While there is healthy competition between Marvel and DC, the former still gives credit where it’s due in regards to the latter’s massive hit Wonder Woman.
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In fact, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige credits the film for helping break down some barriers for Marvel’s own female-led superhero film, Captain Marvel.
Speaking to Mashable Feige said “What it does do is go, ‘Oh, thank God, because what the question would have been on this junket before that is, ‘Do you think people want to see a female superhero movie? Do you think audiences are ready to go see a big … Are you nervous about Captain Marvel being a big, the first female hero?’
Wonder Woman’s results have changed his old answer to those questions.
“And I would always say no because there hasn’t been a good one in a long time,” said Feige. “There were, you know, 15 years ago, a bunch of bad ones. Did they fail because they were female lead movies? No. They failed because they were not good movies. I don’t have to say that anymore. Thanks to Wonder Woman. Because it just blows that fallacy out of the water.”
Both companies have a wealth of wonderful female characters who fans would love to see hit the big screen, and hopefully this is just the start of that trend.
You can find the official synopsis for Wonder Woman below. The film currently has an 86.82 on ComicBook.com’s composite rankings.
Gal Gadot returns as the title character in the epic action-adventure from directorPatty Jenkins. Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, Princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers…and her true destiny.
Wonder Woman is directed by Patty Jenkins and is written by Allan Heinberg, Geoff Johns, and Zack Snyder. The film stars Gal Gadot (Diana Prince/Wonder Woman), Chris Pine (Steve Trevor), Robin Wright (General Antiope), Connie Nielsen (Queen Hippolyta), David Thewlis, Elena Anaya, Lucy Davis (Etta Candy),Danny Huston, Ewen Bremmer, Doutzen Kroes, Samantha Jo (Euboea), Florence Kasumba (Senator Acantha), Said Taghmaoui, Eleanor Matsuura (Epione), Emily Carey (Young Diana), and Lisa Loven Kongsli (Menalippe).
Wonder Woman is in theaters now, followed by Justice League on November 17, 2017; Aquaman on July 27, 2018; Shazam on April 5, 2019; Justice League 2 on June 14, 2019; Cyborg on April 3, 2020; and Green Lantern Corps on July 24, 2020. The Flash, The Batman, Dark Universe and Man of Steel 2 are currently without a release dates.
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