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    MegaBlastoiseSam Barsanti
    2/18/18 2:36pm

    More than likely, Feige had the movies for Phase 4 lined up a long, long time ago, which means Femvengers wouldn’t fit in until Phase 5.

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      Titus_ThorngateMegaBlastoise
      2/18/18 2:42pm

      I would expect him to be cagey about all unannounced projects until they’re, you know, announced.

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      Docteur LoboMegaBlastoise
      2/18/18 2:46pm

      Indeed. And he probably also has alternate Phase 4 & 5 plans scheduled (feat. the F4 & maybe some mutants), in case the Fox/Disney deal works as planned, so... an all-female movie at this point, just for the sake of having one and pleasing the bloggers is probably not on his agenda right now.

      That said, I wouldn’t be surprised if Black Widow’s movie ends up being Widow & Maria Hill’s badass team-up mission, feat. the Hulk + a Captain Marvel cameo, or something along those lines.

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    sui_generisSam Barsanti
    2/18/18 2:28pm

    I think an all-female Marvel movie would kick ass, and it wouldn’t be that hard to come up with a good story to bring all those characters together.

    However, though most of the women of the MCU have been awesome, let’s be honest about why we haven’t seen one so far. Up until recently, BW was the only one anyone talked about, and Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow is just not that compelling. Given far less screen time, everyone from Tessa Thompson to Danai Gurira has made more of their characters. Hell, even Jaimie Alexander’s Sif is more interesting and well-played.

    Now that we have far better to choose from, they should add maybe She-Hulk & a couple other new ones, and make it happen. They could set it up in the after-credits scenes of Captain Marvel.

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      Evil Lincolnsui_generis
      2/18/18 2:35pm

      Karen Gillan as Nebula is an obvious must for this.

      Man it would be nice to have Jaimie Alexander back as Lady Sif too. I think that is possible since Blindspot might be winding down.

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      sui_generisEvil Lincoln
      2/18/18 2:36pm

      Yeah, I think Nebula gets better and better the more she plays her. Can’t wait for her hopefully-pivotal role (based on the book) in Infinity War.

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    Something Something ExplosionSam Barsanti
    2/18/18 2:20pm

    She-Hulk movie, please? Then maybe set up Spider-Woman, Captain Marvel and Ms. America, then rope in Valkyrie and Wasp into an A-Force movie?

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      Evil LincolnSomething Something Explosion
      2/18/18 2:31pm

      If there was some way to bring in-her-prime Peggy Carter to the present day, she would be an awesome team leader.

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      rmlohnerEvil Lincoln
      2/18/18 3:03pm

      Seeing as LMDs exist now, you don’t even need time travel.

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    returning the screwSam Barsanti
    2/18/18 4:53pm

    How we not rush to make one just because “women” and come up with great story? Also, there hasn’t been a female Marvel superhero in the universe yet outside of Black Widow. And while I think Black Widow movie could be good I don’t see anything super about it. It’ll just be some spy drama thing. I want to see a woman superhero movie where the people actually have powers and are beating up similarly powered things.

    EDIT: I forgot about Nebula and Gamora but they don’t really need their own movies.

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      laylowmoereturning the screw
      2/18/18 5:10pm

      You’re right. All these people clamoring for shitty female-led movies with non-great stories should just shut up. Also, agreed that superheroes first introduced as supporting characters should never go on to have their own movies.

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      rev_skarekroereturning the screw
      2/18/18 5:24pm

      You also forgot Scarlett Witch and Wasp (who doesn’t get her superhero identity for a few months, but the character does already exist).

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    nklasdnofuSam Barsanti
    2/18/18 2:52pm

    1) isn’t the upcoming Captain Marvel movie a female-led superhero film?

    2) RE: a female “team up” (or female-only) Marvel film, Feige has been noncommittal about doing this every time he’s pressed about it. I can only assume, for as much as Feige swears up-and-down that he thinks it’s a good idea, that not having one lined up is primarily a business decision.

    So does Feige have some focus group or audience data suggesting the box office would be bad (or less-than-average) for such a film? Studios have very sophisticated methods for projecting how much money a film will make before it’s released, I can’t imagine Marvel hasn’t looked into this so where is the hesitancy coming from, if not concern for maintaining the Marvel movie brand?

    This is something I always think about when we talk about diversifying movie casts or increasing representation for minorities in film. Folks like Feige can make all the nice-sounding noise they like, but at the end of the day their goal is to maximize profits. The only reason there isn’t a female team-up movie everyone is seemingly clampiring for already in preproduction has got to do something with money.

    And Scarlet Johansen: why was she cast in “Ghost In The Machine” instead of an Asian actress? Because the studio found her more bankable. So that’s my point: how are we going to have something like actual Asian movie stars if films are so tied to the profit motive? Why would the studio take the risk, for internet brownie points?

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      MegaBlastoisenklasdnofu
      2/18/18 4:06pm

      I take it you mean “Ghost in the Shell,” not “Ghost in the Machine.”

      I think it’s less “We don’t wanna do Femvengers” and more “We already have 8 movies lined up for Phase 4 and I don’t think we can fit it in right now.” Plus, if the deal with Fox goes through, they gotta find room for the X-Men and Fantastic Four too (even though the X-Men do NOT fit in the MCU at all).

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      wrightstuff76nklasdnofu
      2/18/18 4:11pm

      So does Feige have some focus group or audience data suggesting the box office would be bad (or less-than-average) for such a film? Studios have very sophisticated methods for projecting how much money a film will make before it’s released, I can’t imagine Marvel hasn’t looked into this so where is the hesitancy coming from, if not concern for maintaining the Marvel movie brand?

      I suppose it’s possible that audiences might be keen on a female led superhero team movie but MCU might not have enough widely known/liked characters to fill a roster (regardless of what is written in this article). Black Panther and Thor Ragnarok might have given us some new badass female characters, but it’s a bit trickier shoehorning them into a future MCU movie (at least organically).

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    GaithSam Barsanti
    2/18/18 2:48pm

    This article calls for a “female-led” Marvel movie, but the headline calls for an “all-female team.” So, which is it that’s being requested here? The Avengers are male-led, but they’re not all-male.

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      KeenGaith
      2/18/18 3:52pm

      It’s taken them ~20 films to make one female-led one, so my vote is for both.

      Or in AVC-isms, it can be two things.

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      Dr. Boots' ListGaith
      2/18/18 4:24pm

      I don’t know about everyone else, but I’m asking for a team where there’s only one token man who’s really only there because everyone approves of his butt. So... I’m thinking it can be Channing Tatum playing Hulkling.

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    rev_skarekroeSam Barsanti
    2/18/18 5:15pm

    Slightly related, is it just me or is this new Jennifer Lawrence movie basically a Black Widow origin film in everything but name and star?

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      SystemMasteryrev_skarekroe
      2/18/18 8:12pm

      If Black Widow was like... six times more rapey, yeah. Also “is it just you?” No. The whole internet was making that analogy from the time the announcer had gotten through “Red Sp..”

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    browzaSam Barsanti
    2/18/18 3:59pm

    Okay, but...why is it always Feige? If it’s a matter of women still not having the power in Hollywood to get it to happen, couldn’t he just produce?

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      MegaBlastoisebrowza
      2/18/18 4:07pm

      Because Feige has the final say for Marvel movies (aside from the Disney execs, of course).

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      browzaMegaBlastoise
      2/18/18 4:17pm

      Is that right? I honestly has no idea if so.

      But I was referring to his non-Disney projects as well.

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    Der RabbiSam Barsanti
    2/18/18 2:29pm

    Sorta need She-Hulk in the universe to do this.

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      Evil LincolnDer Rabbi
      2/18/18 2:32pm

      Adrienne Palicki would be a fantastic She-Hulk. Or maybe Jacqueline Toboni from Grimm.

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      rmlohnerEvil Lincoln
      2/18/18 3:03pm

      Gwendoline Christie’s going to be looking for work pretty soon...

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    Greg HundredSam Barsanti
    2/18/18 4:07pm

    I would watch an Okoye solo movie.

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