One is Not Enough

This sort of continues from my Villain Movie post, which got me thinking about all the upcoming comic-based movies.  I realized that Hollywood may not be as dumb as I took it to be.  Looking at the upcoming superhero movies, it seems as if movies with one hero are no longer satisfying audiences.  X-Men has always been a popular film franchise and the next film, First Class, class may possibly show the stories of more than any of the previous films.  There has been much development of characters for the upcoming Avengers movie (Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, et cetera).  I hadn't heard anything for sure, but with Green Lantern out this summer and years of rumors about who will be the next Wonder Woman, I suspected an eventual Justice League movie.  Searching up on this it seems as if that is the actual plan.  The Superman film franchise had died after Superman Returns, prompting the Zack Snyder reboot, and after Spider-Man 3 it has been some time, work and recasting to get the franchise back on its feet.  Fantastic Four (and it's sequel) were released a few years back now and they made their dollars (maybe not all fans were pleased).  Is it at the point were not even four superheroes is good enough for audiences?  Maybe this is just a phase like the LOST and Heroes years of television, where we went from a couple of main characters to countless.  In time we will know if this is for the better, but for now all I can say is that X-Men: First Class looks pretty awesome.  Who cares if our attention span is decreasing and we need more heroes to hold our interest?  I'm still excited!