Marvel Movies Could Become "More Intimate" After Infinity War

Bring Marvel characters closer together.

By Joe Skrebels

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has discussed what could happen to the Marvel Cinematic Universe following The Avengers: Infinity War and its untitled follow-up, hinting that the movies could become (or return to) a "more intimate" style.

Asked by Vulture where the MCU could go from Infinity War's huge crossover (the film will feature Doctor Strange, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and very probably Spider-Man and Nick Fury alongside the Avengers), Feige said:

"I think it's possible to have more intimate movies after that, or to have more interesting, unexpected combinations of characters after that, absolutely. It never is intentionally about 'being even bigger [...] To us, it's less about continuing to go bigger with spectacle — although in some cases, we will — and more about continuing to go deeper with those character interactions."

Feige made clear that he doesn't see more character-driven Marvel films as necessarily the same thing as being less action-driven:

"Arguably, one of the biggest scenes we've ever had in a movie was the airport battle in Civil War, and there weren't world-ending stakes in that scene, there wasn't an asteroid smashing into a city in that scene, but there was a conflict between the characters that made you feel something."

Feige also discussed how future films may feature meetings between characters that fans won't have anticipated, saying, "particularly in Infinity War and the movie after that, there are… unexpected team-ups."

That seems to be based on the existing comic book stories the films draw from, and Feige explained that the stories won't match up perfectly: "Knowledge of the comics can be both beneficial to fans anticipating things, and also misleading. So you'll have to see."

Marvel's The Avengers: Infinity War is due for release on May 4, 2018.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he wants a whole film about Captain America going on an episode of Who Do You Think You Are, and everyone getting confused about the out-of-whack timescales. Follow him on Twitter.

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