Tag: superhero
Huge superhero movie with a $200 million budget that was completely lost in theaters, and there’s a sad reason for that
Things couldn’t have gone much worse for the DC film Wonder Woman 1984. The superhero blockbuster with Gal Gadot was longed for after the popular first part. Then came the…
Jason Statham becomes the beekeeper John Wick in the new trailer – and saves the director after a superhero low point and a Netflix dilemma
After action hits like End of Watch and Sabotage, director David Ayer ventured into the superhero genre with his 2016 Suicide Squad film adaptation. The result is a comprehensive history…
120 million superhero film that flopped this year, but received surprisingly good reviews
It was almost tragic: Blue Beetle basically flopped months before its theatrical release. How should a DC hero survive at the box office when even the comparatively well-known characters The…
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son stars in a new superhero series on Amazon – and his biggest scene is really disgusting
In 1970, action star Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in his first major film: Hercules in New York. 53 years later, he can watch his son act. Patrick Schwarzenegger now has a…
Brutal superhero hit from horror master grossed 48 million, but nobody knows it anymore
The superhero genre didn’t begin its existence with the invention of the MCU. Decades before, visionary directors brought their versions of popular comic heroes to the screen. One of the…
Amazon’s The Boys spin-off is incredibly brutal and (almost) as good as its superhero role model
It’s not easy to build a superhero universe. Truly successful new franchises rarely emerge. With The Boys, Amazon has taken the first step in recent years: the satirical one Superhero…
Tobey Maguire screwed up a brilliant superhero scene 155 times and 20 years later it’s still unbelievable that it actually worked
Long before the MCU, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man was proof of what masterful superhero cinema could look like. The Marvel blockbuster with Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker was the perfect mix…
Acclaimed directing duo made superhero film that ended up in the poison cupboard and today they call it the ‘biggest disappointment of our careers’
Batgirl was one of the big film scandals of 2022. Produced for $90 million and already in the final stages of completion, studio Warner Bros. locked the DC blockbuster in…
Elijah Wood looks like Gollum in his first image from the incredibly disgusting sci-fi superhero film, which is being re-released after almost 40 years
Marvel was yesterday. The heroes of tomorrow do not radiate, and if they do, they are only radioactive. At least that’s what it looks like with the upcoming sci-fi hit…
Scarlett Johansson starred in an almost forgotten superhero film 15 years ago and was ashamed of the costume for good reason
Bizarre costumes can get stars into trouble in front of the camera. Shortly before her MCU debut, Scarlett Johansson wore something like this a Nazi uniform for the superhero hit…