DC has a plan to save Marvel
By Chris Snellgrove | Published: 2025-10-26 19:17:00 | Source: GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT
Written by Chris Snellgrove | Published
In recent years, the MCU has faltered, going from regularly churning out billion-dollar films to producing financial disappointments and even box office bombs. Meanwhile, the DCEU has completely failed, and James Gunn’s DCEU has risen from its ashes.
Gunn recently revealed that he wants Deadpool to appear Peacemaker Season two. The perfect way to save both the MCU and DCU would be by bringing the two universes together.
The end What if…?
PeacemakerThe second season of the series involved the titular character and his allies visiting a parallel Earth where the Nazis won World War II. When Variety asked if there were any other alternate realities he wanted to explore, Gunn replied (while laughing): “I wanted them to open a door and see Deadpool in the room.” He went as far as to talk to Ryan Reynolds about it; The actor really wanted to do it, but the cameo never happened because, as Gunn put it, “I had to go through some pretty big hurdles to do it.”
Although he didn’t elaborate, those hoops likely included an army of lawyers from Disney who would have fought any attempt to bring one of their most popular characters onto the DCU’s hit TV show. After all, why should the MCU help a competing cinematic universe succeed, especially when it’s Marvel’s biggest summer blockbuster (The Fantastic Four: The First Steps) lost at the box office to Gunn’s Superman? However, the plain fact is that allowing crossovers between the MCU and DCU would be the easiest way to save Marvel.
The secret to the success of superhero cinema
Why is this? Simply put, moviegoers are always more likely to watch a superhero movie if it includes several popular characters, and that’s a big part of the reason why. Deadpool Wolverine It was very successful. Each character is so popular on their own, that their on-screen presentation spawned a film that made its way to over $1.3 billion at the box office.
This formula worked for the DCEU as well. Although he has been critically reviled (and rightfully so), Batman v Superman It grossed over $874 million at the box office, making it the second-highest-grossing film in world cinema. The combination of bad reviews and big profits reveals a simple truth: He turns a blind eye Due to the film’s bad word of mouth, audiences flocked to the theater because they wanted to see two of the biggest heroes in pop culture history fight.
Money printing license
So, if Marvel and DC want to print money, they should start creating full-fledged crossover movies with popular characters. If Batman’s fight with Superman put a lot of asses in the theater, imagine The kind of box office that a Batman v. Spider-Man or Batman v. Iron Man movie would draw. Or, for that matter, how profitable Avengers vs. Big-budget Justice League!
Considering that each cinematic universe has made the multiverse part of its canon, it would be pretty easy to explain why these crossovers could happen in the first place. But no matter how plausible the explanation or how well the script is written, it’s all just an excuse to bring together the most popular characters from each series in a movie. These movies will make major Bank because fans of every cinematic universe will rush to the theater, if only to see who won the inevitable drag battle.
There’s no better time than the present to do a Marvel/DC crossover either: the MCU is being rebooted next. Avengers: Secret Warsand the DCU is still trying to flesh itself out after its success Superman and Peacemaker. What better way than a crossover years in the making to prove that each cinematic universe is now completely different from anything we’ve seen before?
This sounds like a job for Superman
This type of crossover would save Marvel because it served as a cure for so-called “superhero fatigue.” I say that because audiences never get tired of superhero movies (both of them Deadpool Wolverine and Superman They were huge successes. Instead, they’re tired of the MCU combining C-list characters with D-list writing to create movies that are as bland in creativity as they are bloated in bad effects (I’m looking at you, Eternals). But crossovers like Avengers vs. The Justice League would help make Marvel and DC’s money so deep that Lex Luthor could swim through it like Scrooge McDuck.
However, for now, we’re getting less Avengers vs. Justice League and more Avengers vs. audience boredom. Boredom is setting in, so it’s time to summon some superstars from the competition. In other words, Kevin Feige, this looks like a job for Superman!
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