Marvel producer admits its plots are 'interchangeable and disposable'

If you’re having trouble recalling the actual plot of recent comic book superhero films (I still can’t remember why Batman was even fighting Superman), you’re probably not alone, and it seems even the studios behind them realise that plot comes second to the action and characters.

Producer Simon Winberg, who’s worked on the X-Men movies and Fantastic Four, had the realisation while working on Deadpool.

“I think one of the things that I’ve learnt on all these movies – and maybe the lesson was best learned for me on Deadpool – is the most important thing is getting the tone and the voice right,” he told Flickering Myth.

“That the storytelling, the actual narrative, the plots are sort of interchangeable and disposable, ultimately.”

He went on to hint that this lesson would be applied to upcoming superhero movie Gambit starring Channing Tatum, which is apparently still in the works.

Get used to these disposable plots, there’s at least 25 of them are coming in the next five years.