Why it is so laborious for Hollywood to make a superb Superman film

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Why it is so laborious for Hollywood to make a superb Superman film

Superman Man of MetalSupply: Warner BrothersSuperman is getting a brand new present on Warner Bros.' CW community, however up to now, the large dis


Superman Man of Metal

Supply: Warner Brothers

Superman is getting a brand new present on Warner Bros.’ CW community, however up to now, the large display screen has confirmed to be his kryptonite.

The field workplace flop of “Justice League,” together with unfavorable evaluations for a majority of movies that included America’s favourite hero in blue within the final 20 years, have created a noticeable battle for the enduring DC-Warner Bros. character in theaters.

Most just lately, Superman was featured on CW’s “Disaster on Infinite Earth” tv sequence, a well-received crossover occasion between a number of DC Comics characters and alternate variations of themselves. One Superman, performed by Tyler Hoechlin, will star alongside Elizabeth Tulloch within the spin off sequence, “Superman and Lois.” But, regardless of CW’s means to create well-received content material centered round a few of DC’s most beloved characters, Warner Bros., owned by telecom and leisure large AT&T, has struggled to obtain the identical acclaim in theaters.

In all equity, Warner Bros. and DC, its subsidiary, have hit fairly a sizzling streak with the likes of “Marvel Lady,” “Aqua Man” and 2019’s “Joker,” which earned over $1 billion worldwide and obtained a nomination for Finest Image at this yr’s Academy Awards.

However Superman has not accrued the identical ranges of success. 2013’s “Man of Metal,” a Superman reboot starring Henry Cavill, earned a…



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