With the smashing success of The Avengers, superhero movies are bigger than ever. Here are my choices for heroes that need their own film. Fellow comics nerds: further casting suggestions are highly encouraged in the comments!
"Green Arrow"
Green Arrow is a kind of yin to Batman's yang in the DC universe: he's a self-styled Robin Hood whose alter-ego, Oliver Queen, is a billionaire and former mayor of fictional Star City, and in the comics he represents a progressive liberal ideal while Batman tends to represent traditionalist, conservative values. His whole deal is that he makes arrows that do different kinds of things, like glue, trap, explode, grapple, extinguish fire, and let off tear gas. He's one of the more recognizable heroes not to get his own movie yet, but I think Ewan McGregor is the actor who could pull off the juxtaposition of a kind of silly looking hero who has a pretty serious message.
"The Flash"
Even if you don't really know who The Flash is, you kind of already do. He's super, super, super fast. And that's about it! Now, about the casting... If you ask a Nathan Fillion fangirl/boy, they will tell you that the Firefly star is perfect for every single white male superhero every invented. That's because they really want him to play a superhero in a big movie And I don't blame them. Fillion would be great for "The Flash" because a Flash movie is going to need both a super-cool leading man and a good sense of humor.
"Wonder Woman"
The amazon is probably the most famous superhero without her own movie and it's damn time. This has been in pre-pre-pre-production for approximately eight million years, and at one time "The Avengers" director Joss Whedon was attached to a version. Let's do it, and let's cast Olivia Wilde while we're at it.
"Aquaman"
Aquaman is a ridiculous character, but the movie could be good if it takes a cue from "Thor" (also a ridiculous character) and has a sense of humor about itself. Aquaman can talk to marine life telepathically, including summoning them from afar, he can breathe underwater, and he's super strong and tough. A film has been on the shelf for awhile but I'd really like to see Matthew Morrison riding a dolphin and stuff.
