Joe Russo Explains Why Marvel Studios Gets Involved With Directors' Visions
The Russo brothers have directed some of Marvel Studios' biggest and most successful films in the entire MCU, but like any film in the long-running cinematic universe, the studio plays a crucial role in terms of how the final cut turns out. Now, Joe Russo has explained why Marvel Studios gets involved too much with directors and their creative visions.
The Russo brothers were first hired to direct 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, a film that is now regarded as one of the Marvel Studios' best. They would continue the success by helming Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and the climactic Avengers: Endgame,all of which received rave reviews from critics and fans.
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Sitting down with Empire, Russo shared where some of that studio interference with the directors comes in, adding that if Marvel Studios is not pleased with a project, they'll step in, which most times leads to weeks and weeks of reshoots. «Where I’ve seen issues is when a director’s cut gets delivered and it’s not what they were expecting or it’s not working,» Russo explained. «Then Marvel turns it on and they come in and start to work with the filmmaker in a much heavier way to develop fixes for the movie and then go into extensive reshoots.»
Russo would also go on to share that early in production is when the directing duo and any writers involved would collaborate with Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige quite often by pitching various ideas to one another. Once filming is set to begin, however, Marvel Studios becomes very hands-off until a first cut is ready to be presented. “And so we had a fantastic time working with them because we had a great level of control. Again, we’re not
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