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Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

But Marvel bet big on famed fanboy and Buffy the Vampire Slayer director Joss Whedon, and Whedon transformed Hollywood into an industry dominated by superhero movies.

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Written by August Aguilar, August 10, 2016, at 6:40 a.m. Tweet to: @AugustAA92 & @elburritoblog There used to be a time where seeing our favorite superheroes on the big screen was a rare treasure.

By now, after «The Incredibles» and «Hancock,» the superhero - as - struggling - everyman is a familiar presence on the big screen.

Stuck halfway between James Bond and superhero movies, the Mission: Impossible big screen franchise sets itself apart by focusing on two things: teamwork, and vulnerability.

Without fail, the dullest installment in any superhero movie franchise is the origin story, during which audiences anxiously awaiting The Big Bad Guy have to suffer through, yaaaawn, scenes of childhood trauma, romantic tragedy, and other expository effluvia, by which point the closing credits are fast approaching.

Until now, whether they hail from the DC or Marvel cinematic universes, big - screen superheroes have traditionally been white dudes put on this earth (e.g. Superman and Thor, who each came from other planets) or fashioned by the U.S. military (à la Captain America and War Machine) to defend America from its enemies.

It takes ba ** s to come right after Avengers: Infinity War, one of the biggest superhero movies of all time and sh ** on its star power by presenting a film that's more entertaining, engaging, relatable and immersive (without relying on 3D).

Led by a flawed and disfigured superhero, the action - comedy scores without the crutch of big faces or the usual superhero trappings.

Valiant Entertainment has found a director for its big screen supernatural superhero project Shadowman, with THR reporting that Reginald Hudlin (Marshall) has signed on to helm the adaptation, while Adam Simon (showrunner on WGN America's Salem) is set to rewrite the original script by J. Michael Straczynski.

Last summer, Marvel Studios brought Ant - Man to the big screen, and the tiny superhero turned out to be a big hit, changing the pace by being a smaller, more isolated comic book flick.

This week the team check to see if Ben Stiller's dumb model is still in fashion in belated sequel Zoolander 2; find out if Ryan Reynolds can finally make a franchise work in subversive superhero comedy Deadpool; bask in the sun in Luca Guadagnino's steamy melodrama A Bigger Splash and wonder if Will Smith's Concussion deserved to be snubbed by the Academy

With Lionsgate's big screen reboot of Saban's Power Rangers hitting cinemas this Friday, THR is reporting that the film is set to make history by being the first big - budget superhero movie to feature a LGBT protagonist in Becky G's Trini, a.k.a. the Yellow Ranger, with the character revealed to be having «girlfiend problems» in what director -LSB-...]

It still does the things big superhero movies are meant to do - right down to the post-credit scenes suggesting the good doctor has an appointment with the forthcoming Thor: Ragnarok directed by whatshisname from down the road - but it's spectacular, refreshing and enjoyable in its own way.

SG On the flip side, he's a rare big - screen superhero who's actually decent, conscientious and honorable by character, like Wonder Woman or Captain America.

What separates «Black Panther» from the Batmans, Spidermans and Iron Mans of the creaky, big studio superhero genre is that it looks and, more important, feels nothing like the usual bloated franchise movie that takes no chances and plays by genre rules.

As Netflix continues to enjoy great success by latching onto big brands and making shows like Marvel's Daredevil, Amazon is building up its own streaming service by enlisting famous people to make things that aren't about blind superheroes / lawyers.

The big studios have abdicated power by focusing solely on superhero movies.

Unfortunately, whenever a superhero becomes successful in this sort of arena, it's like they become a big magnet for crazy bad guys who don't decide to take up crime in another town that's not protected by a billionare with a flying rodent complex.

Because I am... Up until the release of Infinity War, we didn't know anything about Avengers 4 other than the fact it will act as a sequel to the big superhero smackdown and it's also directed by the Russo brothers.

Led by the headstrong boy wonder, Robin, the young superheroes head to Hollywood in search of big - screen stardom.

At the top of the list, the billion - dollar big guns: franchises, superhero movies, animated kid - flicks and single - serving comedies — the whole high - calorie / low nutritional monoculture diet the studios would prefer us to subsist on, like docile teenage boys easily distracted by big bangs and shiny objects.

The superhero craze has been about escapism since 2002, when Spider - Man, New York's superhero, debuted on the big screen to charm an America that had been ravaged by the events of September 11, less than a year before.

The actor plays the Marvel Cinematic Universe Big Bad Thanos in the upcoming Avengers sequels, but he also landed the coveted role of Cable in 20th Century Fox's superhero sequel Deadpool 2, which paves the way for Brolin's Cable to lead the in - development X-Force movie to be written and directed by Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods).

Wonder Woman was the film that defied all the predictions: a big - budget superhero movie directed by a woman which managed to please not only the feminists and their daughters but also the boys who love DC and Marvel.

for the weirdest Scooperhero News yet (this is what happens when Oli is left by himself)-RRB-, for a run down of the week's biggest superhero news — including details on the original cut of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the latest piece of -LSB-...]

The 2018 superhero team - up film - directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and based on a script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely - is undoubtedly one of the biggest movies ever to grace the silver screen.

Once the debates about superhero - movie casting die down, the subject inevitably turns to how comic book costumes, unburdened by restrictions of material and physics, will be adapted for the big screen.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening May 7, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Iron Man 2 (PG - 13 for profanity and intense sci - fi violence) Robert Downey, Jr. reprises his role as the genius, billionaire inventor with a superhero alter ego.

Biggest opening for a non-team-up superhero movie: Superhero movies with more than one hero like «The Avengers» tend to make more money than their single - hero counterparts, but «Black Panther» has not only beaten a five - year record held by «Iron Man 3,» but is also posting a higher opening than films like «Avengers: Age of Ultron» and «Captain America: Civil War,» films that have showcased all of Marvel's biggest heroes and, in the case of «Civil War,» featured Black Panther in his big screenBiggest opening for a non-team-up superhero movie: Superhero movies with more than one hero like «The Avengers» tend to make more money than their single - hero counterparts, but «Black Panther» has not only beaten a five - year record held by «Iron Man 3,» but is also posting a higher opening than films like «Avengers: Age of Ultron» and «Captain America: Civil War,» films that have showcased all of Marvel's biggest heroes and, in the case of «Civil War,» featured Black Panther in his big scresuperhero movie: Superhero movies with more than one hero like «The Avengers» tend to make more money than their single - hero counterparts, but «Black Panther» has not only beaten a five - year record held by «Iron Man 3,» but is also posting a higher opening than films like «Avengers: Age of Ultron» and «Captain America: Civil War,» films that have showcased all of Marvel's biggest heroes and, in the case of «Civil War,» featured Black Panther in his big screSuperhero movies with more than one hero like «The Avengers» tend to make more money than their single - hero counterparts, but «Black Panther» has not only beaten a five - year record held by «Iron Man 3,» but is also posting a higher opening than films like «Avengers: Age of Ultron» and «Captain America: Civil War,» films that have showcased all of Marvel's biggest heroes and, in the case of «Civil War,» featured Black Panther in his big screenbiggest heroes and, in the case of «Civil War,» featured Black Panther in his big screen debut.

Big Hero 6 Directors: Don Hall Chris Williams Stars: Genesis Rodriguez, Maya Rudolph, Jamie Chung, Alan Tudyk Synopsis: A group of six superheroes are recruited by the government to protect the nation.

We recently learned that screenwriter Chris McCoy had been hired to rewrite the existing script by Nicole Perlman, and now comes word that Marvel has finally closed in on their director to bring the space - set superhero story to the big screen: James Gunn.

The hype As the subtitle implies, this is the first big step in Warner Bros and DC Comics» attempt to ape Marvel's insanely successful «Avengers» franchise by building their own cinematic superhero team — the slightly Nazi - sounding Justice League.

Sure, the heavily anticipated big - screen debut of Marvel's first black superhero, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby more than a half - century ago, comes freighted with all sorts of cultural expectations.

Why I'm Excited: Normally when a big film, especially a Marvel / other superhero film, is this close to its release date, I already feel saturated by the amount of marketing I've been exposed to.

A couple of weeks ago, Matthew Vaughn, director of Kick - Ass, was interviewed by the L.A. Times about his upcoming movie, X-Men: First Class and the future of superheroes on the big screen.

It had some of the typical flaws of most superhero movies - clunky dialogue, thinly sketched villains (although the big bad was a surprise, to me at least), and an overly long and generic climactic battle sequence - but these were easily outweighed by everything that was awesome about it.

In essence a getting - the - band - together story, The Avengers opens by establishing a threat big enough to warrant the attention of the heaviest hitters of the superhero world.

In what is beginning to look like the summer of the superhero film (remember, still to come are Green Lantern and Captain America: The First Avenger), it is with a big, stupid fanboy grin that I report X-Men: First Class builds on the momentum established by the season's first successful superhero, Thor, and delivers another solid, entertaining, and thoroughly satisfying comic book movie.

You won't be Stephen Strange's biggest fan, but by the end of this eye - opening romp, no matter how tired you are of superhero flicks, you'll absolutely be a believer.

Just three years ago, Joss Whedon pulled off a remarkable feat by giving us a film that featured a cast of some of the biggest superheroes in the Marvel universe, known collectively as «The Avengers,» and delivering just the kind of action - packed adventure that fans ha...

Just three years ago, Joss Whedon pulled off a remarkable feat by giving us a film that featured a cast of some of the biggest superheroes in the Marvel universe, known collectively as «The Avengers,» and delivering just the kind of action - packed adventure tha...

Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas bring the size - shrinking superhero to the big - screen later this year with «Ant - Man,» directed by Peyton Reed and including other top - notch actors like Evangeline Lilly and Corey Stoll.

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OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening July 22, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Captain America: The First Avenger (PG - 13 for intense sci - fi violence) Marvel Comics adaptation revolving around the patriotic exploits of a soldier - turned - superhero (Chris Evans) who, with the help of his trusty sidekick (Sebastian Stan), comes to the aid of the Allies during World War II when a Hitler henchman (Hugo Weaving) bent on world domination develops a top secret weapon.

For those that do not know «Big Hero 6» is inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, which was released back in 1998.

The superheroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have bested quite a few villains over the last decade, but they'll soon face the biggest bad of them all — Thanos the Mad Titan (played by Josh Brolin)-- in Avengers: Infinity War.

«DC Comics superhero Wonder Woman, produced by Warner Bros. to a budget of 150 million dollars, goes up on the big screen in June 2017.

The movie's self - awareness is may be the biggest hook for those of us with previous knowledge of the titular character (played by a fiery Ryan Reynolds), but for mass audiences, its clear appeal is its free pass to show us hard - R, bloody, vulgar stuff you almost never see in superhero movies.