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Love and Thunder» in 2022. Constant flops have interest in Marvel's dramaturgical treasures,
brought an empire to its knees. This marvellous authorising Sam Raimi to film «Spider-Man»
empire sustained multiplexes for a long time. with Tobey Maguire and Bryan Singer to shoot
«X-Men». Both became phenomena and earned
In 1998, a Spider-Man sidekick, the vampire (many) sequels.
Blade, inaugurated the profitable lineage of
audiovisual narratives inspired by Marvel Comics The succession of million-dollar hits prompted
superheroes. It was Wesley Snipes who started it the launch of Marvel Studios in 2008 with ‘Iron
all. The star of thrillers such as «Passenger 57» Man,’ which inaugurated the wave of post-
(1992), he had just won the Best Actor trophy at credit scenes. That same year, English director
the Venice Film Festival in 1997 for the drama Christopher Nolan broke the billion barrier with
«One Night Stand» when he was cast to play the DC Comics' «Batman—The Dark Knight», shot
good-guy bloodsucker created by Marv Wolfman under the Warner Bros. label. The arrival of «The
and Gene Colan in 1973. His choice surprised Avengers» in 2012 consolidated the aegis of the
exhibitors. At the time, nothing from Marvel sequential art vigilantes on the big screen once
worked on the big screen, only on TV, like the and for all. To crown this excellence, «Logan»
Hulk series with Lou Ferrigno painted green or (2017) closed the Berlinale and competed for the
cartoons with the Silver Surfer. Snipes' success at Oscar for Adapted Screenplay, and «Joker» (2019)
the box office triggered the audiovisual industry's won the Golden Lion in Venice.

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