The Marvels står i dag tilbage som MCU's største flop, hadet af de fleste anmeldere og i særdeleshed af biografgængere, der mødte op i så lille antal at filmen tabte hundredevis af millioner dollars.
Så hvorfor gik det så galt? Det er der nok mange grunde til, men instruktør Nia DaCosta, der er ved at gøre 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple færdig, har én central teori; de gik i gang med at optage før manuskriptet var helt færdigt. Det er åbenbart noget Marvel gør ofte, men her mener DaCosta at det gik rigtig galt.
I et interview med The Hollywood Reporter siger hun dette om processen:
"Making the 28 Years Later sequel was one of the best filmmaking experiences I've had. One of the issues I had with Candyman and Marvels was the lack of a really solid script, which is always gonna just wreak havoc on the whole process."
Det her med at ændre manus midt i optagelserne er noget som Marvel kalder "plug-ins", og det benyttes selv på Avengers: Doomsday, der optages lige nu. Om denne proces siger Kevin Feige dette:
"There's plus-ing happening every day on the Avengers: Doomsday set right now, and it is amazing to watch because what those filmmakers, those actors, both the ones that are playing these characters for the first or second time and the one playing them for the 10th or 12th time, are the best in the world at it, and know these characters so well. So if they have an idea, you want to listen to it and you want to adjust to it and you want to improve it. I wouldn't want to change that."
Så hvad synes du? Bør der være et helt fast manus, eller er det godt at det er en mere åben proces?