{"id":1952349,"date":"2023-06-20T19:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T23:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-superhero-movies-survive-dc-hopes-for-better-days-ahead\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T19:39:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T23:39:14","slug":"can-superhero-movies-survive-dc-hopes-for-better-days-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-superhero-movies-survive-dc-hopes-for-better-days-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Superhero Movies Thrive? DC Aims for Brighter Future."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcan-superhero-movies-survive-dc-hopes-for-better-days-ahead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1952349&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Superhero Movies: The Battle for Box Office Supremacy<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It&#8217;s easy to believe that a well-produced superhero movie will automatically draw big crowds and earn millions or even billions of dollars. With super mega-hits like the \u201cAvengers: Endgame\u201d ($2.7 billion), \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home\u201d ($1.9 billion), and \u201cBlack Panther\u201d ($1.3 billion), the genre has become synonymous with bringing in boatloads of profits. But not always.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>The Marvel Factor<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One thing the highest-earning films have in common is that they almost always come from Marvel Studios. In fact, eight out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-superhero-movies-survive-dc-hopes-for-better-days-ahead\/\" title=\"Will Superhero Movies Thrive? DC Aims for Brighter Future.\">top ten highest-grossing superhero films<\/a> are Marvel properties. One (\u201cThe Incredibles 2\u201d, $1.2 billion) is from Pixar. In the tenth spot is DC\u2019s crown jewel, \u201cAquaman,\u201d which brought in a respectable sum of $1.1 billion for Marvel\u2019s biggest rival.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAquaman\u201d came out in 2018. That doesn\u2019t mean the studio hasn\u2019t had any hits since then. But with changing management and a new strategy, the future of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) \u2014 which includes the Warner Bros. brand \u2014 is anything but certain.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>The Reality of &#8220;Superhero Fatigue&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new president of DC Comics Jim Lee shared his thoughts on why some major superhero films are underperforming expectations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOnce you hit a certain number of people, it\u2019s too large for everyone to kind of love everything. And so they, basically, have splintered into different groups. It\u2019s almost like pro sports at this point,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/05\/25\/1178119988\/dc-comics-superhero-marvel-films-movies-jim-lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NPR<\/span><\/a> in May, echoing what other industry experts said about the reality of \u201csuperhero fatigue\u201d at the box office being part of the reason for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-lebron-james-blame-systemic-racism-for-space-jam-2s-low-box-office-numbers\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did LeBron James Blame Systemic Racism For \u2018Space Jam 2\u2019s\u2019 Low Box Office Numbers?\">disappointing box office numbers<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLike, even when it was Marvel versus DC, I still felt like everyone loved comics. They embraced the storytelling. They embraced the notions of heroism and hope that the stories reflected. And now, it\u2019s been elevated beyond that. It\u2019s almost independent of what the storytelling is about. And it\u2019s more about business factors or political factors, societal sort of discourse. It\u2019s become highly polarized.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lee also mentioned that while smash hits will always rely on drawing in big crowds, studios should remember that they need to cater to their core comic book-loving audience first and foremost. \u201cYes, you need the broader, more casual audience to really hit those elevated numbers in terms of box office or viewership,\u201d the DC Comics executive said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>The New Vision for DC<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The two men in charge of righting the ship for the DCEU are director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran. They\u2019re both serving as co-chairs and co-CEOs of DC Studios as of October 2022. Insiders were shocked when the news broke, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/dc-movies-james-gunn-peter-safran-to-lead-film-tv-division-1235248438\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/a> calling it an \u201cunprecedented move\u201d for the studio to select a director to serve as an executive-level decision-maker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gunn and Safran already announced their plans for upcoming projects, which include a reboot of \u201cSuperman.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The studio next announced some changes spurred by the new vision for DC. Henry Cavill got booted as \u201cSuperman,\u201d which surprised some of the fanbase. \u201cWe didn\u2019t fire Henry,\u201d Gunn told <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/01\/dc-movies-robert-pattinson-gal-gadot-jason-momoa-future-dc-james-gunn-1235245269\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deadline<\/span><\/a> when the news broke. \u201cHenry was never cast. He was in a cameo, and that was the end of his story.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first project Gunn and Safran announced was \u201cGods and Monsters.\u201d Beyond that, the duo said in January 2023 that they were remaining open and \u201cflexible\u201d about developing new content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMany of the following projects are already being worked on, but we\u2019re remaining flexible, and we\u2019re going to adjust because we\u2019re never going to put a project into production before the script is right,\u201d Safran <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/james-gunn-peter-safran-dcu-future-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gunn had more to say about staying open to change. \u201cI\u2019ve been around making studio movies now for over 20 years, and the thing that I\u2019ve seen, the biggest change between the past and today is that \u2014 and the reason why I think movies in general are not as good as they used to be \u2014 is because too many movies get set into a date, and then they\u2019re made no matter what,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThen you have movies where they don\u2019t have a third act, and they\u2019re already shooting, hoping that somehow they\u2019re going to work it out, even though they didn\u2019t get it worked out through three years of script. So, we want to really elevate writers, again, make writers as important as they are, and become architects of this story,\u201d Gunn said of the DC strategy going forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A New Era of Superhero Storytelling<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And as for the content that will be coming, the new heads of DC are planning to blur the line between good and evil, unlike the storylines of superhero movies in the past. Gunn described the current universe as being filled with \u201calmost saintly people\u201d like Superman who were always fighting unquestionably evil villains. The future of DC, he explained, will be a lot more nuanced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere\u2019s all these shades of gray of these different types of character, which allows us to tell more complex storytelling,\u201d he said of the superhero stories to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The recently released DC property \u201cThe Flash\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-flash-fizzles-at-box-office-despite-being-called-one-of-the-greatest-superhero-movies-ever-made\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">underperformed expectations<\/span><\/a> at the box office over the weekend, earning just $55 million. It\u2019s worth noting that the film was plagued by controversy due to the lead actor, Ezra Miller, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jana-duggar-speaks-out-on-facing-child-endangerment-charge-upset-at-myself-that-it-happened\/\" title=\"Jana Duggar Speaks Out On Facing Child Endangerment Charge: \u2018Upset At Myself That It Happened\u2019\">facing legal troubles<\/a>, which meant the studio didn\u2019t do a full-scale promotional tour like they normally would.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Up next, the studio will release \u201cBlue Beetle\u201d in August and then the highly anticipated \u201cAquaman and the Lost Kingdom\u201d on December 25. \u201cJoker: Folie \u00e0 Deux\u201d is slated for a 2024 release, followed by \u201cSuperman: Legacy\u201d in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Will DC be able to compete with Marvel as a true contender in the future? That\u2019s what they\u2019re hoping for.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Superhero movies, like &#8220;Avengers: Endgame,&#8221; &#8220;Spider-Man: No Way Home,&#8221; and &#8220;Black Panther,&#8221; rake in billions, making it tempting to assume any well-made film in the genre will attract massive audiences and earn millions. The superhero genre has become synonymous with immense profits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1952350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6094,28929,3899,7313,11886,11038],"class_list":["post-1952349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-aims","tag-brighter","tag-future","tag-movies","tag-superhero","tag-thrive"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1952349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1952350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1952349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1952349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1952349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}