History TroubledProduction / MarvelComicsFilms

* Continuing the production woes of other Phase 5 movies, ''Captain America: Brave New World'' has had rough time getting made. The name change from ''New World Order'' to ''Brave New World'' being the least of it's worries. It had it's [[ReleaseDateChange release date changed]] at least 3 times, from May 3, 2024, to July 26, 2024, before settling on February 14, 2025. While principle filming went smoothly, and in fact was even further along in production than ''Deadpool & Wolverine'' at the time, the first cut reportedly tested ''terrible'' with audiences. When tests screeners happened, the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strikes]] hit, delaying any reshoots and rewrites that needed to be done. When the strikes ended, it was decided that the movie needed around '''five months''' of reshoots, basically making the movie again. [[https://variety.com/2023/film/news/captain-america-4-new-writer-additional-photography-1235837136/ Marvel also brought in screenwriter Matthew Orton to help with the movie.]] Because of all of the delays, parts of ''Brave New World'' [[SpoiledByTheMerchandise ended up being spoiled by The [=McDonald's=]]] KidsMealToy set released in May 2024, showing that [[spoiler: Red Hulk, Redwing, Diamondback, and Sabra will be in the movie.]]

* Continuing the production woes of other Phase 5 movies, ''Captain America: Brave New World'' has had rough time getting made. The name change from ''New World Order'' to ''Brave New World'' being the least of it's worries. It had it's [[ReleaseDateChange release date changed]] at least 3 times, from May 3, 2024, to July 26, 2024, before settling on February 14, 2025. While principle filming went smoothly, and in fact was even further along in production than ''Deadpool & Wolverine'' at the time, the first cut reportedly tested ''terrible'' with audiences. When tests screeners happened, the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strikes]] hit, delaying any reshoots and rewrites that needed to be done. When the strikes ended, it was decided that the movie needed around '''five months''' of reshoots, basically making the movie again. [[https://variety.com/2023/film/news/captain-america-4-new-writer-additional-photography-1235837136/ Marvel also brought in screenwriter Matthew Orton to help with the movie.]] Because of all of the delays, parts of ''Brave New World'' ended up being spoiled by The [=McDonald's=] KidsMealToy set released in May 2024, showing that [[spoiler: Red Hulk, Redwing, Diamondback, and Sabra will be in the movie.]]

* A Variety article shed light on some of the production woes behind ''Film/TheMarvels2023.'' The movie had its [[ReleaseDateChange release date change]] ''five times,'' starting from July 8, 2022 to November 10, 2023 due to to the general logjam of content. There were four weeks of reshoots to smooth out the story and make it "coherent." Said reshoots overlapped with reshoots for ''Series/SecretInvasion2023'', meaning Creator/SamuelLJackson had to split time between both projects. The production budget ballooned up to a whopping $275 million, though a tax credit to film in the UK knocked Disney's bill down to $220 million. The 2023 [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strikes]] threw a wrench into any rewrites and promotion, the latter of which had already been seen as poor pre-strike -- in part because the final release date gave it less than two weeks to be first priority in theaters for corporate owner Disney, which was about to release their centennial animated feature ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'', and in part because of a struggle to address the ContinuityLockout inherent to a film reliant on the events of not only the previous movies but [[Series/WandaVision three]] [[Series/MsMarvel2022 streaming]] [[Series/SecretInvasion2023 shows]], two of which had already flopped. Concerns were also raised when director Creator/NiaDaCosta stepped away from the project during post-production to start work on her next film, ''Hedda'', in London. Given the massive reshoots and [=DaCosta=]'s sudden departure, some speculated there might have been [[HostilityOnTheSet on-set friction]] between her and the MCU team. For her part, [=DaCosta=] would later refute the report, saying that Marvel was aware of her production scheduling for ''Hedda'' and that she still remained involved in ''The Marvels'', despite the relocation (which is also not an unusual practice as Creator/StevenSpielberg, Creator/RidleyScott and Creator/RonHoward have done so on multiple occasions). Ultimately, the film ended up a massive BoxOfficeBomb, opening to a dismal $109 million global total and suffering massive weekend to weekend drop-offs.