Oscar-winning film Nomadland almost arrived after Marvel's Eternals.
Kevin Feige spoke to Variety about Chloé Zhao's historic Oscar wins for Nomadland. When asked what the director is bringing to the MCU, Feige revealed that the Oscar winner almost delayed her hit film—but the pandemic lockdown let her finish it.
"Well, I’m going to make a joke. And I’m sure you know this part: She initially was going to put Nomadland on the shelf until after Eternals was finished and released, and then come back to it," Feige said. "Because of our COVID shutdown, she decided to get her laptop out and, you know, finish up this little movie she was doing! And so yes, my joke is, let the filmmaker finish their passion projects when you have some downtime from your giant Marvel project, and suddenly they can make history at the Academy Awards. Knock on wood."
"The real answer is, frankly, continuing what we’ve learned with all of the different types of filmmakers that we have used," Feige said, revealing what Zhao is adding to the MCU. "When you get people with unique points of views, regardless of the size of film they’ve done in the past, and empower them and surround them with the great artists and technicians that can bring spectacle, that can bring the visuals that a Marvel movie requires, they can take you to places you’ve never gone before. And I think you’ve seen that with all of the filmmakers that we’ve worked with, and particularly the filmmakers who have done smaller, more personal things before agreeing to come on board the MCU."
"And Chloé is probably the best example of that," Feige continued. "Not just because of the work that she’s done, but just her entire story, her backstory. And how she looks at the world is very unique, and that’s what you want in your storytellers and your filmmakers as we’re approaching our 30th MCU movie, and we just wrapped our seventh or eighth Disney Plus series."
Feige finished by discussing how bringing in interesting new voices is what has kept Marvel films fresh—and will continue to do so. "I’m in my 20-plus years at Marvel," Feige said. "We only want to keep doing this so that we can keep evolving it and changing it and growing it, and doing things we hadn’t done before. And that’s what many filmmakers like Chloé for. Not just for Marvel, by the way, but for the business — and for the theatrical business, and for the quote unquote blockbuster business."
Directed by Chloé Zhao from a screenplay by Matthew and Ryan Firpo, Eternals stars Gemma Chan as Sersi, Richard Madden as Ikaris, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, Lauren Ridloff as Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos, Salma Hayek as Ajak, Lia McHugh as Sprite, Don Lee as Gilgamesh, Angelina Jolie as Thena, Barry Keoghan as Druig and Kit Harington as Dane Whitman/Black Knight. The film arrives in theaters Nov. 5.
Source: Variety
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