If you think you’re lonely now, wait until you’re no longer able to distinguish a Marvel project from anything else.
That’s the reality Marvel Studios is facing. Several missteps have created a swirling microcosm of chaos that is slowly growing into an impossible mountain to climb.
“The quality is suffering,” says Joanna Robinson, co-author of the book MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios. “In 2019, at the peak, if you put ‘Marvel Studios’ in front of something, people were like, ‘Oh, that brand means quality.’ That association is no longer the case because there have been so many projects that felt half-baked and undercooked.”
A new blockbuster report by Tatiana Siegel of Variety tells the potentially tumultuous journey Marvel has recently undertaken to be at the top.
Here are the top five revelations from the report: