The boss of Marvel Studios confirms that his Star Wars film project will not happen. The person concerned has other concerns and they concern the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
If confirmation was needed that the feature film of Star Wars entrusted to Kevin Feige, the boss of Marvel Studios, will not happen, it would undoubtedly be this one. Alongside the promotion of The Marvelsat the cinema since November 8, 2023, the person concerned was entitled to a question around Star Wars — since this license, like Marvel, belongs to the same big family that is Disney.
Approached by Entertainment Tonight, Kevin Feige mainly talked about the new Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film. But, at the very end of the interview, the journalist stepped aside to get some news on the film project that was being planned for her. After all, the genesis of this whole story dates back to the fall of 2019. It was getting old.
Kevin Feige simply confirmed that his film Star Wars is no longer relevant, dropping a laconic “ No “. He won’t say any more. He would not have directed it – filmmaker is not his profession – but he would have been the producer. Role that has occupied the MCU since the beginning. We do not know the reasons why this construction site was stopped.
Star Wars has other priorities and the MCU is not doing well
Two keys to understanding can shed light, at least in part, on this halt.
The first is that Lucasfilm, which is piloting Star Wars for Disney, focuses mainly on television series, to supply the Disney+ streaming service. On the film side, the priority has changed. Three new feature films have been put on track and revealed in spring 2023. Kevin Feige is clearly not involved in any.
The second is that Kevin Feige has a lot to do with the MCU, which has been frankly struggling since the end of the Infinity Saga, with Thanos as the big bad. Phase 4, started in 2021 and which opens the multiverse saga, received a mixed reception. Phase 5, which followed in 2023, is also considered unequal, where the very good rubs shoulders with the very bad.
The latest production to date, The Marvels, potentially risks failing the cinema – even if the critical appeals are less unanimously negative than one might have imagined. Other films rejected by a large part of the public include in particular Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania And Thor: Love and Thunder.
Even more serious, it is perhaps the entire saga of the multiverse, and perhaps even the MCU itself, which is in difficulty today. Beyond public fatigue with superhero films, the new arc proposed by Marvel Studios is struggling to convince the public. The fault, perhaps, of the big bad, Kang, who wouldn’t quite do the job.
There are now speculations that Kang could even be replaced during the Multiverse Saga — another antagonist could then emerge, and that could be Doctor Doom. These rumors are obviously not certain at this point. Still, Kevin Feige has other concerns than taking care of Star Wars.
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