Did you know that the X-Men franchise is currently the longest
running superhero franchise out there?
That's an actual line of dialogue from Bryan Singer's «X-Men: Apocalypse,» and though it's technically referring to «Return of the Jedi,» it could just as easily be applied to the latest installment in the long -
running superhero franchise.
Not exact matches
In terms of years, X-Men is the longest -
running continuous
superhero franchise we have right now — the first X-Men, released in 2000, predates even Spider - Man or Batman Begins.
The key to navigating Hollywood these days is attach yourself to a
superhero movie
franchise of some kind to guarantee a hit movie every few years so you can
run off and join darker, weirder, more eclectic projects without a care in the world.
Final Verdict: A fantastic start to one of the longest -
running franchises in the
superhero universe.
There have been so many
franchises represented in the long -
running series of Lego games yet few are as enjoyable as ones featuring
superheroes.
Over the summer, Collider's own Steven Weintraub visited the set of Bay's latest entry in the long -
running franchise, Transformers: The Last Knight, and during a wide - ranging interview with the director, the conversation turned to the state of
superhero movies and why Bay hasn't tried his hand at one yet.