Marvel's Kevin Feige Talks Lack of Female Leads in Movies

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has responded to the frequent complaint that the studio’s output doesn’t give female superheroes their time in the spotlight.

Speaking to Comic Book Resources, Feige said he believes flicks focusing on females could be very successful, but due to Marvel’s ongoing responsibilities regarding its existing franchises it’s unclear when it will have a chance to put this into practice.

“I very much believe in doing it,” he said. “I very much believe that it’s unfair to say, ‘People don’t want to see movies with female heroes,’ then list five movies that were not very good, therefore, people didn’t go to the movies because they weren’t good movies, versus