It was a far cry from Arad’s style during the 1990s when the stakes were often smaller but he mostly enjoyed autonomy and thrived as a maverick persona that was as colorful as the characters he pitched to Hollywood studios. I mean, you name it, the people who were cleaning the place wanted to read the scripts.” “The company was growing with the CEO of this, and the CFO of that, but it was basically we were doing everything but now there’s way too many people for me to deal with. “I’ll tell you now, it was only my choice because one day came when I said, ‘I think I’ve had enough of this,'” Arad said.

The 70-year-old producer was once was at the center of the Marvel Universe but he gave that up in 2006 when he resigned as Chairman and CEO of Marvel Studios even as the Hollywood newcomer was ramping up Iron Man, the 2008 live-action feature film starring Robert Downey Jr.Īrad, whose voice still has traces of his native Tel Aviv, declined to delve into the reasons for his resignation but he did say he grew frustrated with the changing culture and crowded corridors of the upstart Marvel Studios. 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse' Wins Oscar For Best Animated Feature Stan Lee and Avi Arad, 2002.

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