Did you know that comic book movies earn a lot? Like a lot, a lot. So it’s no surprise that there is news from Marvel that the sequels to Thor and Captain America have been confirmed.
The sequels will be likely down to the ‘successful’ reviews of Thor, which contrary to many expectations hasn’t become a total flop. Not only has it secured a future for itself but also a future for the Avengers, the Marvel feature film what they’ve been building up to for so long.
The sequels will likely not follow in the same vein as Iron Man 2 which in reflection was an extended teaser trailer for the Avengers. The likely scenario now is that once the Avengers film has been released there won’t be so much anxiety about publicising what the Avengers will actually be, or about explaining the characters that they’ll actually be able to focus on story.
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has said:
"Thor will go off into a new adventure," says Feige, "and Captain America will continue to explore the modern world in another film of his own. We hope that holds true for the characters appearing in that film — Black Widow, Hawkeye, and the spy organization, S.H.I.E.L.D. — all of whom are more than worthy and capable of carrying their own films. And, we've got a lot of other characters we're prepping and getting ready for film debuts: the world of martial arts, these great cosmic space fantasies, Dr. Strange, and the magic side of the Marvel Universe. There are many, many stories to be mined."
And yes there will be other areas of the Marvel universe to be explored but expect these to be low budget pieces what will probably get more or less money thrown at them varying on the capability of the production, and more vitally for these films, their success.
Marvel, even if they do cool off promoting their other titles in their movies won’t entirely stop. They’re notorious for creating their universe in comics whereby you need to collect every single god damn comic from Antman to Spiderman if you want to know what the hell is going on. If we’re lucky the future films will be made to be able to stand on their own and their predecessors as compliments rather than necessities.
Granted we live in a world where the more money, the better. But there’s nothing worse than a compromised story for the sake of earning extra profit. Keeping creative merits and developing the stories of each individual character respectively is the most profitable way forward at this point. Otherwise they could tarnish their own reputation.
Keeping in mind Marvel have tried and failed before with their experiments look at Spiderman: Chapter 1, an attempt to reinvent Spiderman in 1998 for the new audience. It was later done more successfully in 2001 with Ultimate Spiderman. So in essence, Marvel is taking another gamble. So far so good let’s hope they can keep it up.
Ben Doran
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