In An Industry Shocker, The Longtime High-Profile Marvel Studio Executive, Victoria Alonso, Has Left The Company

Marvel

Mar 23

Victoria Alonso has been associated with Marvel Studios for 17 years now. She joined Marvel Studios as executive vice president of visual effects and postproduction in 2006 and has been a part of many of the major Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies. She has been President of Physical, Post Production, VFX and Animation at Marvel Studios since 2021. In surprising news, it has come to light that she has left the company.

Alonso was the co-producer of several Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies, including the 2008 Iron Man, the movie that started it all, Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2010), and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). She was the executive producer on every project, including television series, after The Avengers (2012). As a woman of color who is open about belonging to the LGBTQ community, she was instrumental in enhancing diverse representation in the MCU. While the reason for her exit is not known, it has been speculated that the poor performance of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania contributed to her leaving the company.

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Alonso was responsible for the post-production of a plethora of Marvel projects. It remains to be seen who will shoulder this gigantic responsibility in her absence.

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