![]() “You can’t rely on the audience to have watched four different series that are between eight and 10 episodes apiece before they’re ready to watch your movie,” Granelli says. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Steve Granelli, associate teaching professor of communication studies at Northeastern University. The recent barrage of Marvel shows on Disney Plus has also started to turn Marvel’s greatest strength––that it’s an ongoing, interconnected universe––into a potential liability, says Steve Granelli, an associate teaching professor of communication studies at Northeastern University who specializes in pop culture and fandom. “Audiences are smarter than they get credit for, and if studios keep churning out mediocre material just to feed the beast, that’s going to be limiting for creativity and, ultimately, will probably hurt business.” “It’s not that there are too many superhero movies–– it’s that there are too many bad superhero movies and bad movies in general,” Faughnder says. The glut of content has resulted in what Faughnder says is a quality control issue. The MCU alone now includes more than 30 films and eight TV shows. have jumped headfirst into the streaming wars with Disney Plus and HBO Max. ![]() The number of Marvel and DC movies and television series has increased significantly over the last few years, as both Disney and Warner Bros. But he does see clear signs of “superhero fatigue.” Ryan Faughnder, senior editor of the Los Angeles Times’ Company Team, which covers the entertainment business, isn’t ready to say the genre is dying. Four years after Black Panther, has Hollywood learned anything?
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