Kevin Feige Reveals How Captain America: Civil War Changed MCU’s Future
Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige explains how Joe and Anthony Russo’s 2016 Captain America: Civil War changed the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s future.
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Kevin Feige explains how Captain America: Civil War altered the future of the MCU. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo with a script written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the 2016 ensemble film set the stage for the culmination of Marvel’s Infinity Saga. In the movie, Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Captain America (Chris Evans) inititally disagree with how to approach the Sokovia Accords. But by the end, the pair’s conflict became personal, resulting in the temporary split of the Avengers.
Marvel Studios’ big-screen adaptation of the Civil War comics narrative had a few key differences to its print source. Instead of the Superhero Registration Act, it introduced the Sokovia Accords, which would have had all enhanced individuals regulated by the United Nations. Steve Rogers was against it, while Tony Stark was open to being bound by it. This was largely because Stark was more interested in keeping the Avengers together. While the heroes eventually agree on the matter, the pair’s fight became more serious when Iron Man discovered that Captain America purposefully hid the fact that Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) killed his parents while he was still HYDRA’s trained assassin, known as the Winter Soldier.
Captain America: Civil War was a defining point in the Infinity Saga’s narrative. It laid the groundwork for Avengers: Infinity War and the heroes’ loss to Thanos (Josh Brolin). But aside from that, Feige told Collider in an interview (while promoting Spider-Man: No Way Home) that doing a large-scale ensemble movie had a big impact on the MCU’s future. According to Feige, Captain America: Civil War gave Marvel the courage to be more ambitious in their storytelling. Read his comments below:
“I think that going back to [Captain America] Civil War, sort of having an idea for a movie that is based entirely on what actors and what characters that we can get to work together and shoot on a single day … When that worked, it gave us the ambition for movies like Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. I would include No Way Home into that level of ambition for sure.”
Despite Captain America: Civil War’s success, it was also riddled with behind-the-scenes problems. The film almost turned out differently after the so-called Marvel Creative Committee, which offered feedback regarding the creative direction of their movies, wanted to change certain aspects of its story. At one point, the Russos were ready to walk away from Captain America: Civil War because they didn’t want to deal with company politics. Thankfully, Feige stepped in and talked to former Disney Chairman Alan Horn about the situation. The company executive ultimately sided with the filmmakers and even gave them autonomy to do what they wanted with Marvel Studios projects. Now, the Committee is dissolved, and Feige and his team have full creative control of the MCU.
In hindsight, the 2016 Captain America sequel gave Marvel Studios the push it needed to move forward with their plans, much in the same way that The Avengers solidified its interconnected storytelling scheme. Captain America: Civil War was the litmus test for how the studio could effectively wrap up the Infinity Saga. Apparently, its success has an impact beyond the franchise’s first three phases, since the bringing together of such a large and interwoven ensemble cast has clearly heavily influenced the story of the highly-anticipated Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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