Kevin Feige: 'Traveling across the Marvel multiverse is very, very dangerous'

For the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the boss of the MCU described to Première the rules of the multiverse. We are sharing his words again to wait until the first free-to-air broadcast of the film, this weekend on TF1.

Updated April 5, 2024: This Sunday, the first channel should be a hit thanks to the first broadcast of Spider-Man: No Way Home clear. When it was released at the end of 2021 in cinemas, this blockbuster by Jon Watts, still starring Tom Holland and Zendaya, was a huge success: fans delighted by a highly anticipated superhero reunion, nearly $2 billion in global revenue. , a release scheduled a few months later with additional scenes…

So to wait until this TV broadcast which should create an event, First invites you to delve back into the archives to read some memorable manufacturing details. We start with this interview with Kevin Feige, published in full in issue 524 with Matrix Resurrections In front page. Waiting the official launch of Spider-Man 4 ? It is rumored that the sequel could begin work this fall, but for the moment, Marvel has not wanted to confirm anything…

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Interview from December 13, 2022: What could possibly happen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after an event of the magnitude ofAvengers: Endgame ? What else do we have to say once we have brought together absolutely all the superheroes of the firm in a matter of time travel and the annihilation of half the universe? Two years and a pandemic later, the MCU got back on track – not in the cinema, but on Disney + – with Loki And What if…?series full of promises of parallel worlds, more or less evil doubles, alternatives to reality and absolutely disproportionate stakes (the survival of all universes, no less).

A dizzying concept, widely raked over by science fiction literature and Marvel or DC comics, which have been juggling for decades with these parallel worlds where absolutely anything is possible. A film adaptation was therefore only a matter of time and it was the Weaver who was chosen as the first explorer with Spider-Man: No Way HomeFollowing Homecoming (2017) and Far From Home (2019). His secret identity revealed by Mysterio at the end of the previous film, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) will ask Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) for help to make the whole world forget that he is the Spider. A spell goes wrong and Strange opens the door to parallel universes, plunging Peter Parker into a nightmare of incredible proportions.

A few questions remain: does the death of a character still have meaning if their carbon copy from another universe can take their place? And if everyone is interchangeable, how can we identify with characters? What impact can even the slightest story from the studio have?

On the phone, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige assures First that ” everything and everyone matters. But we are very aware that the multiverse is double-edged. People shouldn't think that any character is replaceable, and that you can find a new version of them by snapping your fingers. It's not that easy to travel across the multiverse: it's very, very dangerous. And very rare. This power must be used very wisely and sparingly. The idea is that the viewer's pleasure also involves discovering the rules and limits of the multiverse during the next films. Even the MCU characters know very little about the subject. The multiverse cannot take over and undo everything: this concept must add drama, conflict, emotion and humor. »

Andrew Garfield recounts his return as Spider-Man in No Way Home