Cinematic universes are nothing new — god knows why everyone’s creating one these days.The idea of interconnected stories spanning multiple movies had existed in cinema even before the MCU. However, Marvel is widely hailed as the one who triumphantly mastered this craft in the past.But as cinematic universes are surprisingly tricky to craft and sell to the public, even Marvel has had its fair share of fumbles along the way, despite being one of the highest-grossing film franchises.Apparently, many big studios have fallen flat on their face with unbearable losses while attempting to craft them. Let’s go over such cinematic universes and find out why they never got off the ground.Cinematic Universes That Never Took Off1. The Amazing Spider-Man Universe At the time, the news of Andrew Garfield replacing Tobey Maguire as the new Spider-Man totally stirred up the industry and got fans excited. But I think it was too soon to be showing Peter Parker’s origin story (again) post Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 (2007) — it just sets up fatigue. Matt Reeves understood this and didn’t show the Caped Crusader’s origin in The Batman (2022).On top of that, the franchise shifted its focus from Peter Parker’s regular, more grounded struggles to larger conspiracies and complex storylines — possibly leading to the “Sinister Six” storyline. Moreover, in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), the villains — Electro and Green Goblin — felt weak and poorly written despite strong performances by Jamie Foxx and Dane DeHaan, respectively.After the second installment failed to...
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