Just because something is based on a comic book doesn't mean that the pitch is a good one. We have seen this happen a few times over the years with stalled or failed superhero projects, and there are probably more lurking in the depths of various writers' hard drives that we might never know about. […]\n
] and spoke about his Aquaman idea and why he thinks it would have sold"hundreds of dollars worth of tickets."
"I still have scenes from ['Aquaman'] in my head that would've been good," Nichols said."They would've been quite different from the film that was made. It wasn't ever feasible…I liked the older Aquaman, like when he had a harpoon for a hand. He was a fallen king, and his son had died. He was in mourning. Obviously, from this brief pitch, you can see it would've sold hundreds of dollars worth of tickets.
Jeff Nichols at the Variety's Creative Impact Awards and 10 Directors to Watch at the Parker Palm Springs on January 3, 2017, in Palm Springs, CA. Editorial credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com The superhero and comic book genre is a tough one because there is room to do something completely unique and take established characters in new directions, but that isn't always what studios want at that time. The machine behind these massive cinematic universes is driven by planting flags for the next film now, even more so than it was during phases one or two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with little focus on the movie in front of us.
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