Thursday, June 4, 2026

Movies: SuperHero Glut Coming from Disney-Marvel, Warner Bros.

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Holy overkill, Batman! By the time Disney-Marvel and Warner Bros are done with us, there will be no room for Sony “Spider Man” movies or the Fantastic Four. How many of these things can we take? I never would have guessed that the comic books we bought and traded for 12 cents from Dubrow’s in Woodmere village would someday occupy the bulk of the movie biz.

Warner Bros.:

March 25, 2016 – Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice
August 5, 2016 – Untitled DC Film
June 23, 2017 – Untitled DC Film
November 17, 2017 – Untitled DC Film
March 23, 2018 – Untitled DC Film
May 25, 2018 – Untitled Lego Movie
July 27, 2018 – Untitled DC Film
November 16, 2018 – Untitled WB Event Film
April 5, 2019 – Untitled DC Film
May 24, 2019 – Untitled Lego film
June 14, 2019 – Untitled DC Film
April 3, 2020 – Untitled DC Film
June 19, 2020 – Untitled DC Film
November 20, 2020 – Untitled WB Event Film

Disney-Marvel:
May 1, 2015 – The Avengers: Age of Ultron
July 17, 2015 – Ant-Man
May 6, 2016 – Captain America 3
July 8, 2016 – Doctor Strange
May 5, 2017 – Untitled Marvel film
July 28, 2017 – Guardians Of The Galaxy 2
November 3, 2017 – Untitled Marvel film
May 4, 2018 – Untitled Marvel film
July 6, 2018 – Untitled Marvel film
November 2, 2018 – Untitled Marvel film
May 3, 2019 – Untitled Marvel film

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