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I meant Oscar potential. He’s un eligible now for best actor.

That sucks. This movie had potential!

I think what she did was wrong and deserves the bad backlash that she received. As someone born in the 80s we all now that the union helped Drew, even after ET when Drew was going through her issues she had to go back to being a struggling teenage actor doing crappy soft core porn movies like Poison Ivy and she relied on residuals to get by. So for her to try to do the show while SAG and WGA are striking was in poor taste and a slap in the face to other union members.

This isn’t a remake. The Color Purple was a novel and Steven Spielberg directed a dramatic adaptation of the film and Oprah produced a musical adaptation of the book. The movie Speilberg created was only half true to the novel and left out many important events from the book.

This movie is going to be soo good. I wonder if Oprah is allowed to promote it like Nolan was able to promote Oppenheimer

https://deadline.com/2023/09/california-bill-unemployment-insurance-striking-workers-2-1235547028/ I hope Newsome signs this. If he does then the studios are in big trouble

Many films are financed and completed before a studio buys the rights to it for distribution. I have family in the industry who have done that and I just read an article that some theater chains will start letting indie films bypass studios during the strike and work directly with them. Also apparently the studios are pissed about what Taylor did because the theater chains never told anything to any of the major studios about it. https://amp.marca.com/en/lifestyle/movies/2023/09/02/64f38a40e2704ef4058b4580.html Some exhibitors have privately discussed the possibility of an opening weekend that exceeds $100 million, as other films abandon the October 13th date in terror. This success sends a clear message from exhibitors to traditional studios that multiplexes can find programming without their help, potentially changing the dynamics of cinema distribution. This will change the studios landscape The decision to distribute independently has significant benefits for the Swifts. By engaging directly with theaters, they have significantly reduced their expenses while increasing their potential earnings. As Belloni reports, "the Swifts have proven that they can do it on their own and reap all the rewards." https://screenrant.com/taylor-swift-eras-tour-movie-success-wga-sag-strikes-support/ The success of Taylor Swift's Era's Tour proves big studios aren't as powerful and necessary as they think they are. It's important to note that Swift is a massive celebrity with a cult following who will show up to support any of her endeavors. However, there are plenty of present-day and past films – Marvel and Harry Potter, to name a few – with massive fanbases that would fill theaters whether these movies had major companies backing them or were independently produced. Needless to say, Swift's tour movie is further evidence that the creative teams behind films are the ones who draw fans in, not studio executives.

Kudos to Taylor bypassing all these greedy movie studios! This film might make her a billionaire!

I'm not sure if this has been discussed but am I the only one happy that Taylor Swift has completely bypassed major film studios for her movie by working directly with major movie chains? The fact that she is putting out a film that will likely do great at the box office should worry film studios that if they keep up their antics that people will be able to do like Taylor and work directly with the major movie chains and bypass the major studios all together. This should demonstrate to them that they need talent more than talent needs them.

Is this going ti get the same backlash as TLM? People seem excited about this but complained about remakes and unorginal ideas with TLM....hmmmm

Any extra early predictions for Blue Beetle first week? 40 million? 50 million?

Sorry to jump in but what is ATP. I thought it meant at this point lol

No Oscar nom for Zendaya then!

There were kids in my screening, and I actually don’t think it was as bad as I was expecting. I don’t even really remember that much cussing in the film only a few light sex jokes but it wasn’t vile or anything parents would be offended by.

As if DM would have said anything else SMH https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12320349/Barbie-movie-stupid-fake-feminist-lobotomized-lapdog-ad-Mattel-MAUREEN-CALLAHAN-review.html

I hope not because I’d hate to seee this film go against the Bob Marley movie!

She can sign with multiple companies like Ryan Murphy. I don’t think most studios can exclusively have ownership of actors or directors like in the old Hollywood days where if you signed a deal with RKO you couldn’t work with Warner Bros or any other studios until your contract expired. Even Tyler Perry had a deal with OWN (which is majority owned by Warner) and also BET (Viacom) and TBS simultaneously

Agree! After watching the movie yesterday it’s definitely a girl power movie. Not hate men, but more so men aren’t really needed for anything.

Maybe because they are the only two box office successful female driven movies released this summer? TLM only broke even but budget aside it was a hit overall at the box office. Even though Barbie will make more we will have two female starring films pass $500 million at the box office.

Barbie (Blowout Party advanced screening) 7/19 100% sold out Mostly women, a few kids and maybe 5 men total. No trailers Most of the audience loved the movie, the movie was funny. Even the scenes that I read ahead of time that were supposed to be serious the audience was laughing. Movie got an applause at the end from the crowd. Most of the crowd came wearing pink so it was mostly Barbie fans.

Ok just came back from my Barbie blowout screening. Probably one of the best movies I’ve seen this decade so far! Definitely don’t really see any acting Oscar noms but Greta did a great job, the movie is visually stunning and hilarious! I don’t think it was as risky as some critics made it out to be but it’s definitely a great film!

You mean Mattel nailed the marketing. Let’s see how Warner Markets their next films or if Mattel deserves the credit for this? Apparently they split the costs 50/50 but Mattel allowed branding partnerships with different companies for this movie.

Are they putting Lily in lead or supporting? I think Fantasia and Danielle will be tough to beat. But who knows, but Lily has a better shot at best actress because the Sophia character is a powerhouse!

I think Gladstone, Danielle Brooks and Fantasia are the only major female category locks this year.

Damn, what’s the scale?