It’s a bird, it’s a plane... no it’s
Superman pretty much all superheroes! Superhero action movies have been
trending for the past several years in the film industry, and they only
continue to grow in present and upcoming years. In 2012 Christian Bale reprised
his role as Batman in The Dark Knight
Rises, the third installment in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.
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| Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Rises Photo courtesy of www.altfg.com |
In
the same year Marvel released The
Avengers with actors such as Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, and Chris Evans
reprising their respective roles as Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America. Each of these actors has also starred
in several of their own films featuring their lead superhero character. Dark Knight Rises grossed over one
billion dollars worldwide, and The
Avengers grossed over 1.5 billion worldwide.
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| The Avengers Photo courtesy of www.sentientonline.net |
Also in 2012, Marvel released
a remake of the Spider-man trilogy
that starred Tobey Maguire in 2001. This new installment is titled The Amazing Spiderman and stars Andrew
Garfield. In 2013 theaters saw the familiar faces of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
in The Wolverine, Henry Cavill as
Superman in The Man of Steel, Robert
Downey Jr. as Iron Man in Iron Man 3,
and Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Thor: The
Dark World.
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| Hugh Jackman as Wolverine Photo courtesy of www.uinterview.com |
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| Andrew Garfield as Spiderman in The Amazing Spiderman Photo courtesy of www.flickeringmyth.com |
There are many highly anticipated superhero movie installments
coming up in 2014. Both The Amazing Spiderman 2 and X-Men: Days of Future Past are set to
release this May. The biggest superhero news of the year is surrounding The Man of Steel sequel that will
feature a storyline with Batman, as played by Ben Affleck. At this time the project
remains untitled but it’s expected to be released in 2016. This superhero trend
will soon begin in television as well.
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| Henry Cavill as Superman in The Man of Steel Photo courtesy of www.totalfilm.com |
The television network FOX is currently
in the works of their Batman series Gotham
starring Ben McKenzie as young detective James Gordon. With extreme audience
interest and advances in digital technology, superhero movies are not going to
go anywhere any time soon.
