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Score one for Marvel’s real superhero.
The Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation said Tuesday that longtime Marvel Studios President and Chief Creative Officer Kevin Feige will receive its highest honor: the Pioneer of the Year Award. The architect of the multibillion-dollar Marvel Cinematic Universe will be feted during a ceremony on September 30 at the Beverly Hilton.
The MCU, of course, is the single most lucrative franchise in Hollywood history. Starting with iron Man in 2008, Feige had produced more than three dozen of its films that have combined to gross north of $32 billion worldwide — 11 of which have banked $1 billion-plus on their own. Two of those, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, topped the $2 billion threshold. And there are two more Avengers pics coming in time for Christmas this year and 2027, not mention the blockbuster-in-waiting Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which hits theaters July 31.
“Kevin Feige is a dynamic producer and executive whose creativity and vision entertains and inspires moviegoers everywhere,” said Kyle Davies, President of Distribution at Bleecker Street Media and Co-Chairman of the Pioneers Assistance Fund Committee.
A tradition for more than 75 years, the Pioneer of the Year Award is given to esteemed and respected members in the motion picture industry whose leadership, service to the community and commitment to philanthropy are exceptional, per the WRMPPF. Kate Hudson received the 2025 Pioneer of the Year Award back in October.
Other honorees over the decades have included Greta Gerwig, Erik Lomis, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, Tom Cruise, Donna Langley, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Elizabeth Banks, Jim Gianopulos, Dick Cook, Michael D. Eisner, Alan Horn, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Sherry Lansing, Frank G. Mancuso, Sumner Redstone, Terry Semel, Tom Sherak, Jack Valenti, Jack Warner, Darryl F. Zanuck and Cecil B. DeMille.
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