HBO’s new satirical series vice president’s Armando Iannucci and Jon Brown, as well as director Sam Mendes, franchise At first glance, it seems eager to stick a knife in the superhero movie boom, a genre that seems to be at a crossroads with an identity crisis. But the creators behind the show are not only keenly aware of the process that goes into making such a blockbuster, they make fun of it because they care — and at least have some idea of how a Super Powers series could find a little spark again.
“It feels more interesting because the franchise itself seems to be going through a crisis,” Brown told The Hollywood Reporter in a wide-ranging interview about the series. “There is a feeling Montenegro family What you see is a dying way of life; a sense of the end of an empire. This feels like a great setting for a show that’s both a workplace comedy and a satire of the culture. The cash cow recognizes that its best days may be behind it.
but just because franchise Just because it looks like it knows where to throw its punches — not necessarily the movies themselves, or the people who enjoy them, but the hard-working creatives tortured by executive meddling and changing cultural responses — doesn’t mean there isn’t at least some love for this genre, it’s also satirical, especially the people behind the scenes franchise Choose to follow the bright stars or the executives and producers who change on a whim. “This is not a cynical show,” Mendes said of the series. “There is a kind of romance that can [making movies] and the sense of hope that underpins it all, which Jon manages to capture.
“You have to respect these movies and the people who are involved in them because everyone is trying to do a good job,” Brown added. “People may think these movies are formulaic, but if you go on the set of one of these movies, you’ll see that everyone is trying their best to make something special.”
But even with this loving perspective, that doesn’t mean all the research Brown, Iannucci, and Mendes did in creating the superhero franchise didn’t give them something to think about. they will If they were to don Kevin Feige’s famous hat collection and be in charge, that’s what they’d do.
“[In the early days of Marvel ] They were able to make editorial and casting choices that were entirely their own,” Brown muses. “I feel like their relationship with their fan base has shifted, and instead of being very confident in telling fans, ‘This is the movie, this is how we do it,’ they seem to have gotten themselves into a position where they’re trying to chase what’s going on in the movie. There was a much more active fanbase in the first few stages than now, and when you start doing that, you start making decisions from a place of fear, and I think the more fearless you are in what you do, the better chance you have. Something really special – but it’s easy to say when you have all these corporate pressures and I think you get to the point where you’re willing to try anything.
Maybe don’t expect Robert Downey Jr. to show up franchise Well, when it airs on HBO and Max starting October 6th.
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