[Arad says the recent reinvigoration of Batman and DC Comics' upcoming slate of Superman and Wonder Woman movies doesn't scare him.] You know what we are? ... We're the best storytellers you'll find. And to us, our characters are alive. |
a lot of design work has been done on it. The script is gigantic. |
He'll be the mailman, ... It's interesting, because he looks the way it was drawn. Stan is a character ... initially he was supposed to say, 'Good morning, Mr. Richards,' and then he kept adding more words. |
He's capable of amazing feats. |
I cannot wait to tell Captain America's story. It's a doozy. |
I will always want Ian McKellen. There's no way for me to think of not walking into the story through him — through something happening now, and then going back there. Ian is an ambassador for this, and he needs to be there. |
I've never seen a reaction like that, |
It's no secret, we took a lot of sh-- for Ang Lee's 'Hulk,' for all the wrong reasons, |
No character before its time. The scripts will dictate which is first, ... I cannot wait to tell Captain America's story. It's a doozy of a story. |
No character before its time. The scripts will dictate which is first. |
One of the things our movie is going to deal with is what happened in 60 years. Which world was better? Sixty years ago or now? Within, obviously, a kick-ass plot and all the stuff that you've come to expect from a superhero movie. |
The Ant-Man is also in there, a 'Honey I Shrunk the Superhero' kind of story, ... which is a big, big, big deal. When you say '10,' some of them may be sequels. |
The film slate financing enables us to evolve our entertainment operations into film production, an area where we have experienced past success with our partners and which offers significant profit potential for our company. The characters involved are some of the most valuable in the Marvel Universe, and we are excited to launch them as consumer brands via feature film releases under our direction. We look forward to working with Brad Grey and the exceptional team he has put together at Paramount and are confident that this will be a successful venture for us both. |
The movies are there to support the core businesses of toys, licensing, video games and publishing. Each of these titles is meant to be a franchise. |
The scripts that are ready will go first. It's kind of a horse race. We will make the movies by the quality of the script and which is ready to go first. |