Kevin Feige Speaks Out as Marvel Executive Announces Exit Ahead of Troubled 2025

A longstanding Marvel Studios executive known for producing the billion-dollar cultural phenomenon Black Panther (2018) is officially stepping away from his role.

Nate Moore will exit Marvel Studios in March 2025 following the release of Captain America: Brave New World (2025)–the upcoming and plagued fourth installment in the Captain America franchise helmed by Julius Onah. Moore, who also worked on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Disney+ series, will move to producing outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

“Nate is a fantastic executive and colleague as well as a wonderful friend to all of us here at Marvel Studios,” Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige and executive producer Louis D’Esposito said via Deadline.

“He has been a core member of our team since 2010, and his influence will continue to reverberate in our storytelling. Although we’ll miss him a great deal, we look forward to watching what he does next while also having the good fortune of working with him in a new way on our next Black Panther movie.”

While Black Panther 3 has yet to receive an official release date, small details—such as Denzel Washington’s surprise involvement—are known. Moore, having produced both of the Black Panther entries in the MCU thus far, shared he would return to bring the third chapter to life.

“Nearly everything I know about producing I’ve learned from my time at Marvel Studios,” Moore explained.

“I feel lucky to have worked with a group of people who love filmmaking and storytelling as much as my Marvel colleagues and the cast and crew of our films. But I couldn’t be more excited to apply my experience and passion for film towards theatrical movies in all genres, including returning to the world of Wakanda for Black Panther 3.”

Moore’s announcement comes as Disney and Marvel Studios move into the final segment of their muddled Phase Five slate. Following the $1.3 billion grossing Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel Studios will release the fourth chapter of the Captain America series in February.

The troubled production, which has gone through extensive reshoots, cast additions, and negative test screenings, seemingly won’t hit the heights of its MCU predecessor, but with it acting as the penultimate installment in Phase Five and the apparent prequel to Thunderbolts* (2025), audiences may be willing to see past the bad press in order to get a better grip on where the MCU is headed.

After all, in just over a year, Robert Downey Jr. will return to the MCU in Avengers: Doomsday—and so will all of these actors, too.

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