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The "WB December" commercial was a great touch. Wonka, Aqua, and Purple are going to combine for a lot of money.

Domestic is going to be real tough to predict. The slew of strong headline it is receiving will help significantly.

Yeah no idea where this will end up, holidays + elite word of mouth + wide open market = optimal combination

WOM phenom incoming.

Unlike Aquabro 2, Superman: Legacy will have a large curiosity as the launch of a new series. Beyond that, Gunn simply has to make a high quality film. There is no other way to put it. It has to be a mid 80s or better RT score type of critical reception. Of course, if one wants SL to possibly truly breakout from day 1, yes a visual reinvention of sorts akin to Batman 1989 or TDK's version of The Joker might be needed to catch everyones attention. Everything about it just has to scream "Fresh and modern!".

Watch this movie end up with 85% RT score.

The word of mouth is tremendous and the market is basically wide open, tough to say where this ends up but its going to play well for the next 6 or 7 weeks.

The way too long delays for Aquabro 2, The Batman 2 and Joker 2 say hi. They better not make mistake with Barbie 2.

Reception is all that matters for this type of film right now, good job by the team.

They really highlight TC's bone structure in these ads like he's a young Josh Hartnettt, so much chisel with that flow

Wonka + Dune 2 could def. solid him as something, but he needs to carry his own IP to be the next Leo.

What a weird, bizarre film. What did I just watch? Pike is a enormously underrated actress who should have broken out bigly after Gone girl but somehow did not.

Elon, is that you?! I kid, I kid. This trailer is dope.

Huh Tell it like it is. What his company, Tesla, has done is largely remarkable. What his company, SpaceX, has done is fascinating. Musk was big Dem supporter for some very important elections. I dislike his recent behavior as much anyone, but it is revisionist history to act as if Musk has done nothing redeeming in his career.

Musk basically said in the same interview to ignore the crazy stuff he impulsively says and pay more attention to the broad trends of his actions, which are obviously mostly impressive.

can't wait to see this! (said nobody from any political party)

How does anyone blame Iger for post-covid Disney debacle? Iger's intention for D+ in 2019 was for it to be a supplemental, "Disney TV channel on steroids" platform to compliment their robust theatrical channel. Covid forced Chapek and company to - logically, I would add - lean heavily on it while theaters were closed. Also, to state the absolute obvious, Bob Iger was by far the most qualified person to take over for Chapek on such short notice. Iger's biggest mistake was botching the handling of Star Wars pre-Covid. It is hard dot even blame him for Chapek given the historically rough waters that Chapek was forced to navigate. The moves that he has been criticized for as of late were largely requirements due to the problems of 2020-2022. Give them some time.

Godzilla and Kong 2, Dune 2, Joker 2, The Batman 2, Barbie 2, and Wonka 2 are certainly a solid group of sequels for the coming 26-30 months for them to build around.

Barbie is not a film which needs to begin filming 18 months before release. Christmas themed Barbie 2 for Christmas 2025 seems like a beyond obvious choice.

More than anything, it is important to be true to the tone and values of the characters history while presenting them in a modern way. Beyond this, moviegoers rarely care much if there are some minor changes to make the film more in line with contemporary expectations. Few people cared when Burton's Joker killed Batman's parents because it worked within the film. Virtually nobody cared when Nolan completely altered the Harvey Dent character in TDK because it worked within the context of the film. On the flip side, A LOT of people cared when Clark was a mopey, smile free, Edward Cullen wannabe in MAN OF STEEL and his Superman cared more about hurdling tankers and posing in front of the explosion than saving anyone. The film made bank opening weekend because it had a modern, flashy look, but the outraged fans really hurts legs. Bryan Singer's Superman Returns featured a character portrayal much closer to the sincere goodness of the character, but presented it with a gloomy, weird, retro vibe that didn't fit with the mid 2000s whatsoever, and it suffered financially because of it. I will forever maintain that draft 2 of the Abrams script was an excellent mix of 2000s action cinema while staying largely true to the character and tone of Superman. Draft 1 has its highs and lows as everyone knows. Draft 2 dumped "Luthor is kryptonion" and blew up Krypton while keeping the epic action traditional character riffs. The cast of Anthony Hopkins as Jor-el, Robert Downey Jr as Lex Luthor, and Joel Egerton as Zod-like original character Ty-Zor would be excellent too. Either of McG's favorites Josh Hartnett and Matt Bomer would have been great in the leading role. It is a shame we missed out on it. Superman: Legacy needs to look and feel fresh and modern, but no doubt it needs to present the characters in ways which are true to their classic selves.

If WB comes out of 2023 with enormous hunger for Barbie 2 and Wonka 2, they have had a monster year.

That was Superman: The Movie. And it was in 1978.

Just call the MFer Superman.

Reboot + inexcusable 5 year gap + general oversaturation.

almost looks like Ezra Miller...