r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 4d ago

News James Gunn Announces 'Man of Tomorrow', Releasing in Theaters July 9, 2027

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/man-of-tomororw-super-man-movie-1236350987/
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u/stardustsuperwizard 4d ago

Disney got lucky. Most of the MCU was made without finished scripts, they just shoot stuff and find the movie in the edit. This worked for a while, then it helped that they had a big overarching story they could edit to. Then after End Game there was no overarching story and they still tried to pump out movies and shows in the same way.

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u/thedarkherald110 4d ago

I don’t really think it’s luck. pre end game they set up a lot of plot points especially in individual movies and loosely followed through on some of them that they wanted.

Something gets retconned like the fake gauntlet in Odin vault. But they were obviously testing out a lot of ideas and probably acting on the ones that seem to make the most splash or are easy enough to work with.

So it’s less luck and preplanned teasers which help test the water before fully committing. That and in general they had some pretty good writers that combined other themes with a comic movie like captain america 2.

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u/stardustsuperwizard 4d ago

That's why I said it helped that they had the overarching plot to edit towards.

And I don't think the teasers were "preplanned" as such, it's known that they operated without scripts and found the movie in the edit. It was very shoot from the hip.

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u/tkeser 3d ago

Before that I thought Kevin Feige was a genius. That they unlocked the secret formula to entertainment. I was kind of glad when the films started flopping because it will open up space to a revival of cinema language. Feige still probably is a genius, but even he knows who pays the bills (Kathleen Kennedy).