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The State of the Superhero Movie

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As we run low on recognizable franchises and up the reboots, what's the future of the superhero genre going to look like?

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Posted January 10th, 2011, 1:01 PM by Alison Willmore

The talent getting involved — like Michel Gondry, Darren Aronofsky and others — may be better than ever, but the superhero movie and other comic book adaptations seem to be in a moment of flux, as the studio system runs out of or reboots prominent franchises and struggles with how to adapt more niche series. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at the state of superheroes, and have a side discussion of Patton Oswalt’s Wired editorial on the mainstreamification of geek culture.

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