Kevin Feige Says Diversity Will Play A Big Role In Marvel Studios’ Future

On a recent podcast, Kevin Feige revealed that diversity will play a big role in Marvel Studios’ future in front of and behind the cameras.

In the first ten years of the MCU, no female-led film was made but Black Panther‘s billion dollar gross and Oscar contention has definitely raised the glass ceiling for more diversity in the MCU moving forward in all areas. Feige said as much on a recent episode of Variety‘s “Playback” podcast:

“[Black Panther] is the beginning. That it worked out as well as it worked out has encouraged us to head in the direction we were going to head in anyway. But you look at that film, it is incredible. That movie would not have been what it was if everyone sitting at the table looked like you or me. And that is true for all the movies. As Marvel Studios has grown, it is the same thing, almost half-man and half-woman. That may become more women in the coming years based on the newest team members who continue to grow. We try to grow and promote in house. Almost everyone who has worked here for many years. And people who are going to produce some of our next films came in below the people producing the films now. I very much believe in that. When you have diverse voices, you get better stories and you get more exciting stories, you get more surprising stories. And that is something that is very clear.”

In March, Captain Marvel will be the first MCU’s female-led film co-directed by Anna Boden. A Black Widow solo film is set to be directed by Cate Shortland and The Eternals will be helmed by Chloé Zhao. Marvel Studios is also reportedly developing a Shang-Chi film and a Vision and Scarlet Witch television series for Disney+.

Here is the synopsis for the first female-led Marvel Studios film, Captain Marvel:

The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, “Captain Marvel” is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Directed by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, Captain Marvel stars Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Algenis Perez Soto, Rune Temte, McKenna Grace, Clark Gregg, and Jude Law.

Captain Marvel will be released in theaters on March 8, 2019.

Source: Variety