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The Summer of Kevin Feige

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The Summer of Kevin Feige Kevin Feige’s having a great summer. It’s hard to deny that, right now, Disney is king of the hill when it comes to blockbusters. And leading a large part of that charge is Kevin Feige, the driving force behind the box office juggernaut that is the MCU. This summer is something of a transition period for Feige and Marvel as they pivot from closing out the first saga that began with Iron Man back in 2008 and start working on what’s coming next for the MCU. But it’s hard to dispute that Feige has earned his victory lap this summer. Just three months ago Avengers: Endgame released and made all the money. Last I checked, Endgame was sitting at $2.772 billion. In addition to its financial success, it also marks the creative culmination of more than 20 movies, thousands of cast, writers, directs, and crew. The MCU has defined a generation of not just comic book films, but films in general. But the end of the Infinity saga leaves us in a strange situation. For th