We wanted to be able to focus and shoot one movie and then focus and shoot another movie.
Incredibly, however, Feige backpedaled on that can’t-fail proposition shortly thereafter, amending their plans to separate Avengers 3 1 and Avengers 3 2 into the simpler Avengers 3 and Avengers 4.
Let this be a lesson to all of us: Two movies are not one movie, and conversely, one movie should not be two movies.
It became too complicated to cross-board them like that, and we found ourselves—again, something would always pay the price.