Associated Press.
4-21-2022.
Marvel had been looking for some inspiration in their search to feature an all-knowing, omnipresent villain to replace Thanos in it future MCU movies, but they are also looking at developing one that features a bit of realism.
It looks like they might go the way of creative ingenuity for their next great villain in the form of basketball prospect Shaedon Sharpe's mentor, said one source close to the situation. "We might have found our guy," said one Marvel industry source close to the situation. "We've been spit balling traditional names for a while. Galactus. Dr. Doom. Someone even suggested remaking the Apocalypse character. But after we heard what happened in the Shaedon Sharpe situation, we all agreed that we should probably consider a new character, right from the dust, so to speak. We're thinking about calling him Something-Something-Handler-Washington-Guy."
When asked why Marvel was considering Something-Something-Handler-Washington-Guy, the source revealed some keen insight into the situation. "We want to follow DC a bit into the realm of realistic villains. We felt Something-Something-Handler-Guy was perfect. He's a real person, but he also has the persuasive powers to convince a player, his family, his head coach, and an entire basketball program that the best thing for that player to do is sit on a cushion every game and blankly stare at his teammates. When you think about it, what if a super villain could convince the collective masses to do the same, just because he said so? They could just shut down society by sitting on seat cushions with stoic faces."
The source also revealed that as of yet, there has never been a human who could convince a plethora of other rational humans to keep an athlete from playing his beloved sport, even when that athlete's parents, coaches, and the athlete himself wanted to play.
To this, the source was a bit more measured in his response. "I mean, if we're simply sticking with realism here, the reality is that the Sharpe kid and his parents, and even that coach they've got down there in Lexington were all in alignment with the handler's decision for the kid not to play, but can you imagine if that handler really did have persuasive powers like that? It would be like he possessed an omniscient ability to make a kid sit on a seat cushion while his teammates feet are bleeding from overuse. I mean, that would be the height of other-worldly persuasive powers. So we are trying to decide if we want a character that the audience would believe has other-worldly abilities where he can control the minds of millions of people, or if we want to create a character that is only slightly more believable, like the one that is being told exists in the form of Sharpe's real handler."
The source said that MCU executives haven't entirely decided on a final villain, but that they're "getting closer." Marvel is set to unveil their new supervillain sometime in October of 2023.
4-21-2022.
Marvel had been looking for some inspiration in their search to feature an all-knowing, omnipresent villain to replace Thanos in it future MCU movies, but they are also looking at developing one that features a bit of realism.
It looks like they might go the way of creative ingenuity for their next great villain in the form of basketball prospect Shaedon Sharpe's mentor, said one source close to the situation. "We might have found our guy," said one Marvel industry source close to the situation. "We've been spit balling traditional names for a while. Galactus. Dr. Doom. Someone even suggested remaking the Apocalypse character. But after we heard what happened in the Shaedon Sharpe situation, we all agreed that we should probably consider a new character, right from the dust, so to speak. We're thinking about calling him Something-Something-Handler-Washington-Guy."
When asked why Marvel was considering Something-Something-Handler-Washington-Guy, the source revealed some keen insight into the situation. "We want to follow DC a bit into the realm of realistic villains. We felt Something-Something-Handler-Guy was perfect. He's a real person, but he also has the persuasive powers to convince a player, his family, his head coach, and an entire basketball program that the best thing for that player to do is sit on a cushion every game and blankly stare at his teammates. When you think about it, what if a super villain could convince the collective masses to do the same, just because he said so? They could just shut down society by sitting on seat cushions with stoic faces."
The source also revealed that as of yet, there has never been a human who could convince a plethora of other rational humans to keep an athlete from playing his beloved sport, even when that athlete's parents, coaches, and the athlete himself wanted to play.
To this, the source was a bit more measured in his response. "I mean, if we're simply sticking with realism here, the reality is that the Sharpe kid and his parents, and even that coach they've got down there in Lexington were all in alignment with the handler's decision for the kid not to play, but can you imagine if that handler really did have persuasive powers like that? It would be like he possessed an omniscient ability to make a kid sit on a seat cushion while his teammates feet are bleeding from overuse. I mean, that would be the height of other-worldly persuasive powers. So we are trying to decide if we want a character that the audience would believe has other-worldly abilities where he can control the minds of millions of people, or if we want to create a character that is only slightly more believable, like the one that is being told exists in the form of Sharpe's real handler."
The source said that MCU executives haven't entirely decided on a final villain, but that they're "getting closer." Marvel is set to unveil their new supervillain sometime in October of 2023.
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