Noah Hawley, known for creating and writing Fargo and Legion, has confirmed he's been in conversations with MCU head Kevin Feige about a Doctor Doom movie.

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In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter , Hawley referenced the Doctor Doom movie he was writing for Fox, and confirmed he's still in talks with Disney about making it."I did sit down with Kevin Feige recently and I said that I look at myself as sort of the Marvel R&D department. I know the genre can do all of these amazing things that [the MCU] is doing, but my feeling is, what else can we do with it? Can we make it surreal? Can we make it musical? Not as a gimmick, but all of these techniques are about putting you into the subjective experience of these characters... I wrote a script about Doctor Doom, an antihero story I really like, and we're still talking about making it."In regards to what draws him to a story like Dr. Doom's, he said "What was interesting to me originally about the X-Men universe is these are movies that started in a concentration camp. They are clearly concerned with the true nature of human evil. It's not just some cosmic force bringing about the end of the world. That's what was always interesting to me here. Let's explore through this genre the every day evils we do to each other, the ways we hurt each other and take each other for granted. There are different stories and characters who will bring about other themes.""I'm trying to get out from under this movie I made and this last season of Legion, and Fargo is coming back up... but for better or worse, these are the stories we want to hear right now. I think you can bury your head in the sand and say, 'That's unfortunate for our culture because they're simplistic.' Some people say that. I don't look at it that way. I think they are morality tales on a larger scale, and it's better to be part of the conversation than pretend the conversation isn't happening."It was revealed in 2017 that Hawley was developing a Doctor Doom-related movie for Fox , and he later noted that aspects of Captain America: Winter Soldier are something he'd strive to incorporate in his film . By June 2018, Hawley confirmed he had finished writing a draft of the script , saying it's something "I really like and the studio really likes," but admitted “it needs a little work.” Of course, all of this was up in the air following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox earlier this year, but now it appears Hawley may still be able to get his Doctor Doom movie made.Earlier this year, Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo suggested a Doctor Doom film could entice them to return to the MCU . Doctor Doom's appeal for these writers and directors is no surprise, as he's considered one of the greatest Marvel villains (or anti-heroes) of all time: he even made it into the top five of our list of the top 100 villains of all time.

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