Superhero Movie Trends

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. 

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Rises
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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. 

The Avengers
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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. 

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
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Andrew Garfield as Spiderman in The Amazing Spiderman
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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. 

Henry Cavill as Superman in The Man of Steel
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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.