How the Marvel Cinematic Universe Swallowed Hollywood
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 5, 2023
By 2015, the executive said, the feud “was almost like an East Coast–West Coast rap battle.” Feige was chafing under Perlmutter’s control, and, according to Iger, Perlmutter was “intent on firing” Feige. Iger blocked the ouster and restructured the chain of command, so that Feige would report directly to Disney’s studio chairman, Alan Horn. (Perlmutter says that he never tried to fire Feige but worried that Marvel’s reliance on him was “unduly risky” and urged Iger to recruit a backup.) The dreaded committee was disbanded, and Perlmutter was sidelined, but by then he . . .
