re: Warner Bros. wants Mel Gibson to direct Suicide Squad 2

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So a film that made $900 million worldwide is a dud now?

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Yes it is, because they set their studio's budget around what they estimate the box office gross is going to be. That's about $500 million dollars down the tube on other projects they were planning on financing.

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Not true at all. The superhero genre had been going strong at the box office since X-Men debuted in the summer of 2000. It was the draw of superhero films that made Marvel decide to take the plunge and develop an inter-connected universe. That never happens without the success of the X-Men and Spider-Man franchises.

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Those aren't on MCU levels though. They were really more fun summer action movies. I didn't have faith they could actually make Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man work in the same universe, but they pulled it off. It was a huge gamble on Marvel's part, and it really paid off.

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Only if the movies continue critically disappoint. Hopefully Warner Bros. has learned their lesson and the next two films are better received.

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There's been nothing but bad news so far. They deserve absolutely no benefit of the doubt, and every horrible bit of news that came out from the last 3 turned out to be true.