[sum1]

I bet that's bad for your bowels.

[PhoenixRising]

That's from The Greatest American Hero.

[sum1]

What's that?

[PhoenixRising]

A superhero TV show from the early 1980s starring William Katt, Robert Culp, and Connie Selleca.

It's about a schoolteacher who receives a superhero suit from alien extraterrestrials that gives him super powers. Here's the opening titles.

[dragonfire]

Variety ‘Venom 3′ and ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Sequel in the Works at Sony Get ready for more Venom. Sony Pictures has greenlit a third installment in the Tom Hardy-led “Venom” franchise, following the back-to-back...

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/v...ny-1235240650/

Deadline Bad Bunny To Play Spider-Man Character El Muerto In Standalone Marvel Pic For Sony Looking to continue to expand and diversify its universe of Marvel characters, Sony has announced a El Muerto movie is in development with...

Deadline ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ Fresh Footage Shown At CinemaCon, Part 2’s Title Revealed Sony dropped the first 15 minutes from its upcoming Marvel animated sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Part I today.

https://deadline.com/2022/04/spider-...ed-1235009498/

Collider Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Is Title of Spider-Verse 3 The third film in the Spider-Verse trilogy has an official title!

https://collider.com/spider-man-beyo...-verse-part-3/

[PhoenixRising]

Thanks for that, dragonfire.

[sum1]

Bad Bunny To Play Spider-Man Character El Muerto In Standalone Marvel Pic For Sony

Bad Bunny is a person's name?

[wickedrum]

weird

[PhoenixRising]

Originally Posted by sum1 (View Post) Bad Bunny is a person's name?

I was wondering the same thing.

[dragonfire]

Variety ‘Spider-Man’ at 20: How Sam Raimi and Sony Pictures Rescued the Superhero Genre and Changed Hollywood Forever For the 20th anniversary of 'Spider-Man,' key behind-the-scenes players discuss how and why the superhero movie changed Hollywood forever.

https://variety.com/2022/film/featur...es-1235240553/

[PhoenixRising]

Thanks for the article.

[sum1]

That article is a load of bull. It was the first X-Men film that rescued the superhero genre and changed Hollywood, not Raimi's stupid Spider-Man movie. That Spider-Man movie wouldn't have come out if it weren't for X-Men being a success first.

[PhoenixRising]

That's very true. X-Men is what convinced Hollywood that comic book movies not based on Batman or Superman could be successful, although many credit the Blade movies with getting Marvel movies on the board, originally.

[sum1]

Yeah, but the Blade movies were more vampire movies than superhero movies.

[PhoenixRising]

For a good reason. Blade was a Marvel superhero who didn't look like a superhero. He dressed in black leather and sunglasses, and carried a sword. He didn't wear spandex, a cape, or a mask. That's why Blade was an easier sell to the Hollywood studios in the 1990s. Remember what Sony execs said. "No one gives a damn about any Marvel characters other than Spider-Man." Remember what Disney execs ironically told M. Night Shyamalan when he was making 'Unbreakable.' Tone down the comic book superhero stuff. "It's a niche audience, those people who go to convention."