DUBAI: There was a time when people thought superhero movies would be a fad. Marvel Studios has proved them wrong. Across 13 years and 23 movies, Marvel has found a way to dominate the box office and with it, global pop culture, keeping fans anxiously awaiting each new project from characters both fresh and familiar. Their secret? Make each film something more than just a superhero movie.
Hidden in nearly every one of their smash hits has been another genre altogether. “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017) was an ode to Eighties teen comedies. “Capitan America: The Winter Soldier” was, at its heart, a spy thriller. Even “Avengers: Endgame,” its biggest smash and the culmination of its first saga, was, by and large, a heist film.