2013 Predictions: 'Avengers 2,' Netflix, 'American Idol'

Plus: Is Meryl Streep on her way to a fourth Oscar?

By Gregory Ellwood, Daniel Fienberg, Melinda Newman, Kristopher Tapley Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013 8:56 PM

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Superheroes will continue to reign supreme

Superheroes will continue to reign supreme

Conventional wisdom would dictate that at some point in the cycle, superhero films would start to lose their grip on the box-office, but this year's batch looks like it's going to just keep building from the phenomenal successes of this year.  Both "Iron Man 3" and "Thor: The Dark World" seem to be going very well, with lots of excited noise coming from inside the Marvel camp, and "The Wolverine" may well turn around people's opinions of the sorry state of the "X-Men" franchise.  Throw in "Kick-Ass 2," which I think people are wildly underestimating at this point, and you've got another year full of big winners dressed in crazy rubber costumes.  It really is a geek's world right now.
 
-Drew McWeeny
Photo Credit: Marvel