Kevin Feige Shares the Movie He Watches Before Starting Any MCU Production

Kevin Feige is known for his significant role in shaping the MCU. As Marvel Studios’ President, he has been instrumental in its remarkable success since its launch in 2008 with ‘Iron Man.’

However, Feige’s favorite superhero movie, surprisingly, isn’t a Marvel character film. It’s about DCU’s most notable and influential superhero of all time – Superman.

During the 2017 Oscar ceremony, Feige shared that before beginning any MCU production, he always re-watches ‘Superman,’ directed by Richard Donner and released in 1978, starring Christopher Reeve as the iconic Man of Steel.

The film depicts Superman’s origin story, from his infancy on Krypton to his heroic deeds in Metropolis. Alongside Reeve, the cast includes Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, and others. ‘Superman’ was the most expensive film made up to that point, with a budget of $55 million. It was both a critical and financial success, earning worldwide box office earnings of $300 million, making it the second-highest-grossing release of the year. The film received acclaim for Reeve’s performance and John Williams’s musical score.

The film was nominated for several Academy Awards and received a Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects. It was groundbreaking in its use of special effects and storytelling, laying the groundwork for the mainstream popularity of superhero film franchises.

Feige also spoke about Donner’s legacy in superhero movies, describing the film as “to this day the archetype of the perfect superhero film origin story.”

The films Dick [Richard Donner] made inspired me to even want to go down that track. And, of course, in particular Superman the movie is still to this day the archetype of the perfect superhero film origin story. And we watch it before we make almost any one of our films and that’s been the case for the past 17 years since I left the fold to go work for Marvel.

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