Fans are speaking and now Marvel is listening. Kevin Feige, President of Production at Marvel Studios and the cast and crew of 'Thor 2: The Dark World' announced recently that they are taking questions from fans via Skype. Now this is most likely a marketing ploy to get thousands of new users to sign up for Skype accounts, however, it does present a few lucky fans with the unique ability to have their voices heard. Classicalite has been covering a devoted group of fans, known as Loki's Army, who are seeking to get Marvel to make a solo Loki film starring Tom Hiddleston. The petition, called Free Loki, has gained a lot of support since it's conception. Now with just a few weeks left, we spoke with Denise Heard-Bashur, founder of Free Loki, who released this exclusive press statement:
"In just a few weeks, in the US, Thor: The Dark World will be unleashed (two weeks earlier in other pars of the world including the UK). For some it’ll be a movie release just as any other and will come and go without much attention paid. For a majority of film-goers it’s anticipated with a degree of excitement befitting that of an installment in the increasingly successful Marvel Cinematic pantheon. For a smaller percentage it’s the most anticipated film event since The Avengers (2012).
I fall somewhere between the latter two groups yet I probably have more riding on this film’s release than most of the general public. Most fans are at odds in regard to the potential outcome of the film, particularly whether Loki will make it out alive or not. There are strong and equal arguments for either. However many are convinced that if Loki dies so will Free Loki and all hopes of a solo Loki film.
I disagree.
There are a few truths regarding Marvel’s Loki from the comic books on which the film version is based, and one of those is Loki is never gone for good. Even in the first Thor film we witness Loki’s seeming death only to see him reappear in The Avengers.
The argument that Loki’s potential death will spell ruin for Free Loki reeks of the same feeble question I’ve seen a hundred times by critics of the campaign: What would Loki even do in his own film?
And while we’re on that topic…
I find it surprising, no—shocking—that fans of comic book films are so short-sighted and running low on creativity they cannot imagine a single plotline for such a compelling and dynamic quasi-villain. There are literally dozens of such plots spelled out in numerous Marvel comics where Loki is a major player.
Another argument I’ve been hit with is that no one will go for a film centered on a villain. Aside from the fact that Loki is so complicated and multi-faceted it’s hard to pigeon-hole him as a cut and dried villain, there is the fact that films with exactly this premise have been very successful in the past. Silence of the Lambs’ Hannibal Lecter, A Clockwork Orange’s Alex DeLarge, The Godfather’s Don Corleone and even reaching further back in history, Bram Stoker’s Dracula all have something in common: none of these characters would ever be considered heroes by any stretch of the word however all carried a plot focused on them so successfully they have become revered as some of the greatest characters in cinema, villainous or not. Given Loki’s popularity and Tom Hiddleston’s astounding precision executing the demigod’s vacillation between vengeful chaos and an unfulfilled need for approval, I’d say there is more than a strong opportunity for Loki to join these ranks."
A film with Loki as the central character is so entirely feasible I find it hard to believe Marvel has not already at least considered the idea. Kevin Feige, president of production at Marvel, is an impressively savvy, intelligent man. He obviously knows a hit when he sees it, and this extends to both Loki and Tom Hiddleston. Hiddleston’s now legendary appearance at the San Diego Comic Con in full costume and character was Feige’s idea after all. Obviously I can’t guarantee he agrees with me and tens of thousands of supporters, however I wouldn’t discredit the notion altogether. If there is a marketable and reasonable way for the film to be made I’d say it’s a definite possibility, and that’s what we’re banking on.
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