In 2023 Marvel Studios embarked on two projects that have set an ominous precedent for the plans of Kevin Feige. In Disney+ was the series secret invasion so that shortly after it arrived in theaters The Marvels: Both productions had cost a million and were received with fierce criticism. The Marvels, in particular, sank at the box office, and was such a virulent failure that Disney and Marvel agreed shortly after to readjust their production. The producers realized that, since the inception of Disney+, they had developed so much content that even the most loyal fans had become saturated.
This July 25th Deadpool and Wolverine part with the responsibility of righting the Marvel flag. It is not unreasonable that it achieves this based on the public’s affection for its protagonists, but what happens after Deadpool and Wolverine? That the following film projects of the MCUwith the possible exception of 4 fantasticdo not arouse much expectation. Here we have Bladewhich there is no way to bring to fruition with the successive abandonment of directors, or Thunderbolts As the suicide squad from Marvel. As well as Captain America: Brave New Worldwhich would be the next film on the calendar after Deadpool and Wolverine but is experiencing numerous problems.
The fourth installment of Captain America It was originally going to be released this month, but was delayed to February 14, 2025. The strike of actors and scriptwriters that shook the industry last year was cited as the main reason, but it also happens that Brave New World received negative ratings in its test screenings, disappointing Marvel management with the first cut it had delivered to them. Julius Onah (The Cloverfield Paradox) as director. This led to Marvel calling the feared reshoots: that is, bringing back the entire team to record new scenes.
Although it is a widespread practice, reshoots They have a bad reputation in the industry. Marvel is very fond of them, as happened with Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness (dedicating them to the inclusion of several cameos) or, alas, with The Marvels. In case of Brave New World It is striking because reshoots that are taking place in Atlanta are quite extensive: they have been filming since May with the idea of finishing in August, and they include both three new action scenes and an entire character that he plays Giancarlo Espositowho in theory would be a new villain.
A source of World of Reel reveals that in addition these reshoots are going to be disproportionately expensive: between 75 and 100 million extra dollars It’s going to cost Marvel. As the budget originally proposed was 275 million dollarsthe total would reach an insane 375 million dollars. The Marvels fell short of that figure (in fact, without counting marketing expenses, it materialized with the same initial 275 Brave New World), with which the tragedy is chewed.
There is reasonable doubt that a film of Captain America can succeed with a protagonist who is not Chris Evans. And it is that Falcon and the Winter Soldiera previous Disney+ series that audiences need not have seen, portrayed how Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) inherited Steve Rogers’ shield as the new Captain America. Mackie is indeed the protagonist of Brave New Worldand right now he is also involved in the expensive reshoots. “It’s like they’re rolling a new movie“, says the source of World of Reel.
The disruptions of Captain America 4 They also extend to the script. Before they wrote Dalan Musson and Malcolm Spellman (this after being showrunner in the aforementioned Falcon and the Winter Soldier), but they were relieved by Matthew Orton. Who was the screenwriter of the series? Moon Knight He scrapped much of the original material, and is also responsible for the additional scenes.
Brave New World, which was previously titled New World Orderhas a large cast alongside Mackie that includes Liv Tyler and Tim Blake Nelson coming back after The incredible Hulk (another element that depends on how the public receives it), since Harrison Ford debuting in Marvel as a replacement for the deceased William Hurt in the role of Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross.
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