Excerpts from and additions to the forthcoming book Superheroes Smash the Box Office (McFarland Publishing 2023) by Shawn Conner.
Warner Bros. never did figure out what to do with the goldmine in its backyard. The Flash is just the latest example of the studio’s willful blindness.
For his follow-up to 1989’s money geyser Batman, Warner let Tim Burton do whatever he wanted. It shows. At no point does Batman Returns even…
With the announcement of a new Doc Savage movie starring Dwayne Johnson, is the thirties pulp character heading for a resurgence?
In 1991, dressed in a slinky vinyl outfit and Catwoman mask, Sean Young went on The Joan Rivers Show. The Blade Runner actress was lobbying…
Nine things I loved about the 1984 Supergirl movie How do you like your bad superhero movies? Competently made but ultimately misguided? Or full-on crazy?…
“A green suitcase or a bagel with Brando’s voice…”
The occasionally amusing Patton Oswalt on filming Blade: Trinity in Vancouver.
An unmade Green Lantern script by Robert Smigel is genuinely funny.
