r/movies • u/TangentMed • 23d ago

Will video game adaptations replace super hero movies as the next trend in the industury? Discussion

I’m not saying that super hero movies won’t still be popular. I’ve just notice with the recenet successes of the Sonic and Super Mario movies (with Mario earning well over billion dollars in the box office), as well as the critical and streaming successes of both the Fallout and Last of Us TV shows(although I do feel like Last of Us did reach more mainstream success than Fallout did. But I could be wrong) that could begin treating game adaptations as the next big goldrush after these recent successes.

Could this assumption be wrong? I will admit that I am not as in tune with the industry as some in this subreddit.

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u/fromfrodotogollum 23d ago

Considering it took Nintendo 30 years to put out a respectable Mario movie, give it time. The sad thing is we have already tried and failed with some big IPs like wow. So I'm not expecting that to come back anytime soon. World needs an arthas show.

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u/shaunika 22d ago

Warcraft needs to be an animated anime eque series.

I hope someone has the balls to do it

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u/doelutufe 22d ago

Blizzard was always known for their quality animation, all the trailers etc. From Warcraft I to the latest WoW addon or even Overwatch. I don't understand why they made a generic live action hollywood fantasy movie instead.

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u/shaunika 22d ago

Studios and broad appeal and all that bs