8 Upcoming Comic Book Movies You Should Be Concerned About
Keep your expectations in check.
With the insane amounts of pressure, mammoth-sized budgets and interfering studio execs, it's no surprise that the comic-book movie machine can occasionally churn out a dud or two.
In the last few years alone we've had the likes of Thor: The Dark World, Batman v Superman and X-Men: Apocalypse, movies that were by no means complete disasters, but rather, just didn't pan out the way that they should've.
And with more and more of these films being pumped out every single year (2017 alone will feature no less than seven major blockbusters based on comic-book properties) the odds that a couple of them will land with a whimper are inherently increased.
And, because the hype train tends to leave the station rather quickly for this type of film, the bar is always high, and disappointment, when it hits, is crushing.
So rather than just assuming a movie will be good, because, y'know, it's a huge blockbuster and everyone will go watch it regardless, let's take a look at eight upcoming projects, and eight sets of circumstances, that warrant slightly lowered expectations - and should have you concerned about the quality of the final product...
8. Deadpool 2
A few months ago, Deadpool 2 was the least of anyone's worries - but how quickly things have changed.
It all started when director Tim Miller departed the project, followed swiftly by composer Junkie XL, with the latter leaving as a show of solidarity toward the former. Having two major creative minds drop out of a project is never good, but it's even worse when it could affect the whole production.
Is Deadpool 2's entire crew split directly down the middle, with Team Miller on one side and Team Reynolds on the other? Trying to piece together a movie amidst a miniature civil war will surely produce disastrous results, and it's troubling to see the creators struggling to work together.
Another point of concern is the fact that director shake-ups for superhero sequels often equals poor results. Joel Schumacher on Batman Forever, Brett Ratner on X-Men: The Last Stand and Jeff Wadlow on Kick-Ass 2, to name a few - could Deadpool 2 follow suit?
The movie does have a lot going for it, but the fact that Reynolds seems to answer to no-one coupled with Fox's numerous X-Men duds and creative minds leaving faster than water from a sponge, does not bode well for the final product.