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forthcoming comic book films that have
given us cause to fear for the worst be
it because of the studio’s track record
a troubled development or production or
simply because they don’t seem very good
on paper these are the superhero movies
that have us worried number 10
Shazam okay Shazam we have to hand it to
Warner Bros they’re nothing if not
tenacious despite repeatedly failing to
find their footing with the DC Cinematic
Universe they refuse to give up of all
their efforts though Shazam definitely
feels the oddest pushing back hard
against the grim and gritty tone set by
Zack Snyder Shazam has an overtly
kid-friendly vibe to match that
candy-colored superhero outfit I don’t
even know how to pee in this thing the
teaser trailer looks promising
with the zany tone reminiscent of
live-action kids movies of the 80s and
90s like The Goonies and home alone that
being said some worry that the basic
premise will wear thin over a
feature-length running time number 9
[Music]
we hope this pans out but given the
quality of the original spawn movie we
have our doubts Academy Award winner
Jamie Foxx has been cast as the lead in
this long gestating film add Jeremy
Renner as twitch Williams and you’ve got
one seriously promising cast so why the
concern well it’s being made on a small
budget but that’s no big deal right
the first deadpool movie was made on a
small budget – yeah maybe by superhero
standards I know right
Deadpool had a modest budget of 58
million dollars spawn is reportedly
working with just 10 million
how-do-you-do spawns world justice on a
budget like that the fact that spawns
creator Todd McFarlane is directing also
has is concerned has his only other
directing experience as a handful of
music videos die would you be kind of
redundant number 8 the Batman
twenty years in Gotham Alfred
we’ve seen what promises are worth how
many good guys are left how many stayed
that way there’s arguably no upcoming
film that better represents the Tamala
of the DC Universe than this one
at first we were getting a Ben Affleck
directed film with him in the leading
role it was set to hit theaters in 2018
now Affleck has stepped down as director
and there’s doubt and confusion as to
who will wear the cowl with rumors that
the film will focus on a younger Caped
Crusader director Matt Reeves seemingly
took the script back to page 1 and is
now promising a side of Batman from the
comics that we’ve rarely seen on film
the world’s greatest detective
though this directors vision and track
record inspire hope we can’t help but
worry about the rocky development thus
far or WB messin with Reeves as vision
what are your superpowers again I’m rich
number 7 gambit we know what you’re
thinking this movie is still happening
talks of a gambit solo film deep back
nearly a decade to when Taylor Kitsch
played the role in x-men origins
unfortunately for fans of this card
tossing mutant the development process
has done just about as badly as possible
Channing Tatum has been on board for
years but the studio has been through
numerous directors including rupert
wyatt doug liman and gore verbinski all
of whom left over creative issues the
film has been reworked so much we have
no idea what to expect but according to
producer and writer Simon Kinberg it has
evolved into a romantic comedy
yikes number six the flash it’s really
cool you guys seem ready to do battle
and stuff but full transparency I’ve
never done battle I just pushed some
star Ezra Miller remains confident about
this film but fans not so much as of
2018 the year the film was originally
set to be released the Flash’s
standalone movie is set for a 2021
release date names associated with the
film have included Phil Lord and Chris
Miller Seth grahame-smith Greg Berlanti
Rick Femi Uwe even Robert Zemeckis while
the film was originally called flash
point that title has been called into
question recently though The Hollywood
Reporter’s Boris KITT clarified that the
name change doesn’t necessarily mean the
film won’t be an adaptation of the 2011
storyline with John Francis daley and
Jonathan Goldstein set to direct the
flash may finally be on track but we’re
worried about how many hands have
already been involved in shaping the
film number 5 Hellboy forever war
because of you and your strong right
hand to be quite frank this is a reboot
that we weren’t ready for sure Guillermo
del Toro’s Hellboy films performed
rather modestly at the box office but
they were a beautiful and unique take on
a truly one-of-a-kind character fans
wanted a third film with Perlman to make
it a proper trilogy with that being said
we tried to approach this reboot with an
open mind stranger things as David
Harbour feels like a great choice for
the role and the involvement of Hellboy
creator Mike Manola
inspired hope unfortunately the test
screenings reportedly went very poorly
now while harbor looks great in costume
the posters tagline of legendary AF has
us worried about the overall tone number
4 birds of prey and the fantabulous
emancipation of one harley quinn the
hell’s wrong to people DC films
supposedly in development come and go
with the seasons but this Harley Quinn
spin-off seems to have stuck the ever
excellent margot robbie returns as
harley quinn and we’re hoping that
she’ll really shine with some better
material to work with the addition of
mary elizabeth winstead as Huntress
certainly inspires confidence as does
Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya honestly
we’d like nothing more than to see this
female that film succeed especially if
it introduces Batgirl but we’re worried
about how it’s been fast-tracked also
indie filmmakers like Kathy Yan with
only one great feature film under the
belt have failed with big-budget
superhero blockbusters before here’s
hoping she can avoid Josh Trank’s
mistakes say that again
number three the New Mutants have you
ever experienced anything you’d consider
of morning
[Music]
yes credit where credit is due
green-lighting this unique film shows
that 20th Century Fox is willing to take
risks with their Marvel properties
deviating from the conventional
superhero action-adventure film to
experiment with different genres a
marvel mutant horror film sounds really
interesting on paper the casting of
young talents like Anna Taylor joy Game
of Thrones as Maisie Williams and
Charley Heaton from stranger things made
us confident that Fox believed in the
project then the first trailer dropped
and things went sideways the film’s
release was delayed over a year and
major reshoots were ordered we could
appreciate that they wanted to up the
scares but this sort of delay does not
inspire confidence you’ve been through a
number two Suicide Squad – what we some
kind of Suicide Squad the news that
guardians of the galaxy director James
Gunn has been tapped by Warner Bros to
write and possibly direct the sequel to
Suicide Squad was welcomed by many his
dark style of humor makes him a great
fit but we’ve also seen Marvel directors
jump ship before to disappointing
results whereas Joss Whedon took over a
mostly complete Justice League Gunn will
hopefully be able to put his own stamp
on Suicide Squad – but does Warner Bros
have the right producers on board to
ensure that they get guns best work
number one Dark Phoenix we didn’t come
here looking for answers you came here
looking for Commission well things are
working out great for Fox’s r-rated
films like Deadpool and Logan their core
x-men franchise seems to be suffering
like the New Mutants x-men Dark Phoenix
got significantly delayed to allow for
reshoots the film marks longtime x-men
screenwriter and producer Simon Kinberg
directorial debut a first-time director
retelling a story that he already
mishandled as a writer over a decade
earlier with x-men The Last Stand that
does not inspire confidence the first
trailer for the film felt far too
reminiscent of the aforementioned movie
while the returning cast from x-men
apocalypse reminds us of the last film’s
shortcomings this Phoenix risks being
I’m looking at it now do you agree with
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be super welcome to watchmojo.com a hero
movies that might suck
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’ll be looking at
forthcoming comic book films that have
given us cause to fear for the worst be
it because of the studio’s track record
a troubled development or production or
simply because they don’t seem very good
on paper these are the superhero movies
that have us worried number 10
Shazam okay Shazam we have to hand it to
Warner Bros they’re nothing if not
tenacious despite repeatedly failing to
find their footing with the DC Cinematic
Universe they refuse to give up of all
their efforts though Shazam definitely
feels the oddest pushing back hard
against the grim and gritty tone set by
Zack Snyder Shazam has an overtly
kid-friendly vibe to match that
candy-colored superhero outfit I don’t
even know how to pee in this thing the
teaser trailer looks promising
with the zany tone reminiscent of
live-action kids movies of the 80s and
90s like The Goonies and home alone that
being said some worry that the basic
premise will wear thin over a
feature-length running time number 9
[Music]
we hope this pans out but given the
quality of the original spawn movie we
have our doubts Academy Award winner
Jamie Foxx has been cast as the lead in
this long gestating film add Jeremy
Renner as twitch Williams and you’ve got
one seriously promising cast so why the
concern well it’s being made on a small
budget but that’s no big deal right
the first deadpool movie was made on a
small budget – yeah maybe by superhero
standards I know right
Deadpool had a modest budget of 58
million dollars spawn is reportedly
working with just 10 million
how-do-you-do spawns world justice on a
budget like that the fact that spawns
creator Todd McFarlane is directing also
has is concerned has his only other
directing experience as a handful of
music videos die would you be kind of
redundant number 8 the Batman
twenty years in Gotham Alfred
we’ve seen what promises are worth how
many good guys are left how many stayed
that way there’s arguably no upcoming
film that better represents the Tamala
of the DC Universe than this one
at first we were getting a Ben Affleck
directed film with him in the leading
role it was set to hit theaters in 2018
now Affleck has stepped down as director
and there’s doubt and confusion as to
who will wear the cowl with rumors that
the film will focus on a younger Caped
Crusader director Matt Reeves seemingly
took the script back to page 1 and is
now promising a side of Batman from the
comics that we’ve rarely seen on film
the world’s greatest detective
though this directors vision and track
record inspire hope we can’t help but
worry about the rocky development thus
far or WB messin with Reeves as vision
what are your superpowers again I’m rich
number 7 gambit we know what you’re
thinking this movie is still happening
talks of a gambit solo film deep back
nearly a decade to when Taylor Kitsch
played the role in x-men origins
unfortunately for fans of this card
tossing mutant the development process
has done just about as badly as possible
Channing Tatum has been on board for
years but the studio has been through
numerous directors including rupert
wyatt doug liman and gore verbinski all
of whom left over creative issues the
film has been reworked so much we have
no idea what to expect but according to
producer and writer Simon Kinberg it has
evolved into a romantic comedy
yikes number six the flash it’s really
cool you guys seem ready to do battle
and stuff but full transparency I’ve
never done battle I just pushed some
star Ezra Miller remains confident about
this film but fans not so much as of
2018 the year the film was originally
set to be released the Flash’s
standalone movie is set for a 2021
release date names associated with the
film have included Phil Lord and Chris
Miller Seth grahame-smith Greg Berlanti
Rick Femi Uwe even Robert Zemeckis while
the film was originally called flash
point that title has been called into
question recently though The Hollywood
Reporter’s Boris KITT clarified that the
name change doesn’t necessarily mean the
film won’t be an adaptation of the 2011
storyline with John Francis daley and
Jonathan Goldstein set to direct the
flash may finally be on track but we’re
worried about how many hands have
already been involved in shaping the
film number 5 Hellboy forever war
because of you and your strong right
hand to be quite frank this is a reboot
that we weren’t ready for sure Guillermo
del Toro’s Hellboy films performed
rather modestly at the box office but
they were a beautiful and unique take on
a truly one-of-a-kind character fans
wanted a third film with Perlman to make
it a proper trilogy with that being said
we tried to approach this reboot with an
open mind stranger things as David
Harbour feels like a great choice for
the role and the involvement of Hellboy
creator Mike Manola
inspired hope unfortunately the test
screenings reportedly went very poorly
now while harbor looks great in costume
the posters tagline of legendary AF has
us worried about the overall tone number
4 birds of prey and the fantabulous
emancipation of one harley quinn the
hell’s wrong to people DC films
supposedly in development come and go
with the seasons but this Harley Quinn
spin-off seems to have stuck the ever
excellent margot robbie returns as
harley quinn and we’re hoping that
she’ll really shine with some better
material to work with the addition of
mary elizabeth winstead as Huntress
certainly inspires confidence as does
Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya honestly
we’d like nothing more than to see this
female that film succeed especially if
it introduces Batgirl but we’re worried
about how it’s been fast-tracked also
indie filmmakers like Kathy Yan with
only one great feature film under the
belt have failed with big-budget
superhero blockbusters before here’s
hoping she can avoid Josh Trank’s
mistakes say that again
number three the New Mutants have you
ever experienced anything you’d consider
of morning
[Music]
yes credit where credit is due
green-lighting this unique film shows
that 20th Century Fox is willing to take
risks with their Marvel properties
deviating from the conventional
superhero action-adventure film to
experiment with different genres a
marvel mutant horror film sounds really
interesting on paper the casting of
young talents like Anna Taylor joy Game
of Thrones as Maisie Williams and
Charley Heaton from stranger things made
us confident that Fox believed in the
project then the first trailer dropped
and things went sideways the film’s
release was delayed over a year and
major reshoots were ordered we could
appreciate that they wanted to up the
scares but this sort of delay does not
inspire confidence you’ve been through a
number two Suicide Squad – what we some
kind of Suicide Squad the news that
guardians of the galaxy director James
Gunn has been tapped by Warner Bros to
write and possibly direct the sequel to
Suicide Squad was welcomed by many his
dark style of humor makes him a great
fit but we’ve also seen Marvel directors
jump ship before to disappointing
results whereas Joss Whedon took over a
mostly complete Justice League Gunn will
hopefully be able to put his own stamp
on Suicide Squad – but does Warner Bros
have the right producers on board to
ensure that they get guns best work
number one Dark Phoenix we didn’t come
here looking for answers you came here
looking for Commission well things are
working out great for Fox’s r-rated
films like Deadpool and Logan their core
x-men franchise seems to be suffering
like the New Mutants x-men Dark Phoenix
got significantly delayed to allow for
reshoots the film marks longtime x-men
screenwriter and producer Simon Kinberg
directorial debut a first-time director
retelling a story that he already
mishandled as a writer over a decade
earlier with x-men The Last Stand that
does not inspire confidence the first
trailer for the film felt far too
reminiscent of the aforementioned movie
while the returning cast from x-men
apocalypse reminds us of the last film’s
shortcomings this Phoenix risks being
I’m looking at it now do you agree with
our pics check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and be sure to
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