Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Total Film
Total Film
Entertainment
Fay Watson

After 20 years of superhero movies, Tom Hanks weighs in on why he thinks audiences aren't as interested anymore – and reveals he's never had a meeting with Marvel

A Hologram for the King/Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

Tom Hanks's stellar career has charted the highs and lows of Hollywood, and he thinks he might have worked out the reason behind a rising trend. The Forrest Gump star shared his insight into superhero fatigue as part of a new interview, and it's all down to technical advances. 

Hanks told the Happy Sad Confused podcast that for many years in early superhero adaptations, the "technology did not exist to make it look like it did in the comic books". Whereas now, it does, which means "we are now enjoying the luxury of riches and because you can make anything happen on screen now, we are being brought back to the concept of 'ok that's true, but what is the story?'"

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.