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Last time I saw Kilmer he looked awful and could barely walk around, I guess anything’s possible but I’d be pretty disappointed if they replaced Keaton with him.

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This really isn’t the thread to be discussing this stuff anyways. Once things get moved around (if that happens then that’s fine) this Batman vs Spider-Man discussion is stupid.

Noah Centineo shocks the world and wins best supporting actor at the oscars 2022/23. But seriously, he’s in an action cbm movie that stars The Rock, maybe just relax and wait to see some footage of stuff before we rip it constantly. We’ve all been shocked many times before from lots of things.

We’ve seen moves from from Universal and Disney this week, in terms of windowing and putting movies straight to streaming. I wonder what your thinking is around that, given the ongoing pandemic that has no clear return to normalcy at this stage. It’s a great question. As you can imagine, I spend a lot of time, obviously, with medical experts, and trying to get as close as I can to where the pandemic is heading — vaccines, research and all those other things. I’d say a couple of things. I think in the fullness of time, we will get back to sports stadiums, we will get back to theaters, we will get back to restaurants. I think that will happen — it’s a question of when and in what countries and what cities and towns, because I think it really is going to be very surgical in terms of the differences. So I believe that… because we’re humans and we’re resilient and we solve these problems together. The second thing is: Does the presence of a pandemic do things that cause changes in this industry? And the answer is absolutely. I think it accelerates changes that are probably already afoot. I think it’s fair to say that from a theatrical perspective, some of the things we’re seeing, including “Mulan,” they’re very pragmatic executions given that it is what is is. That said, I think it’s also fair to say that there will be changes in a theatrical distribution. We’re going to lean into the actual distribution incredibly aggressively going forward. But I also think that — is the window going to stay at 130 plus days? I don’t think so. But I don’t think anybody else thinks so. So the question is going how do we get from here to there, and that obviously is big for a lot of good copy, as they say in the press. So you think you’d be open to making a similar move that Disney did with “Mulan” this week? So I don’t have any comment on that specifically. I think with “Tenet” we should judge this based on our decision-making on “Tenet,” which is: We believe in the theatrical business. We’re excited to partner with Chris Nolan to get “Tenet” out in theaters first and foremost. And then of course, it will be in another formats, in other venues, that are not theatrical. But I think, if you look at our behavior, we’re believers in the theatrical experience, and are also of course in very close communication with everyone in the exhibition industry, about the topic of windows and about how we can collectively serve consumers in the best way possible going forward.

Ya I get that about marketing etc, but the point is if they make 450M+ on Disney+ that still equates to what they would clear from a billion dollar theatrical run I think. Plus I’m sure they’re hoping this gets more subs for Disney+. Obviously we’re in a very unique situation with Covid so I’m not sure how long the model of $30( or more) rentals can last.

Ya that’s what I was thinking as well, but if it does do those numbers then who knows what happens next.

If Mulan really makes 450m isn’t that basically like making a billion theatrically cause Disney would get all the money? Seems like if it did make that much i don’t see why Disney wouldn’t do the same thing with black widow? Not like I want to see that happen but money is money right. Someone please correct me if my math isn’t right?