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Film Courage: I think you’ve said previously that you were hoping a writer would do something new with the superhero format. Has anything changed in the last few years?
Script Doctor, Writing Coach, and Author Daniel Calvisi: I feel like there were more experimental movies with superheroes a while back (maybe 10 years ago) than there are today probably because there’s so much money and there’s so much budget thrown into so much superhero material. Maybe lower budget filmmakers are not exploring that genre as much but they’re definitely saying there’s audience fatigue with superhero movies and shows and we’ll see how that plays out. I know the studios and streamers are worried about that.
Film Courage: It would take such a budget though to pull that off except for maybe The Greatest American Hero TV show, that’s different but most of this is just going to be over the top special effects.
Dan: I think there’s room there for someone to tell a really compelling human drama with someone who has quote “superpowers” and maybe does something heroic. I think there is room for a unique storyteller to tackle that genre and just turn it on its head.
Film Courage: Are you still bored by some of the superhero action films of today?
Dan: Definitely, I’m getting more bored by them. Although I used to be a huge Marvel fan (I’m still a Marvel fan), I still collect comics (I collect more DC Comics than Marvel), I’m a Batman fan but I think Marvel’s putting out too much stuff and some of it I’m not even bothering to see in the theater. I’m definitely not bothering to see streaming shows. I used to watch every one of them and there’s already been a few that I haven’t really watched, which they’re just not compelling me. I see a lot of the same tropes and recycled them through various movies and especially the action…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
About:
DANIEL P. CALVISI is a Script Doctor, Writing Coach and the author of Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay and Story Maps: TV DRAMA: The Structure of the One-Hour Television Pilot. He is a former Story Analyst for major studios like Twentieth Century Fox, Miramax Films and New Line Cinema. He coaches writers, teaches webinars on writing for film and television and speaks at writing conferences. Many of his clients have worked with the top networks and studios in the industry, such as Netflix, HBO, Warner Brothers, Disney, Sony, ABC, Showtime, Apple TV+ and more. He holds a degree in Film and Television from New York University. He lives in Los Angeles.
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