Martin Scorsese Reveals Whether or Not He's Ever Been Asked to Make a Marvel Film

At this year's Directors Roundtable for The Hollywood Reporter, Martin Scorsese sat down with some other notable directors and talked cinema. Scorsese was joined by Todd Phillips of Joker, Noah Baumbach of Marriage Story, Lulu Wang of The Farewell, Fernando Meirelles of The Two Popes, and Greta Gerwig of Little Women.

The award-winning directors talked about the changing nature of films as the years go by. As reported by THR, Phillips commented that three of the six directors present had worked with Netflix, a considerable change from years past. Scorsese, who released The Irishman on Netflix, said about the film industry, "We are in more than an evolution. We are in a revolution of communication and cinema or movies or whatever you want to call it."

One of the questions directed at Scorsese was, "You've never been asked to direct a Marvel film?"

The question might come as a surprising one considering Scorsese's critical remarks about Marvel movies earlier this year.

Scorsese answered: "No. Never came to me."

Scorsese added: "I remember when Disneyland was built. I'm that ancient, you know? I was here in 1970 in L.A. and one of the aspirations of the studios was to become as important to American culture as Disneyland. And the first studio to really do that was Universal with the tour."

He went on: "And then you add the blockbuster on top of that — and why not? People go to the movie. Enjoy it. That sort of thing. So the sense of a theme park has always been there. It's not bad. We used to love to go to amusement parks. But now in an amusement park, you have the film."

So Martin Scorsese has never been asked to direct a Marvel film nor does it seem like he wants to. He's happy adapting to the new world of cinema, even if it involves a streaming platform, so long as he has total creative freedom.