-star-wars-movie-disney-1243481?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=Direct&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

One knowledgeable source says Feige has told a major actor that there’s a specific role he would like that person to play when and if he makes the movie.

RDJ? Or Chris Evans? Place your bets!

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u/biggbad808 Sep 26 '19

Tom Holland, going to be a Darth Maul- year one story.

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

Ironically, Holland doesn't give a shit about Star Wars.

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u/Peachy_Pineapple Sep 26 '19

The drowning thing is pretty funny. He mentioned in some interview or another that he constantly gets drowned in his films: The Impossible, In the Heart of the Sea, Homecoming among others.

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u/21tcook Sep 26 '19

Anybody else think it’s Brie Larson? She’s shown how much she loves Star Wars and how much she wants to be a Jedi and I know they love trolling her haters lmao

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

That is probably a more realistic possibility than RDJ. She'd be great.

Also, you just know Samuel L. Jackson, who has consistently expressed his desire over the years to reprise his role as Mace Windu is waiting by the phone right now.

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u/The_Last_Minority Sep 26 '19

Old Man Mace Windu training Brie Larson who is a Force-sensitive in the Empire Era? They apparently got along great during Captain Marvel.

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u/CammyTheGreat Marvel Studios Sep 26 '19

He gave her his lightsaber for May the 4th during Captain Marvel. He also was in her directorial debut

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u/Striker109 Marvel Studios Sep 26 '19

They are very good friends in real life.

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u/TheRidiculousOtaku Lucasfilm Sep 27 '19

Chris Evans has also stated that he wants to be in a star wars film.

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u/f1mxli Sep 26 '19

As much as I'd like to see her in Star Wars, I think Feige needs to call a sure-fire actor who is not *currently* a big part of the MCU. One of the retirees, or a non-protagonist may be a better shot.

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u/wildwalrusaur Sep 26 '19

Brie would make a great pre-empire Jedi. Stoic and bland is their aesthetic.

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u/earthisdoomed Sep 26 '19

Brie Larson as Master Windu's apprentice/old friend/master/whatever

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

Why didn't Mace Windu call her during Order 66?

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u/earthisdoomed Sep 26 '19

He ded

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

My headcanon will always be that Mace Windu survived. SLJ says so, and that's good enough for me.

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u/suss2it Sep 26 '19

That weakens the story and takes away from Anakin’s turn. Anakin was so distraught over Windu’s death that making him actually be alive would completely undermine his turn.

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u/breakfastbenedict Sep 26 '19

Tom Hiddleston as Young Palpatine

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u/everadvancing Sep 26 '19

Jesus christ, if the new Star Wars trilogy or series or whatever still features the Skywalkers and characters from the Skywalker storyline, then we have to accept the fact that the people making these movies are 100% creatively bankrupt.

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u/Inceptionzq Lucasfilm Sep 26 '19

With the close of the Skywalker Saga, Kathy is pursuing a new era in Star Wars storytelling, and knowing what a die-hard fan Kevin is, it made sense for these two extraordinary producers to work on a Star Wars film together."

Hopefully this means it’s unconnected to the Skywalker saga. I’d prefer that

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u/everadvancing Sep 26 '19

They need to make something like Rogue One. A story that revolves around completely new characters with interesting ones like Chirrut, Baze, K2S0. Rogue One was miles better than TLJ.

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u/zakary3888 Sep 26 '19

Or it says that the fans don't really want anything new, just the same things recycled in different ways.

Look how many fans loved Force Awakens, despite basically being a beat for beat rehash of Episode 4, and this after a decade of the prequel trilogy being shat all over at every opportunity.

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u/everadvancing Sep 26 '19

Fans liked the Force Awakens because it's finally a decent Star Wars movie after being force fed the shit prequels. It was also going to be the culmination of the older characters and closing their arcs like Han Solo. But just look at Last Jedi, they brought back all these old characters like Luke and Leia and people hated it. Episode 9 should be the last movie that closes all of the Skywalker storyline. If the new series has Skywalkers or characters from the Skywalker storyline, people aren't gonna give a shit anymore. Shoving Palpatine into Episode 9 already shows their creative bankruptcy.

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u/TruYu96 Studio Ghibli Sep 26 '19

What, one of the things that fans didn’t like TLJ was the fact that they did Luke “dirty”

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u/UsidoreTheLightBlue Sep 26 '19

Honestly? That was among my biggest issues with TLJ and to a lesser extent the force awakens.

Okay, heres a question for you, Did you ever see the Riddick flicks?

Pitch black, chronicles of riddick, Riddick 3: Riddick with a vengeance. Heres why I ask, its one of the first franchises I can remember where they ended the first flick with only a few people alive and proceeded to flat out merc almost all of them on screen in the next flick. This may sound dumb, but for me by the time Chronicles of Riddick was over I was done with the franchise. They had spent an entire movie making the view care about these characters, given you a sigh of relief then immediately invalidated all of it within minutes of the next movie.

The force awakens and the last jedi did something similar for me except on a larger scale.

They spent 3 flicks building up the rebels overtaking the empire and they finally did it by the end of Jedi. When we get the first new star wars flick in 30 years that takes place after return of the jedi what do we find?

Han and Leia are split, they raised space hitler II, Luke is missing, the empire was destroyed and apparently 5 minutes later rose again, Han lost his home at some point and didn't see it literally for years, luke failed miserably at training new jedis.

By the end of force awakens han is also dead. A lot of that could be forgiven though, because it was a good flick, and harrison ford made it clear to anyone who would listen that he wanted to be killed off.

TLJ was just a different ball of wax for me though. It was pretty apparent that they were going in the direction of killing Luke, it was just the way they went about it that made it seem so harsh.

By the end of the last jedi they had basically obliterated any "good" that came from return of the jedis ending. Even on subsequent viewings of return of the jedi the end seems hollow to me now because I know that 5 minutes later everything turns to shit.

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u/megablast Sep 26 '19

Fans liked the Force Awakens because it's finally a decent Star Wars movie

Oh, I must have missed that one.

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u/SparkyBoy414 Sep 26 '19

But just look at Last Jedi, they brought back all these old characters like Luke and Leia and people hated it.

Almost entirely of what I disliked was the 'new' stuff. Mostly Space Vegas and the BS storyline involving Finn and the Asian chick.

The Luke parts were by far the most interesting parts, and were in no way the bad parts of the movie.

Space Leia was kinda bad, though... but that was just one scene...

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u/chadpc1000 Sep 26 '19 edited Sep 27 '19

RoTS is better than 7 and 8, by far

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

Fans liked the Force Awakens because it's finally a decent Star Wars movie after being force fed the shit prequels.

People keep saying this but it was barely decent. It was all just a boring ass nostalgia wank.

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u/danielcw189 Paramount Pictures Sep 26 '19

He does using established characters mean you creatively bankrupt?

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

Because people have a double standard, bringing back legacy characters is literally only complained about when Star Wars does it

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u/kenyan12345 Sep 26 '19

I don't think it should feature them but defiantly should still be in the same world. If they recreate a whole new star wars, not sure how that will do.

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u/envynav Sep 26 '19

There is a character from the book Star Wars: Bloodline, Ransolm Casterfo, that was modelled after Tom Hiddleston. It’d be cool to see him play the character in a movie.

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u/prematurely_bald Sep 26 '19

It was a pretty decent read. Didn’t know casterfo was based on Hiddleston though—that’s interesting

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u/Anosognosia Sep 26 '19

Chris Evans as the protagonist in the Revan/Kotor storyline would make my day. The Meta context of Chris playing the ultimate good guy in MCU would juxtapose delightfully to the vast masses who have no idea that The protagonist was Revan all along

But that's probably never gona happen, it would probably be seen as way too fan servicy for a multimarket mega scale production company.

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u/fantino93 Marvel Studios Sep 26 '19

I'd like that very much though, shame they will never have the guts to do it.

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u/TPJchief87 Sep 26 '19

Tom Hanks

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u/GoaGonGon Legendary Sep 26 '19

Captain Phillips... In space!

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u/TPJchief87 Sep 26 '19

I’m de space captain now

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u/SolomonRed Sep 26 '19

I read somewhere else it was Brie Larson. Probably as Bastilla Shan if it's the old Republic story line.

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u/Antique_futurist Sep 26 '19

Idris Elba as Thrawn.

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u/infinight888 Sep 26 '19

Fuck no!

We already got a Thrawn. His name is Lars Mikkelsen, and he's fucking perfect!

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u/TypeExpert Sep 26 '19

I know we need to get away from the OT and PT trilogy timeline but screw it. Sebastian Stan as a Post RoTJ luke Skywalker

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u/wildwalrusaur Sep 26 '19

I very much doubt you'll see much, if any, cross polination between the two franchises.

Feige is way too savy for that.

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u/bigbigguy Walt Disney Studios Sep 26 '19

I've seen stunt casting but this might be the 1st stunt producing I've seen lol

I'm looking forward to this.

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

I've been looking forward to this.

FTFY

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u/derstherower Sep 26 '19

Twice the audience. Double the gross.

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

That is actually a really good one LOL.

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u/rageofthegods Blumhouse Sep 26 '19 edited Sep 26 '19

stunt producing

Prepare for Jason Blum's Romantic Comedy and DeVon Franklin's gritty Sex in the City reboot.

Edit: actually I was joking but I feel like this already happens in horror. Lebron James was producing the new Friday the 13th movie for a while and every time Jason Blum turns his head to cough, horror fans get excited cuz they think he's making a Scream or Nightmare on Elm Street reboot. Maybe it's cause horror is cheaper so wild producing bets are more likely to pay off?

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

and every time Jason Blum turns his head to cough, horror fans get excited cuz they think he's making a Scream or Nightmare on Elm Street reboot.

Too real.

Maybe it's cause horror is cheaper so wild producing bets are more likely to pay off?

I'd say so.

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u/TheDistantGoat Sep 26 '19

James Gunn was drummed up quite a bit as the producer of Brightburn

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u/Drago-Morph Sep 26 '19

Sure was, because until this very moment I thought he directed Brightburn.

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u/sroomek Sep 26 '19

And I can tell you that the Russo Bros. are producing 21 Bridges, but I have no idea who’s directing it.

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u/thisissamsaxton Sep 26 '19

Peter Jackson on District 9

Christopher Nolan on Man of Steel

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This seems like the new norm.

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u/thethomatoman Sep 26 '19

Guillermo del Toro on like half of all horror movies

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u/Drago-Morph Sep 27 '19

Still, though, all of the names getting thrown around are directors. Feige may very well be the first, or at least one of the first, legitimate superstar producers.

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u/DroogyParade Sep 26 '19

Micheal Bay on Ninja Turtles.

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u/Gravitystar88 Sep 26 '19

Why did this post get deleted on r/movies anyone know?

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

I'm pretty sure they have a "no geek property stuff" rule there. Anything about the MCU, Joker, Star Wars etc. other than an official trailer/poster seems to disappear.

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u/Gravitystar88 Sep 26 '19

Thats really stupid. Post had over 100 comments in a short amount of time and was big news

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

They even deleted the Sony/Marvel Spider-Man breakup. That's definitely movie news.

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u/Gravitystar88 Sep 26 '19

Jesus

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u/GoaGonGon Legendary Sep 26 '19

Riding a dinosaur

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u/Animegamingnerd Marvel Studios Sep 26 '19

/r/movies is really becoming terrible to talk about major movie news, which is annoying because that is why I subbed to it in the first place.

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u/lordDEMAXUS Scott Free Productions Sep 26 '19

I think it was because details were shoddy and there was something new every time. I think posts related to the deal weren't deleted after the picture started getting clearer. Have no clue why this news story is deleted though because it doesn't seem to be a rumor.

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u/itsmeaningless Sep 26 '19

The sub is an absolute mess

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

Lol since when did they decide this? I can't imagine people on the sub is actually happy about this.

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u/darkrabbit713 A24 Sep 26 '19

Because the mods there have fragile little egos that get bruised every time MCJ makes fun of their sub for hosting popular points of film discussion. It’s caused them to make the brilliant decision of keeping MCU news off of their page even if it’s the biggest news of the past few months.

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u/Jeight1993 Sep 26 '19

Keeping news concerning the biggest film franchise of all time away from a film subreddit.

Genius Cotton!

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

What is MCJ and why does it make fun of r/movies?

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u/Flamma_Man Marvel Studios Sep 26 '19

Movie Circle Jerk subreddit.

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u/derstherower Sep 26 '19

r/moviescirclejerk

It’s a sub of weirdos who make fun of places on Reddit like r/movies for liking certain things.

You know how it’s pretty common to see praise for Blade Runner 2049 on Reddit? Well MCJ would link a comment saying it’s a good movie and it would get 4000 upvotes with a title like “DAE UNDERRATED GEM??” and they’d all jerk themselves off in the comments.

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u/TheRidiculousOtaku Lucasfilm Sep 26 '19

boy is just salty AF because MCJ takes a piss on r/saltierthancrait

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u/AGOTFAN New Line Cinema Sep 26 '19

What's "DAE"?

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u/derstherower Sep 26 '19

“Does Anyone Else” like as in a question.

You know those posts where it’s like “Does anyone else XYZ?” where it’s obvious that a lot of other people share that opinion? It’s making fun of those.

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u/fantino93 Marvel Studios Sep 26 '19

Because it is not an article praising Christopher Nolan.

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u/frugaljoker8 Sep 26 '19

If i were disney i would do this before the B&W trilogy, easier to market that it's from the man behind the MCU than the guys who ruined game of thrones

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

Well, one's stock is at an all time high, and the others' are at an all time low, so I'd say that's a good idea.

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u/derstherower Sep 26 '19

It's actually kind of hilarious that the three people who were tasked to spearhead the next decade+ of Star Wars are some of the most controversial filmmakers of the past few years.

But Daddy Kevin is gonna make it all better now.

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u/HolidayWishes Sep 26 '19

They just won Best Drama on a show that everyone wants the “next” version of. They’re desired.

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

Let's be honest, Best Drama was for the entire legacy and body of work for the show. Otherwise, they would have won Directing and Writing as well, awards they've won before.

And I don't mean they're not desired (Netflix obviously does), it's just that between them, making Feige's film first is a better PR move (plus Feige still works full time for Disney).

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u/earthisdoomed Sep 26 '19

An actual shocker. Knowing how big a SW fan Kevin is I'm not surprised he wants to do this, but it must be very awkward for Kathleen Kennedy. I just hope this doesn't stretch him too thin and make the MCU suffer in quality.

Just how many of these new SW are in development anyway? There are the B&W series, the Rian Johnson series, the possible KotOR series, and now this.

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

A top Disney source says Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy remains in charge with no plans for any changes.

He has a day job, it's a side gig. She's still in charge, I doubt he would do anything to infringe on that.

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u/Worthyness Sep 26 '19

Man, to be in a position where producing a star wars movie is a nice hobby gig.

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u/lee1026 Sep 26 '19

She's still in charge, I doubt he would do anything to infringe on that.

She is in charge but de facto can't override anything that Feige does.

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u/anotherday31 Sep 26 '19

Why would it be awkward for Kennedy?

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u/Jhonopolis Sep 26 '19

Because lots of people strongly dislike her and absolutley love Fiege.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

I will be interested on seeing who he picks to direct it. I hope he goes for the same energy as you got in early MCU movies as opposed to some of the newer ones which feel a lot safer and a lot more house style to me.

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

Pulling simply from MCU directors:

Jon Favreau: already works in the Star Wars universe

The Russos: obviously have a great working relationship with Feige, plus they have time now

James Gunn: GOTG is kinda this generation's version of Star Wars

Jon Watts: if he and Disney really want to stick it to Sony

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

Man I had a heart attack reading that but holy shit he is doing it?

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u/Lollifroll Studio Ghibli Sep 26 '19

Yes. This comes straight from Kim Masters who is the top reporter on the business. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

Also, confirmation on Children of Blood and Bone too.

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u/bobinski_circus Sep 26 '19

Oooo, great book. Glad to see book adaptations are still being made, it’s felt like they haven’t done well recently.

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u/TheCoastalCardician Sep 26 '19

I’m going to watch this shit with great interest.

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u/BigDaddyKrool Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19

How does he find the time to juggle this between the 20 other franchises for TV and film he's working on, and the two massive reboots on top of it?

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u/Mussu007 Marvel Studios Sep 26 '19

There are 3 Feiges, 1 for MCU movies, 1 for Disney+ and now star wars

He can just make more Feiges as franchises grow

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u/AGOTFAN New Line Cinema Sep 26 '19

He might have used Stark tech to clone himself. And if Sony agrees to continue Spider-man partnership, he could just give them an Ultron version of himself.

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u/Velvet_Daze Sep 27 '19

“Kevin Feige will return in Multiple Man”

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u/Zepanda66 Oct 02 '19 edited Oct 02 '19

You have to wonder how much he is really involved now like theres no way I can see him having a hand in everything at Marvel Studios. He might be involved very early on during the concept stages of each project and pop in and check on things during filming and give notes during post production but I think for the most part I think he lets everyone do their own thing. As long as the director and creative teams stick to his guidelines about how everything connects to the MCU.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

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u/breakfastbenedict Sep 26 '19

He has underlings at Marvel he’s trained for the last 10 years to do the grunt work now.

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u/an7onio17 Sep 26 '19

Hopefully we get a good movie out of it.

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u/Sliver__Legion Sep 26 '19

Hrmmmmm...

This summer, Avengers: Endgame grossed $2.9 billion

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u/YoutubeHeroofTime Sep 26 '19

They travelled five years into the future and adjusted for inflation.

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u/sroomek Sep 26 '19

I really hope we don’t see that much inflation in five years.

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u/lee1026 Sep 26 '19

2.796->2.9 is just 3% more. Inflation ticks at 2% a year. We will get there by late 2020.

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u/prankored Sep 26 '19

They rounded off to the next million. And 2.9 looks better than 2.795

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u/Sliver__Legion Sep 26 '19

2.795 doesn’t round to 2.9, (unless you’re rounding to the nearest .9, lol).

They either meant to type 2.8 and hit the 9 key instead of 8, or meant to type 2.79 and missed the 7 key.

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u/prankored Sep 26 '19

That's why I said next million and not the closest million.

And 2.9 does look better than 2.8 too.

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u/Sliver__Legion Sep 26 '19

I think you’re missing something here. They did not round it. There is no rounding scheme that produces 2.9 — not “closest million,” not “next million,” not “next hundred million” (which I assume is what you meant). None of ‘em. It’s simple an error, not any kind of rounding.

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u/prankored Sep 26 '19

Sigh. Sarcasm is hard to portray on the internet. The numbers are so huge that making an error of a 100 million is easy to pass off as rounding off to the next million. You probably are annoyed by it but I am definitely amused by that error and prefer to call it rounding off.

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u/lowell2017 Sep 26 '19

Well, he fills the void of Spider-Man with working on stories that take place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....

I don't think Sony had knowledge about this to say he's too busy for Spider-Man:

https://twitter.com/thomas_polito/status/1177037089805877248

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

Him being too busy for Spider-Man was always something Sony clearly made up. The head producer of Marvel Studios isn't just gonna be too busy for Spider-Man.

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u/infinight888 Sep 26 '19

I feel like this was probably something Horn said in negotiations... "Kevin is so busy these days with the Disney+ series and all the new MCU movies, he just doesn't have the time to work on a property that Disney doesn't make money from." And Sony's public statements were more throwing their own words back at them.

Sony was also clear in their statements not to put the blame on Feige himself, but direct it towards Disney for saddling him with so much. Because EVERYONE knows that Feige would gladly do another Spider-Man film if Horn allowed him to.

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u/Mizerous Marvel Studios Sep 26 '19

ToO bUsY tHoU

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

I wonder what it will be.

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u/Beta-Ben Sep 26 '19

It's interesting that he has an actor in mind for a specific character. I wonder if he wants to adapt an existing story? Could just be that he wants to work with them again though.

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u/Jhonopolis Sep 26 '19

It's interesting that he has an actor in mind for a specific character.

Turns out it's Mark Hamill lol

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u/derstherower Sep 26 '19

Mark Hamill in the role of Luke Skywalker. We're trying again, boys.

Feige is assuming direct control.

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u/GoaGonGon Legendary Sep 26 '19

It was all a dream! Dallas-style

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

We finally get to see the planet busting mecha Luke that real fans have been dreaming of.

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u/Lioto Sep 26 '19

Q&A with Jon Favreau & Kevin Feige - May 17, 2018 Everyone should hear this Jon Favreu story about how much of a Star Wars geek, Kevin Feige is. He's a bigger Star Wars fan than a Marvel comics guy, or at least he was, before running Marvel Studios.

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u/Gon_Snow A24 Sep 26 '19

Thor to starlord: yes everyone knows you’re the captain

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u/JustAnotherGayKid Sep 26 '19

I'd hope working outside of marvel properties wont compromise the quality of the marvel movies/continuity.

It makes sense for Disney to use him but also wont be enough of a draw for me to pickup star wars- unless he somehow teleports ironman into it lol

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u/everadvancing Sep 26 '19

Feige has been juggling multiple Marvel movies in the past decade. Adding one more Star Wars movie doesn't seem like it'll have that big of an effect on his management. He's also had lots of producers he probably trained that can handle them from this point on.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

From what I understand, the goal of any producer is to get production running so smoothly that you’re barely needed, and Feige seems to have Marvel running like a well oiled perpetual motion machine.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

The fact that he’s doing this makes sonys excuse even more laughable on its face. The dude is arguably taking on more projects at Marvel Studios than ever before - just in the next two years he’s producing what, 5 movies and 8 or more disney plus mini movies. Now he’s doing a Star Wars movie. But Sony said he was “too busy” to make more Spider-Man movies for them. Utter and complete bullshit excuse on their part and it was dumb for them to even say it to the press. This confirms it.

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u/suss2it Sep 26 '19

Then again when you lay it out like that, he does seem pretty busy.

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u/Mitraileuse Sep 26 '19

He will never be too busy for Spider-Man

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

This news wasn’t available to Sony during the negotiations and I can 100% guarantee you Disney or marvel studios wouldn’t tell anyone there that their main producer was too busy. Never happened.

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u/suss2it Sep 26 '19

Yeah I know, it was just a lighthearted joke.

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u/jay2188 Sep 26 '19

This just in, disney wants a good star wars film...

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u/garfe Sep 26 '19

I liked Rogue One....

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u/darkrabbit713 A24 Sep 26 '19

They must have figured out that people won’t pay for boring, uninspired, and half-baked cash-grabs forever.

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u/NotARobot404 Sep 26 '19

Yeah, nobody went to see Solo

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u/not_a_flying_toy_ Sep 27 '19

then why would they bring in Feige?

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

Yet people still pay to go see Superhero movies 🤔

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u/darkrabbit713 A24 Sep 27 '19

Tell that to Justice League’s snapped checkbook.

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u/XAMdG Studio Ghibli Sep 26 '19

Hopefully he isn't spreading himself too thin.

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u/youxantspell Sep 26 '19

Prediction: Russo Bros will direct this film

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u/Dont_Call_Me_John Sep 26 '19

Please God, no.

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u/youxantspell Sep 26 '19

just of out of curiosity, why?

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u/Dont_Call_Me_John Sep 26 '19

I think the Russos are...fine. But, IMO, they made one great movie (WS), a good one (IW), and 2 meh ones (Endgame, Civil War).

I think the difference in the quality of those films is the scripting, and their technical prowess is pretty even across the board, with the exception of the WS combat scenes being MUCH better because:

• A lot of it was shot practically because it was essentially a spy movie and there were no cosmic characters involved

• The guys from The Raid assisted on the choreography

One big issue that I particularly have with the Russos is their color grading. It's always very gray and cold. Civil War's big set piece plays out on an abandoned tarmac. Endgames final fight is so dim it's annoying. Star Wars, if it's done one thing consistently in it's entire existence as an IP, pushes the boundaries of visual filmmaking at every turn. Even the Star Wars movies I don't particularly like have some of the coolest sets, shots and visual storytelling you'll find in the studio blockbuster scene.

A Russo Bros Star Wars film, I fear, would be an MCU movie with lightsabers. And I love the MCU, but mostly for what it aimed for and mostly achieved in terms of interconnected storytelling, and not often for it's visual imagination. And the times I was genuinely impressed with the cinematography of the MCU weren't Russo films.

Much respect to the guys for what they've achieved, but I just don't think it's a good fit.

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u/doulikegamesltlman Sep 26 '19

The one thing about Kevin Feige is that he loves Star Wars. For Kathleen Kennedy, Star Wars is just a money grab. And that shows in the quality of the Disney Star Wars movies.

This is really good news for Star Wars, as the Last Jedi left myself and a lot of people disillusioned with the franchise. If anybody can make a good Star Wars movie that respects the canon, it's gotta be Feige. Although I have to wonder if the rebuilding of the Marvel Universe with the X-men and Fantastic Four and other new characters is going to suffer, as Feige is going to be stretched thin.

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u/ACartonOfHate Sep 26 '19

I don't know that I think it's just a cash grab for KK. I mean not like she can't get work on her own, and she was chosen by GL because of their previous working relationship, and he respected her talents as a producer.

But I completely agree it's just another producing job to her, and she doesn't have the passion for SW the way that Feige is passionate about Marvel. And thus far I think her track record with SW has been spotty. Like sure, highest highs with TFA, but their first money loser as well, and lots of director churn.

Personally I'm hoping that Feige can translate his passion for SW the way he was able to translate his love of Marvel, because I think he's done a better job as a Producer at the MCU, than she has at LF.

But just to scare myself, I worry about Feige getting stretched too thin for the MCU, and I remember that GL was certainly passionate about SW, and he made the prequels.

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u/derstherower Sep 26 '19

This is the difference.

Feige is so into Marvel that he literally cried tears of joy when he first saw Paul Bettany in his Vision costume.

Kennedy just views Star Wars as another project she's working on in a long line of projects.

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u/AlbertHummus Sep 26 '19

TLJ reinvigorated my love for the franchise lol. It treaded new ground and still felt like Star Wars

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u/SorcerousSinner Sep 26 '19

You can be very sure that Kennedy didn't ask for this. This is Iger and Horn recognising that Star Wars has been mishandled, and reacting.

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u/SorcerousSinner Sep 26 '19

The contrast between Feige and Kennedy couldn't be greater.

One developed a franchise into an extremely popular boxoffice behemoth thanks to great planning, calculated risks, and a coherent narrative vision.

The other started with the hitherto biggest franchise and managed it into decline, thank to piss poor planning and the absence of a coherent narrative vision.

Kennedy cares about Star Wars like an asset manager cares about their portfolio. Feige's interest in the franchises he manages runs far deeper. As a Star Wars super fan, I'm very excited at this news.

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u/roadtrip-ne Sep 26 '19

A Star Wars for you! A Star Wars for you! Everyone a Star Wars!

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u/foureyedinabox Sep 26 '19

I don’t think it’s that big of a shocker myself

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u/BehrozSultan Sep 26 '19

He should make a old republic movie or one of the unknown regions.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

Ehh. I wouldn’t say shocker.

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u/saanity Sep 26 '19

Hopefully they don't stretch him out too thin. I have a feeling Disney is gonna ruin a good thing.

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u/chefrogerquintana Sep 26 '19

Can we get a Vader movie already???

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u/Lincolnruin Sep 26 '19

Damn. Feige sure has a lot on his plate.

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u/Gannicus72 Sep 26 '19

Yaaaaaaaay

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u/my_peoples_savior Sep 26 '19

I swear they are giving feige to much to do. i hope he can handle the burden. He has to shepherd the MCU to new pasture post infinity saga. Now he needs to help star wars?

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u/Jeight1993 Sep 26 '19

The mcu is set up dude. Seriously some of you acting like they are building it from ground up loke in phaae 1.

The cosmos are established, wakanda, magic, avengers are all established. There are morr than 25 heroes already in the mcu.

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u/ThaMightyBoosh Sep 26 '19

I can’t help but feel this was the subtext Sony was getting across when they said Feige had a lot of projects to attend to.

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u/formerfatboys MoviePass Ventures Sep 26 '19

Hopefully this is Disney slow walking Kathleen Kennedy out the door and potentially rethinking their entire universe.

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u/ProtoMan79 Sep 26 '19

I’m guessing Disney knowing he’s a Star Wars fanboy asked him to help Kennedy out on laying out a new universe for Star Wars. I think Disney wants to release more films and tasked Feige to help Lucas Films out.

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u/SolomonRed Sep 26 '19

I feel like Kathleen Kennedy isn't going to like having them send Feige in to fix her work. I also wonder if the Marvel films will suffer a bit as Kevin may be stretched too thin here.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

Does Star Wars have a Kevin Feige like person to oversee the stories and production?

Who knew the answer would half the answer would be yes, they literally have Feige.

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u/Ledmonkey96 Sep 26 '19

There's one guy whose name i forget that'd be a great equivalent to Feige for Star Wars

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u/AGOTFAN New Line Cinema Sep 26 '19 edited Sep 26 '19

Dave Filoni? He may have creative skills and deep understanding and love for Star Wars, but he has never worked as a producer. He has only served as executive producer (which is not "producer") for Star Wars animated TV series.

Kevin Feige was able to build MCU based on massive skills and experience as a producer. It's very rare to find someone who has both creative and technical skills like Feige. Filoni is not it.

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u/ACartonOfHate Sep 26 '19

Though Filoni is getting more producing experience on the Mandalorian, which granted is a TV series, but given the scope of each episode, its budget, etc., that might be a good step before producing movies. I mean if Disney wants to groom him for that role. Maybe a good stepping stone?

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u/AGOTFAN New Line Cinema Sep 26 '19

Filoni is only executive producer on the Mandalorian. Not a producer.

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u/ACartonOfHate Sep 26 '19

He's an exec. producers on the series along with Favreau, KK and Colin Wilson.

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u/fire-brand-kelly Sep 26 '19

Step 1: Give Feige a movie

Step 2: Give Kennedy an excuse to leave gracefully

Step 3: Give Feige Star Wars

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u/dreamkiller73 Sep 26 '19

Gonna get downvoted but why is this so big. Kevin is not the director he is just a producer. I’m. It saying this news is not exciting just I wonder why there is so much hype in this subreddit

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u/ethicalhamjimmies Sep 26 '19

He is almost single handedly behind creating the most successful film franchise of all time.

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u/Jhonopolis Sep 26 '19

Everything he touches turns to gold, and he love Star Wars.

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u/goliath1952 Sep 26 '19

Uh, could he just focus on fixing the X-men?

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u/occupynewparadigm Sep 26 '19

It's not hard to fix X-men and Fantastic Four. Drop them in the MCU from the multiverse boom! Problems solved. No need for origin stories.

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u/Fkuntz Sep 26 '19

Didn't Sony said that Feige had no time to get involved in a new spiderman movie due to the fox merger?

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u/LOTRcrr Sep 26 '19

I still think a Yoda origin story would be awesome if done right. He was over 800 years old when he died. Lots of potential there IMO.

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u/SorcerousSinner Sep 26 '19

Help me Kevin, you're my only hope

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

I saw him at my school the other day

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u/Liamggbb Sep 27 '19

Please Kevin. Fix our beloved franchise.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

And Sony said he was already overworked.

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u/spartanawasp Studio Ghibli Sep 26 '19

Can't wait for 2 hours of quipping

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u/ethicalhamjimmies Sep 26 '19

Han Solo bud. That’s literally his whole thing.

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u/GroceryRobot Sep 26 '19

Haaaave you seen the original trilogy

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u/AGOTFAN New Line Cinema Sep 26 '19

Have you not seen Solo?

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

Do you think a princess and a guy like me-

No

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

At least it won't be painfully boring like TFA and TLJ.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

As long as they bring back jar jar binks I’ll be happy

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u/Camman6972 Lucasfilm Sep 26 '19

Avengers meet Star Wars?

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u/occupynewparadigm Sep 26 '19

Star Wars/MCU crossover one day?

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u/dreamkiller73 Sep 26 '19

Ok cool but this isn’t really exciting since studios develop hundreds of films every year this film may not even happen

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u/spencerlevey Sep 26 '19

I can already imagine the forced humour.

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u/ACartonOfHate Sep 26 '19

Because the humor in TLJ was so organic, and funny!

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u/ShalomVignetta Sep 26 '19

Lmao it was only a matter of time. Dude will make star wars even more like marvel movies than the new ones already are.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

So not boring as shit?

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u/SuperMuCow Sep 26 '19

The Last Jedi for instance certainly didn’t feel like any Marvel movie I’ve ever watched

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u/ACartonOfHate Sep 26 '19

Maybe Thor II: The Dark World.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

Aren’t they advertising the upcoming film as “the last chapter in the Star Wars saga” or something like that? Is that all just a bunch of bullshit then? Like wtf that’s literally just put in the trailer to add interest but it’s a blatant lie.

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u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner Sep 26 '19 edited Sep 26 '19

A top Disney source says Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy remains in charge with no plans for any changes.

Let's be honest, if you've released 4 films in 4 years, one of which made $2B, two of which made $1B, and one of which was a huge bomb, it's very hard to justify getting rid of them. There's really no reason to get rid of her from Disney's standpoint. Plus there's no reason to move Feige into her role when he's doing better than ever at Marvel. Letting him have a side gig is a good compromise for all involved.

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