Joe Russo Says Harvey Weinstein “Vilified Mainstream Movies” and Kept the Popular Blockbusters From Winning Awards — GeekTyrant

By Khumaer Bayas On Mar 18, 2025

Director Joe Russo (Avengers: Endgame, The Electric State) blames notorious film producer Harvey Weinstein for keeping blockbusters out of awards season over the past few decades.

During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, Russo said that the reason big budget, high grossing films are largely barred from major awards contention is because of a trend “started by Harvey Weinstein.”

Russo said: “He vilified mainstream movies to champion the art films he pushed for Oscar campaigns. Popular films were winning Oscars before the mid ’90s, then Weinstein started mudslinging campaigns…

“It affected how audiences view the Oscars, because they’ve not seen most of the movies. We’re in a complicated place. Things we should all be enjoying collectively we instead punch each other in the face over.”

He continued, “Like this argument that Marvel movies were killing cinema. Well, Marvel movies seemed to be keeping cinemas open for quite a long time.”

In the same interview, Russo also addressed the state of the movie industry, which faces unprecedented hardships due to plummeting profits and the threat of AI. He blames the struggle on Hollywood’s lack of cohesion and compromise.

“Like everything, the film space has become divisive,” Russo said. “Everything is about who can be the loudest, who can clickbait the most.”

Joe Russo and his brother Anthony have created a slate of fantastic films, both in and out of the Marvel universe, and they continue to make movies with great stories and solid characters. Hopefully more creative people in Hollywood are flourishing as creeps like Weinstein are on their way out.

via: Variety

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