Twenty-one films into its juggernaut franchise, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige says, the recent wave of superhero titles led by hits “Black Panther” and “Captain Marvel” is only the start of a more inclusive Marvel Cinematic Universe. jenyamato reports:
Feige described having similar first conversations with both Larson and Coogler, who wanted to know why Marvel wanted to make their films.
“Black Panther,” the trailblazing critical and commercial hit, remains a major feather in Marvel’s cap. Feige “Diversity does make for better movies, especially with a U.S. population that is almost 40 percent minority,” wrote Ana-Christina Ramón, director of research and civic engagement for UCLA’s social sciences division and coauthor ofin an email. “People of color are avid moviegoers and want to see themselves represented as heroes on the big screen.”
Despite the 10-year wait to see a leading superhero of color in the MCU, Feige insists it was a case of perfect timing: “I wouldn’t have had it any other way because the timing does work; I sometimes joke that Ryan Coogler would still be in high school or elementary school if we tried to hire him to do ‘Black Panther’ early on in the MCU.”
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