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With all the mainstream attention Marvel Studios is receiving, the corporations is definitely assembling a universe of its own. However, a certain member of the team by the name of Avi Arad is feeling a bit left out.
After Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige conducted an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek , Arad now has a bone to pick.
Arad, who currently is in collaboration with Sony for Marvel's "The Amazing Spider-Man," didn't appreciate how he was depicted in Feige's profile written by Devin Leonard.
“I am sure you were told by Marvel that I resigned over the self-financing strategy,” Arad wrote to Leonard in an email he later released publicly. “It is about time for a reporter like you to do your homework and check the facts. It will sound arrogant to you, but I single-handedly put together the Marvel slate. Read it carefully and you will notice the natural progression of the character’s design to get to where we are today.”
Arab even went on to giving himself credit for helping Marvel finance their own movies.
He claims he "reaching out to [Paramount Studios CEO and Chairman] Brad Grey to make a distribution deal that will give you a corporate guarantee… The big presentation to financial institutions and insurance companies took place on the Paramount lot. I was the presenter and it worked. Does this sound to you like someone who disagreed with the strategy to make our own movies?”
Although Arab has “forgiven Kevin for following orders and taking the credit, but he had no choice," the producer condemned Leonard for his “unprofessional self-serving work.”
Read the entire email here.
