It seems that the phase is really not the best for Marvel films. After the low takings in 2023 and the negative reviews from the specialized media, it seems that now even the actors have tired of the projects.
This is the case of Michael Douglas, Hank Pym of the MCU. In recent interviews (more than once!), he has made it clear that he does not wish to return to the role. According to the star, he would only agree to return if he was guaranteed that his character would die in the film…
The first such statement was made late last year, during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
This week he was back in charge, this time speaking on The View (via Weekly entertainment).
Michael Douglas revealed that he wanted to kill off his character in the third film of the series, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. And he would do it in a … cinematic way:
“I said I would like to have a serious ending, with all these fantastic special effects. There must be some amazing way to shrink myself to the size of an ant and explode, whatever it is. But that was in the last one. Now, I don’t think I’ll show up for a fourth movie.the actor said.
Currently, Michael Douglas is promoting his latest work – the series Franklin, from Apple TV. He plays Benjamin Franklin in the opera based on the book A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, by Stacy Schiff. The first 3 of the 8 episodes are now available on the streaming platform.
Quantimania is among the disappointments of 2023
The crisis of the superhero film
We, from We’ve been talking about this topic for a long time. And the issue left the sphere of opinions and entered that of facts after Disney’s CEO himself admitted that he had had to cancel some projects of this type.
Bob Iger doesn’t like to use the term “hero fatigue,” but his studio has slowed down such films. So much so that this year’s feature calendar is out and Disney will just have it Deadpool and Wolverine on July 26.
Remembering that Marvel recently announced a series of layoffs. The cuts are due to an internal restructuring, in addition to this reduction in the number of launches.
The information comes from Variety.
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