Marvel, it seems, can do no wrong at the movies. Sure it produces some duds now and then, Elektra is an example of this, but it’s still a box office juggernaut and as I write this they have at least 18 movies in different stages of production. So raising up a storm at the box office is something they’re good at and that probably won’t change in a while.
But it hasn’t always been like this, Marvel used to suck! The punisher (1989), Captain America (1990), The Fantastic Four (1994) and Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998) probably doesn’t fill Avi Arad and Stan “The Man” Lee with pryde…
But something started to change in 1998, Blade was released and two years later X-Men hit the big screen. In 2002 Spider-Man was released and Marvel had the beginnings of three very profitable movie series, Blade seems to have come to an end, but movies such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men Origins: Magneto and Spider-Man 4 will probably continue the winning streak of our favorite comic book company.
The near future of Marvels movie production seems to be safe, but is really Iron Fist, Deathlok, Nick Fury and Ant-Man famous enough to draw in the crowds?
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