New 'Superman' and 'Fantastic Four' face fearsome foe: Audience fatigue

New ‘Superman’ and ‘Fantastic Four’ face fearsome foe: Audience fatigue


This July, Earth’s greatest heroes meet their most formidable foe yet … an indifferent audience.

At least, that’s the worry as DC and Marvel go head-to-head for summer blockbuster season’s main event: Disney’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” vs. Warner Bros.’ “Superman.”

To be fair, Garner’s character is canonical — she plays Shalla-Bal, the female successor to OG Silver Surfer Norrin Rad. It still feels like Marvel is up to its old tricks.

Does the fate of the world hang in the balance? No, but the fate of Hollywood might.

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After years of alienating moviegoers by prioritizing leftist virtue-signaling over entertainment, the industry hopes to put people back in the seats next month with some good, old-fashioned tentpole crowd-pleasers. And what better to lure them in than two big-budget

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