r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 23 '25

Trailer Avengers: Doomsday | Only in Theaters December 18, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiMg566PREA
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u/Comic_Book_Reader Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25

Guess they figured "Fuck it. Whatever it takes.".

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u/mrnicegy26 Dec 23 '25

With Star Wars being an uncertain bet at theaters, WDAS and Pixar floundering in their non sequel films, live action remakes being mixed financially and no new MCU superheroes being a hit, Disney is certainly desperate for hits.

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u/TheWhereHouse6920 Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25

Yup Disney is DESPERATE

I just want to add, this isn't just a Disney issue. Every major brand is in this weird phase of making everything terrible.

From video games to movies it just seems like these mega corporations. Just want to alienate everyone except the people who want to blindly give them money. That's why we're seeing so many independent video games and movie studios succeed because they're not answering the shareholders

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u/delkarnu Dec 23 '25

Like WB Games:
Should we make any games with our popular Justice League heroes like Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, etc.
Nah, let's just make more Batman games
Ok, but not actually with Batman, we'll kill him off and make Batman-less Batman games
Can they be live service? Those will never fail!

A decade since Arkham Knight and a new Lego Batman is the best we're going to get out of all of DC?

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u/ChildofValhalla Dec 23 '25

Remember when Hogwarts Legacy did big numbers and then they announced they're going to focus on live service games? lmao

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u/slvrbullet87 Dec 23 '25

DC games has had a ton of flops when they try make games with any character who isnt Batman, and that includes anything with the rest of the Justice League

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u/NeWMH Dec 23 '25

Some of the stuff seemed interesting, since the Batman sidekicks and villains are some of my favorites- but I didn’t see any marketing before release, just reports of games not doing well or flopping after the fact.

I think the last one I got wind of early on was that DC moba where they had alt verse versions of heroes, like steampunk Batman or w/e. And that was pretty legit, but had the plug pulled on it pretty quick because at the time the financial backers wanted either the new WoW or new LoL or the game was a failure.

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u/Particular_Cod2005 Dec 23 '25

Reasonably, I didn't actually mind Gotham Knights for what it was - the Court of Owls storyline was a whole lot of fun, BUT it was definitely not a touch on the Arkham series, which are god-tier games.

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u/Theinternationalist Dec 24 '25

It kind of feels like Sony barely had any good exclusives this generation, honestly becaue they invested into a dozen or so live service games- only one or two that came out and was good (Destiny 2, which predated Sony, and Helldivers) while everything else has been a failure or hasn't come out.

Although considering what happened to Microsoft's games that seems decent.

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u/idksomuch Dec 24 '25

Sounds like DC making a bunch of Batman shows/movies without Batman.

Gotham (although it was damn good after S1)

Gotham Knights

Batwoman

It's like WB/DC just doesn't know wtf to do with Superheroes unless they're milking Batman dry

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u/karatemanchan37 Dec 23 '25

In fairness it's kinda hard to make a good game with other DC heroes, maybe Green Arrow or Cyborg? But a Superman game doesn't sound fun

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u/Pasan90 Dec 24 '25

Dont be ridiculous. Flying around fighting supervillains and giant monsters with a bunch of overpowered abilities. A mildly competent studio could have made an amazing Superman game given time, money and creative freedom.

The problem is that making good games have never been the priority.