Marvel reveals first Phase Four movie: Guardians of the Galaxy 3

[JimB]

I'm not in the movie business at all, but given how long production takes on movies, is Marvel really displaying an unusual amount of hubris by saying what they have planned to do in four years?

 

[Zontar]

I'm not in the movie business at all, but given how long production takes on movies, is Marvel really displaying an unusual amount of hubris by saying what they have planned to do in four years?

The answer is from a studio production side no, but because all of them are in the same setting there's the problem that all have to be refined in a way that allows for their stories to make sense within the context of a single setting.

 

[Kenbo Slice]

II hope to god Joss Whedon will stay away from Thanos as humanely possible.

Joss is done with Marvel. He quite after Age of Ultron, and the way he did it assures he won't be back. On the bright side, the two brothers who directed Winter Soldier as well as Civil War are set to direct both Infinity Wars movies.

What happened between Whedon and Marvel?

Marvel told him he couldn't make Age of Ultron 210 minutes long like he'd originally wanted (or three and a half house, also known as an hour too many) and forcing him to put the 30 second "Thor in the water hole" scene that people complain way to much about given how little presence in the film it actually had.

Or to put it simply, his original movie idea way far too long and he forgot this was a Marvel movie.

I would've liked to see a three and a half hour long version of AoU. Three and a half hours isn't that bad.

 

[MatParker116]

I'm not in the movie business at all, but given how long production takes on movies, is Marvel really displaying an unusual amount of hubris by saying what they have planned to do in four years?

Have it planned to 2028.

 

[JimB]

I'm not in the movie business at all, but given how long production takes on movies, is Marvel really displaying an unusual amount of hubris by saying what they have planned to do in four years?

Have it planned to 2028.

Okay. Is that unusual, then?

 

[Hawki]

I'm not in the movie business at all, but given how long production takes on movies, is Marvel really displaying an unusual amount of hubris by saying what they have planned to do in four years?

Have it planned to 2028.

Source?

I mean, I believe you, but I'd like to see confirmation before I slink into a corner and sob uncontrollably.

 

[Zontar]

I'm not in the movie business at all, but given how long production takes on movies, is Marvel really displaying an unusual amount of hubris by saying what they have planned to do in four years?

Have it planned to 2028.

Okay. Is that unusual, then?

Yes, planning movies ahead 14 years (this was announced in 2014) is unusual, however given what we've seen Marvel is very flexible to changing to new circumstances as the situation demands.

 

[Nooners]

I'm not in the movie business at all, but given how long production takes on movies, is Marvel really displaying an unusual amount of hubris by saying what they have planned to do in four years?

Have it planned to 2028.

Okay. Is that unusual, then?

Yes, planning movies ahead 14 years (this was announced in 2014) is unusual, however given what we've seen Marvel is very flexible to changing to new circumstances as the situation demands.

True. Ant-Man was originally going to be a Phase 1 movie, but rather than shove out a half finished product too soon, Marvel worked through all the production issues and when it finally came out people really liked it.

I'd rather have them planning so far in advance so they can carefully make sure the stories fit together and give them some flexibility in scheduling and planning.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

So is this post-infinity war? Because if so, how long do they plan to do these things? People will eventually get bored of these films, but I guess that's why they're still introducing new heroes to the MCU, so the old guard goes and the new take over would be my guess.

 

[McElroy]

They have a vision that stretches far into the future. Continuous, united, progressing from one film to another, over the course of decades. And people have a problem with this? What the actual fuck?

Probably no problem with the movies themselves but with the media that revolves around these glorified cartoon episodes. They're not just popular but numerous too, which makes them hoard a ton of attention ultimately at the expense of other - better - movies. Not everyone has a perpetual hard-on for MCU films (aka 'a moviebob') in their trousers.

 

[PapaGreg096]

So is this post-infinity war? Because if so, how long do they plan to do these things? People will eventually get bored of these films, but I guess that's why they're still introducing new heroes to the MCU, so the old guard goes and the new take over would be my guess.

Isn't that like saying that people would eventually get bored of the comics? I mean, as far as I'm concerned, movies >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> comics. And comics have been going on for almost a century. With countless reboots and revamps and breaks in continuity. For the past century, comics have been telling more or less the same stories over and over and over again in slightly different ways. And you think after a couple of years, people are going to be burned out on a cinematic universe that is telling those stories cinematically in a linear, long planned out way? I mean, we saw the X-Men on film. Then we saw them rebooted. We saw the Fantastic 4 on film. Then we saw them rebooted. We saw Spiderman on film. Then we saw him rebooted. We saw Batman on film. Then we saw him rebooted. Marvel isn't doing the same thing over and over again. Isn't rebooting the same characters over and over again. They have a vision that stretches far into the future. Continuous, united, progressing from one film to another, over the course of decades. And people have a problem with this? What the actual fuck?

You don't read a lot of comics since that only applies to superheroes comics everything else is on equal footing to movies

 

[chozo_hybrid]

Snip.

Holy wall of text Batman! Um, I wasn't saying people will definitely get bored of them, and as I pointed out, they are bringing new heroes in to the mix, most likely in part to keep that from happening. By bringing them in, it will keep things fresh and interesting hopefully. But I do hear of people getting fatigued from seeing all these films, including friends of mine. I'm not saying they should stop making them, I happen to really like them.

I think I did that thing with my original post where I didn't put to words what I was thinking in a way others would understand, I do that sometimes, sorry.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

So is this post-infinity war? Because if so, how long do they plan to do these things? People will eventually get bored of these films, but I guess that's why they're still introducing new heroes to the MCU, so the old guard goes and the new take over would be my guess.

I think that they're actually trying to branch out into other genres. We saw that with Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man. They're all more or less standalone. When the time comes you can mix the two or more parties into the same film and, in idea, get the best of both genres.

When you explain it like that, it makes a lot of sense When I think about it, those two films are quite different to the others.

 

[GrumbleGrump]

UUUUUUGH

This is why I'm not interested that much in Marvel's future movies. Seeing just this much saturation of movies just makes me want to see them less. I'm way more curious about when this is going to inevitably crash and burn. My bet is in 2 - 3 more years.