Kevin Feige Almost Got Fired in 2015, Reveals Disney CEO*

While Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has become synonymous with the super-powered franchise, according to Disney CEO Bob Iger, Feige was almost fired at one point.
Marvel"s Kevin Feige Faced Possible Axing In 2015 MarvelIn a recent interview with CNBC (via The Laughing Place), newly-reinstated Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that in 2015, Kevin Feige was almost fired from Marvel Studios. 
Iger said that former Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter was near firing Feige before Iger stepped in to stop the move. According to CNBC"s Alex Sherman, this meddling by the Disney CEO "made Perlmutter unhappy — an unhappiness that exists today." 
Iger previously described the strained relationship between Feige and Perlmutter, noting that Feige"s "relationship with New York [where Perlmutter was based] was threatening his continued success:"

“Kevin is one of the most talented film executives in the business, but my sense was that the strained relationship with New York was threatening his continued success."

This led the Disney CEO to "intervene," thus splitting "Marvel’s movie-making unit off from the rest of Marvel" and bringing them "under Alan Horn and the Walt Disney Studios:"

 "I knew I had to intervene, and so in May 2015, I made the decision to split Marvel’s movie-making unit off from the rest of Marvel and bring it under Alan Horn and the Walt Disney Studios. Kevin would now report directly to Alan, and would benefit from his experience, and the tensions that had built up between him and the New York office would be alleviated.”

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