“Marvel TV and Marvel Studios are two very different things”, he exclaimed.
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Marvel’s studio president Kevin Feige previously revealed there will be something of a shake up in terms of which of the Avengers will feature in Infinity War – which will be split into two tales. Jessica Jones knocked it out of the park when it hit the streaming service in November, soon to be followed by Luke Cage, Iron Fist and the team-up series The Defenders. “I would pick a fight with the guy that they pick”. I have no idea [if the TV universe will ever get a huge part in the movies] …
Charlie Cox and Jon Bernthal have been making the media rounds as of late to promote the second season of Daredevil, which is set to premiere on Netflix on March 18. “But that is not something that has been discussed with me at this point”.
On bringing in Elektra and The Punisher: “I think once you introduce a character like Frank Castle, once you introduce a character like Elektra, the stakes are raised a little bit in terms of the fighting”.
When Russo said “it’s complicated”, could he be referring to this issue of needing to recast characters? “We’re breaking ground on ‘Avengers: Infinity War.’ We have a board with 67 characters on it”.
He likes to write a lot, as you can see. However, one of the unknowns is whether or not some of Marvel’s TV characters will be appearing in the films as well after the vast popularity of the Netflix exclusives, Daredevil and Jessica Jones. Then there is the possibility of a crossover, but is more complicated.
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Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo recently teased that the film will unite the Marvel universe, and that fans “will not be disappointed in the number of characters that appear in the movie” – but the heroes of Marvel’s Netflix series have not been confirmed among the movie’s roster. “Nothing can last forever”, Russo told the panel.
