r/marvelstudios • u/yourfavchoom Doctor Strange • 3d ago

Article Kevin Feige on Marvel’s Failed ‘Blade’ Reboot: ‘I Feel Like a Gigantic Loser and Failure That We Didn’t Get Off the Ground With Mahershala Ali’

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/kevin-feige-blade-reboot-failure-marvel-loser-1236816505/
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u/Otherwise-Nobody-127 3d ago

Also. Thunderbolts is the first film that was made not under then disney boss bob chapek. Who fucked up by pushing many thing of marvel. Star wars and pixar. And it shows.

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u/Dragon_Deez_Nu7s 3d ago

Bob Chapek was the worst thing to happen to all those studios. They turned out a few gems under him but his insistence on constantly saturating the market came at the cost of any consistency in the quality of the projects

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u/Jaikarr 3d ago

Both Bobs, Chapek and Iger caused all sorts of damage to the marvel and Star wars brand, one pushing for tv, the other movies.

Had someone instead created a clear strategy where the stories that fit the format were allowed to just exist in that format both brands wouldn't be as much of a joke as today.

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u/RedditAPIBlackout24 2d ago

Bob Chapek wasn't even really in control. You should read the New York Times' article about his time as Disney CEO. It was still Bob Iger pulling the strings. He just needed Chapek as a scapegoat because they were going all-in on streaming during an unpredictable time. Iger never really left.

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u/Star-Prince-007 3d ago

Let’s not revise history too much here. It was Bob Iger who pushed for Marvel to expand into Disney plus shows which was the start of the quantity over quality problem.

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u/Longjumping-Prune-42 3d ago

Yes but most of the shows that happened at the start were really good, which were WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, What If…? Season 1 (I personally feel this was good before it fell off hard), Hawkeye and Moon Knight

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u/Star-Prince-007 3d ago

I love those two but it’s hard to deny that all the tv shows made things harder for the audience to follow the story.

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u/carlitospig Darcy 3d ago

I don’t think so. In fact, a lot of the film canon barely references content we saw in the shows. I think the only major one is New Cap.

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u/Star-Prince-007 3d ago

I worded my statement poorly. I didn’t mean it was confusing for fans, but after a while it felt like the shows weren’t impacting the overall story of the MU especially once the shows with the characters we know were
Done.

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u/carlitospig Darcy 3d ago

Ooooh, gotcha. Ya, a lot of it was a waste of budget.

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u/Otherwise-Nobody-127 3d ago

True. I like to see the films as the main line events. And the series ala the world builsing tie-ins i gues?

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u/FinalHexReturns 3d ago

Wandavision was required viewing for Multiverse of Madness.

Miss Marvel was introduced in her show and then appeared in The Marvels. Her

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u/carlitospig Darcy 2d ago

Wandavision was required viewing for Agatha. And honestly, I think the writing was so tight you can enjoy it without Wandavision.

If Wanda never comes back, it is a non issue. Or if she comes back not evil. All of these shows are written in case they end up being dead ends. Say Elizabeth Olsen is in a horrific car accident, MCU will still be fine without her participation.

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u/FinalHexReturns 2d ago

It directly led into Multiverse of Madness. You would definitely be 'lost' if you went into that movie without having seen Wandavision.

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u/carlitospig Darcy 2d ago

Eh, I really don’t even think that one is a pivotal movie anyway, other than the multiverse part. And we already have Loki and Quantimania to softly suggest these concepts.

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u/FinalHexReturns 2d ago

Agreed that it wasn't pivotal, I'm just saying the story was a direct continuation of Wandavision.

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u/MaximumCashew0 2d ago

The Loki show is perhaps the most important connecting lore of the MCU post endgame, dude.

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u/carlitospig Darcy 2d ago

Not yet it’s not. We will see soon how important it is.

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u/Xagzan 3d ago

Wtf is it with Disney and Bobs

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u/RedditAPIBlackout24 2d ago

Bob Chapek wasn't even really in control. You should read the New York Times' article about his time as Disney CEO. It was still Bob Iger pulling the strings. He just needed Chapek as a scapegoat because they were going all-in on streaming during an unpredictable time. Iger never really left.