With Great Power, Part 4: Endgame

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🗓️ 9 July 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Behind the scenes of Hollywood’s most successful studio, Marvel’s Ike Perlmutter and Kevin Feige clash over budgets and creative control. Marvel lawyer John Turitzin and screenwriter Stephen McFeely share new details of a corporate civil war. Plus, a look at the future of superhero cinema, featuring interviews with “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” actor Chukwudi Iwuji and with Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson from The Ringer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on With Great Power.
0:02.8	Kevin Feige is the most successful producer of all time by far.
0:08.0	Not even close.
0:09.0	Kevin just lived eight and breathed Marvel stories.
0:13.5	And I know that a lot of us, including Kevin,
0:17.0	that was the goal is can we manifest this crazy dream all the way to an Avengers movie,
0:22.5	which seemed impossible at the moment, both technically and, you know, just seemed crazy.
0:27.0	I promise I was very hard on costs.
0:29.0	He did not, did not spend extra dollars.
0:31.5	Ike loved running Marvel.
0:33.5	It was very important for him to stay in control and run Marvel.
0:45.5	Ike Pearl Mudder and Kevin Feige.
0:48.0	On paper, they were a perfect pair.
0:51.0	Ike was the chairman of Marvel based in New York.
0:54.0	He was a brilliant business executive with a sharp focus on costs.
0:58.5	Kevin Feige ran Marvel's movie studio in Los Angeles.
1:02.0	He was the company's creative powerhouse.
1:05.0	Following Disney's purchase of Marvel, the company had momentum.
1:09.0	2012's The Avengers was a massive success.
1:12.5	The third highest grossing film in history at the time.
1:16.0	And Feige was ready to turn Marvel studios into a hit factory unprecedented in modern Hollywood.
1:24.0	But to make movies the way he wanted, Feige needed the freedom to spend money.
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