With generic "capeshit" superhero movies no longer being a sure thing (The Marvels is tracking to a $45-55m opening this weekend, guaranteeing it's a huge bomb)

With generic "capeshit" superhero movies no longer being a sure thing (The Marvels is tracking to a $45-55m opening this weekend, guaranteeing it's a huge bomb) and the massive success of Mario, Sonic 1/2, and even the extremely mediocre Five Nights at Freddy's movie, it seems inevitable that video games are the next trendy frontier for movie studios to harvest from. I do wonder how long it can last as, while I thought the Mario movie wasn't bad as a generic kid's movie, it also relied heavily on nostalgia and references to keep parents entertained. And comic books seem to have a much deeper pool of nostalgic characters to draw from before they start scraping the bottom of the barrel for you-don't-know-who-this-is-unless-you're-a-hardcore-fan characters like Shang-Chi or Ms. Marvel. For games, after Mario, Link and Sonic, you've got Pikachu/Pokemon, Master Chief, Lara Croft... and then a pretty sharp fall-off after that. Like yeah, I love Metal Gear, but is Solid Snake really a cultural icon the same way Magneto or Mario is?