Category: Kevin Feige
Kevin Feige Regrets Whitewashing Tilda Swinton’s Character In “Doctor Strange”
When Hollywood decided to adapt Doctor Strange and his pals into 2016’s Doctor Strange, Tilda Swinton, usually an A+ casting choice, was cast in the role of the Ancient One. In the film, the Ancient One is a Celtic mystic. But in the comic books, the Ancient One’s birthplace is the Himalayas, which would make them Asian. Executive producer Kevin Feige finally realized that wasn’t the coolest decision, and he’s now taking responsibility for it.
There Probably Won’t Actually Be A Trans Marvel Character In An Upcoming Movie
Scarlett Johansson can go ahead and tell her agent to keep her options open for the time being. Because when Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, said there would be a transgender character in an upcoming Marvel movie, he wasn’t exactly telling the truth.
Kevin Feige Says That The Marvel Comic Universe Will Get A Transgender Character Very Soon
Marvel Studios has a sort of checkered history when it comes to the gays. Kristen Stewart has alleged that she’s heard from people she’d have been a Marvel superstar by now if she toned-down the lesbianism. And what’s passed as representation in the movie universe so far has been… irrelevant? Pretty much? Well The Eternals is supposed to change that with their first gay superhero who like has a family and holds another man’s hand. That’s nice, but if it ain’t Kumail Nanjiani and Richard Madden Eiffel Towering some twink, I ain’t interested.
Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios, is now saying they’re taking that LGBTQIA representation further down the letters! They are now all the way at T and will feature a transgender character in an upcoming movie. Scarlett Johansson is ready!
Brie Larson Is Captain Marvel
Room actress (and The Clash at Demonhead lead singer) Brie Larson was confirmed to play Captain Marvel in Marvel’s first solo female superhero movie yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con. Upon hearing this, Scarlett Johansson donned her Black Widow catsuit before showing up at Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige’s house to inquire, “Are you fucking kidding me?”
You can watch Larson’s entrance to Marvel’s Hall H event below. Deadline reports that she’s been rumored to be Marvel’s #1 pick to play Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel’s civilian name) since earlier this summer.
Watch the Hall H crowd freak out as @brielarson is announced as #CaptainMarvel pic.twitter.com/fDMvgLA1ym
— Fandango (@Fandango) July 24, 2016
Oooh, here’s the part where I get to utilize my insane comic book knowledge that prevented me from getting laid in high school! Marvel created Carol Danvers in 1968 as a supporting character to the male Captain Marvel. She got hit by a beam or something and became Ms. Marvel! She was sort of Marvel’s attempt to create the first “feminist” heroine. That translates as a female comic book character who didn’t defer to her boyfriend while constantly calling him “darling” and was allowed to punch things. Ms. Marvel got her own title in 1977, but it didn’t last very long. She was pretty minor until she joined the Avengers in the 80s and has since grown in popularity. They killed the male Captain Marvel off (with cancer, which isn’t very comic-booky) and she finally inherited the name (and a bomb-ass jumpsuit) in 2012. The flick is scheduled to come out in March of 2019. Jesus, I’m going to be piddling into my Depends and Marvel will still be turning the crank on the money machine.
Oscar-winner Brie’s talented so I’m sure she can pull this off. Luckily, she won’t have to wear Captain Marvel’s old costume which consisted of a leotard and the sluttiest superhero boots you’ve ever seen. Check them out in the gallery, along with some of Carol Danver’s other looks over the years (yes, she briefly had a star for a head), and shots of Brie looking decidely un-superheroic while shooting The Glass Castle in Montreal this past week. She looks like her trailer’s septic tank just glitched and she’s having to trudge over to the neighbors to use theirs.
Pics: Wenn.com, Splash, @brielarson