AniNate

First Omen may have good reviews but when I saw one compare it to Babadook I figured it wasn't gonna have good legs

I doubt white bird is staying there, if it's even staying theatrical. lionsgate seemingly flaunted everything except that movie at cinemacon, lol. 9/27 would be fine I guess, still would prefer it not have to deal with rigid tfone first two week contracts. Think a delay all the way to next year is unnecessary unless there are significant last minute story issues. Like, even if it stayed exactly where it is it could probably leg out to a solid total assuming really good reviews. I do feel like post kfp4's breakout dreamworks is in a better position now to call a bluff if they truly think they have goods here and tfone either moves back to August or to next year

Whatever they decide I don't think it should be moved all the way to November, it's toast when MoWicked hits

I do think it would work well enough as counterprogramming to Joker. No more intimidating than Oppenheimer

Well, Civil War would hardly be the first movie to advertise itself with imagery/scenes not in the actual film. I am sympathetic to the notion that AI needs to be regulated, transparent and ethically sourced, and manipulation in a legal context is a legit concern of mine, but I do feel like regardless of the industry "it's gonna kill jobs" is a rather flimsy line of rhetoric. It may very well help artists devote more of their time to crafting work that can't so easily be replicated by AI. Like, I know human emotions are a major limitation there, which is why with all those flashy test renders they show off their human models always have their back turned.

And I thought It was keyboard warrioring with that other movie too (I didn't even like the movie that much), and just like with that movie this controversy will fade once people get bored with it and need to move onto something else to be angry about. AI has been with us for over half a century now, its emergence as a social media boogeyman is a relatively recent thing. I don't really care to get into that debate again as I've said everything about my position on it that I care to say already, but like it or not it clearly has some kind of practical use in the entertainment industry, among a bunch of others, and the resistance against it on principle is pretty much grandstanding imo.

Well, I guess the keyboard warriors found their new takedown angle, at least for this news cycle

Ghostlight | Rotten Tomatoes 'Ghostlight': IFC Films To Release Alex Thompson & Kelly O’Sullivan Drama In Theaters This June (deadline.com) IFC Films announced that Ghostlight, acquired by the studio out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival where it made its world premiere, will open in New York City and Chicago on Friday, June 14, 2024 before expanding nationwide the following week. The film is co-directed by Chicagoans Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan and written by O’Sullivan, and stars real-life family Keith Kupferer, Tara Mallen, and Katherine Mallen Kupferer, as well as Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness). The film follows Dan, a melancholic construction worker who finds himself drifting from his wife and daughter, he discovers community and purpose in a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet. As the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life, he and his family are forced to confront a personal loss.

The most egregious example I can think of was Batman and Captain America both being scheduled for the first May weekend in 2016, with Batman eventually blinking and moving to March. I wasn't expecting the second trailer for this until Despicable Me 4, that would probably still be early enough to publicly announce any release date tweaks

It's gonna run into a buzzsaw on Thanksgiving way things are looking right now. Even if Sept/Oct isn't a "traditional" spot, I think the last few years have shown that having as much distance as possible from future competition can be very helpful

Wouldn't be the worst thing if this just moved back two weeks, would still have a month+ to itself. BS that Transformes can bully it out of its slot though.

I would've been more willing to dismiss this as just a trifle that's not aimed at me if it wasn't now intruding on my baby's turf with its release date move

We've already got the number, do we really need to add his pointless spinning?

I would think so but we didn't really get a good sense of just how bad Beau is Afraid's legs would be last year until the next weekend. Just will have to wait and see.

I think early October would be good enough. Trailer does give off early autumn vibes and it'd be decent counter programming for Joker. Honestly the further away wild robot is from the next big family release the better even if it's not a "traditional" frame. I can see Uni/Focus bumping that Pharrell Lego movie to early November though, since it seems like something where it's primarily aimed at a specialty audience but they'll take the open minded family strays where they can

Definitely feel like it's an intentional bully tactic

Part of me wants it to stay put and dare TF to stay on that date, but honestly it'd probably be better off just moving to October. Still would have a good gap until the next mainstream animation.

That whole convoluted backstory at the beginning gave off big Lightyear vibes. That was not the Pixar influence I had in mind.

Well it definitely has Saturday morning cartoon energy. Problem for me is it's 2010s, not 1990s. Safe to say Wild Robot is my only September animation stan.

He is a busy man, seems he's also gonna be double dipping next year with After the Hunt and Separate Rooms

It's generally pretty irrational to pin all your hopes for the future of movies on just one of them. There's a whole bunch of other original stuff coming out this summer and it's not gonna be pulled from release and sent straight to streaming just because one other movie underperformed.

No individual movie performance bugs me so much in itself as how it just kills the vibes of the community. I had no interest in GodKong, but its breakout opening was probably the happiest the forum had been since barbenheimer. It does truly feel like the community's mental state is only as good as the last box office weekend.

Wonderesque sure, but HSX is thinking $150mil+ right now

Even if Fall Guy does disappoint, we got another original would-be blockbuster a couple weeks afterward to pin hopes on. Honestly I am kinda surprised HSX is as high on IF as it is, must be really banking on a starved family audience.

Director: India Donaldson Cast: James Le Gros, Danny McCarthy, Lily Collias 'Good One' Movie Sets Release Date With Metrograph Pictures (deadline.com) The first title acquired by Metrograph since its recent expansion into theatrical releases under the leadership of former A24 exec David Laub, Good One watches as 17-year-old Sam (newcomer Lily Collias) embarks on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her dad, Chris (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend, Matt (Danny McCarthy). As the two men quickly settle into a gently quarrelsome brotherly dynamic, airing long-held grievances, Sam, wise beyond her years, attempts to mediate. But when lines are crossed and Sam’s trust is betrayed, tensions reach a fever pitch, as Sam struggles with her dad’s emotional limitations and experiences the universal moment when the parental bond is tested. Premiered at Sundance to strong reviews https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/good_one