This Flawed Will Smith Film Paved The Way For The Antihero Craze
Hollywood has a notorious follow-the-leader mentality that tends to fail to give people what they want until someone else figures out that they want it. Even the biggest media empires in the world struggle to innovate before someone else comes along and takes the risk.
The concept of anti-heroes, or superheroes who don't uphold the usual standards of decency, is all over the place right now. James Gunn's Peacemaker centers around an immature murderer with a misguided understanding of justice who learns to become a superhero, and it's one of the most popular series in the world. This is only one part of a larger craze that has consumed a ton of superhero media.
One Of The Best Deconstructions Of Superheroes Is A Kids Movie
Hancock dropped in 2008, about two months after Iron Man launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe and two weeks before the release of the incredibly beloved superhero classic, The Dark Knight. The film landed between the two in the budget as well as release date, with ten million dollars over Iron Man and thirty-five million under The Dark Knight. The film made a healthy return at the box office but was not well-received critically. Frankly, the most interesting aspect of the film has nothing to do with what happens on-screen. The most interesting story surrounding Hancock starts in 1996 and ends when the film releases twelve years later.
The film that would become Hancock began life as Tonight, He Comes, a spec script written in 1996 by Vy Vincent Ngo. The narrative centered around an alcoholic fallen superhero who takes charge of a troubled 12-year-old kid. The script was noticed and adopted by producer Akiva Goldsman, perhaps best known as the screenwriter for both Joel Schumacher Batman films. The script
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