Upcoming Superhero movies

[samurainoir]

[thunderbolt]

I take it that the Flash doesn't have 2 movies in a year? Must be Captain Marvel. I refuse to call him Shazam. I thought there was supposed to be another Superman solo movie in there somewhere?

[MIB41]

Saturation point achieved. I would look at those as tentative plans. Let's see how much the public invests as we move forward.

[The Bat]

Fantastic Four 2...LOL!! Wishful thinking by Fox.

[hedrap]

What's the bolt symbol below Flash...because it looks just like The Flash.

11 of those are shooting or in post-production.

Inhumans is one of those projects that until I see Vin Diesel with wings, it's a placeholder. Like JLA 2 and FF2.

...notice how there's no Ant-Man 2 listed...I'll be mildly surprised if they move ahead with Thor 3. Unless it's integral to Infinity, they would be better off moving Black Panther to that date.

Interesting to see that Marvel, without X or FF characters, is reaching the end run of their main stable. Sort of explains Feige's recent comments about trying to get Namor's rights back from Universal.

[Brue]

Must be Captain Marvel. I refuse to call him Shazam.

It says Marvel above the name, so it isn't the guy who yells SHAZAM anyway.

But there is a SHAZAM movie slated for 2020

[Brue]

Our youth v today's spoiled lot

theatrical comic book based superhero releases in the 60s


Batman 66

theatrical comic book based superhero releases in the 70s

Superman 78 (Dec)

theatrical comic book based superhero releases in the 80s

Superman II 80
Conan the Barbarian 82
Swamp Thing 82
Superman III 83
Supergirl 84
Howard the Duck 86 (Aug)
Superman IV 87
Return of Swamp Thing 87
Batman 89

I only saw 3 of these in the theaters. Supes (2) and Batman.

Notice that from birth to age 11 -there were exactly ZERO theatrically released films
Only one release before middle school for me.
Middle school/High school there were 5. That is 5 in 8 years and that includes Superman 3 and Supergirl.

90's was a bit better but I only was excited to see 6 of them in the theaters Bats (3), Spawn, Phantom and Blade
Not many big name hitters

Teen Age Mutant Ninja Turtles 90 (mar)
TMNT 2 91
Rocketeer 91
Batman Returns 92
Batman Msk of the Phantasm 93
TMNT 3 93
The Crow 94
The Shadow 94
The Mask 94
Tank Girl 95
Batman Forever 95
Judge Dredd 95
Crow City of Angel 96
Batman & Robin 97
Spawn 97
Steel 97
Mask of Zorro 98
Blade 98
Mystery Men 99

In the 2000s it exploded
2000-2009 18 Marvel releases and 8 from DC -alone that is 2.6 per year
2010 -2019 34 Marvel and 12 from DC - from the big 2 alone this is 4.6 per year.

80s it was .6 per year DC/Marvel
90's it was only .6 per year DC/marvel but many other publishers put out good films

[TrekStar]

April 2019 could be Flash Gordon? Interesting to see Black Panther, wonder who they will
get to play the title roll? July 2018 looks like maybe Aquaman? although these are supposedly in
the future works, I just wonder how many do actually get made?

[Brue]

April 2019 could be Flash Gordon? Interesting to see Black Panther, wonder who they will
get to play the title roll? July 2018 looks like maybe Aquaman? although these are supposedly in
the future works, I just wonder how many do actually get made?

I think the person who posted the image collage used the Flash's symbol where he should have used the Captain Marvel symbol. I said 2020 for SHAZAM but it looks like it is 2019.

[emeraldknight47]

An interesting line-up, but it will only hold together if the studios and comics companies can find ways of keeping the public interested in, when it's said a done, different variations on a single theme. I think in order to do this, they're going to need to go way out of their comfort zones and find some really cutting edge directors who can brings the characters to the screen in a way that hasn't been done to death, but still maintains the integrity of the characters and where they came from.

[samurainoir]

[emeraldknight47]

Nice graphic depiction of who has the rights to what, but I think whomever created it forgot that, since 20th Century Fox owns the film rights to the FF, it also, unfortunately has the rights to other great, but FF affiliated characters like Galactus, Kang the Conqueror, the Skrulls and Annihilus. Same scenario with X-MEN. Because of their ownership of rights to that franchise, we'll likely never see MCU versions of the Shi'ar, the Imperial Guard or the Star Jammers, all of whom could've been cool as hell in a GotG movie...

[VintageMike]

It seems like a lot but in the context of the period of time they are coming out over, it's not over the top yet, IMO.

[hedrap]

This CBR article is from last week and does nice breakdown as to how opaque things really are. I've seen that graphic, it over-simplifies.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/singling-out-marvels-film-rights-head-scratchers

I think the "Kang is off-limits, but Black Panther is not" issue is easier to understand as Marvel had turned Panther into a solo license at least fifteen years ago. It was part of the original, huge Lionsgate deal they made post-Spidey release.

What I found interesting is a possible Inhumans problem. Marvel had never distinguished those rights until the SDCC announcement in '12, which was part of the Witch/Silver flareup. If Fox is nudging Marvel on core Inhumans characters, that would explain Marvel's hardball actions towards X and FF properties better than anything else. It would really explain why they've been playing the non-denial game about Vin as Black Bolt. I've never understood why Marvel wouldn't announce he's on board, but will say he's signed for two projects.

[cockyhoskins]

Interesting to see Black Panther, wonder who they will
get to play the title roll?

http://screenrant.com/black-panther-movie-casting-costume-chadwick-boseman/