Warner Bros. and DC Films have had a lot of false starts. Take “Suicide Squad,” from director David Ayer. That film was so poorly received that WB decided to reboot the entire franchise. It came at a fortuitous time for the studio: James Gunn had just been temporarily fired from “Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 3” and in a big coup, Warner’s was able to get him to switch teams.

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Marvel has undoubtedly had an enormous impact on the movie world, from interlinking franchises to the prevalence of superhero movies, but maybe the most annoying copy-cat spawning innovation was their post-credit scenes. They didn’t invent them — “Airplane!,” among many others, has a doozy — and it’s not necessarily their fault. Indeed, when they began, with a surprise cameo from Samuel L. Jackson at the end of “Iron Man” nine years ago teasing a future “Avengers” team-up, it was a fun little easter egg for fans.

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