Are audiences and filmmakers alike starting to grow weary of cinematic universes, we wonder…
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Other studios, meanwhile, have been rather less successful with their own cinematic empire building.
Away from the realm of superheroes, we have Universal Studios and its recently-announced Dark Universe.
Things have been very quiet on the Hasbro front, which was reportedly going to bring us moreG.I.
Joesequels and connected films based onM.A.S.K,Visionaries,and other names from the companys archives.
It might be instructional to look at whats been going on over at Fox.
Of late, its effectively had its comic book movies running along on two tracks.
On one, there are theX-Menmovies, with last yearsApocalypsebeing the most recent entry.
without diversification and with everything connected, it just takes one problem for a wipe-out.
Ultimately, movies are about self-contained stories, compellingly told.
In the case ofSpider-Man,Sony had little choice but to start building again from scratch.
What might at first feel like building an invincible empire can soon resemble a tottering house of cards.
