Paul Dano Says Superhero Fatigue Is a ‘Welcome Moment’ That Will Hopefully ‘Breathe New Life’ Into Comic Book Movies: ‘Quantity Over Quality’ Is a ‘Big Misstep’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Paul Dano is familiar with the comic book movie genre thanks to his acclaimed performance as Riddler opposite Robert Pattinson in “The Batman.” The Matt Reeves-directed tentpole was a box office hit with $772 million worldwide.
That’s a mighty sum for the superhero genre, which took more than a few punches last year as entires like “Shazam: Fury of the Gods,” “The Flash,” “The Marvels,” “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” either disappointed at the box office or outright flopped.
Does that mean superhero fatigue is real? “It’s an interesting moment where everybody has to go like, ‘OK – what now?’ Hopefully from that, somebody either breathes new life into [comic book movies], or something else blossoms which is not superheroes,” Dano recently told The Independent when asked about superhero fatigue. “I’m sure there will still be some good ones yet to come, but I think it’s kind of a welcome moment.” Dano continued, “It’s a larger thing, too.
As soon as the word ‘content’ came into what we do – meaning making movies or TV – it meant quantity over quality, which I think was a big misstep.
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