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Pardon my impatience, but will it be anytime soon 'till we get any new updates on Deadpool's Friday?

Return Of The Jedi...'s Ability To Speak But in all seriousness: STAR WARS EPISODE VIII: THE FORCE RISES Assuming that this is gonna be Rey's training by Luke (alas Yoda in ESB), why not? The force awoke within Rey in the first one, now it rises in the second one. And why not make the Disney trilogy the 'Force' trilogy? Would distinguish it from all the others from a stylistic standpoint in my point of view. Plus, given how the word 'Rise' is used A LOT nowadays, I figure SW could join the cliché as well.

I think that depends on wheater or not will the Academy categorize Alicia and Rooney as in the Best Lead race for The Danish Girl and Carol respectively. If yes, then I'd say yeah, Rachel's in, without too much difficulty (considering that Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren and Jennifer Jason Leigh are locks, then Jane Fonda and Rachel complement). If not, then fuck no she won't be there. I wouldn't say the Supporting Actress race is flaccid, though. It's not mindblowing (like the Director and potentially Lead Actress races), but it's pretty good, and REALLY open, if anything. I geniunely don't know who might win. Closest thing to safe money is on Jennifer, but yeah. And I'd much rather that than a monopolizing lock and then everyone else just there (like last year with Patricia Arquette). To each his own, though.

Not sure about that. No doubt Spotlight has the award in the bag, but it's hard to call them all token gigs when most of them actually deserve the award (unlike last year where only about half of the chosen movies - Birdman, Whiplash, TGBH and Boyhood - actually were worth the win), and a lot of them will get acting nominations as well, unlike Spotlight which seems (unfairly) snubbed in that area (seriously, the only one with a remote chance of a nom is maybe Michael Keaton, which is both sad and scary because the Spotlight cast was excellent... too much good acting this year or just critics being douches again?). The only ones that I'd say are there just as total token gigs to please fans are Mad Max, The Martian, Inside Out and (if it makes it there) Star Wars. No way any of those gets any awards at all (except for Best Visuals for SW and Best Animated for IO, which, you know, OF FUCKING COURSE THEY WOULD), let alone Best Picture.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens can still sneak in there should it be great, but for the moment, this is the list (8 ballots like last year): The Big Short Carol The Hateful Eight The Martian Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Room Spotlight ALT: Brooklyn (with 10 expansion) The Big Short Brooklyn Carol The Hateful Eight Inside Out The Martian Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Room Spotlight ALT: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Good points, but Passengers does have two of the biggest draws in Hollywood atm in Chris Pratt and J-Law, and Rogue One has "Star Wars" in the title, and in a post-Force Awakens world, that's saying something. While those movies don't directly target the family audiences the way Sing does, they certainly will have their attention captured more strongly. I would agree w/you, if it weren't for the fact that Illumination are absolute geniuses of marketing. The first teaser for Pets took the Internet by storm, currently at 13+ million views on YT (pretty much the same amount as KFP 3's first trailer which dropped at around the same time), and theatrically, it was released, w/a year in advance, in front of Minions - which means it was exposed to at least 1.1 billion people (well, less than that cause many of those are folks on repeat viewings, but whatever) - and I've heard from friends that, when they went to see it, the Pets trailer got a bigger laugh out of the whole audience than the movie itself. The next trailer should drop around January alongside KFP 3, and again, beyond that, it's all down on how clever they can be in their advertisement. Not to mention they have the presence of some pretty big comedians like Kevin Hart and Louis CK in it. It won't be as big as Dory or KFP or IA5 WW (domestically I can see it beating IA5 tho since IA movies were never big US domestic hits), but 700+ million is the bar it has to reach imho. Sing will just benefit from the post-Pets brand goodwill effect, as well as the added all-star voice cast, and even tho it will not make as much as Pets, it'll still be a big hit w/strong 2017 legs in it.

Wow, Illumination is set for a badass 2016. For the people that were complaining about The Secret Life Of Pets being Toy Story w/dogs (which.. yeah, it kinda totally is, but is that a bad thing? It's TOY FUCKING STORY, there's nothing in this world that's a better inspiration point than the TS trilogy), there you go, that's a concept that hasn't been done before in animated movies (as far as I can call), outside of a Shrek parody of American Idol that was on the post-credits of Shrek 2. That's all I can remember for similarities. And I don't think that, besides the talking animals world, this has any resemblance to Zootopia. One's about a chick trying to be a badass in a world of men, the other's pretty much about a talent show while a snieveling bastard is stealing money from other people. Quite different. As for box office predictions, well, I believe this will carry the Illumination brand name goodwill (or the Pixar and Marvel effect) post-billion dollar clubber Minions and The Secret Life Of Pets, which, while probably will not be as big as Finding Dory or Kung Fu Panda 3, will still easily do 700+ million WW and will be one of the biggest animations of 2016. I don't think this'll do AS much as Pets, thanks to arguably stiffer competition (Rogue One + Passengers will have the families; throw in Assassin's Creed + Jumanji + Moana which may still be on its legs) but w/the ensemble cast, the cool sounding plot and Illumination's superb marketing will still lead it to pretty big heights: OW: $58 million (2nd place to Passengers) DOM: $215 million WW: $600 million

Hey guys, I'm just starting out around here, and soon I'll be putting out my (Phoenix Fire Entertainment)'s first movie. Stars Emily Blunt, Britt Robertson, Taron Egerton and John Hurt, it's an almost neo-noir'ish drama thriller about an actress trying to find the whereabouts of this thing called THE HOLLYWOOD TREASURE. What is it, where can she find it, gotta have to wait for the movie to come out. But it is essentially my tryout for the big leagues, and if it all goes right, you can expect bigger scale projects in the future. As for the moment, let's wait and see how this one goes...

"THE HOLLYWOOD TREASURE" DIRECTOR: David Fincher GENRE: Drama thriller CAST: Emily Blunt as Catherine Collins; Britt Robertson as Gaby; Taron Egerton as Lucas; John Hurt as Willis RELEASE DATE: December 4th, 2015 STUDIO: Phoenix Fire Entertainment (co-produced w/Fox Searchlight Productions) THEATERS: 2553 BUDGET: $17.5 million MPAA RATING: R, for Violence, Drug Use and some Sexuality PLOT RESUME: Catherine Collins is a relatively known (but not too big of a name) actress enjoying life the she can. An assumed homossexual, sharing a home w/her girlfriend Gaby, she's a happy camper in the business of living. Or at least she would be, if she were to know where it is hidden. The hunt is on. On every corner, on every street, on every wallet, she'll be there to try to seek out its whereabouts. "It" meaning this thing she's looking out for, that she refers to as... the Hollywood Treasure. What is the Hollywood Treasure? Where can she find it? How? Who else wants it? Why? And how many people will she go through to get her hands to it? PLOT SUMMARY: TBA...

Like I said in my post, there's no way SS will do that much more than, say, 800 million at best. GOTG had rave reviews, the Marvel brand post-Winter Soldier and lack of competition (asides from TMNT, which did get the weekend for 2 weeks before Guardians took over again) behind its success. SS does have Will Smith and the Joker, but it'll also have an R-rating. Highest grossing R-rated WW movie, The Matrix Reloaded, did 750 million. Sure enough, that movie kinda sucked and it would've done way more if it were good, but even still. If Suicide Squad is great, it has a shot at really breaking out, but I wouldn't count on it. A Guardians-esque performance is the most realistic prediction possible.

01. Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice - 1.5 billion 02. Captain America: Civil War - 1.3 billion 03. Finding Dory - 1.2 billion 04. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - 1.05 billion 05. Independence Day: Ressurgence - 950 million 06. Kung Fu Panda 3 - 900 million 07. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them - 910 million 08. X-Men: Apocalypse - 900 million 09. Ice Age: Collision Course - 850 million 10. Alice Through The Looking Glass - 830 million 11. The Secret Life Of Pets - 825 million 12. Moana - 800 million 13. The Jungle Book - 780 million 14. Suicide Squad - 750 million 15. Warcraft - 650 million 16. Doctor Strange - 550 million 17. Ghostbusters - 550 million 18. Passengers - 500 million 19. Star Trek Beyond - 455 million 20. Zootopia - 450 million Tried to be as realistic as possible. Didn't even factor some others that come out but there's barely any information (like the untitled Illumination movie in December). And before you ask "why is Suicide Squad that low?", rumors have it that it'll be an R-rated movie. Don't count on anything beyond an absolute best case scenario of slightly 800+ million if that's the case.

I kinda have a reason to stay alive until 2020, it seems. For all I care, Skull Island and Godzilla 2 may turn out to disappoint. But I'm counting on that not being the case, and hopefully WB and Legendary can knock those build up movies out of the park. But even if they don't, I want to tell my kids that I was there for Godzilla Vs. Kong. I want to not die without having seen Godzilla Vs. Kong, even if it sucks balls. It's kinda like the Star Wars prequels - they all suck (ok, Sith wasn't all that bad), but you can't die without having seen them. It's Star Wars after all. Same for that movie. As for box office predictions, well, the 2014 Godzilla movie did pretty well for itself despite underwhelming the audiences in general. Skull Island should do similar numbers, Godzilla 2 should do slightly better, but Godzilla Vs. Kong is doing infinitely more: OW: $140 million DOM: $450 million WW: $1.45 billion I can perfectly understand why you didn't like it, even though I liked it myself, but calling it "incompetent" is a bit harsh. Have you seen the 1998 Roland Emmerich movie? THAT is incompetence in every sense of the word. By comparision, it's like putting Batman & Robin next to The Dark Knight.