KEVIN FEIGE:Yes, I can.
Marvel Studios is going to be in Hall H twice during Comic-Con.
DEADLINE:WithDeadpool & Wolverine, is this the beginning of an edgier era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige at Comic-Con 2022.Getty
I keep calling it the most wholesome R-rated film that anybody can ever see.
It really is a celebration of friendship and family and of found family.
DEADLINE:Theres a lot of news about how bigDeadpool & Wolverineis going to open.
Hugh Jackman (L) and Ryan Reynolds at the Fox Comic-Con panel in 2015Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Thisclearlyis a renaissance for superhero movies of late.
Whats needed to keep this fever up?
I ask this in general of superhero movies.
Whats needed to keep moviegoers re-engaged and back on a high point?
FEIGE:Ive never been a big believer in superhero being a genre in and of itself.
I think we have to keep evolving and expanding the ways we do that.
And then you move toGuardians of the Galaxy.
People thought Marvel had nothing else.
And we thought, We have 8,567 other things.
The audience wants to see a great piece of entertainment.
I said for a long time that the one-two punch for Marvel, pre-dating me, wasBladeand thenX-Men.
Bladewas a character that nobody knew from the comics, or very few people knew.
It wasnt advertised as being from Marvel Comics.X-Menwas the No.
1 bestselling comic for the 15 years before the movie came out.
DEADLINE:Can you tell us more about Marvels plans at San Diego Comic-Con?
I understand theres a new booth.
But also, can you speak about the confabs importance to a motion picture studio?
Its surprising when some studios decide to skip it; thats a missed opportunity.
The entirety of Comic-Con started in the comics, and I love seeing the amount of stuff that C.B.
[Cebulski], our editor on the publishing side, is doing each year and every year.
On the movie side, which Im emotionally of course connected to, thats where everything started for us.
