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Mattson Tomlin's The Ultimate Spider-Man

The film follows an older Peter Parker who is still Spider-Man later in life, now a father of a girl (May) and married to Mary Jane "MJ" Watson-Parker.

Boaz Yakin's Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

The film features the DC Comics Batmen Bruce Wayne and Terry McGinnis, as they try to unravel the mysterious return of the former's archenemy, the Joker, preparing a climactic showdown with the villain.

Punisher/Batman: Deadly Knights

In a crossover event, the Punisher's brutal war on crime brings him to Gotham City, where his methods immediately clash with Batman's ideology. After the Punisher blows up a chemical warehouse during a gunfight with local criminals, Batman intervenes, saving a thug from execution and sparking their first confrontation. The Punisher is in Gotham to eliminate Jigsaw, who is forming a criminal alliance with the Joker. While the Punisher and his tech support, Micro Chip, track their targets, Batman and Robin monitor the same criminal activity from the Batcave, determined to prevent the kind of gang war that attracts violent outsiders like Frank Castle.

Sam Raimi's Batman: Echoes

Batman has mysteriously disappeared after Dent's death, leading Gotham citizens to take to the streets to fight in his place, including Barbara Gordon, who becomes Batgirl. Scarecrow and Harley Quinn are featured as the main antagonists.

Sam Raimi's Batman: Shadows

Gotham becomes torn in two as citizens dressed as Batman and The Joker duke it out in the streets. As D.A. Harvey Dent tries to keep the city together, he targets the one problem tearing it apart: Batman! But what happens next has dark ramifications for not just the Dark Knight, but Harvey Dent himself. Bruce Wayne embarks on a crusade to better Gotham as both himself and the Batman, but a young new hero on the scene stands in his way, claiming his mission is shortsighted. Meanwhile, Harvey Dent starts down a path leading to nothing but ruin. The fate of Gotham hangs in the balance as these two sides of the same coin do battle. But when the coin finally flips, on which side will it fall?

Mel Gibson's Red Dead Redemption

The story is set in a fictionalized representation of the United States in 1899 and follows the exploits of Arthur Morgan, an outlaw and member of the Van der Linde gang, who must face the challenges of a declining Wild West, while attempting to survive against government forces, rival gangs, and other adversaries.

Joe Carnahan's Daredevil: The Man Without Fear

The son of a prize fighter, Matt Murdock was blinded in childhood; by a strange twist of fate, the accident which took his sight also honed his other senses and granted him a kind of 'radar sense'. By day, Matt is an Assistant District Attorney for the city of New York, working closely with his friend Foggy Nelson, who works for the city's Public Defender's office. At night, however, Matt dons the red tights to protect the city - particularly the neighborhood known as Hell's Kitchen where he grew up - as Daredevil, whose observed stunts have pegged him with the name "Daredevil". Daredevil: The Man Without Fear follows Matt's campaign to help clean up the streets of Hell's Kitchen while fighting the forces of those such as the Kingpin and the Hand.

Edgar Wright's Astonishing Ant-Man

Dr. Henry Pym is a researcher at Dynatecnics, a materials processing company in Chicago, Illinois, who discovered a means to harness subatomic particles he discovered, referred to as Pym particles, which permit access to a sidereal dimension where mass is virtual, enabling him or others to shrink or grow to different heights as they desire. The Astonishing Ant-Man follows Dr. Pym and his girlfriend, Janet van Dyne, in their adventures as the insect-sized adventurers Ant-Man and Wasp.

Batman: Park Row

Bruce Wayne is a forensic pathologist and his parents lived.

Doug Liman's Splinter Cell

A “Splinter Cell” is a warrior who has been handpicked from the best American Special Forces units operating. He is then stripped of his identity, rank and official affiliation with the United States government before being redeployed as a ghost; the most dangerous one-man army the West has to offer. A Splinter Cell does not operate under official orders, nor does he go into areas of operation where the United States already has a military presence. The Splinter Cell goes into the places where we cannot legally be; the places where, if caught, he could ignite international war. The Splinter Cell is a disavowable operator. He does not—at least not officially—exist.

Matthew Vaughn's Star Wars Trilogy Remake

The films center on the Galactic Civil War between the Rebel Alliance and the tyrannical Galactic Empire, as well as the archetypical hero's journey of Luke Skywalker in his quest to become a Jedi under the tutelage of exiled Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. Luke joins forces with Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2 and the Rebel Alliance in facing the Empire and the evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.

The Shadow of Spider-Man

Following a traumatized outcast in a corrupt city, whose attempt to atone for a personal tragedy pulls him into a labyrinth of criminal empires and a hidden world of mutants, where he must confront monsters both on the streets and within himself. It's The Conversation or Eraserhead meets The Royal Tenenbaums by way of The Fly, wearing a Spider-Man mask. It’s uncompromising, adult, and uses the superhero framework to tell a story about damage, guilt, and the desperate search for connection in a broken world.

George Nolfi's Captain America

Steven Rogers is a man out of time. Thanks to a super-soldier program back in WWII, he has a physique that can be considered "peak human". He has also physically aged only ten years since then, despite having lived during the intervening time. Most of his old friends are dead or dying, his wife died in the '80s and son missing since the Vietnam War. His oldest surviving friend has a nation to run, and little time for reminiscing. Nowadays, he just teaches history at a high school in Queens. Of course, not everyone wants to let Captain America fade into obscurity. One of his students has discovered his secret and is insistent about becoming his new sidekick. His great-niece is his liaison with a government agency that polices superhumans. And old enemies from the past have heirs that are making their presence known . . . . Captain America explores what it means to be not just a hero but a man, and whether some ideals that are considered out-dated are still worthwhile causes to be pursued. It is also a tale of fighting back against isolation and depression with the help of those around you.

Nia DaCosta's Final Fantasy Rebirth

The film follows mercenary Cloud Strife and a party of characters principally comprising the eco-terrorist group AVALANCHE, who embark on a journey across the Planet to prevent the megacorporation Shinra from exploiting its life essence, Mako, as an energy source, and defeat former elite SOLDIER Sephiroth, who seeks to unite with the Planet to achieve greater power.

Nia DaCosta's Final Fantasy: INTERmission

It takes place midway through the events of Final Fantasy, and follows Yuffie Kisaragi as she enters Midgar in search of a hidden materia within the Shinra Building. Yuffie teams up with Sonon Kusakabe, a fellow Wutaian, and with members of Avalanche, on her quest, before coming into contact with the Shinra Electric Power Company executive, Scarlet.

Nia DaCosta's Final Fantasy

Set in the dystopian cyberpunk metropolis of Midgar, the film follows mercenary Cloud Strife. He joins AVALANCHE, an eco-terrorist group trying to stop the powerful megacorporation Shinra from using the planet's life essence as an energy source.

Guns of the Patriots: The Movie

Set five years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, the story centers around a prematurely aged Solid Snake, now known as Old Snake, as he goes on one last mission to assassinate his nemesis Liquid Snake, who now inhabits the body of his former henchman Revolver Ocelot under the guise of Liquid Ocelot, before he takes control of the Sons of the Patriots, an A.I. system that controls the activities of PMCs worldwide.

Sons of Liberty: The Movie

The story revolves around the Big Shell, a massive offshore clean-up facility seized by a group of terrorists who call themselves the Sons of Liberty. They demand an enormous ransom in exchange for the life of the President of the United States and threaten to destroy the facility and create a cataclysmic environmental disaster if their demands are not met. The motives and identities of many of the antagonists and allies change throughout the film, as the protagonists discover a world-shaking conspiracy constructed by a powerful organization known as the Patriots.

Chris Columbus' Five Nights at Freddy's

Ten years after the horrific murders at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza that ripped their town apart, Charlie, whose father owned the restaurant, and her childhood friend, Carlton, reunite on the anniversary of the tragedy and find themselves at the old pizza place which had been locked up and abandoned for years. After they discover a way inside, they realize that things are not as they used to be. The four adult-sized animatronic mascots that once entertained patrons have changed. They now have a dark secret . . . and a murderous agenda.

What if Michael Keaton Had Been in the Schumachervese?

Schumacher mostly eschewed the dark, dystopian atmosphere of Burton's films by drawing inspiration from the Batman comic books of the Dick Sprang era.