Kevin Smith Says Directing a Marvel or Star Wars Movie Is a ‘Fool’s Errand’: ‘Fandom Is Rabid’ and You’ll ‘Piss Somebody Off’
variety.comZack Sharf Kevin Smith is a diehard Marvel movie and Star Wars fan, but that doesn’t mean he’d ever want to be behind the camera to direct an installment in one of these franchises.
Smith, who once had to publicly battle toxic fans who hated his Netflix animated series “Masters of the Universe: Revelation,” recently told The Guardian that fandom is too “rabid” for him to direct a Marvel or Star Wars movie. “No.
It’s a fool’s errand – you’re going to piss somebody off,” Smith said when asked if he’d direct Marvel or “Star Wars” movies in the future. “Fandom is rabid and tribal.
When I worked on ‘Masters of the Universe,’ I took a lot of heat from people who felt like I had ruined their childhood. Going near a Marvel or a Star Wars would make me insanely reticent.” Smith added, “They’ve got a billion people to make those movies, but nobody’s making Kevin Smith movies, so I might as well make them.” “Masters of the Universe: Revelation” debuted on Netflix in summer 2021 as a direct sequel to “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” (1983-85).
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