Marvel Studios and DC Studios, considered the two giants of Hollywood superhero content, are each releasing ambitious works, ‘Captain America: A Brave New World’ and ‘Superman’, in succession to overcome the crisis of poor box office performance. With the previously released works recording disappointing box office performance amid the fading popularity of superhero films, attention is focused on what kind of results these two works will garner.

From Falcon to Captain

Marvel Studios‘ ‘Captain America: A Brave New World’ will be the first to be released in theaters on the 12th. This film is about Captain America fighting against the existence hidden behind an evil plot to turn the world red. Marvel, which has been on a noticeable decline since 2019’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’, is showing its determination to regain its heyday through Iron Man and Captain America, the representative character who led the ‘Marvel‘s Golden Age’.

However, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), who was active as the hero ‘Falcon’, will take over the shield of Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), who has left the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) and emerge as the ‘Next Captain America’. With new MCU heroes like Shang-Chi (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Ms. Marvel (The Marvels), and She-Hulk (She-Hulk the Lawyer) failing to achieve results, there are expectations that a generational change through Falcon, an ‘original member’, who has been active as the original Captain America’s sidekick, will inject some vitality.

The main villain, ‘Red Hulk’, is also a point of anticipation. A character with a darker side and more wisdom than the green ‘Hulk’ played by Mark Ruffalo in the existing Marvel universe, he is played by 82-year-old renowned actor Harrison Ford, who makes his Marvel movie debut through this film.

O The first chapter of the new DC Universe

DC Studios will present ‘Superman’, featuring DC Comics‘ core hero Superman as the main character, to theaters in July during the peak season. This is a new reboot series that has nothing to do with the ‘Superman’ series that DC had previously presented, such as ‘Man of Steel’.

In particular, as the first historical work of the DCU (DC Universe) presented by DC Studios, which boldly discarded the DCEU (DC Extended Universe), the movie world view built by DC hero movies so far, and announced the construction of a new world view (DCU), expectations are high as the new CEO James Gunn, who has emerged as the savior of DC Studios, will personally direct and write the screenplay.

Actor David Corenswet, who has received attention in Netflix dramas such as ‘The Politician’ and ‘Oh, Hollywood’, has been selected as the new Superman, and Nicholas Hoult, who played Beast in the ‘X-Men’ series, has been cast as the villain Lex Luthor. Supergirl, played by Millie Alcock, is also expected to make an appearance, raising the expectations of ardent DC Comics fans.


Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com

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