All right, so a lot of people are pissed off about Warner Bros. cancelling the Captain Marvel movie. And while their reasons are the most ridiculous I've ever heard (We have to make ALL comic book movies dark, or not at all!) who honestly thought the film was ever going to happen in the first place.
Oh, was it you? Well you, my friend, deserve a big slap in the face. Honestly, how long was this movie being talked about? And talked about, and talked about, and talked about? Peter Segal was "attached to direct" for a long time. You know what generally starts happening soon after you announce you're director? YOU START PRE-PRODUCTION! Set-building, shoot scheduling, and, oh yeah, casting. But instead of that, it was just "Segal's still attached to direct," over and over again, with nothing new.
The ONLY piece of semi-news we ever got was that The Rock would be playing Black Adam, and that wasn't even official. Why? Because to make it official, you have to have a schedule on WHEN YOU WILL BE MAKING YOUR DAMN FILM! And as much as they talked about it, the film was never put into production. Many of the fans were clamoring for actor Brandon Molale to get the part of Cap, and he even knew Segal, but Segal still failed to even tentatively state that Molale had the part.
So why were we surprised when, after about two years of nothing, they announced the film's not happening?
But Captain Marvel is not alone in this trend. Look at the Ant-Man movie. "What Ant-Man movie?" you say? EXACTLY! We all know it's not happening. Edgar Wright has been "Signed on to write and direct" for years now, without a single iota of news, whether it be casting, or even just getting the green-light. And yet to this day, Marvel still insists that the movie is happening.
I mean, Wolverine is just about ready to come out, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America, are all in active production, and they're getting ready for Avengers, with release dates for all, but there is still NOTHING on Ant-Man, but they STILL INSIST it's happening.
Also, they're going ahead on trying to make an Avengers movie, apparently WITH Ant-Man and Wasp, but not trying to give him his own solo film first like the others. That could mean the film is scrapped, or they might just try to use the success of Avengers to make a later solo film for the character.
I mean, the truth is, no one gives a crap about Ant-Man. I don't really care if he ever get's a movie, and he certainly doesn't need one to be a part of the Avengers, as he's not one of the main three characters. It's just the fact that they still insist it's happening, when it clearly isn't, that's pissing me off.
And while we're on the subject, who honestly thinks Spider-Man 4 and 5 are gonna happen? I mean, I guess they might, but I'm very skeptical at this point. If Raimi wants to make them, and so does Maguire, what's holding them back? Where'st he greenlgiht? The release date? why isn't the ball rolling already?
And how about those DC films? I mean, really, what's wrong with those guys? Joel Silver's been trying to get Wonder Woman made for years. What's going on there? Nothing. They claim to be making a Green Lantern movie. Who wants to bet nothing comes of that? The Flash? There's another one that never happened. They finally cancelled that ridiculous JLA movie in favor of making individual films for these heroes, so where are they?
What do you think? Are we being optimistinc, or are we just kidding ourselves?