With the recent successes of superhero movies and the planning of creating more movies to work in a series, wouldn't it be wise for someone to line up an original superhero series not found in comics or anywhere else, but completely new?
With Marvel showing success of doing movies that run in an order, it proves that an episodic series of movies can work. "Star Wars," though each was a movie in its own regard, had great benefit from this type of planning. "Heroes"" also gained success in having superpower fueled episodes, though it didn't last long. But the television show had high appeal to the fans and actors alike.
With superhero movies on the rise, why not take on the idea with superheroes? Creating superheroes specifically for movies would be great for current comic book fans because they wouldn't have to worry about the movies messing up their traditional views of the characters and at the same time have something to look forward to between the theatrical releases of their memorable heroes.
Movies like "The Incredibles" or "Hancock" are not what I'm talking about. "The Incredibles" was a decent movie in my opinion but it was a family film, made for families, not superhero addicts. "Hancock" was just a train wreck, perhaps the train wreck in the movie was an ironic foreshadowing. They also didn't set up for a larger idea to be set in motion.
What I say Hollywood needs to do is create a lineup of superheroes, plan out how they can interact with each other throughout a set of movies, foreshadowing to certain elements of the overall plot, and plan out what will happen in each movie to make it a satisfying experience in itself but still act as part of a larger experience, like Marvel is doing with the Avengers. However, unlike Marvel, these characters and stories will be original. There won't be any bad decisions about casting for a certain hero because the hero will be new to the audience. They can be as creative as they want because the story doesn't have to follow a certain suit.
Read my synopsis of what a four movie series could be in the fan fiction area:
Original Heroes for Hollywood
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