As buzz for Marvel's upcoming 2016 release Captain America: Civil War continues to build — the writers and directors of the acclaimed Captain America: The Winter Soldier return — it seems that Marvel has a civil war of its own going on within the ranks.

Marvel Cinematic Universe mastermind Kevin Feige and his highly successful film division will now report to Disney Studios chief Alan Horn instead of his longtime boss, Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter.

Multiple sources say that Feige's years of frustration came to a head in part over the making of the third installment of the Captain America franchise, which has basically turned into what fans are calling The Avengers 2.5. The sequel recently completed filming in Georgia. Others say it was a move whose time finally had come because the film division slowly has gravitated toward Disney and now will be based on the Burbank studio lot.

Set for release in May 2016, Civil War sees the Marvel heroes pitted against each other. It features almost every actor from the Avengers movies, including Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans, and introduces Tom Holland as a new screen version of Spider-Man. On top of that, Paul Rudd's Ant-Man will take on a major role as well and we will see other Marvel characters introduced to the MCU. Downey Jr. and Evans will face off as they disagree on the issue of the superhero registration act.

Word has it that the film's budget was ballooning and Perlmutter, a New York-based penny pincher, balked at the dollar amount and wanted to scale back.

It got to the point where Feige threatened to leave Marvel, until Disney CEO Bob Iger stepped in with a new plan, dictating that Feige and his team no longer have to report to Perlmutter in regards to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

But now all is well for Feige, Marvel, and Disney, at least in respect to the MCU. Insiders believe that the change will lead to better films, better talent contract deals (Marvel had been known as very tight and aggressive with contracts), etc.

Check out ScreenCraft's breakdown of Disney's film lineup through much of 2017, which feature Marvel's next phase in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Source: Heat Vision