

It is highly unlikely any fan forum or Twitter thread could have crowdthunk a Batman movie in which Bruce Wayne is basically a posh Kurt Cobain. No fan would have come up with the distinctly auteurist idea of a Joker movie influenced by 1970s and 80s Martin Scorsese crime flicks. More recently, Warner has shown itself capable of cancelling the release of a completed film, such as this year’s Batgirl, because it is apparently more cost-effective never to release it.ĭC is able to get standalone, director-led efforts right. The difference is that Marvel seems to know what its acolytes are crying out for before even they do, whereas DC’s early superhero mashups often seemed to have been put together by Kevin from marketing. Let’s be clear: there’s nothing wrong with taking a populist approach to superhero film-making. Yet the actor’s fan-focused, “give ’em what they want” approach is the reason DC’s roster of films is so all over the place. Some have suggested Johnson could potentially be the central, unifying figure who runs DC in the future, and he seems well up for it. Photograph: Warner Bros./Clay Enos/Allstar

Man of Steel, ostensibly the first DC movie of the current epoch, came out in 2013, so it only took them the best part of a decade to work this stuff out. On an earnings call in August, Warner Discovery CEO David Zaslav pitched the novel idea that DC would benefit if it had someone like Feige to oversee things. The introduction of a DC multiverse in the forthcoming The Flash may paper over the cracks somewhat if it ever hits cinemas, but the sense remains that nobody is really in charge. Ben Affleck’s Batman, Henry Cavill’s Superman and Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman may have hung out together but they exist in an entirely different place to Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker, or the Robert Pattinson version of the caped crusader from The Batman. Directors come and go but head honcho Kevin Feige makes sure every episode looks and feels like Marvel.ĭC, on the other hand, isn’t even a universe any more, that plan having been jacked in when Justice League failed so miserably to wow audiences in 2017.
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Pretty much any Marvel superhero can turn up in any other Marvel movie or Disney+ series because they are all bright, breezy, occasionally self-referential and lightly irreverent. A huge part of its success comes down to basic quality control, but another vital element is the consistent tone. Since then, the studio has steadily introduced more and more costumed heroes into the mix like an expert plate spinner adding new crockery. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) was carefully planned from its inception: audiences were introduced to superheroes such as Captain America, Thor and Iron Man in standalone movies before they teamed up in 2012’s The Avengers. Partly this is because the two cinematic universes are so different. To avoid a similar outcome, the Brothers have chosen various super-beings from each universe to fight in their stead.and the universe that loses the most fights will cease to exist.Statement of intent … Iron Man, the first film of the eventual MCU. Eons ago, a previous battle between the two destroyed and recreated all existence, resulting in the Big Bang.

The two beings are "Brothers", each a cosmic manifestation of the Marvel and DC universes, respectively. Peter Parker gets a job at the Daily Planet, Storm encounters Wonder Woman, Gambit steals the Batmobile.and then amidst the chaos, every being in existence sees Axel's vision, along with a psychic explanation. On one particular night, Axel comes across Wolverine fighting Killer Croc in an alley, and it becomes apparent to the reader that the universes are crossing over.

Related: Why So Many Comic Book Villains Wear Green and PurpleĪ drifter who never stays in the same place too long, Axel Asher is cursed with nightmares of two monstrous beings, one red and one blue, fighting each other to the death.
