5 Things Warner Bros Needs To Learn From Marvel Studios
Ever since The Avengers absolutely killed at the box office, Warner Brothers has been watching Marvel Studios with green eyes of jealousy. And its hard to blame them. After all, if not for Warner Brothers and their subsidiary, DC Comics, the superhero movie revolution may have never happened in the first place. Richard Donners Superman: The Movie was groundbreaking for many reasonsnot only was it the first real live-action superhero movie, but it also took a serious approach to the material and cast some of the top talent at the time, like Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman. Its an approach that the most successful comic book movies have adopted. Of course, twenty years later, Warner Brothers almost killed the superhero movie with Batman & Robin, so its hard to feel too sorry for them. Nonetheless, Warner Brothers and Batman are no longer top dog. Theyve been upstaged by Tony Stark and his Avenging friends. And although Warner Brothers has their own superhero team franchise in the form of the Justice League, attempts to get that off the ground have been somewhat less than successful. In fact, outside of Batman, Warner Brothers attempts to bring some of their other superhero properties to the big screen have either been disappointing (Green Lantern) or ridiculously terrible (Catwoman). So how can they compete? Well, for starters, look at whats worked for Marvel Studios. It wasnt a fluke that theyve come so far in such a short period of time, and managed to avoid many of the pitfalls that other companies have fallen into. Here are five tips that Warner Brothers should take from Marvels success. 5. Find The Right Talent
Do you know what worked so well with Iron Man? It wasnt that thered never been talented writers, directors, and actors on comic book movies in the past. There have been some very talented folks that have worked on some very bad comic book movies. Were talking Oscar-nominated and Oscar-winning people here, so its not a lack of talent. Instead, its a lack of understanding. The lightning that Iron Man captured in a bottle is that both Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. are diehard fanboys. That means the central vision behind this movie came from very talented fans. But despite their talent, they werent so arrogant to assume that they knew it allthey still consulted Marvel Comics and their writers and artists. When they decided to design Iron Mans armor, they took a note not from a Hollywood costume designer, but from an Iron Man artist. Its not enough to find someone who is talented, its a matter of whether those talents are applicable. Outside of this site, I write stories about globe-trotting adventures and gun-slinging assassins. Basically, I write action. But if you asked me to write something in the vein of Twilight, youd get something that even Twilight fans would find terrible, because its not something Im interested in, nor is it something Im good at. Its the same with superhero movies. Get the right people involved. And for that matter