At the behest of Disney, Marvel Studios kept accelerating the pace of production, pushing the boundaries to determine how much of a good thing would be too much. Phase One of the MCU movies took roughly five years to roll out, only a slightly shorter span than the schedule for Phases Four, Five, and Six combined. Making three movies and roughly six TV series a year was a pace that fatigued both the audience and the filmmakers themselves. The success of the MCU relied on the hands-on input of some key executives, especially Feige, and it turned out that there were limits to how much that model
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