Captain America: the Winter Soldier Writer: Marvel is Like Dungeons & Dragons

In a new interview with the screenwriters behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the pair gave insight into the collaborative process at the studio. More particularly, they compared studio head Kevin Feige to a Dungeon Master in Dungeons & Dragons, saying that he'll give you just enough to keep things moving and has the best interest of the larger story at heart. "Kevin is the dungeon master, so if there's something we really need to know, he'll tell us, but he doesn't steer us," McFeely told Slashfilm. "With rare exceptions does he say "We can't do that because of this next movie." More often than not he'll say "Let's get this movie right and whatever falls out after that,we'll address in the next movie. We'll make sure that we don't steer that movie in the wrong direction." Added Markus, "And more often than not, when you're thinking of the movies as a whole, it's 'What do you want the state of the world to be when Avengers 2 kicks off?' It's never like, Cap has to put down a briefcase so the Hulk can pick it up. It's never that specific. It's sort of like, "Where do you want loyalties to lie when that movie opens?"