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The tv series has the opportunity to better show the day to day student life in Hogwarts which were mostly left out of the movies because of the runtime. There was something very enjoyable to me about that aspect of the books, and it’s the one thing it would be worth to see a new adaptation in my opinion (though probably for younger viewers because when I tried to re-read the books as an adult I didn’t like them at all.)
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Quibi did this. When you flipped your phone, the video would automatically adjust to vertical or horizontal, and the episodes would be shot the way it would work both ways. I thought that was actually an awesome feature. I guess that’s what AT&T considered doing for HBO Max. Of course, from an artistic point of view, that’s absurd, but so is the Netflix feature of increasing the running speed.
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The Variety article implies that Zaslav intends to start negotiations about selling or merging WBD in April, and also suggests that he’s trying to have a successful 2024 at the box office so he can get a better deal. If this is true, it explains why Mickey 17 was moved, even if it isn’t terrible: at a $150m cost, they don’t believe in its commercial performance, and may think it will hurt the perception of their year at the box office.
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I’ve seen a few posts on social media hyping Madame Web as if it’s a “so bad it’s good” classic (even though reviews say it isn’t, that it is just boringly terrible). I wonder if this will help the numbers a bit. I didn’t see this much activity for last year’s cbm flops (including the most surprising one, The Marvels), so I was expecting people to simply ignore Madame Web’s existence.
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This is probably why Sony continues to make these movies. With a $80 million budget, it doesn't take much for profitability. Until last year (with Blue Beetle and Shazam 2) the lowest grossing live action Marvel or DC adaptation in the past decade was Fantastic Four I think, with $167 million worldwide. That's already enough for a $75-80 million budgeted movie to break even theatrically. Add in digital rental, TV and streaming deals, and you get easy profit by making cheap, awful Spider-man villain films. Of course, is possible that Madame Web does even worse than Blue Beetle's $130 million worldwide, but even then, the movie is likely to break even in a year. Considering the chance some of those could end up being a big hit like Venom, it's not a bad strategy for Sony. But with the decline of the superhero genre, it doesn't seem like it will be sustainable.
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Madame Web (2024) Spoiler Thread
Napoleon replied to Eric Atreides's topic in Review That Movie! (Spoilers Allowed)
The concept behind Morbius and Madame Web are interesting, and having those movies build to a team up with Venom and Vulture could have been exciting. The idea behind this shared universe is good, the problem is the execution. It doesn't even seem like Sony is trying to make something good. -
Sony is making these movies with no effort, they don't even give them a decent budget (the Venom movies cost $110 million each, Morbius had a $75m budget, and Madame Web also cost less than $100m), and are likely tricking movie stars into thinking they're entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which until recently was always lucrative and well received. I guess this is a good strategy for Sony because even Morbius may have been profitable with such a low budget.