Marvel and Disney have created a giant, the MCU has made billions of dollars with no sign of slowing down and with the budget for Infinity War being one billion dollars everything seems fine, but will this always be the case?
Deadpool is coming out soon and it is very different from the Marvels previous films like the Avengers. Whereas the Avengers had family friendly comedy Deadpool has extremely sexual and crude humour, while the Avengers had almost no blood,(other than some blue chitauri guts) Deadpool has graphic violence. Even though Deadpool is so different from Marvel's previous cbms it looks like it is going to be a massive hit and the fans are gonna want more, so how can Disney capitalize on this? The answer is animated movies.
Live- action blockbuster cbms are extremely expensive to make with the cheapest Marvel film costing 130 million to make. Disney should look to animated films to show the darker side of Marvel, and bring in large amounts of money while being cheap.
While computerized 3D animated films can be expensive, drawn films are much cheaper.
Animated films showing the darker, bloodier side of Marvel should seriously be considered by Disney, but they must be done right and stay true to the comics. The films should be kept in the same universe as the MCU and the voice acting should be kept the same. If done right, Marvel and Disney could release many blockbuster animated films, making tons of money and satisfying the fans, its a win win.
Bellow is a list of the top 5 animated films/film series that Marvel should make.
1: THOR: THE GODBUTCHER SAGA
Marvel has done a very good job bringing Thor to the big screen, but many fans want to see the mead drinking, skull splitting norse thunder god they know and love spill some guts, and this movie series would be just what they want.
The godbutcher series is arguably the best Thor comic series ever written and my personal favourite. Its a tale of a godless alien murdering gods across the cosmos with a black sword growing out of his arm, while three Thors from different timelines team up to kill him. This has all the signs of a great R rated animated or anime film, complete with laser space sharks! No Thor fan would miss this movie, which means more money for Disney!
2: GHOST RIDER
Even though I am a big fan of Ghost Rider and Nicolas Cage I know the movies were pretty bad. The devils were basically powerless and Blackheart was a massive disapointment. Marvel set the bar pretty low with the earlier films so I have no doubt that an animated Ghost Rider movie could be much better. I know I may be the only one, but I would hope they kept the Cage to voice Johnny Blaze. People have talked about a TV show, but if that happens we could see the same depowered demons all over again.
3: BLADE
Blade isn't some sparkly vampire, he is a vampire killer and the only way a film could do him justice is if its R rated! If Marvel toned down Blades violence fans would be so upset they might start biting people's necks, thats why Blade should be animated.
4: HERCULES
If you go to movie theaters, (which im pretty sure you do) there always seems to be a Hercules movie, so why shouldnt Marvel make one?
Hercules is Marvels beer drinking and bone breaking god of strength and pankration(wrestling). He does not have as big a fanbase as Thor but he has loyal fans and his own comic book.
5: BLACK WIDOW ORIGINS
Black Widow is a great character and deserving of her own live action movie, but it wouldn't be right for her origin to be PG-13.
Black Widow was a Russian assassin who killed hundreds of people and probably tortured her fair share as well, she also underwent torture both physical and mental herself so its pretty obvious the film wouldn't be child friendly.
CONCLUSION
Animated films could be the key to keeping the comic book movie craze going for decades to come. If Deadpool shows us anything its that many fans want R rated superhero films, and if Disney wants to keep making money forever they should consider darker movies. Marvel Lifa Endr!
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