![]() I draw this conclusion based on an article from The Shuttle. Illumination Entertainment has a chance to serve an underserved market and rake in the cash while doing so. Scarlet Overkill: A female super villain casualty? I truly hope the only reason a Scarlet Overkill film hasn’t yet been announced is because Illumination hasn’t decided on a story rather than because of that nasty thing called sexism. Is finding the right story the only thing holding Illumination back? It’s certainly not an impossible creative task. But how to solve the creative conundrum wrought by the events at the end of Minions? Naturally-even Gru is eclipsed by those little deviled eggs. I hear you-a Scarlet Overkill film would have to include the Minions. If a profitable Despicable Me was enough for Illumination to justify Despicable Me 2 and Despicable Me 3, shouldn’t Minions’ billion-plus bonanza be enough justification for a Scarlet Overkill movie? It’s also possible a significant part of Minions’ success was because of Scarlet’s appeal for all the female fans who paid to see the film.Īnd we have more money to spend-on the right character. Therefore, why not make a Scarlet Overkill spin-off and make even more money? So, it must have had a lot of confidence in the story. ![]() ![]() It wasn’t just marketing the Minions, however it was also (Trojan horse) marketing Scarlet Overkill. Universal Pictures backed Minions with a $600 million marketing budget. Conclusion: movie audiences will see anything with Minions in it. So let’s build the case for a Scarlet Overkill movie, shall we?Īs of writing this, Minions is the second highest-grossing animated film of all time and also the tenth highest grossing feature of all time. It’d be a shame to let a super villain like her go to waste. Watching her square off against a proper archenemy would be epic. In order for Scarlet Overkill to really shine, she requires an opponent on the level of Vector from Despicable Me. Upon seeing Minions, it was painfully clear that Scarlet was too much super villain for Kevin, Stuart, and Bob, which resulted in a climactic battle with an awkward power imbalance. Scarlet Overkill is a dynamic character who could easily headline her own Despicable Me type film. And that’s what we need to talk about, Illumination Entertainment. These shortcomings, however, could have been avoided with a different movie altogether. That said, she isn’t without her problematic elements: hyper-sexualized characterization, clichéd villain goals, and a weak backstory (though I understand why she couldn’t be too sympathetic- Minions is not about her redemption). Scarlet Overkill is the type of character we need more of in animated features-not just as a villain, but also as an anti-heroine.
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