The Marvel Cinematic Universe frequently uses existing Marvel comic books as its source material - but will it continue to do so as the universe expands?

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IGN: A lot of the Marvel storylines, like Infinity War, have been inspired by an existing storyline from the comics. Do you see you guys maybe moving away from that in future films, or are you still going to draw from these existing, famous storylines?



Feige: Well, I think we continue to draw from them, for sure. I think it’s fun, now, having a continuity, nineteen films in with Infinity War, that we can start to be inspired and take cues from MCU continuity.



But in terms of characters, in terms of broad storylines, or at the very least, in terms of the conceits for big storylines, like Civil War, like the Infinity Gauntlet...the comics are an amazing resource.

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"So, there are certainly comics that we’ve loved, in my eighteen years at Marvel, that we pulled aside years ago to say, we can do something interesting with this, that we haven’t done anything with yet. I hope that the comics continue... publishing and coming up with new ideas and new conceits that we’ll go - like we did with Civil War, ten, twelve years ago - 'holy moly, wouldn’t it be cool to do this someday?'"

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IGN caught up with Marvel Studios boss, Kevin Feige, to find out if he and his studio would continue to tap the comics for epic stories like Civil War and Infinity War Feige said there have been comics that he's "loved" during his time at Marvel that he's already flagged for their potential to contribute to the MCU:Feige noted that a film on the scale of Infinity War wasn't previously possible because "there weren’t enough characters." Despite the Infinity Gauntlet comic book storyline featuring more Marvel superheroes than the Infinity War film, Feige said that it hadn't been possible up until now because "this was sort of the minimum level of characters you could have to even attempt to do a version of this story." Avengers: Infinity War had its world premiere this week, and you can check out our review for the film right here. IGN Movies Executive Editor Jim Vejvoda contributed to this report.

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