Marvel is faced with a new and unexpected crisis. Creator Dead PoolIN Rob LifeldHe announced that he was leaving the company. It also does it in an indignant and bad way. And everything is connected with the premiere Deadpool and Wolverine (Deadpool and Wolverine) half a year ago. It was then that the bomb exploded completely, and the artist decided to divide the paths through the study and the editorial article, which he devoted to so many years of life.
Lefeld He only openly exposed his decision in his podcast RobServationsand also in an interview with Hollywood reporterThe field apparently in the premiere Deadpool and WolverineHe learned that neither he nor his family was invited to a later party. Usually this is a part that companies make because it has already come in previous cases. “I was aimed at embarrassing me, forcing me to get bored, to defeat me,” he says, annoying.
In addition, he says that he felt preserved by Disney managers, especially for Kevin FaigField and during the red carpet Deadpool and Wolverine They became the following, but the General Director of Marvel Studios did not even welcome him. And the third drop that filled the glass in photographs of the press accredited to the event. Lifeld says that he posed with the creative teams of the team Deadpool and WolverineThe field but later his publicist admitted that these photographs were deleted. The artist says that they were perceived only as the courtesy of Marvel, and they were never intended for their use.
For all these reasons, he decided to divide the roads with the study and with the comic book publishing house, where they believe that he no longer appreciates it. “At some point, you say:“ I received a message, and the message is clear, ”complains about the creator Dead PoolField “Kevin Faig He is bad about the creators of comics. This is my personal experience, ”he also indicates in the podcast.
Creators of Marvel Comics and Comics
In fact, for Deadpool and WolverineIN Lefeld He appears in a film properly accredited as a character plate. Moreover, in an unforgettable scene in which the main characters fight against the Deadpool corps, they do this in front of a store called “Liefeld’s Just Feet”, an inner joke about an artist who, according to his fans, does not draw his legs in his vignette tribute, which is very very Few can boast. In turn, during the filming he was invited to visit the set in London.
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However, Lefeld He assures that he never felt at all to welcome to Marvel Studios. He even claims that his relationship with the extinct 20th century Fox was much better. They allowed him to participate in evidence of the forecasts of the first two films Dead Pool and even held meetings with a marketing team Deadpool 2The field “They took me on a trip and did not cause any drama. I was happy to be there, ”he recalls.
In fact, his quarrels with Marvel began at the beginning of 2023, when he found out that Marvel decided to change loans Wolverine and provide the status of the plate to the editor Roy ThomasThe character of the character was created a decade ago to the dead Len WeinField Lefeld I still haven’t worked in the world of comics, but it is close to Christina Valadiumwidow WeinWho bothered the decision.
Electronic letter that has broken
A year later, following Deadpool and WolverineIN Lefeld He sent Marvel email, asking if he could receive a special loan in the film, going beyond the end as the “creator” of the character. This is what, for example, is already happening in Superman (1978), where the name of its creators looks great and very well noticed at the beginning of the tape. Lefeld He did not ask for more money, but he asked for certain advantages, such as access to films premieres or other advertising opportunities.
“Marvel treatment gives the creators, has never been their strong point,” he wrote Lefeld In an email. “Without worlds, characters and concepts that we create – and in this particular case, the world Dead Pool– There are no films to ride. There are no blockbusters for distribution … ”, he defended:“ I am a human imagination for everything. Faege or general director of Disney, Bob AigerThe field “Comics creators cannot continue to switch to the background,” he summed up.
Lefeld He did not receive an answer, but his agents told him that the message was not very well accepted in Marvel. Finally, the situation reached a critical point at which the artist decided to leave, and not look back. Thus leave the legacy of thirty years, and characters such as Dead Pool And WireFundamental for understanding the house of ideas, as we know it.
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