Kevin Feige Talks Marvel's Phase 4

Yesterday I talked about the possibility of the Captain America franchise moving forward without Steve Rogers, and how Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel's movie division, talked about how someone else could become Captain America (like in the comic books) in the future.  That isn't the only thing that Feige has been discussing lately, when dealing with the future of Marvel movies.  This time he sat down with Vulture to talk about "Phase 4" and the what we might expect from it.

The subject of "Phase 4" has been a hot topic lately after reports surfaced that Marvel and Disney have been planning out their MCU movies up through 2020 behind closed doors.  Considering that they have been starting to release three movies a year, that's a lot of story work to be talking about and new characters to consider.  New characters being introduced into the MCU shouldn't be surprising, considering that actors do age, and considering how the movies fare with audiences, they can demand higher salaries each go around.  It also keeps things fresh for the fans with new faces and storylines.  While Feige hasn't divulged much on who we can expect to see, he did tease that we may be getting a lot more superhero team-ups, similar to the Hulk/Thor partnership in next years Thor: Ragnarok.   He mulled over who he'd like to see team-up:

“There are so many, but I would say, both because of the characters and the actors who’ve created them, Doctor Strange and Tony Stark. Particularly in Infinity War and the movie after that, there are … unexpected team-ups.”

One of the things that has both fans and Marvel wondering is if they are growing beyond being able to do "small" movies.  With every MCU movie that's released, it seems to be bigger and better than the one that came before it.  Does Feige think that Marvel will still be able to do these smaller films that are driven more by story than special effects?

"I think it’s possible to have more intimate movies after that, or to have more interesting, unexpected combinations of characters after that, absolutely. It never is intentionally about ‘being even bigger.’ Arguably, one of the biggest scenes we’ve ever had in a movie was the airport battle in Civil War, and there weren’t world-ending stakes in that scene, there wasn’t an asteroid smashing into a city in that scene, but there was a conflict between the characters that made you feel something. To us, it’s less about continuing to go bigger with spectacle — although in some cases, we will — and more about continuing to go deeper with those character interactions.”

While nothing has been confirmed as far as "Phase 4" goes, as news trickles out, I'll be posting the news here.  What new characters from the Marvel Universe would you like to see make their way onto the silver screen?  Let me know who and why in the comments section down below.