Marvel Studios
What has Marvel Studios done this time? The controversy hits Kevin Feige’s studio again, this time related to the directors.
Marvel has been accused of ruining the creativity of its directors. In a recent chat with The Town with Matthew Belloni, New York Magazine and Vulture journalist Chris Lee criticized Kevin Feige’s studio’s tendency to hire directors with no experience in the visual effects department, claiming the company is doing it on purpose. in an attempt to maintain creative control over the studio’s various projects.
Chris Lee started with a rather drastic comparison, comparing the director of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings to James Cameron. This as an example of how the choice of Marvel filmmakers affects the visual aspects of their films.. “In your comparison of, say, Avatar 2 to Shang-Chi, when you compare James Cameron to Destin Daniel Cretton… You’re not comparing apples to apples. Because James Cameron has infinite amounts of experience with computer-generated imagery.”
This is journalist Chris Lee’s complaint against the UCM
The journalist then stated that Marvel intentionally seeks directors with no experience in the visual effects department. Lee denounces that the company systematically collects directors from the Sundance Film Festival. And he points out that these cheap movies mostly don’t involve heavy lifting with visual effects. “Kevin Feige systematically picks up directors from the Sundance Film Festival. Someone who has directed a cheap film that has had a lot of impact, who has a lot of heart, a lot of originality. And then suddenly they’re propped up with a nine-figure budget for the first time.”
In light of the recent firing of Victoria Alonso, co-chairman of Marvel Studios, people were already obsessed with the MCU’s mismanagement of the production process. Chris Lee has offered some more credence to these claims, adding that he has recently spoken with a high-level MCU director who confirms that Kevin Feige-led studio relinquishes little creative control.
