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da_fox2279

California Crackpot
Can't blame them for moving it, I wouldn't want to go up against Cameron either.
 

seitora

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Yeah, it specifically singles out his production company. Somehow, I read into it that he was directing, but it doesn't explicitly say that. My bad!
 

da_fox2279

California Crackpot
Warner Bros. switched release dates so that Shazam 2 instead of Aquaman 2 will get a December opening this year.
Yeah, but superhero flicks always do well, especially these days. Of course Avatar 2 will kick ass at the box office, but Shazam 2 should do fine. Video game movies rarely do those kind of numbers.
 

Lord Raa

Exporter of Juice Tins
Morbius hasn't been doing too great.

It has been opined that you we're in the decline phase of the superhero/comic book genre, where we get parody/ pastiche and deconstruction, with the occasional gem.

Don't think so? Well, think about westerns. All the rage in the 50s and 60s, but in serious decline by the 70s and now you get the occasional deconstruction by Clint Eastwood or parody be Seth MacFarlane.

And honestly, I feel that I'm bored with comic book movies. I want something new.
 

da_fox2279

California Crackpot
Okay, I should have 'usually always do well'. There are always exceptions.

And I don't really care for westerns, but there are some I enjoy. The True Grit remake was a fine film, in my opinion. Far better than the original.
 

Lord Raa

Exporter of Juice Tins
Your original statement would have been fine in 2018/19, but some people (mainly the normies) are getting bored with superheroes.


Fans, if properly serviced, make you a profit.
Normies make you a blockbuster.
 
Sony's Gran Turismo is set for release on August 11, 2023. Looks like the distributor is Columbia Pictures (owned by Sony), and it'll be directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium).
“Based on a true story, the film is the ultimate wish fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional race car driver.” That means the film likely pulls from the story of someone from the GT Academy, which let Gran Turismo pros compete to join a real-life racing team sponsored by Nissan from 2008 until its last iteration in 2016.
 
Oh great, they're including bloody IronHeart in this... Also, how is there any Black Panther now? I distinctly remember them destroying all the herbs needed to grant the Black Panther powers.
 
Oh great, they're including bloody IronHeart in this... Also, how is there any Black Panther now? I distinctly remember them destroying all the herbs needed to grant the Black Panther powers.
Lazy writing and cheap retcons, maybe?
 

seitora

Well-Known Member
Oh great, they're including bloody IronHeart in this... Also, how is there any Black Panther now? I distinctly remember them destroying all the herbs needed to grant the Black Panther powers.
The easy answer is Disney is making too much money not to have another Black Panther in this
 
Guess they decided they didn't want to waste money on reshoots, and felt releasing it as it was would be too damaging for the brand.
 
Guess they decided they didn't want to waste money on reshoots, and felt releasing it as it was would be too damaging for the brand.
Variety claims that taking a tax write-down on it would've recouped more of its costs than just spending more money to turn it into a full-fledged theatrical release.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that test audiences only scored it a 60+, the same as Shazam 2, and the higher-ups didn't think a $90 million was worth it for a movie that was going to be released solely on a streaming service.
 
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