Disney confirms Josh D'Amaro will take over as CEO in March, succeeding Bob Iger. Meanwhile, Kevin Feige is staying at Marvel, focusing on the future of the MCU, including a 'soft reset' and the relaunch of the X-Men franchise.
, confirming that Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro will succeed Bob Iger in the role of leading the company. It’s a move that many expected, and which will become official in March, but it brings with it some larger uncertainty about how D’Amaro’s leadership will position Disney in the long run and how his decision-making will affect the creative side of the company .
The answer to this will only be revealed over time, but it seems like a good fit.Confirmation from Disney that D’Amaro is taking over as CEO arrives not long after it was confirmed that their subsidiary Lucasfilm is also undergoing a leadership change, with. This naturally has fans of Marvel wondering if something similar is going to take place at the House of Ideas, and ifPhoto by Andy Wenstrand/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images Rumors have long been pinned on Kevin Feige’s future at Marvel, with scuttlebutt and hearsay wondering if he might take over Lucasfilm at some point . Athat Warner Bros. attempted to “steal” Feige from Marvel to try and get him to run DC and revitalize their superheroes for the big screen. Now though, it’s clear that Kevin Feige is a company man who remains committed to Marvel and Earth’s mightiest heroes., there is no expectation of a leadership change at Marvel with Feige continuing his position as President of Marvel Studios and CCO of Marvel itself. The trade goes on to note two key priorities for Feige, which include not onlythis December, but “relaunching the X-Men franchise.” As Marvel fans know, Marvel Studios now fully owning the X-Men film rights has become a key focal point for the MCU moving forward. Not only have the characters already appeared inand the time that will come after that, a period already referred to as a “soft reset” for the MCU by the producer and Oscar-nominee. Marvel has not officially revealed what will happen in the MCU after the release of Secret Wars in December 2027, but Feigelast summer. “Reboot can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. Reset, singular timeline — we’re thinking along those lines….X-Men is where that will happen next.” It’s worth noting that it makes a lot of sense why Feige would want to be the primary creative hand guiding the new iteration of the X-Men on screen. Feige’s first credits in Hollywood came from working on the set of the original X-Men movies produced at Fox, where he worked as an associate producer under series executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner. That in mind, the X-Men are special to Feige, meaning he not only wants to take care of them but make sure that they continue to succeed, especially know that he can have a greater creative control over them AND make sure they can appear on the big screen with other major Marvel heroes for a change. All of that is to say, though no official release date has been pinned down for the X-Men in the MCU, it seems like 2028 is the earliest that it could premiere. Knowing that, Kevin Feige will seemingly remain the big cheese at Marvel for at least two more years, but Marvel fans would almost certainly be happy to see him stay there for longer. Kevin Feige Teases How The MCU Will Handle One of Marvel’s Most Powerful Heroes After Fantastic Four: First StepsA 2000s Cult Classic Family Trilogy Is Now Streaming on Tubi Scarlett Johansson’s Exorcist Reboot Casts Another Marvel Star 26 Years Ago Today, an Iconic Sci-fi TV Series Ended on a Cliffhanger
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