Movies based on comic book properties don’t come as easy as they used to. The wellspring of beloved characters like Batman and The Avengers that can reliably support multi-million dollar franchises has dried up.
Nowadays, film and TV producers have to dig in more and more unlikely corners for old IP to adapt into fresh content. This has led in some cases to surprise success (“The Guardians of the Galaxy,”) and, in others, to bitter disappointment (“R.I.P.D.
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