Does every Marvel character work for video games and movies?
“[Marvel] has something like five thousand characters – I doubt they would all work,” said Marvel’s Feige. “But there are hundreds that do, and you start with the ones that have been around the longest that people have the most fondness for.” There are, of course, exceptions to this rule, as Feige was more than happy to point out, using Marvel Studios’ first movie, ‘Blade,’ as an example. “Blade, most people didn’t even know was a Marvel character. But it’s the same idea [as established franchises such as the X-Men] – take a good character, successful or not, and that could create a successful franchise.” “I think it’s relatively easy for us to develop on almost any of these characters at this point, just simply because of the test of time,” said Treyarch’s Archer. “They’ve lasted for so many years on so many different mediums and formats. There’s just so much variety in this world… It’s almost as if the creators back then were thinking in terms of games.” How early do you start the
“[Marvel] has something like five thousand characters – I doubt they would all work,” said Marvel’s Feige. “But there are hundreds that do, and you start with the ones that have been around the longest that people have the most fondness for.” There are, of course, exceptions to this rule, as Feige was more than happy to point out, using Marvel Studios’ first movie, ‘Blade,’ as an example. “Blade, most people didn’t even know was a Marvel character. But it’s the same idea [as established franchises such as the X-Men] – take a good character, successful or not, and that could create a successful franchise.” “I think it’s relatively easy for us to develop on almost any of these characters at this point, just simply because of the test of time,” said Treyarch’s Archer. “They’ve lasted for so many years on so many different mediums and formats. There’s just so much variety in this world… It’s almost as if the creators back then were thinking in terms of games.” How early do you start the
