For the last 20 years, the comic book genre has constantly found an approach that worked and then milked it for all it’s worth. After X-Men arrived in 2000, we were inundated with leather-clad superheroes. Following Batman Begins in 2005, it was all about dark and gritty reboots. The success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase One then saw everyone else try and build a shared mythology of their own, while Deadpool led to a slew of more mature adaptations.
The latest potential game-changer could be Todd Phillips’ Joker, which became the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever made and went on to find plenty of awards season glory. It hasn’t happened yet, but you can guarantee that unconventional origin stories for various villains have already been discussed behind the scenes.
There are plenty of iconic bad guys that have engaging backstories of their own, of course, and in a recent interview,...
The latest potential game-changer could be Todd Phillips’ Joker, which became the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever made and went on to find plenty of awards season glory. It hasn’t happened yet, but you can guarantee that unconventional origin stories for various villains have already been discussed behind the scenes.
There are plenty of iconic bad guys that have engaging backstories of their own, of course, and in a recent interview,...
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