Kevin Feige on How Marvel's CIVIL WAR Works Without SECRET IDENTITIES
There's lots of big Marvel movie news blowing up right now as the studio has officially announced nine movies that they are currently developing! Three of those films include Captain America: Civil War and their two part Avengers: Infinity War movies. During a brief Q&A after Marvel announced their big plans, /Film asked Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige about Civil War, Secret Identities, and Spider-Man, and how they plan to pull it off in this story. This was Feige's reply:
"I don’t want to give too much away, but needless to say, the generalities of the act are the same. Something happens, perhaps it’s cumulative for things that have happened though all of the movies leading up to this point. It has made the governments of the world say 'we need to have some oversight of these guys. They need to report to somebody.' So it becomes more… it falls under that umbrella, rather than 'you have to take off your mask.' It’s not about the secret identity thing, as much as it is about, overall, who reports to who, and who can agree to oversight committee. Because as of now, in Avengers 2, there is no more security council, there is no SHIELD, obviously. Stark is paying for it, Captain America is running it, and things occur that will make governments begin to question."
As you can see, he completely bypasses the Spider-Man aspect of things. Spider-Man plays a big role in the comic story arc, and there have been rumors of Marvel being in talks with Sony Pictures about including the character in their movies. There's no word on if any of that is true, but it's out there.
As for everything else, Marvel seems to know what they are doing. They obviously have a plan in place with or without Spider-Man. I really love the direction they are taking in their cinematic universe. I have no idea where it will go, or how it will end, but I'm going to sit back and enjoy the ride!