Marvel Studios Restructures Its Leadership?

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Something Marvel and Business related? It must be my lucky day! It seems that Marvel Studios has been reorganizing itself so that its president, Kevin Feige, no longer has to report to the CEO of Marvle Entertainment, Isaac „Ike“ Perlmutter. This in turn also creates a stronger relationship between the company and Disney, as from this point on the film company will report directly to Disney Studio chief Alan Horn.[1]

On one side, this certainly proves that Kevin Feige is a force to reckon with, as he as acting president alongside Louis D’Esposito as co-president, managed to create quite a reputation thanks to the success of their Marvel film slate. On the other, this is also a sign of an estranged relationship with Perlmutter, who has been noted to be quite a micromanager.

The low-profile billionaire contributed to Marvel’s reputation in Hollywood and was also the driving force behind ist very famous secrecy and frugalty, even going as far as to secretly disguise himself to enter the Iron Man premiere back in 2008 adn complaining that journalists at the press junket were given two sodas instead of one.

There is a downside tough, as Jeph Loeb, the head of Marvel Television, still has to reptort to Perlmutter, who maintaints his oversight of Marvel’s TV group, publishing, animation and other New York-based operations.

Could this be a new turn for the company? It might certainly allow Kevin Feige to make more impromptu decisions and could even allow them to further enhance their upcoming film slate, maybe a potential to see a sequel to this years Ant-Man afterall. My only issue ist hat Marvel Television is still considered a seperate entity even though technically Agents of SHIELD, Agent Carter and the Netflix series are all part of teh Marvel Cinematic Universe. Yet, this is a small victory and could potentially lead to a new future with the TV department being fused together with Marvel Studios.

What are your opinions on the matter? Leave a comment below and what this could potentially mean for the future of Marvel Studios?

[1] Cf. Masters/Belloni (2015): http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/marvel-shake-up-film-chief-819205, Dated: 01.09.2015.

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