Before becoming the main producer behind theMarvel Cinematic Universe, Kevin Feige worked on several surprising films, and now seems to be bringing many of his former stars into the MCU withAvengers: Doomsday. With new details coming out concerningAvengers: Doomsday’scast, anticipation is high for the film. After reviewing Kevin Feige’s filmography, the shape of the new movie actually makes a lot of sense, and feels like a cumulative event in Feige’s long and illustrious career.
While some of the cast confirmed for the upcomingAvengersfilm were unexpected, there are even moresurprising cast members missing fromDoomsday’s cast. However,understanding the arc of Kevin Feige’s career actually helps to explain this.Rather than just an ending to the Multiverse Saga, similar to howAvengers: Endgamethematically closed out the Infinity Saga, these upcoming films seem to actually be a cumulative look back at Kevin Feige’s entire career. With that in mind, it is worth looking at Feige’s past to understand Marvel’s future.
Kevin Feige’s Marvel Career Started With Fox’s X-Men Movies
Feige Was An Associate Producer On 2000’s X-Men
Kevin Feige has become one of the most successful producers in the history of Hollywood, building out the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. However,the first Marvel film that Feige worked on was actually with Fox, where he worked as an associate producer on 2000’sX-Men.The film was an exciting reinvention of the superhero genre, taking the themes and ideas from the comic books and reworking them to seem more palatable to the audience of the 2000s, althoughFeige did his best to keep the movie like the comics.
From there, Feige continued to work on pre-MCU Marvel movies. He worked as a co-producer onDaredevilandX2, and as an executive producer on all kinds of Marvel projects, includingElektraandX-Men: The Last Stand. Clearly interested in Marvel comic adaptations from the beginning,Feige was able to use his experience and connections forged over these years in order to getIron Manmade alongside director Jon Favreau.From there, history was made, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe was born.
Avengers: Doomsday Is Bringing Back So Many Classic X-Men Actors
Many Members Of The Doomsday Cast Have Appeared In X-Men, X2, And X-Men: The Last Stand
The cast list forAvengers: Doomsdayincludes several surprisingX-Menfranchise actors, including Alan Cumming and Ian McKellen. These actors returning suggests several X-Men characters will come back after being away from the movie world for years, meaning the movie already looks set to directly follow up on several older Marvel releases. With such a surprising cast, full of all kinds of characters from the franchise that Feige previously worked on,there is already a great deal of speculation about who else could appear from that seriesin the upcoming film.
Feige has already gone out of his way to bring Hugh Jackman back to the MCU, andthere is still hope that Wolverine could appear in the film.After the incrediblebox-office success ofDeadpool & Wolverine, it is all but certain that Marvel will be doing everything they can to get Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman inDoomsday. If not, then they are surely planned to appear inAvengers: Secret Wars, especially since it seems that Feige is planning to bring back as many Marvel characters from his past work as he can.
Doomsday Has Turned Into An X-Men Reunion Too
Several X-Men Characters Who Haven’t Been Seen In Some Time Are Set To Reappear
While the return of Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier inDoomsdayis exciting,what is even more exciting is the stacked cast of performers who left the franchise but are now set to return.Kelsey Grammer was recast in the franchise as Beast until he returned at theending ofThe Marvels, and will now presumably have a larger role here. Rebecca Romijn, too, was recast in the franchise with Jennifer Lawrence, and other than a cameo in 2011’sX-Men: First Class, has not played the role since 2006.
Seeing these stars, alongside Ian McKellen and James Marsden, who both last appeared as theirX-Mencharacters inX-Men: Days of Future Past, is so exciting. With such a large cast, there is interest in seeing the Avengerscharacters interact with these X-Men. However,this cast list also suggests a significant reunion for the X-Men themselves,with many of these characters not having shared the screen with any of the others in a long, long time. This is a promising prospect, and may allowDoomsdayto function as a sequel to Fox’s universe as well as the MCU.
Original X-Men Cast Member Addresses Being Missing From Avengers: Doomsday’s Cast Announcement
As Marvel Studios announced several X-Men cast members from the original movies for Avengers: Doomsday, one of the missing stars breaks their silence.
The story ofAvengers: Doomsdayremains to be seen, but the cast is certainly exciting. Looking at the shape of the film, it seems thatKevin Feige has gone back to the beginning of his career and, between this film andDeadpool & Wolverine, has brought back almost every one of the characters he has worked on in the past.All of this points to how importantAvengers: Doomsdaywill be, not just for audiences, but even for Feige himself. Hopefully, this results in a genuinely satisfying and excellent film.
