‘It’s his movie, so I think you live in that reality’: ‘The Marvels’ director’s Kevin Feige comments gives rise to a thousand conspiracy theories

As much as DaCosta reiterated that story always comes first and foremost, it’s not hard to interpret her stance on Kevin Feige’s involvement as being akin to somebody who knows they’re only one small part in a massive machine, as opposed to an auteur being handed the license to make exactly the kind of superhero blockbuster they envisioned in their head.

“The overarching narrative is secondary to the narrative of the individual film. It is a Kevin Feige production, it’s his movie. So I think you live in that reality, but I tried to go in with the knowledge that some of you is going to take a back seat.”

She-Hulk may have mocked the concept, but everything that happens in the MCU does indeed floww through Feige, who signs off on every major decision regardless of how big or small an impact it could stand to make in the long run.

There’s far too many people out there crossing their fingers in the hopes The Marvels will fail, though, even if history is technically on DaCosta’s side when the franchise’s finest efforts tend to delicately toe the line between standing alone and slotting seamlessly into the grand calculus of the multiverse.