After a decade of unprecedented success, Marvel Studios, with Avengers: Infinity War releasing this month, is at a pivotal moment: the looming farewell to some of its founding superheroes, and the rise of a new generation. Joanna Robinson talks to the creative force behind the $13 billion franchise, Kevin Feige, as well as to a slew of Marvel stars, about its precarious beginnings, its stumbles and its ever-expanding empire.
On a sweltering October weekend, the largest-ever group of Marvel superheroes and friends gathered just outside of Atlanta for a top-secret assignment. Eighty-three of the famous faces who have brought Marvel’s comicbook characters to life over the past decade mixed and mingled – Mark Ruffalo, who plays the Hulk, bonded with Vin Diesel, the voice of Groot, the monosyllabic sapling from Guardians Of The Galaxy. Angela Bassett, mother to Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther, flew through hurricane-like conditions to report for duty alongside Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brie Larson, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, Laurence Fishburne and Stan Lee, the celebrated comic-book writer and co-creator of Iron Man, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men.
Their mission: to strike a heroic pose to commemorate 10 years of unprecedented moviemaking success. Marvel Studios, which kicked things off with Iron Man in 2008, has released 18 films that collectively have grossed more than $13 billion at the global box office; 4 more movies are due out in the next two years. The sprawling franchise has resuscitated careers (Downey), minted new stars (Tom Hiddleston) and increasingly attracts an impressive range of A-list talent, from art-house favourites (Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton in Doctor Strange) to Hollywood icons (Anthony Hopkins and Robert Redford) to at least three handsome guys named Chris (Hemsworth, Evans and Pratt). The wattage at the photo shoot was so high that Ant-Man star Michael Douglas – Michael Douglas! – was collecting autographs.
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