14 DAY TRIAL // Yesterday, Warner Bros. announced the release schedule for DC Comics properties through 2020, thus confirming older rumors that they had the entire Justice League cinematic universe thoroughly planned out. To their 9 movies, besides “Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” add the releases Marvel and Sony are also working on.
What you get is the busiest release schedule ever for the superhero genre. We all knew it would come to this, but even so, the prospect is potentially scary. For fans like myself, it could also mean the end of a very good run because of a little something called “overkill.”
For non-fans, even keeping track of the characters and stories and various connections will prove impossible.
HitFix went through all the trouble to comprise the list of superhero releases through 2020, to which it also added the rumored “Star Wars” films. They’re not exactly superhero material, but they fit in, so be it.
By far, the busiest year will be 2017, when we might get no less than 10 superhero films in theaters. It’s true, they will be varied and from different studios, but even so, isn’t that a bit excessive?
As with everything else in life, the superhero bubble is bound to burst at some point. So far, these films have proved to be the most successful releases (especially in IMAX and 3D, which means premium tickets prices), but the next 6 years will probably run the superhero genre into the ground by the sheer abundance of such films.
Sometimes, too much is simply too much, but that’s a concept Hollywood is yet to grasp. Here’s proof.
