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Comicbook Movie Schedule (Marvel/DC/Fox/Sony) through 2020

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I know Comicbook movies are in the boom phase with the MCU and everyone wanting to replicate that success with whatever IP's they have on hand, but when will this collapse on itself? When will this bubble pop?

Looking at the upcoming schedule of comicbook properties, and knowing that I look forward to more than a few (even those not specifically announced.... like Untitled DC Film 11/17/17 & Untitled Marvel Film 05/05/17), but when is it just too much?

This is the list I just compiled from all the posted dates and upcoming movies we know about.

----2015----
(Marvel) Avengers: Age of Ultron - 05/01/15
(Marvel) Ant-Man - 07/17/15
(Fox) Fantastic Four - 08/07/15

----2016----
(Fox) Deadpool - 02/12/16
(DC) Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice - 03/25/16
(Marvel) Captain America: Civil War - 05/06/16
(Fox) X-Men: Apocalypse - 05/27/16
(Paramount) TMNT 2 - 06/03/2016
Untitled Marvel Film (TBA?) - 07/08/16
(DC) Suicide Squad - 08/05/16
(Fox) Gambit - 10/07/16
(Marvel) Doctor Strange - 11/04/16
(Sony) Sinister Six - (TBA 2016)

----2017----
(Fox) The Wolverine 2 - 03/03/17
(Marvel) Guardians of the Galaxy 2 - 05/05/2017
(Fox) Fantastic Four 2 - 06/01/17
(DC) Wonder Woman - 06/23/17
(Marvel) Thor: Ragnarok - 07/28/17
(Marvel) Black Panther - 11/03/17
(DC) Justice League - 11/17/17
(Sony) Amazing Spider-Woman - (TBA 2017)

----2018----
(DC) The Flash - 03/23/18
Marvel Avengers: Infinity War (pt 1) - 05/04/18
(Marvel) Captain Marvel - 07/06/18
Untitled Fox Film - 07/13/18
(DC) Aquaman - 07/27/18
(Marvel) Inhumans - 11/02/18
(Sony) Amazing Spider-Man 3 - (TBA 2018)

----2019----
(DC) Shazam - 04/05/19
(Marvel) Avengers: Infinity War (pt 2) - 05/03/19
(DC) Justice League 2 - 06/14/19
(Sony) ASM: Venom Carnage - (TBA 2019?)

----2020----
(DC) Cyborg* - 04/03/20
(DC) Green Lantern* - 06/19/20

Marvel = 11
WB/DC = 10
Fox = 6
Sony = 4

----TBA----
(Fox) X-Force
(DC) Justice League Dark
(WB/Vertigo) Sandman

Did I miss any? Where will the audience draw the line? This schedule is kinda crazy.

edit: and I know there is an X-Force movie in the works, but I have no idea on it's status or ETA.

*Title not confirmed for date
Date for solo Superman and solo Batman TBD

and here it is in infographic form since that seems to be all the rage today...
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edit: Marvel Phase 3 tites added in
I looks like Marvel added a date on Nov 2016 and abandoned a date (July) in 2017.
Fantastic Four also moved from June 19th to Aug 7th, 2015
 
I feel like the public is going to turn on comic book movies. Personally, as someone who used to read a fuckton of comics but can no longer commit to reading them as they are too fucking costly, I hope the gravy train keeps on rolling assuming the quality stays up. Have to imagine Marvel continues to do well because the public seems to trust them. Not sure how DC will fare, especially with putting all their eggs in Zack Snyder's basket. I say this as someone who genuinely enjoyed Man of Steel.
 
Drakeon said:
I feel like the public is going to turn on comic book movies. Personally, as someone who used to read a fuckton of comics but can no longer commit to reading them as they are too fucking costly, I hope the gravy train keeps on rolling assuming the quality stays up. Have to imagine Marvel continues to do well because the public seems to trust them. Not sure how DC will fare, especially with putting all their eggs in Zack Snyder's basket. I say this as someone who genuinely enjoyed Man of Steel.
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People say that the public is going to turn on comic book movies every year and it doesn't happen. If anything reboots like spiderman, batman etc will do less every year because people get tired of those particular franchises.
 
People aren't going to just randomly get tired of comic book movies; something else is going to have to come along and replace it and be the next big thing.

The biggest threat to comic book movies is the fact that people aren't watching movies in general as much as they used to.
 
Also the WB Event Films are likely Harry Potter related, so you can take them out. Sony also does not own the rights to Spider-Woman.
 
I feel like marvel should hold off on another movie in an Avengers year. Let the public recover then start the new phase. Two months then another installment seems a bit overkill.
 
Htown said:
People aren't going to just randomly get tired of comic book movies; something else is going to have to come along and replace it and be the next big thing.

The biggest threat to comic book movies is the fact that people aren't watching movies in general as much as they used to.
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You're right. That netflix is the big thing now eh?
 
The problem won't be comic book movies dying out as there will probably always be a market for that. But with increased saturation of the market and four different studios sticking their hands in the same pie, not everyone can be a winner. I'd be surprised if 2018 didn't result in a few misfires with that many movies.
 
with that many movies, upcoming TV shows, and maybe even more shows on the way from both Marvel and DC, I can say that we might be getting too much of a good thing, and that might ruin the whole party.

I know DC wants to get in an make their money too, but if they don't keep the quality above average, and at the very least copy Marvel when it comes to diversity in their films (different genres other than simply "Superhero Action") I could see some issues arise down the line with saturation of the market.
There is just too much on that list for them to hopefully not be of good quality and vastly different in tone and topic from each other.
 
comic book movies are just your normal action movie with a story people actually sort of care about and a bunch of people with abnormal abilities.

they've essentially replaced your one-off action movies -- you don't see many movies like Fast and the Furious, Bad Boys, The Matrix that non-comic book movie properties being made as action movies. The only exception is probably action comedy, but they're starting to do that with Ant-Man and stuff, right? (i dont know anything about Ant-Man)
 
Drakeon said:
I feel like the public is going to turn on comic book movies. Personally, as someone who used to read a fuckton of comics but can no longer commit to reading them as they are too fucking costly, I hope the gravy train keeps on rolling assuming the quality stays up. Have to imagine Marvel continues to do well because the public seems to trust them. Not sure how DC will fare, especially with putting all their eggs in Zack Snyder's basket. I say this as someone who genuinely enjoyed Man of Steel.
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You know.

I don't think they will.

Comic book movies can run the gamut of genres (SciFi, Action, thriller, horror, etc) that have made up Summer tentpole movies for the last 40 years as it is.

More or less, Comic Book isn't a genre it's a source. No one would say "people are gonna get tired of movies based on books".

As long as the movies are good and aren't all origin story cookie cutter films I think they will be fine. They are just replacing similar genre movies that would have come out in any case with the advantage of them sharing a world and bringing a baked in audience to the theater.

Also, what Dave said.
 
if people aren't tired of seeing the same movie over and over again by now, I doubt they ever will.
 
That's a lot of movies. I'll see all the Marvel ones, the big DC ones (Batman, Superman, JLA), Fox's X-Men ones and none of Sony's crap.
 
I feel like Fox got their shit together when they saw how successful Marvel is, and Sony just decided to do what Marvel is doing by creating a cinematic universe but didn't give two shits about if it would turn out good or not.



alexandros said:
That's a lot of movies. I'll see all the Marvel ones, the big DC ones (Batman, Superman, JLA), Fox's X-Men ones and none of Sony's crap.
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This for me too(except I'll see all of the DC ones probably).
 
I did not realize that Marvel was doing 3 films/year starting in 2017. I had thought they had said 2/year: 1 sequel and 1 original film.

I guess it makes sense that they are going to 3/year in order to service all of their growing franchises.
 
Tom_Cody said:
I did not realize that Marvel was doing 3 films/year starting in 2017. I had thought they had said 2/year: 1 sequel and 1 original film.

I guess it makes sense that they are going to 3/year in order to service all of their growing franchises.
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If they keep going like they are, they are going be releasing 1 movie per season every year starting a few years from now. Too many successful properties to juggle that needs sequels and spinoffs.
 
as much as i liked guardians and cap 2 and even man of steel the only one there i'm actually really looking forward to is xmen apocalypse.

the rest (even batman vs superman) doesn't have me as excited as i would have been if i was younger.
 
Discotheque said:
only 2 of those marvel movies and maaaaaybe like 2 or 3 of those dc movies will actually be good

3 movies a year by either company is just...wth. especially with sony and fox in the fray as well.
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Marvel average about 2/5 as legit good (10 films, IM1,Avengers,Winter Soldier and GotG all at least good) and theyre 2 for 2 this year

I think the "lesser" DC properties like Shazam have the better chance to be stand out good stuff, less top down meddling and more to prove
 
BlackNMild2k1 said:
If they keep going like they are, they are going be releasing 1 movie per season every year starting a few years from now. Too many successful properties to juggle that needs sequels and spinoffs.
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And Disney is attempting to do the same thing with Star Wars. God, the release calendar is going to get so bloated.
 
jtb said:
if people aren't tired of seeing the same movie over and over again by now, I doubt they ever will.
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Really? You're pulling that card now of all years where every superhero movie is easily as different from each other as action movie have ever been?
 
BlackNMild2k1 said:
(Marvel) Avengers: Age of Ultron - 05/01/15
(Fox) Fantastic Four - 06/19/15
(Marvel) Ant-Man - 07/17/15

(DC) Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice - 03/25/16
(Marvel) Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2 - 05/06/16
(Fox) X-Men: Apocalypse - 05/27/16
Untitled Marvel Film (Dr. Strange?) - 07/08/16
Untitled DC Film - 08/05/16
(Sony) Sinister Six - (TBA 2016)

Untitled Marvel Film - 05/05/2017
Untitled DC Film - 06/23/17
(Marvel) Guardians of the Galaxy 2 - 07/28/17
Untitled Marvel Film - 11/03/17
Untitled DC Film - 11/17/17
(Sony) Amazing Spider-Woman - (TBA 2017)
(Fox) Fantastic Four 2 - (TBA 2017)
(Fox) The Wolverine 2 - (TBA 2017)

Untitled DC Film - 03/23/18
Untitled Marvel Film (Avengers 3?) - 05/04/18
Untitled Marvel Film - 07/06/18
Untitled Fox Film - 07/13/18
Untitled DC Film - 07/27/18
Untitled Marvel Film - 11/02/18
Untitled WB Event Film - 11/16/18
(Sony) Amazing Spider-Man 3 - (TBA 2018)

Untitled DC Film - 04/05/19
Untitled Marvel Film (Avengers 3?) - 05/03/19
Untitled DC Film - 06/14/19
(Sony) ASM: Venom Carnage - (TBA 2019?)

Untitled DC Film - 04/03/20
Untitled DC Film - 06/19/20
Untitled WB Event Film - 11/20/20
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I think it's a little easier to visualize if you space out the years. 2017 and 2018 are going to be nuts. Also it's kind of funny that DC went ahead and planted the 2020 flags now ahead of Marvel.
 
munchie64 said:
Really? You're pulling that card now of all years where every superhero movie is easily as different from each other as action movie have ever been?
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same tired ass final battles with massive property damage.

my favorite action scenes in the genre are quicksilver setpiece, nightcrawler, spidey 2 train battle, green goblin fight (dafoe) and probably the road confrontation in winter soldier with cap and black widow.
 
Dragonborn said:
Is there any information on the new FF? Like, is there any chance it could be at least alright?
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I think there's a better chance then we got last time. That's not saying much, but Trank's Chronicle is a good exploration of people gaining/using superpowers and Disney are impressed enough with him to entrust one of their Star Wars spin offs to him. I think there's a good chance this will actually be good.
 
Dragonborn said:
Is there any information on the new FF? Like, is there any chance it could be at least alright?
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I think there's a good chance it could be a decent movie, Chronicle wasn't bad.

My problem is that it's going in the exact OPPOSITE direction they needed to go in. The old FFs weren't weird enough, now we're getting "grounded" FF. And if it does well, we're basically never going to get a FF movie that embraces what FF should be about.
 
are the cost of making these stabilizing? because if they cost 200 million with marketing or so they will almost always turn a profit with the US and international plus home video/netflix.
 
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