Andor Showrunner on Why Recent Marvel Projects Fail
Tony Gilroy has been in the center of the spotlight ever since the finale of Andor , and while everyone wants to know what his takes on Star Wars are, some are curious about what he thinks of Disney's other big franchise—the MCU.
In a recent talk with /Film, Gilroy talks about how the first pitches for Andor were actually like Marvel films, to which he says:
'Trying to get the, what do they call it? I can't remember the name of the box. What the f*** is the name of the box in 'The Avengers'? What the f*** are they going for? […] The Tesseract! That's why all those Marvel movies are all — that's why they fail. You're just constantly … if that's all you're doing, then all you're doing is just trying to get the Tesseract.'
For some added context, when Andor was first brought to Gilroy, it was more of an adventure of the week series with Cassian and K-2SO. Gilroy then took the concept, gave it his own anti-fascist spin, and was then allowed to make the show that we eventually got.
Admittedly, Marvel has been in kind of a rut, and while Thunderbolts* has been doing well on terms of buzz, it isn't exactly doing the same kinds of numbers that Marvel had been used to during its Infinity Saga run.
And even when Thunderbolts* did feel unique in terms of story, there was still the McGuffin (Bob) and the team still had to get together to stop/save/posses/control it.
Who knows, maybe there's room now for more experimental Marvel projects moving forward, but something wilder with the storytelling; not something like Eternals (sorry Chloe Zhao).
Catch the fuil Andor series now streaming on Disney+.
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