While Marvel Studios head honcho and producer Kevin Feige had previously teased that Marvel movies were planned through 2021, its now revealed that the studio actually has things plotted out all the way through 2028. And that may include spin-offs for both Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
The spin-off movies may follow one of the main characters in Guardians of the Galaxy depending on how well they, and the movie, are received. This means we might see a solo adventure for Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) and Groot (Vin Diesel), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Gamora (Zoe Saldana) or Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) himself. It is also possible that we will see a Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor) solo movie, with Vision and Scarlet Witch a huge possibility.
The report comes from Business Week, who landed a quote from Disney CEO Bob Iger.
Much of Marvel's success can be attributed to Kevin Feige. He has a special understanding of comics, fans, superheroes, and narrative. He concedes that Marvel won't recover the film rights to Spider-Man or the X-Men anytime soon but says Marvel has something more valuable: a universe of thousands of characters it controls entirely. That means Kevin Feige can produce an unlimited number of films with interweaving story lines and characters, creating a vast audience for almost any Marvel movie. People might show up for Marvel's The Avengers, meet the Black Widow, and come back for her movie, too. There's a map of films reaching far into the next decade on the wall of Kevin Feige's office.
"It's like looking through the Hubble telescope. You go, 'What's happening back there? I can sort of see it,'? They printed out a new one recently that went to 2028."
Kevin Feige's overall plan is one that exists as an outline, and will continually shift and change depending on audiences tastes and want for a certain character.
About the solo movies being planned, this is the excerpt which explains the motive behind it.
Bob Iger would like to replicate the success of Marvel's The Avengers with other Marvel teams. He says Marvel could potentially spin off members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, which include Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Groot, and Rocket Raccoon, in their own features....Bob Iger and Alan Horn, chairman of Walt Disney Studios, recently met with the Marvel team to talk about new heroes who will be introduced in Avengers: Age of Ultron and could be spun off in their own films as well. Bob Iger declines to name them.
"The possibilities are endless."
To read the entire expansive article, which delves deep in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (including a conversation between Kevin Feige and director James Gunn that comes direct from the Guardians of the Galaxy editing room and may, or may not, involve Thanos floating in space): CLICK HERE
What are your thoughts on this? Do you have a Guardians of the Galaxy or Avengers: Age of Ultron character you want to see spun-off into their own movie?