Save Hollywood From Superhero Fatigue

That's no longer true, which may be the simplest explanation for the decline in the dominance of the superhero movie.

- Jason Bailey

As studios cycled through the best-known roles, and the actors most identified with them finished out their multi-picture contracts, executives gave the green light to projects showcasing second- and even third-tier characters.

That's how we ended up with Marvel's Eternals and Thunderbolts, DC's Blue Beetle and Black Adam, and Sony's Morbius, Madame Web and Kraven the Hunter (desperate attempts to spin off Spider-Man characters into Spider-Man-free movies). Audiences ended up rejecting them.