Post by goldenfist on Dec 23, 2008 10:08:39 GMT -5
While Ed Brubaker’s run on Captain America has been earning critical acclaim, the character’s viability has still been questioned by members of the company’s film division, Marvel Studios.
With the United States’ image abroad taking a pounding, many execs have been concerned about the good Captain’s foreign sales — can a character that is so unabashedly American be embraced by a population that has a bone to pick with Uncle Sam?
This has already seemingly affected parts of the story development, as the Captain America film due to be released in 2011 will be set in the relatively “safe” background of World War II. Cap will presumably return to the present only in the following Avengers film.
Orlando Weekly has made a post discussing whether or not the new administration will help change that. Indeed, many European and Middle Eastern countries were rooting for Barack Obama, and the question on Marvel’s mind is: will this potential boost in Americanism help propel Steve Rogers’ appeal?
At the very least, EW has reported that Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige has taken the new Commander-in-Chief into consideration: ”The idea of change and hope has permeated the country, regardless of politics, and that includes Hollywood… discussions in all our development meetings include the zeitgeist and how it’s changed in the last two weeks. Things are being adjusted.”
With the United States’ image abroad taking a pounding, many execs have been concerned about the good Captain’s foreign sales — can a character that is so unabashedly American be embraced by a population that has a bone to pick with Uncle Sam?
This has already seemingly affected parts of the story development, as the Captain America film due to be released in 2011 will be set in the relatively “safe” background of World War II. Cap will presumably return to the present only in the following Avengers film.
Orlando Weekly has made a post discussing whether or not the new administration will help change that. Indeed, many European and Middle Eastern countries were rooting for Barack Obama, and the question on Marvel’s mind is: will this potential boost in Americanism help propel Steve Rogers’ appeal?
At the very least, EW has reported that Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige has taken the new Commander-in-Chief into consideration: ”The idea of change and hope has permeated the country, regardless of politics, and that includes Hollywood… discussions in all our development meetings include the zeitgeist and how it’s changed in the last two weeks. Things are being adjusted.”