Andor's creator has a unique gripe about Marvel movies and why they "fail": "All you're doing is just trying to get the Tesseract"

Loki with the Tesseract in Avengers: Infinity War — (Image credit: Marvel Studios)

Andor creator Tony Gilroy may be riding on a crest of a wave after his work in a galaxy far, far away, but he's still found time to pinpoint where he thinks the MCU has gone wrong.

Speaking to Slash Film, Gilroy compared the original idea for Andor – which has never been expanded upon – to his major gripes with the MCU. Namely, the perpetual hunt for MacGuffins.

"What the fuck is the name of the box in The Avengers? What the fuck are they going for?... The Tesseract! That's why all those Marvel movies are all – that's why they fail," Gilroy bemoaned. "You're just constantly... if that's all you're doing, then all you're doing is just trying to get the Tesseract."

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In 2012's The Avengers, Loki harnesses the power of the Tesseract – a cube-shaped container for the Space Stone – to bring Earth to heel. From there, Iron Man, Captain America, and other heroes assemble to capture the alien weapon.

Next up for Marvel, meanwhile, is Avengers: Doomsday – which has just been delayed until December 2026.

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