Tag Archives: Superheroes

James Gunn Early Outline Had White Supremacist Superheroes

James Gunn Early Outline Had White Supremacist Superheroes

For those who really do wanna wanna a taste of Peacemaker season 2, the wait is over as the show goes on tomorrow on HBO Max. Deadline Season 2 deals with the events following the death of Christopher Smith’s (John Cena) white supremacist father, Auggie Smith played by Robert Patrick. But there’s way more. Smith aka Peacemaker finds another dimensional …

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Fantastic Four Box Office Drop Poses Tough Questions for MCU and Superheroes

Fantastic Four Box Office Drop Poses Tough Questions for MCU and Superheroes

Still, there are few alternative lessons to be considered here. While Fantastic Four just suffered a precipitous drop, and Warner Bros. and DC’s own hard universe-reset in Superman proved to have sturdier legs when it opened slightly bigger and then fell a healthy 53.2 percent in its second weekend, neither superhero movie seems destined to cross $700 million worldwide. Kal-El …

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Why Superheroes and Horror Movies Are No Longer Box Office Guarantees

Why Superheroes and Horror Movies Are No Longer Box Office Guarantees

It wasn’t so long ago that audiences would show up to seemingly any movie featuring a costumed hero or a masked killer. But times and standards have changed, and lately, Hollywood’s two most reliable genres — superheroes and horror — are showing signs of fatigue. “People haven’t stopped loving horror or superhero films, but they stopped loving mediocre entries in …

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