“Mined to death’? ‘X-Men’ director says Hollywood is killing the superhero movie”

From The Hero Complex (LAT):

The clock is ticking on the superhero craze in Hollywood, according to Matthew Vaughn, the director now filming “X-Men: First Class” for Fox in London.

“It’s been mined to death and in some cases the quality control is not what it’s supposed to be,” Vaughn said. “People are just going to get bored of it.”

Vaughn, who produced, directed and co-wrote “Kick-Ass,” says he pounced on the chance to make a film about the uncanny mutants from Marvel Comics because he expects the current boom in superhero cinema to fizzle out in the near future.

“I’ve always wanted to do a big-budget superhero film and I think we’ve kind of crossed the Rubicon with superhero films,” Vaughn said. “I think [the opportunity to do one], it’s only going to be there two or three more times.”

“Then,” he added, “the genre is going to be dead for a while because the audience has just been pummeled too much.”

Actually the canary-in-the-coal-mine per movie trends tend to be deconstructionist films, written from the perspective that the audience knows basically everything about these type of movies, so have some fun with the genre’s rules. Per superhero movies, we’ve recently had Kick-Ass, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and Super which all qualify. Maybe Vaughn’s contention will prove to be correct.

So what would be on tap for a post-superhero Hollywood? As a screenwriter, it you can answer that question, you could make a killing.

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