Still, even Blade's success wasn't enough to get more top - tier black
superheroes films on the big screen.
Not exact matches
Disney and Marvel obviously know what they're doing with
superhero movies — they've brought some of the
biggest franchises to
screen — however, at the same time, making every single
film need to fit inside the already established franchise starts to limit the amount of creative license any one director can have
on future characters as Marvel's Cinematic Universe only grows larger.
A couple of months ago now, the world was finally treated to the
superhero film every comic book fan had been waiting decades to see
on the
big screen: Batman v Superman.
With all the emphasis these days
on big screen blockbuster action,
superhero, sci - fi, and fantasy movies these days, it is refreshing to watch a well - made, well presented, historical based
film that can touch you
on a personal level.
With adaptations of
superhero comics to
film, it seems that the only thing of interest to the
film maker (s) is getting the shiniest and
biggest effects
on screen along with «kick - ass» action sequences and one - upping each other
on the adrenaline level.
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.
It begins with actor Robert Downey Jr and director Jon Favreau revealing their initial concern whether or not the audience will accept a
superhero from Marvel Comics onto the
big screen and how their worry vanished when they saw the fan craze
on the red carpet of the first Marvel
film — Iron Man a decade back.
Although Wesley Snipes has portrayed
superhero Blade in three
films, the 55 - year - old actor also had his heart set
on bringing Black Panther to the
big screen back in the 1990s.
Indeed, there are plenty of high - profile
films beyond the
superhero genre clamoring for attention at this year's Comic - Con, including the sequel to «The Maze Runner,» Guillermo del Toro's gothic horror
film «Crimson Peak» and a
big -
screen take
on the wildly popular video game «World of Warcraft.»
Lilly's The Wasp may not be the first female
superhero character that Marvel Studios has introduced
on the
big screen (Scarlett Johansson's deadly spy, Black Widow holds that title), but she is the first one to co-headline a
film.
Anyone who is a fan of Deadpool already knows that Ryan Reynolds»
superhero has no limits, whether it be in his adventures
on the
big screen or in the
films» promotions.
Marvel Comics» Fantastic Four
superhero crew previously appeared
on the
big screen in a low - budget 1994
film titled The Fantastic Four and in a glossier 2005 offering starring Chris Evans and Jessica Alba called Fantastic Four, which spawned a sequel that arrived two years later, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Hancock, released 10 years ago, is the quirkiest
film in this lineage; it stars Will Smith and cost $ 150 million to make, and yet it inspires very little defense or consideration as a display of the potential for black
superheroes on the
big screen.