What did Kevin Feige say about Kingpin and Spider-Man?
Kevin Feige said Marvel discussed Kingpin and Daredevil while considering characters for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Speaking with Josh Horowitz, the Marvel Studios boss acknowledged that there were complications but presented them as manageable.
“There are things to navigate like everything else,” Feige said. “We talked about all those characters at one point.”
That is carefully worded, as Feige answers tend to be. It confirms that the characters entered the conversation, but it does not reveal whether either progressed into a script, casting plan, or formal agreement.
Still, his answer sounds considerably less final than the version fans had previously heard from Vincent D’Onofrio. Kingpin may have paperwork circling him like angry lawyers around a conference table, but Feige does not describe the character as permanently confined to television.
Is Kingpin really restricted to television?
No independently corroborated rule currently establishes Kingpin as a television-only character, although D’Onofrio said in 2025 that this was his understanding. The actor described Marvel’s ability to use Wilson Fisk as “a very hard thing to do” because of ownership issues.
“I’m only usable for television shows. Not even a one-off Wilson Fisk movie. It’s all caught up in rights and stuff,” D’Onofrio said. He also acknowledged that he did not know when the situation might change, or whether it would change at all.
That account shaped the earlier public picture of Kingpin’s rights complications, but it was the actor’s description rather than a published studio policy or legal ruling. Feige’s newer comments offer a different interpretation from the executive responsible for Marvel Studios’ film plans.
There is also an important precedent within the Spider-Man films: Charlie Cox appeared as Matt Murdock in Spider-Man: No Way Home. That cameo does not prove that Kingpin can be used under identical terms, but it shows that a character closely associated with Daredevil can enter a Sony-controlled Spider-Man film through Marvel’s existing collaboration.
Is Kingpin confirmed for Spider-Man: Brand New Day?
Kingpin is not confirmed for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and Feige’s comments should not be treated as a casting announcement. He confirmed a discussion, not a completed deal or an appearance in the finished film.
The useful update is that Marvel appears to regard Kingpin and Daredevil as characters it can at least consider for a Spider-Man story. Feige did not endorse D’Onofrio’s claim that Wilson Fisk is categorically restricted to television, and he did not describe the rights question as an impasse.
That leaves the prospect of a Kingpin and Spider-Man confrontation open without promising one. For fans who have spent years imagining Tom Holland’s Peter Parker colliding with D’Onofrio’s formidable crime boss, the door remains unlocked — Marvel just has a few contracts stacked behind it.
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