Adam Devine: Superhero movies ruined comedies

Adam Devine. Pic/AFP

Adam Devine has shared his theory that Marvel movies and other superhero films killed the traditional Hollywood comedy.

The actor recently appeared on a podcast during his press tour for Netflix's The Out-Laws and shared his theory. He says that because Marvel movies rely so much on humour they ended up becoming Hollywood's new de facto comedy films. "You watch comedies nowadays and you're like, this is not a f'''''' comedy. Where are the jokes?

Where are the bits? There are still good [comedy] shows, but movie comedy is hard. My theory: I think Marvel ruined it. I feel like superhero movies ruined comedies because you go to the theatre and you expect to watch something that cost $200 million to make, and comedy movies aren't that," he says, adding, that people contemplate about spending the same amount of money to go watch a comedy in the theatre. "Every studio used to put out several comedies a year. There [used to be] about 45 comedies in the theatre per year. Last year, there were [barely] six or seven. It's crazy."

The Out-Laws, produced by Adam Sandler's Happy Madison company, is more akin to the Hollywood comedies that used to exist, Devine argued. The movie, also starring Pierce Brosnan and Nina Dobrev, puts an action spin on Meet the Parents.

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