Why Does Everyone Love Multiverse Movies?

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For the past few years, a certain trend has been on the rise in mainstream genre filmmaking — the multiverse movie. The concept of the multiverse is far from new in fiction, particularly in the sci-fi genre. However, never before have so many big-name movies focused on the idea in such a short span of time, popularizing parallel universe stories like never before.

This trend was heralded by the breakout success of 2018’s animated hit Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, but it’s especially picked up in the past year. Spider-Man: No Way Home, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness all hit theaters within the span of just a few months. It’s safe to say that multiverse movies are the next big thing in genre film. The question is, why are we seeing so many right now, and why does everyone love them?

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Like so many Hollywood trends of the past decade, the popularity of multiverse stories can likely be attributed to the superhero genre. Parallel universes have been a mainstay of superhero comics since 1961, when Barry Allen, the Flash of Earth-1, met his Earth-2 counterpart Jay Garrick. Garrick was actually the original Flash, who was phased out after Allen’s introduction. But thanks to the introduction of the DC multiverse, both iterations of the character were able to coexist simultaneously. Since then, the multiverse has been a crucial aspect of both DC and Marvel Comics lore, with countless stories focused on alternate timelines and multiversal travel. However, superhero movies wouldn’t explore the concept of the multiverse until 2018, when Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse hit theaters.

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