It’s no secret that the superhero household The Unbelievable 4 is poised to steer the Marvel Cinematic Universe within the coming decade. A part of the enjoyable of Marvel Studios buying its “toys” again from twentieth Century Fox got here in Kevin Feige having the ability to put his personal stamp on the Unbelievable 4 and The X-Males, which regularly has been taking place within the MCU. Naturally, there may be numerous consideration being paid to the upcoming Avengers films – Doomsday and Secret Wars – however past that, it should land on the mutants and the Future Basis to hold the Marvel torch.
Which implies that the concept of “superhero fatigue” is a fantasy to which Marvel Studios doesn’t subscribe. Feige’s dream manufacturing home plans to make Marvel films for so long as potential, determining new methods to reinvent the style. That subject got here up whereas CinemaBlend was visiting the London set of The Unbelievable 4: First Steps, and asking producer Grant Curtis if he noticed any indicators of fatigue on this line of storytelling. Thoughts you, Curtis is producing one in all Marvel’s most-hyped films. However he was candid when he addressed the concept of fatigue, and informed us:
I do not see it. I imply, simply because I am a fanboy at coronary heart, and I proceed to need to hear and see these tales. So, Kevin nonetheless will get my cash. And I feel there are numerous nice tales to inform. He’s the nice puppet grasp. I say that with all due respect, narratively. And I do know he is obtained much more hits popping out of his mind that may proceed to blow folks’s minds. … I am not telling tales out of faculty. Kevin’s been very clear that these characters are in Avengers 5. So I do suppose (that) if we do our jobs proper, and I feel – as you guys are seeing – we’re, I feel we’re teeing numerous different tales up. If you’re a fan of the comics, you recognize that the universe and past is actually the playground of the Unbelievable 4.
Again in 2008, the preliminary constructing blocks of the MCU needed to depend on characters that Marvel had the rights to. Which is why the studio began with Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor versus making an MCU Spider-Man film straight out of the gate. In a means, with Part 6, Marvel can work out a strategy to begin over, and reboot the MCU. The MCU Multiverse provides the corporate numerous freedom to herald new variations of traditional characters. However it additionally permits Marvel the inventive leeway to rewrite the storyline when one thing as sudden as the Jonathan Majors scandal takes root.
To that finish, we requested Grant Curtis concerning the earlier plans to make Avengers 5 an adaptation of The Kang Dynasty, and the way Matt Shakman’s The Unbelievable 4: First Steps needed to shift its strategy within the wake of these alterations. Curtis informed CinemaBlend:
Effectively, that’s Avengers 5. And you recognize, the way in which Marvel works, I am all in on Unbelievable 4. I do know parts of what is going on on outdoors of this (film), however we’re often so centered on the duty at hand. I am unable to inform you all of the ins and outs of the Kang Dynasty and the place that does or doesn’t occur now. However yeah, we’re simply attempting to inform the most effective story that we presumably can, so the viewers cares about these characters, and needs to see extra of them.
We’ll know if that works when the third MCU film of 2025, The Unbelievable 4: First Steps, lands in theaters on July 25.