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Interview with Kevin Feige & Stephen Broussard from Marvel



Hot Toys is very happy and excited to be able to have an interview session with Mr. Kevin Feige, President of Production at Marvel Studios, and Mr. Stephen Broussard, Executive Producer of Iron Man 3 on the Iron Man 3 movie, upcoming Marvel movie characters and Hot Toys Collectible Figurines. We are much honored to learn that they are fans of Hot Toys and would like thank Mr. Feige and Mr. Broussard for their valuable time to answer our questions and autograph our Mark VII Collectible Figures! We are glad to let fans know that the first batch of final products of the Mark VII Collectible Figures is being shipped right now, so fans please expect to get yours soon!


Without further ado, here you go the interview between Hot Toys and Mr. Feige & Mr. Broussard!



Hot Toys (HT): We just watched the Iron Man 3 movie. It is so great and our team is so excited seeing so many different versions of the Iron Man suits. With over 40 sets of suits, which is your favorite one so far?

Mr Kevin Feige & Mr Stephen Broussard (K & S): Our design team, led by Ryan Meinerding & Charlie Wen, did such an amazing job that it's hard to pick just one. But we really love "Thumper"(Mark XXV). And it's great to finally see the classic "Silver Centurion" (Mark XXXIII) on the screen.

HT: Today, the Marvel movies are mainly acted by classic superhero characters. Will there be any newly created superhero characters (those haven't appeared in any kinds of comics before) in the upcoming Marvel movies? We are highly anticipating the new characters and stories!

K & S: Our colleagues in the publishing division do an amazing job creating new characters and stories (in addition to exploring the classics). We have our hands full developing the established decades and decades of great comic book material into movies. So that's primarily what our focus is on now. But who knows what the future could bring? We're always open to exciting new possibilities.

HT: Which Marvel comics do you most want to see to be brought onto the big screen?

K & S: We were very excited to finally bring the Avengers (and all the individual characters) to the theater. It was high time that folks like Iron Man, Captain America and Thor got the big screen treatment. Looking ahead we're excited to introduce audiences to Ant Man and The Guardians of The Galaxy in much the same way!

HT: Do you collect any toys or figures? Are you a fan of a particular series or collectible?

K & S: We are HUGE fans of the Hot Toys series. Our offices are lined with these toys. It is really amazing craftsmanship and we couldn't be bigger admirers.

HT: Which is your most anticipated Marvel character to be seen as Collectible Figure?

K & S: All the Hot Toys have been fantastic so far. We're looking forward to finally seeing The Mandarin and the first Captain America costume figure. And the Avengers Hulk looks beyond awesome.

HT: What are your thoughts on Hot Toys' Marvel Collectible Figures?

K & S: We love them. We like to joke that half the reason we make these movies is just so we can buy Hot Toys for ourselves because we love them so much.

HT: Do you have any suggestions in terms of Hot Toys products' direction?

K & S: Keep making great Marvel product! Don't be afraid to go back to past movies and make other figures that have never been produced. We'd love to see a Dr. Erskine figure. Or a Howard Stark. Or HYDRA Troopers. Or Tony Stark in his cowboy hat costume! I could go on. We encourage you to go deeper into screen and prop accurate accessories. We love detailed things like Coulson's gun or the cue cards on the back of Cap's shield. Also when will we see the Back to the Future figures? Very excited for those!
 
I could see a Dr Erskine + Howard Stark combo being a very popular item amongst Marvel and, specially, Captain America's fans. Hell, even I'd think on getting them, if it comes with great acessories.
 
Sounds like they are trying to star wars-ify the marvel movie universe and make like Kenner and do all the supporting and minor characters as well now. :monkey1
 
I could see a Dr Erskine + Howard Stark combo being a very popular item amongst Marvel and, specially, Captain America's fans. Hell, even I'd think on getting them, if it comes with great acessories.

Ditto.

Great interview. Thanks for posting it Hydeous.
 
Mr Kevin Feige & Mr Stephen Broussard (K & S): Our design team, led by Ryan Meinerding & Charlie Wen, did such an amazing job that it's hard to pick just one. But we really love "Thumper"(Mark XXV). And it's great to finally see the classic "Silver Centurion" (Mark XXXIII) on the screen.

Which one is the Thumper? Is that the one that created shockwaves by hitting the ground? That was a cool one, actually.

K & S: All the Hot Toys have been fantastic so far. We're looking forward to finally seeing The Mandarin and the first Captain America costume figure. And the Avengers Hulk looks beyond awesome.

Seems like they have more of an imagination than some fans. :lol
 
I don't know about you guys, but I'm pretty shocked that they haven't announced a single new figure around the US release of the movie? WTH?

Yep. They are all quiet now for some reason. Maybe they realized they may have been over zealous in committing to making 15 suits where most of which only had from seconds to a minute or two of screen time and wondering how they will sell them all. :lol
 
Two things I was interested by:

1) the "first" Cap costume comment (presumably Golden Age version)
2) the BTTF comment

The fact that both were kept in despite HT releasing the transcript makes me think these are both on their radar somewhere. Which is good, because I had kinda written both off as having 50/50 chances of being produced. . .of course, the fact that they left it in could mean nothing. They didn't actually comment about those figures (no confirmation or anything), the Marvel guys did.
 
I love how the interviewer asked them what they think about HT, right after they just finished telling them how much they love them. :lol And props to Kevin Feige for bringing up BTTF!
 
Yeah, I noticed that, too. My guess is the interviewer didn't really speak English very well, so whatever the responses were he just recorded them, nodded his head in understanding, and figured he would do the translation later. Totally redundant.
 
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