Now, more than a decade after Penn was warned away from working with Marvel Studios and working on The Avengers, superhero movies are gaining respect.
The movies made by Marvel Studios have proven that the popularity of superhero movies are more than a passing fad, going on to box office success as well as critical acclaim.
Zak Penn was told that writing The Avengers for Marvel Studios might kill his career.
The writer/director got his start co-writing the first script for The Last Action Hero and was fired when the project switched studios.