superheroes

With the newly relaunched Superman franchise, it seems like making a profitable superhero movie is down to a science: snaffle a recent plotline from the comics, attach a big-name writer and/or director, and for a little extra spice, have an actor like Samuel L. Jackson show up after the credits. Like all sciences, it took a lot of trial and error to achieve this level of accuracy, and there’s been much more error than film producers and comics companies have preferred. Here are ten comic book movies that have either been commercial failures, critical flops — or both. SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006) Despite ...

A superhero franchise is only as good as the actor playing the lead role. And when they do a terrific job as the superhero they are portraying, such as Robert Downey, Jr. in "Iron Man," it’s hard to imagine anyone else filling those shoes. However, the role that thrust Downey back into super stardom was almost played by another actor entirely. The same goes for many other iconic comic book characters over the years. This list will hit on some of the most interesting, and hopefully more than a few that you never even heard about. Tom Cruise as Iron Man It was long in the making that Tom Cruise would star ...