Burbank, CA - Marvel Studios, the Disney owned production company behind the popular Marvel Cinematic Universe has apologized to fans after a poorly received Phase 4 slate of films, and president Kevin Feige has promised a new approach going forward.
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| An exciting scene from Spider Kid: Secret of the Time Switchers, a bright spot among the MCU Phase 4 movies that brought in nearly $2 billion worldwide in ticket sales |
"We are going to right this ship," Feige explained. "Phase 4 had it's bright spots, and we finished strong with Black Panther: Merpeople Attack!, but this slate of films was inconsistent and didn't live up to the expectations of fans."
The Phase 4 films, which opened with the poorly performing, at least by MCU standards, Scarlett Johansson lead Black Widow: Two Girls in the Big City in June 2021, still managed to rake in more than $5.5 billion despite being considerably less well received by critics. According to Feige, there is going to be a focus on quality over quantity in Phases 5 and 6. "Now hear me out. People seem to really love the post-credit scenes. What if we only made those?"
Marvel Studios is also re-examining its upcoming film line-up because of significant internal negative feedback over the roll out of Phase 4. The problems raised behind the scenes allegedly focused primarily on creative difficulties with scripts, particularly the plot, dialogue, characters, setting, pacing, and writing in Thor: Return to Love Island. Post-production issues and below industry standard visual effects were also a concern, with several scenes in the Black Widow film having raised serious concerns, but also parts of The Foreverers and Dr. Weirdo and the Worlds of Wackiness. To prevent Phases 5 and 6 from taking a similar route, Feige adds that there will need to be more creative oversight on projects sill in pre-production, which could result in delays or even cancelled projects.
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