Interview with Kevin Feige & Stephen
Broussard from Marvel
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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!