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Affleck groped Hilarie Burton's boob when he was drunk and promoting something on MTV back in the day (she was a VJ). The clip resurfaced in the early days of #MeToo and he apologized pretty quickly. There was some other junket interview where he was overly touchy with a female reporter, but she came out and said she hadn't felt didn't uncomfortable with it. It didn't help that his big break to fame was due to Weinstein himself, but the controversy for Affleck blew over pretty quickly as there were so many famous guys getting taken down for much, much more predatory behavior around that time (including his own brother). Also, pretty soon after, Matt Damon kind of defended Louis CK in response to some interview question about #MeToo, so it was Matt's turn to be the bad guy of the Matt/Ben duo. * Showbiz411 says the budget is "close to $200 million", but I'm dubious about the source. https://www.showbiz411.com/2021/10/15/box-office-disaster-looms-for-ridley-scotts-star-studded-the-last-duel-made-just-350k-in-previews-thursday-night

I know that potential Oscar nominees have to submit themselves for consideration but I guess the same isn't true for the Golden Globes? Don't they run the risk of stars publicly rehashing their disdain for the HPFA? They have their little press conference or whatever, and the next day the winners are like, "We would very much like to be excluded from this narrative..."

LMAO, but it would make sense if the execs at John Deere aren't exactly big Mad Men fans... Publicists are in IATSE too? The poor PAs that they'll make do everything under the table if a strike happens.

HBO Max > Peacock Premium, by a whole lot.

Even accounting for Covid delays that would be a ridiculous budget. That article is weird, says the movie got mixed reviews at 86% RT, it's like it was prewritten right after the tepid Venice response and he just filled in the numbers this morning. Sometimes when a movie flops, reporters will kind of inflate the budget to make it seem like an even bigger bomb, just to pile on. Or, when something they thought would flop does okay/hits big, they move the goldposts on profitability: "Yeah, this movie that cost $10 million had a $20 million opening weekend, but our sources say that with P&A and participation deals, the studio will lose money if it doesn't make $200 million!" An exaggerated example but Deadline does this a lot.

I see all these comments on different movie sites that Licorice Pizza is accessible and looks crowd-pleasing and will finally get PTA a Best Picture win, and I'm so confused. Appealing to PTA fans, sure, but I would be surprised if people other than film heads are here for it.

Didn't it debut on Rotten Tomatoes in the mid-50s? The Venice premiere really wasn't the publicity boon they'd hoped for (except for the Bennifer pics, those were great). It's a tough sell anyway and weeks of glowing reviews instead of a late rush might have helped.

I was joking, Gladiator had broad appeal, even the teenagers who could get into a R-rated movie in 2001 aren't even 40 yet. I remember the ads set to Kid Rock (lol), selling the action in the gladiator ring. Maybe if Matt Damon and Adam Driver were dueling a tiger... The #MeToo premise and medieval era are a brutal box office combo. Maybe that's why they're invoking The Revenant? It was cold and bleak and about revenge, and was a huge hit. Of course, it had Leo, maybe he could sell The Last Duel (but maybe not, one of his rare flops was in a Ridley Scott movie). The $10m OW projections seem very optimistic...

Six feet under? On the surface, it's nothing like either of those movies. But if The Last Duel gets Dances With Wolves legs, it'll be fine... But they really, really hope people who liked Gladiator (and The Revenant!) will see TLD... I really think the rape element turns off both women and men, if this had just been a fictional story about some dudes dueling for any other reason, it would be selling better.

Jamie Lee Curtis has always acknowledged that her mom being the star of Psycho probably helped with getting cast in Halloween in the first place. Some Hollywood kids act like they came up the hard way, when having a famous parent (or two, like with Jamie Lee Curtis) helps a lot with breaking into showbiz. You still have to have the goods for a long term career, but it's an enormous advantage, I respect that JLC admits it.

Remember when people assumed their feud was fake and just had to be a publicity stunt for the latest F&F movie? Let's see the Ryan Murphy show on these two, lol. It's not like The Rock is the world's greatest actor or anything, but Vin seems to have zero self-awareness while taking himself and the Fast franchise very seriously.

But will they be back for anything other than the biggest events?

Ridley thought it would be a distraction, and he's not wrong. I'm mildly surprised we are just hearing about this...

Promising Young Woman was the highest grossing Best Picture nominee last year (at least domestically), maybe that's like being the tallest ant hill, but it's exactly the sort of prestige movie that's suffered the most since the pandemic. Maybe there's an alternate timeline where it gets released in 2019 and makes $50 million, but it's low budget without much star power, I'm sure Focus made out fine with it counting ancillaries. The Last Duel obviously has to make a lot more to be profitable, even in a world without Covid it wasn't the easiest sell. * If the opening weekend outdoes the tracking, this will be why: "From the studio that brought you The Revenant"...and also Home Alone, it's been pretty mainstream studio through the years.

Maybe they'll find a way to make a D&D movie work but I'm not optimistic. Still, it's got to turn out better than Mazes and Monsters: Hadn't heard about Rege-Jean doing The Saint, but I guess actors can't wait around on the off chance they'll get an offer to be James Bond. Though Roger Moore did manage to end up playing both... * The role of Bond doesn't really require an Oscar caliber actor, especially for a more lighthearted 007, the guy just needs to have a certain charm/charisma. It's a time-consuming role in the prime years for an actor, someone chasing awards shouldn't tie themselves down as the lead of this franchise, James Bond himself is not exactly an acting showcase.

Yeah, there was always a 007 marathon on TBS or Spike or whatever, especially during Thanksgiving or Christmas. People (especially kids) just don't watch TV like that anymore, at least not in the same numbers. But if the MGM/Amazon merger goes through, the Bond movies could have a home there. People do watch Amazon streaming, at least sometimes. It does look like Bond is not appealing to younger audiences, and I'm not sure how casting anyone who could have made a list of "the next James Bond" candidates 8-10 years ago makes sense as Craig's replacement. Connery turned 32 the year Dr. No came out! If you keep living, eventually the guy playing James Bond will be younger than you. The Broccolis can do whatever they want, but I really doubt Idris or Tom Hardy or even Cavill are in the cards as our next lead. It makes sense to cast someone younger and unencumbered, and don't take a thousand years between movies with him. Who knows how Bond bros might react, but women of many ages seem to like Rege-Jean Page well enough...

A new movie was the most watched on the platform the week it came out? No way! /s I wonder how many times in 2021 has the new Warner Bros release not been HBO Max's top movie for that week? Maybe if some big studio movie is making its debut there--like if Tenet had hit HBO Max the same week Reminiscence had come out, I could possibly see it happening.

I have seen some comments from people who've seen it that the trailers make Spencer look very conventional when it's definitely not...one likened it to a sort of ghost story? If it's "odd", then it's not necessarily going to appeal to fans of The Crown... Think of how The Favourite was too edgy for those who went in thinking it would be like Downton Abbey (I guess they missed all the trailers? lol). Anyway, the bait and switch doesn't tend to help with box office longevity, people hate being misled about a film's tone.

Sure, why not... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Not Urban Meyer's wild night being the way I found out that Stephen A Smith has a recurring role on General Hospital... He even gets action scenes, too... Now that time ABC had him hosting the Oscars post show totally makes sense!

Once Skyfall won, the Academy decided to make up for all the Bond themes that lost out before? But seriously, in a year where none of the nominees were from musicals/musically-leaning stories, they probably just picked the song from the most popular movie there. Would be great to see NTTD get to $600 million, the only Western movie to do it this year is F9 (at $700M+) and those are big in China.

I adored "Skyfall" as a Bond theme but wish the next song had gone in a different direction. Instead it was like how "Goldfinger" was iconic so they got Tom Jones to do something bombastic for Thunderball. But "Writing's on the Wall" also won an Oscar despite the lukewarm response, so it only encouraged the producers to stick with ballads. I love a good pop ballad, but it all gets sort of samey. Back when "Do I Wanna Know" was blowing up, I thought it had the perfect sound for a Bond theme. There's an alternate universe where the NTTD releases on schedule and Ana de Armas shows up to premiere with Affleck. It's crazy how much this has been (understandably) delayed.

We always addressed one of my grandfathers as "Grandfather", so this would seem totally normal to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So, BCoops is actually playing Jon Peters and not just a "Jon Peters" type, maybe that's why Babs made those shady comments about the 2018 A Star Is Born not that long ago. It looks very PTA. I saw a Reddit comment calling this "Boogie Days" and that's how I'm going to think of this from now on (not really a fan of Soggy Bottom or Licorice Pizza as titles)...

This is part of the deal Universal announced last year. If a movie opens under $50m it can go to PVOD in 17 days; if it's over $50m, the exclusive theatrical window is 31 days. They don't pull the movie from theaters in 3 weeks and there's some flexibility, since Old didn't go to PVOD that early. It's not anything unique to Dear Evan Hansen, but people love a pile on.