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WHAT’S INSIDEQ&A WITH SEBASTIAN STANStan considers the future of the Winter Soldier and reveals which Avenger he’d like to do a buddy-comedy movie with.
ARCHITECTS OF INFINITYKey Marvel Studios players reflect on 10 years of films. Also, scan the page for a virtual timeline of the MCU!
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IT HAS BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE THANOSmade his silent debut in the post-credits sequence of “The Avengers.” Now, Marvel Studios’ Mad Titan is ready to rule the cosmos with an iron fist. But the scariest part about Thanos isn’t even the immense power he wields — it’s that the universe may actually need his destructive force.
“He’s not a good guy,” says star Josh Brolin. “But [he] makes sense. He’s trying to fix the universe; he’s trying to balance the cosmos. By doing that, he’s having to destroy a lot of things.”
Having briefly played Thanos in both “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” Brolin takes center stage in “Avengers: Infinity War,” and it remains to be seen whether or not Earth’s mightiest heroes will be enough to stop him.
“You can’t fault him for his thinking, but it’s the conviction of the thing,” says Brolin, comparing the Marvel Studios villain to Marlon Brando’s Colonel Kurtz in “Apocalypse Now.” “You can be empathetic toward him. Then, suddenly, you realize that he’s the worst villain that’s ever existed because he’s willing to go to any lengths in order to accomplish his vision.”
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S O U N D T R A C KTHERE’S NOTHING QUITE SO powerful as a hero’s theme, a musical encapsulation of a character’s identity, but more and more often, pop music has also served as a perfect soundtrack for their adventures. As “Avengers: Infinity War” commemorates ten years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we take a look back at a handful of the songs that have become synonymous with our favorite super heroes.—Todd Gilchrist
AC/DC “Back in Black” (“Iron Man”) As the film that set the MCU in motion, Jon Favreau perfectly captured Tony Stark’s bold, rock ‘n roll spirit with this hard-rocking classic.
Marvin Gaye “Trouble Man” (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) Exploring decades of popular culture he missed while frozen in Arctic ice, Steve Rogers discovers Marvin Gaye’s haunting theme to the Blaxploitation film “Trouble Man,” beautifully hinting at the increasingly complex world into which he has been catapulted.
Blue Swede “Hooked on a Feeling” (“Guardians of the Galaxy”) It’s a toss-up whether this or “Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)” (from “Vol. 2”) is the more iconic “Guardians”-related track, but even before bonding with his dad over the pleasures of King Harvest, Star-Lord was self-scoring his misadventures to this benchmark blast of ’70s AM pop.
Chuck Mangione “Feels So Good” (“Doctor Strange”)
Director Scott Derrickson uses Mangione’s muzak-friendly jazz in an unexpectedly fresh way in the
film’s opening scene, where the future Master of the Mystic Arts smugly prevails over his surgery
team with the minutiae of its recording and release.
Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop” (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”)
After five films untethered to his fellow Marvel super heroes,
Spider-Man finally swung beneath Marvel’s umbrella for
one of his best cinematic adventures ever. The Ramones’
iconic song supplies two minutes and 14 seconds of propulsive
punk rock to perfectly mirror the character’s scrappy energy.
Led Zeppelin “Immigrant Song” (“Thor: Ragnarok”)
Always playing with the power of cinematic storytelling, director
Taika Waititi skillfully threw Zeppelin’s classic into the
opening scenes of “Ragnarok” almost as a goof, before bringing
it back as a manifesto of Thor’s full-circle transformation into the
hero he needed to become.
Kendrick Lamar (Feat. SZA) “All The Stars” (“Black Panther”)
It’s the only song on this list specifically composed for its super
hero (and its soundwave form is pictured here), but leave it to
Lamar and SZA to extrapolate the themes of the film into an anthem
of resilience, defiance and self-empowerment.
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build on, and then you kind of have to adjust to what happens in the [Marvel Cinematic Universe], which isn’t always a direct parallel with what happens in the comic books.
How has it felt to keep coming back to this role? Do you learn things from your other roles that you bring to this character, or vice versa?I think one of the good things about working on something for a number of years is it’s like learning how to ride a bike again — it just happens and comes to you more quickly. But it’s interesting playing a character as you’re growing up in your own life [because] it’s inev-itable that certain things are going to be either more or less important over time due to where you are in your own life. So there are certain things that kind of feel familiar, but then you have a newfound wisdom that you bring to the character just by simply having more wisdom in your life.
Now that Chris Evans has announced he’s stepping away from Captain America, what are you looking forward to exploring with Bucky?I honestly don’t know what’s going to happen going forward — I have not a
What journey is the Winter Soldier on as he transitions
from being an assassin to something more heroic?
I think he’s probably feeling good about being on the right side of the battle this time around. It’s taken him a long time to regain the trust of certain people, and it’s in his best interest to make sure he proves himself to some extent — espe-cially with some of the ties he’s been able to establish in Wakanda, and what that’s meant for him.
What is the energy like on set when you’re grouped with these other heroes? It was a nice treat this time around to get to know some of these other guys, like the Guardians, who I’d never worked with before. It was hard to keep a straight face sometimes, just because everybody was really funny. Paul Bettany really cracked me up a few times, and I think in a few scenes it was hard to not laugh because of what was going on. It always felt like you were in the middle of something special.
How much do you refer to the source material at this point? You always have that as a foundation to
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know what things are going to land with people. It inspires me to think, this might be a scene we’ve done like a thousand times, but someone out there might see this and be really touched by it — so I want to give it my all.
Ultimately, how cathartic did this feel — like the end of a journey for many of these characters?There’s definitely a feeling that’s nos-talgic, and there’s a feeling that certain things are coming to an end, for sure. When you see the movie, I think you’re going to realize how much more you’ve been connected to these characters than you’ve assumed. That made the experience more special in a way. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it has to be the ultimate end, you know?
clue. But I always have an amazing time coming back, and I love that I don’t know where we can take him next.
Is there another character in the MCU you would especially like to see Bucky team up with one day?I loved working with Anthony Mackie — I think he’s particularly good at getting Bucky’s lighter side out, so it would be fun to explore a sort of buddy-type movie. There’s obviously a path he has with Black Widow that also could be explored. But I’m staying open-minded about expectations.
Bucky seems to attract some of the more unusual fan interactions. What has been the oddest or maybe your favorite response or interaction?Fans have been amazing. It’s amazing how many people I have met over the years who have gotten Bucky’s arm tattoo on their arms. I’m always pleas-antly surprised but very touched when I meet people that relate to him in many ways. Fans come up and tell me he has been inspirational for them with some of the hardships he has endured, or in some of his quests for identity. It just goes to show how you can’t take anything for granted, because you never
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“There’s too much story to tell. We couldn’t have introduced Black Panther and Spider-Man into a world where we also had to introduce Iron Man, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Scarlet Witch. It’s impossible.”
Now with “Infinity War,” Marvel is uniting the entire universe, from the hidden nation of Wakanda to the far reaches of outer space.
“The library is very big,” Alonso says. “In meetings, we look at walls and go, ‘Oh my god. We have so many great characters. How do we bring them to life?’ It’s always an embarrassment of riches when we look at the work that has been done in the comics.”
members, I guess you could call it,” says Marvel Studios EVP of Physical Production Victoria Alonso, who is an executive producer on “Avengers: Infinity War.” During production on “Iron Man,” she worked closely with Feige and Executive Producer Louis D’Esposito to chart the trajectory of the MCU. “[Kevin]
came to Lou and said, ‘I think they’re going to let us make more than one movie. Do you
guys want to join?’ We’ve been together ever since.”
Alonso’s background as a visual effects producer was essential in shaping the VFX spectacle that goes into any and every Marvel Studios movie.
“If the movie has 2,500 cuts, we have
2,450 visual effects shots,” she explains. “It’s sometimes very clear in visual effects what you’re doing with a shot; sometimes you have no idea what we’ve done, and that’s a beautiful thing.”
For the first three years, Marvel Studios averaged only one film a year.
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“THERE WAS AN IDEA,” SAYS SAMUEL L. Jackson’s Nick Fury in the first “Avengers” film, “to bring together a group of remarkable people, see if they could become something more.”
With the release of “Avengers: Infinity War,” the 19th chapter in an unprecedented shared big-screen timeline, those words describe more than the super heroes that have left an enduring mark on pop culture. Fury’s words equally apply to the men and women whose unique collaboration has redefined blockbuster filmmaking.
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige worked with the company for several years producing pre-Cinematic Universe movies before getting the job on “Iron Man,” the film that would carry Marvel to “Infinity” and beyond.
“In a way, we’re like the founding
Then in 2011, the pace doubled. Now, fans are treated to three MCU films annually.
“We were doing one movie a year, and it was hard because we were trying to figure out how to do it as a new entity,” Alonso says. “We were trying to figure each other out. Then we started making two movies and we had a shorthand.”
As the universe expanded, Marvel Studios began to bring in new talent. Joe and Anthony Russo, the sibling pair behind “Infinity War” and its 2019 follow-up, joined the MCU with “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” in 2014, then directed “Captain America: Civil War” two years later.
“‘Civil War,’ Avengers 3 and Avengers 4 could not have been made had they not been part of a pre-existing universe,” Anthony Russo explains.
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a growing love for Marvel comics would secure young Ryan’s destiny.
“I’ve loved Spider-Man since I was a kid,” he laughs. “I’m one of those people who was brought into comic books essentially by the merchandise. I read a lot of [Marvel comics] when I was growing up. I was a teenager when
‘Infinity Gauntlet’ came out and I bought that book off the shelves; it’s probably still in my parents’ house collecting dust.”
Meinerding eventually moved to California to pursue a career in film, and wound up working alongside Jon Favreau to develop Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “John Carter of Mars.” Favreau would ultimately step away from that project, but he was such a fan of
EVEN IF YOU DON’T KNOW HIS NAME, there’s a good chance you’re a fan of Ryan Meinerding’s work. Currently the Head of Visual Development at Marvel Studios, Meinerding has been guiding the look of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since its inception.
“The coolest part of my job is definitely being able to go to movie theaters and see stuff that we’ve worked really hard on come to life for audiences to enjoy,” Meinerding tells moviebill.
Born in Ohio, Meinerding credits the 1983 release of “Return of the Jedi” as the first time he realized the spectacular power of big-screen storytelling. But
Meinerding’s work that he brought the artist along for his next production — “Iron Man.”
“Usually we start with some type of script, outline or description from the producers,” Meinerding says. “We’re trying to find a version from the comics that’s going to work for the story that they want to tell. Sometimes that means going all the way back to things from the ’50s and ’60s, and sometimes it’s something that has been developed more recently, like when we did the Winter Soldier, who was created in 2005.”
Sometimes Meinerding is designing
costumes with specific actors in mind, in the hopes that his artwork will win them over. But the original comics always provide decades of inspiration.
“Sometimes that leads us down strange roads,” Ryan continues, “but one of the things about these characters is that their visuals are so iconic and simple. It means they can be translated in a number of different ways. Sometimes it takes a number of tries, but it’s really about letting that original iconic visual inspire shapes and forms and costume ideas that can then be translated into real garments.”
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