It’s a depressing when people assume the ultimate ambition of any filmmaker must be to work on a Hollywood blockbuster, specifically a superhero movie. As entertaining as the best of the MCU and DC are, those characters and settings are hugely valuable corporate IP, so you’re tightly restricted in the kinds of stories, themes, and politics you can include.
All of which meant that Sorry to Bother You and I’m a Virgo director Boots Riley was understandably dismissive when a fan fantasized about him being given “an unlimited budget and total freedom to make a Batman movie” Riley responded with a simple “Why hope for me to waste years of my life on such a thing?”
