New Year’s resolutions for entertainment: Stop superhero movies and Brits on Broadway

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Madame Web,” “Kraven The Hunter” and “Joker: Folie a Deux” all deafeningly flopped.Delusional Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra recently claimed that “‘Madame Web’ underperformed in the theaters because the press just crucified it.

It was not a bad film, and it did great on Netflix.” Come back to us, Tony! Your soulless schlock was a worldwide punchline.Marvel, on the other hand, cooled its jets in 2024, only releasing “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which was a big, well-deserved hit.

You see? Scaling back, building anticipation and not making the same old formulaic movie (the Ryan Reynolds/Hugh Jackman film was a buddy comedy) worked wonders.Rival DC (Warner Bros.) is following suit, making the youthful reboot of “Superman” its sole 2025 release.

Frankly, I could even do without that one.So, why then is the Disney-owned Marvel dropping three films this year inside of five months? “Captain America: Brave New World,” “Thunderbolts” (whatever the hell that is) and “Fantastic Four: First Steps” will, they hope, return the MCU to the glory days of 2019 when “Avengers: Endgame” grossed $2.8 billion and “Black Panther” was nominated for Best Picture.Never gonna happen.