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What's Next For Superhero Movies?

Posted by Soulskill on from the reboot-the-reboots-of-reboots dept.

New submitter Faizdog writes "The Atlantic has a very interesting article on what's next for superhero movies after The Dark Knight Rises leaves theaters. DC in particular doesn't seem to have a good pipeline of readily available heroes to create movies around. The article discusses the challenges surrounding the upcoming Man of Steel movie, as well as how the circumstances around the successful Spiderman reboot may not necessarily translate to a Batman reboot. The author also mentions the necessity and viability of the comic book print medium continuing on in light of the film successes, especially in terms of revenue (the Avengers movie alone made more profit for Marvel than all comic book sales for the last two years). The article concludes with an interesting suggestion that television may be the ideal medium for comic book adaptations, as it may permit a richer and more complex story telling experience than a two-hour movie."

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  1. Live Action Dilbert by Spiflicator · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think Drew Carey would be excellent.

    1. Re:Live Action Dilbert by sootman · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nah, it'd be too depressing. I live a live-action Dilbert. :-)

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  2. Re:write a new story? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    or has that been done before?

    Once.

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  3. Disney's Answer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Disney's already working on the John Carter sequel - CowboyNeal of Uranus

  4. Re:write a new story? by Unordained · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wonder Woman? Probably the most popular female in all comics... no movie to speak of. Maybe it's all the BDSM from the source material.

    My interest in Wonder Woman just went up.