Though starting out as an actor Seth Rogen, is arguably as well known for being a producer these days with his credits including several comic adaptations like Amazon’s “The Boys” and “Invincible,” and AMC’s “Preacher”.
In a new interview with Total Film magazine (via Games Radar), Rogen says that “The Boys” would “not exist or be interesting” without the Marvel Cinematic Universe that dominates the box-office these days. ‘Boys’ works in part as a satire of major superhero comics and comic book films.
That doesn’t mean Rogen watches the MCU that often. He tells the outlet that as an adult with no children, he finds it hard to get into the MCU as it’s too “geared toward” children for his personal taste:
“I think that Kevin Feige is a brilliant guy, and I think a lot of the filmmakers he’s hired to make these movies are great filmmakers. But as someone who doesn’t have children… It is [all] kind of geared toward kids, you know? There are times where I will forget. I’ll watch one of these things, as an adult with no kids, and be like, ‘Oh, this is just not for me.'”
Rogen adds that one of the reasons his production company launched shows like “Invincible” and “The Boys” is because he realized adults didn’t have any comic book films or shows with a more mature and adult perspective:
“Truthfully, without Marvel, ‘The Boys’ wouldn’t exist or be interesting. I’m aware of that. I think if it was only Marvel [in the marketplace], it would be bad. But I think it isn’t – clearly.
An example I’m always quoting is, there’s a point in history where a bunch of filmmakers would have been sitting around, being like, ‘Do you think we’ll ever make a movie that’s not a Western again? Everything’s a Western! Westerns dominate the f—ing movies. If it doesn’t have a hat and a gun and a carriage, people aren’t going to go see it anymore.’
“The Boys” will for a fourth season later this year along with releasing a live-action spinoff series with the college-set “Gen V”.
