Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely discuss the MCU's villains, and how Thanos will compare

Hadn't seen anybody post this yet; figured it would be of interest.

> **On whether or not we'll see an elaborate origin for Thanos in INFINITY WAR**

> **Markus:** We can reveal nothing, but we are equally fascinated. Legitimately we are fascinated by Thanos.

> **McFeely:** There are a lot of reasons we took the job but one of them was wow, we get to take the biggest villain Marvel has ever has and try and do him justice.

> **On the criticism of Marvel villains not being particularly fleshed out or as engaging as they could be**

> **McFeely:** If you think about it, I get the criticism, but the early phases were all origin stories. It tends to create a similar villain. When it is no longer an origin story, I think you might have a little bit more freedom to create different villains. I'm sensitive to the problem. I get it. But it wasn't the Robert Redford story, it was CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER. It wasn't the Red Skull's journey, it was the journey of one guy going from ninety pound weakling to American hero and then going into the ice. So in a 120-minute movie it is difficult, and Thanos will possibly change that, but you want time spent. Excuse me for going on a tangent but I love the Marvel Netflix shows because you have so much more time to spend with your villains. It's literally minutes and hours spent. We have 120-minutes and Jessica Jones had how ever many it had.

Source: http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/exclusivecivil-war-screenwriters-talk-thanos-the-marvel-villain-problem-148