People love superhero movies, but it's going to get to the point where people will get tired of keeping up with them if they put out too many. I'd say that between Marvel and DC, there's probably just enough room for 4 superhero movies in a year. How much audience can Marvel actually count on? This isn't like an issue of a comic where you only need a few hundred thousand readers to bring in a profit. These movie franchises are huge investments, and if one of them loses money, if could affect Marvel's other franchises as well. If your studio releases 4 superhero movies a year, it's inevitable that some of them will flop, especially when competition from other films is taken into account.
As much as I admire what Marvel has managed to accomplish, Fiege has a lot to learn about the movie biz if Marvel is going to have a lasting presence in movies, because right now he seems to think he can run it the same way Marvel runs its comcis (which doesn't even work very well for comics much of the time). Whether it's treating the talent and creativity like they're all disposable cogs or overestimating how tolerant audiences are of cross-polination between franchises outside of crossover movies, they seem to be slow learner. I hope that changes because it would be a terrible shame if they came this far only to screw it all up.
Having said that, I am glad to hear that Marvel has enough faith in Cap that they're already prepared to start on a sequel, pending the first film's success. I just hope that we don't end up with an Iron Man 2 mess where the film gets bogged down in establishing its ties with the other Marvel franchises.
