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Draft RfC.

At various times, editors have contested the existence of standalone articles on film adaptations of comic book characters. I believe that these should be treated as a group, and therefore propose to have a single discussion to generally determine whether there is consensus in the community to allow this class of articles to exist.

Arguments for maintaining these as separate articles include:


 * The adaptations independently meet the WP:GNG, as there are substantial sources discussing them specifically.
 * Most film adaptations of comic book characters do not faithfully follow any given story line from the comics. Even films that attempt to do so must deviate from such story lines to accommodate the different medium, and in practice, characters depicted in the film are given a biography and character arc unique to the film.
 * Film characters, though based on a comic book, are fundamentally different in numerous ways, including potential discussions of no relevance to a comic book depiction of aspects such as:
 * casting of the actor (or, in some cases, actors),
 * the process of film development
 * the actor's approach to portraying the character
 * critical reviews of the performance and award nominations
 * costuming and special effects used to render the character

Articles implicated in this discussion include:

• Arthur Curry (DC Extended Universe)

• Barry Allen (DC Extended Universe)

• Bruce Banner (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Bruce Wayne (1989 film series character)

• Bruce Wayne (Dark Knight trilogy)

• Bruce Wayne (DC Extended Universe)

• Bucky Barnes (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Charles Xavier (film character)‎

• Superman (DC Extended Universe)

• Clint Barton (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Diana Prince (DC Extended Universe)

• Harley Quinn (DC Extended Universe)

• James Rhodes (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Jean Grey (film character)

• Joker (Jack Napier)

• Joker (The Dark Knight)

• Logan (film character)‎

• Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Magneto (film character)

• Matt Murdock (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Mystique (film series character)

• Nick Fury (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Natasha Romanoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Peter Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man film series)

• Peter Parker (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Peter Parker (Sam Raimi film series)

• Sam Wilson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Scott Lang (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Selina Kyle (Batman Returns)

• Stephen Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Steve Rogers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Superman (1978 film series character)

• T'Challa (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Thor (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Victor Stone (DC Extended Universe)

• Vision (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

• Wade Wilson (film character)

• Wanda Maximoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Drafts
Drafts in progress include:


 * Draft:Killmonger (Marvel Cinematic Universe)