Interview with Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige on building the Marvel movie machine

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Personally I am so happy that Avi left and Kevin took over when Marvel Studios was created. From the interview it sounds as though it's a learning curve (upstarting a studio) that he feels they are getting a handle on. If your a fan of Marvel, I think we're in good hands. Check out the interview.

JM: You have a Runaways flick in the works, which is about as far afield as Marvel has ever strayed from superheroes in movies. Is Marvel looking to broaden its film reach? Might we one day see a Marvel flick that has nothing to do with superheroes?

KF: I’d argue that the term “superhero” is much too broadly used. Spider-Man, that’s a superhero movie without a doubt. But I’m not sure that Hulk is a superhero movie. I’m not sure that Iron Man is a superhero movie. I think towards the end of the movie, Iron Man pretends to be a superhero—he’s entertained by that notion. I think X-Men is a sci-fi movie.

But one of the things that I’m proud of our accomplishing over the years and want to continue to focus on in the upcoming years is expanding the definition of what a Marvel movie is and what it can be. And in that, we’ll help expand the definition of what a “comic book” movie is. So absolutely, you’ll see movies that are not just people running into alleys and opening their shirts and putting on a mask. Runaways is a great example of that. It’s a great concept, and one of the best original concepts to come out of publishing in...what? Easily one of the best of the last 5-6 years.