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Batman and Superman are only two comic heroes out of the thousands of potential movies/tv shows, and there were dozens who had tried and failed. You're forgetting all the numerous failures and literal jokes (including Adam West's version of Batman).While perhaps experiencing brief periods of downtime in the grand scheme of things, the super hero/comic genre has withstood the test of time.
Modern Superman came out in 1978 and then died with Superman IV in 1987. But it took all of 2 year for the Batman franchise to pop up. Batman and Robin then killed things in 1998. Then it took all of 2 years for X-men to come on the scene in 2000. Then from there Spider Man came along in 2002 and has been popular ever since, then the MCU.....
Comics had historically been a massive failure and punch line to the general public, aside from cherry picked movies. They had a massive resurgence over the last two decades, countering the precedence.
Video game movies (and tv shows) are in the same state that comic movies were from the 90s - terrible track record, with a couple of successes.
But we're getting off topic. The movie (Dr. Doolittle) isn't even out yet. They've poured millions of dollars into it. It has an A list actor and all star cast. They have a production company who actually gives a damn. It's a first party IP. There's more than a .01% chance.
But that too is off topic. Dr. Doolittle won't be announced, it won't be a part of FW / EU, we both agree on that.
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