Humor remains more important to Marvel films than going dark, argues Kevin Feige.
NewsThe interviews and promotional work for Avengers: Age Of Ultron are pretty much done and dusted now (well, until the DVD and Blu-ray turns up), but Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige had time for one last piece of publicity. Well, a report of it at least, as a Reddit user has posted details of a screening where Feige did a Q&A after the event.
Interestingly, the question was posed: why hasn't the Marvel cinematic universe taken a darker turn, a la Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight movies? Answer: because it never will.
To paraphrase the report, there won't be a darker turn in the Marvel cinematic universe. For whilst Feige concedes that the trailers "may seem ominous or have a sense of impending doom," the movies will never quite be like that. Instead, Feige argues that humor is a vital component of the films, and that's how it's going to stay. Lightness will remain present in the Marvel cinematic universe.
That should be it with Avengers: Age Of Ultron interviews for now, at least. Don't be surprised if DC and Warner Bros positions itself as the darker side of the comic book movie proverbial coin over the coming years, as Marvel continues down its slightly lighter path...
