John Wick Calls Marvel's Kevin Feige a Mentor and confirms Blade Talks
In a recent interview with the Happy Sad Confused podcast, director of the John Wick franchise Chad Stahelski shared some intriguing thoughts about Marvel Studios, its head guy Kevin Feige, and the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe reboot of Blade. Stahelski also discussed where he might like to see his career go in the future. Naturally, since the MCU is one of the biggest movie franchises, Chad Stahelski and his acclaimed background in stunt action seems like a natural fit. Additionally, according to Stahelski, he and Feige already have a positive working relationship that they can build upon:
"Look, I've worked for Marvel a bunch and they've been very very good to me. Kevin Feige... he's almost been a bit of a mentor in the capacity of advice he was very happy to give me about how to open up a franchise with John Wick."
"Of all the things out there, I would take a swing at Blade in a second," Stahelski said. "Like that's one that gets under my skin, like 'Ah! I'd take a swing at that one.'"
"We've talked about it, but look they've got a good formula... they have their thing going and I think they've got the right people involved in Blade now...