Disney CEO Bob Iger is currently in the process of arranging a meeting with Martin Scorsese following the director's criticism of the MCU, wherein he claimed Marvel movies are "not cinema."

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Speaking to Time magazine after being named Businessperson of the Year, Iger re-addressed The Irishman filmmaker's comments about the cinematic value of superhero movies, which he likened to "theme park" entertainment in his New York Times op-ed.The studio boss echoed his previous comments on the matter , as he referred to Scorsese's remarks as "nasty" and "not fair to the people who are making the movies."He told the publication, "If Marty Scorsese wants to be in the business of taking artistic risk, all power to him. It doesn't mean that what we're doing isn't art." The article then noted that, according to Iger, "his people and Marty's people are arranging a get-together."Elsewhere, Ryan Coogler praised Iger for encouraging him to build out the theme of transgenerational trauma as it relates to race in Black Panther , which the Disney boss considers to be one of his top five career achievements, per his recent profile."I expected Bob's [advice] to be more conservative, but it was actually the opposite. He wanted us to be more aggressive and ambitious," Coogler confessed, adding, "[Iger] wasn't afraid from a cultural standpoint or a business standpoint."Iger previously supported Coogler's record-breaking movie in his defence of the Marvel brand , saying that, while he doesn't take the criticism personally, he finds Scorsese's remarks to be "disrespectful" towards the people who are pouring their hearts and souls into these projects."It doesn't bother me, except I'm bothered on behalf of the people who work on those movies," he explained. "It seems so disrespectful to all the people that work on those films, who are working just as hard as the people who work on their films, and are putting their creative souls on the line, just like they are." He continued, "You tell me, Ryan Coogler making Black Panther is doing something that is, somehow or other, less than what Marty Scorsese or Francis Ford Coppola have ever done on any one of their movies. C'mon. There, I said it."The whole controversy originally fired up when Scorsese, who is dominating the current awards season with his Netflix-financed mob drama , reportedly told Empire Magazine that the MCU is "not the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being." Scorsese's comments elicited reactions from both MCU fans and stars who joined the debate. Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn revealed that he was "saddened" by the remarks while Samuel L. Jackson put forward a counter-argument and Robert Downey Jr. shared his own take More recently, the Russo brothers shared their definition of cinema in response. For a round-up of reactions, check out our complete rundown of Hollywood stars who have weighed in on the debate.

Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter