The DCEU is having some problems with its films with most of them attaining mixed to negative reviews. Wonder Woman may have been the film that brought some glimmer of hope to the franchise but Justice League didn’t manage to follow up on that success. Marvel on the other hand has been soaring with critically acclaimed films and massive box-office successes. The DCEU does look like it’s turning a new leaf with The Conjuring and It executive producer Walter Hamada now leading the DC films so it looks like they might be going a different route this time. Marvel president Kevin Feige has some advice on what the DCEU should do bringing a classic superhero film into the discussion.
Speaking to Screen Rant during the press junket for Ant-man & The Wasp, Feige provides some thoughts on how Marvel’s ‘competition’ should tackle their future films. Feige was asked to provide some words of advice to Hamada on how to get the DCEU back on track to which Feige was initially hesitant to do so mostly cause he doesn’t want to come off as someone who bestows advice but he did provide something to work it. He believes that the DCEU should learn a lot from Richard Donner’s Superman played by Christopher Reeves released way back in 1978. He said:
They’re great characters, they’re good comics, they’ve got great history. I’m not shy about saying, Richard Donner’s Superman I still think is the paradigm by which we all still should follow. It’s all there.
Donner’s Superman is a classic and some would regard it as the best superhero film of all time. It may have some campy bits that may not resonate with some modern audiences but it still has much of the heart, joy and optimism surrounding the character of Superman as averse to the DCEU’s darker take on the character.
Feige’s approach to this question was genuine and it seems that he really is trying to help. At the end of the day, it looks like all Feige wants is the best experience for audiences from both Marvel and DC. Those words may seem a little idealistic and perhaps Feige just doesn’t want to seem like a d–k hence his hesitation but at this point, the DCEU could use all the advice it could get.
Source: Screen Rant
