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I’m curious and still early, how does MTC2 look, as that’s seems to be the bigger one for Comcast stuff.

Looks like fun. Seems Universal is sticking to their guns on Thanksgiving, think between it and Moana 2 will end up hurting each other but the latter has more to lose.

This looks like fun. Sticking with my guns on 150/400 prediction domestically provided quality is there.

Review embargo is 3/6 at 12:00 PM. A friend of mine mentioned it seems like Comcast dropped the ball in marketing animation unless it's a guaranteed event as of late. Apart from Mario, their 2023 slate didn't get much and while Trolls and Migration got 3 trailers, even Bad Guys or Puss 2 was more a presence.

My two other fillers are coming over the weekend. Let's Eat Dad and a Wayside adaptation

Green Lantern Corps: Evolution Studio: Endless Entertainment DC Entertainment Tencent Pictures Director: Christopher McQuarrie Producers: Christopher McQuarrie Executive Producers: Xavier B. Irving, and Matt and Ross Duffer Writers: Christopher McQuarrie, Ehren Kruger and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick Composer: Michael Giacchino Director of Photography: Henry Braham VFX: Weta Digital and Moving Picture Company VFX Supervisors: Roger Guyett and Christopher Townsend Main Cast: (** indicates a voice performance, - all other aliens are done with a mix of practical make up, or * indicates a motion capture performance): Sam Heughan as Hal Jordan Joaquin Phoenix as Thaal Sinestro Sterling K. Brown as John Stewart Naomi Scott as Arisia Rrab Kelly Marie Tran as Ni’in *Vanessa Kirby as Mabi */**Patrick Stewart as Ganthet */**Nicole Kidman as Sayd */**Kevin Michael Richardson as Kilowog **H. Jon Benjamin as Ch’p *Ricky Whittle as Salaak **Harrison Ford as Vicio **Keith David as Oracle Alison Brie as Carol Ferris Gabrielle Union as Susan Stewart **James Earl Jones as Appa Ali Aspa with **Tony Todd as the voice of Parallax and **Octavia Spencer as the voice of Ion also featuring *Hugh Jackman as Atrocitus Mark Hamill as Benoz Gabrielle Union as Susan Stewart Genre: Superhero/Sci-fi/Epic Release Date: July 24th, Y10 Theater Count: 4,440 (including 405 IMAX theaters) Format: 2D (2.39:1), 3D (2.39:1), Dolby Cinema (2.39:1) and IMAX 2D+3D (1.44:1) IMAX: Select sequences shot in 70mm IMAX (1.44:1). Footage cropped to 1.9:1 on digital IMAX screens. Budget: $275 million MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, thematic material, language, and scary/disturbing images Running Time: 145 minutes Prior Films: Y5 - Green Lantern Corps: Rise of the Manhunters - $290,989,783/$1,003,540,353 Y7 - Green Lantern Corps: Home - $470,011,905/$1,435,091,686 Word Count: 17,410 words https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C3HQSed7ioKEx9ORZmI5FcgKZnOkjI2ugPL1JMmA0uU/edit?usp=sharing Special Thanks to @MCKillswitch123 and @cookie

After some slight delays will be up tomorrow with mystery project.

I’m trying to think of anything unpleasant about Strange World, let alone morally unpleasant. It’s just mediocre and muddled. Strange World is probably better than Wish in hindsight.

Jared Bush is returning to write the screenplay and The Rock is back. That does give me some more faith in this project.

https://www.awn.com/news/david-derrick-jr-direct-disneys-moana-series The director was bought onto the project January of 2022, when the sequel was still a show. In April of 2023, Jared Bush (screenwriter of Moana), said the show was still in development. Toy Story 2 was made theatrical about 21 months into production around February 1998, and had most of the original crew. Moana 2 doesn’t and likely based on evidence, had the decision much later based on the information available.

Shit, from what I knew from friends, apparently they knew that they were glaring problems with Wish.

Tbh even Mario reception where it’s not a good movie at all but entertains kids and the nostalgic audience is enough.

For the record, I do not think Moana 2 is a huge gamble. For sure, quality wise as little of the original crew is returning, inexperienced songwriters when LMM made that movie soar, and it being turned from a series to a movie, but not a financial gamble. All it needs to be is something the kids really dig. There’s far less pressure for this to be a slam dunk to hit big numbers than IO2 or even DP3. Think a Frozen 2 like reception (a step down but kids really like it) at least matches the original. The first one was big on streaming and probably the second most popular WDAS movie. Don't lump me in with the rest of them. Second of all, that was 10 months ago, so not over a year ago. Don’t think this was a past week decision but maybe two-three months ago around when Wish was getting ready, as WDA is notorious for last minute revisions to their projects even during the Lassiter era. See Frozen 2, Wish, Zootopia and even the first Frozen. Also feel with our leak culture even if WDA/Pixar is probably the most Fort Knox in terms of leaks of any studio, we’d know by now that Moana 2 was happening. Especially when they pushed back Elio.

I am skeptical on quality too especially with it seemingly be last minute but I think it’ll at least open big. The animation looks more or less the same as the first, which is impressive considering it’s WDA’s Vancouver first project and that’s a big driver and kids love the first Moana, think it’ll likely open similar to the first regardless of quality but gross there on after depends on legs assuming they get the original cast. Sub 200m is just silly when even Wish didn’t do it. And that was with actual competition and horrid WOM. Strange World was the only Disney animated tentpole to go sub 100m WW, and tbh there’s much more on paper wrong with that. A sub 400m gross sure based on WOM yeah but I don’t buy it right now. Currently I’m thinking around 100/250/600 if it has similar reception to Frozen 2. And tbh I think even that sort of reception is enough for an increase, so long as kids vibe with it. Like 300/800. However if it doesn’t land, they risk an AM3/JL situation for WDA, one that’s far harder to come back from vs the recent original stagnation. How long ago is a while ago. Feel like if this change was in the works, they’d announce Moana 2 as soon as they moved Elio to 2025 last October. On top of that, they would have announced it during D23 in 2022 along with the rest of the slate if it was in the works. In fact, when Bush talked about the Moana remake last April, he said the series was still in the works to a fan. Feel like if they were being secretive about a Moana 2, he’d have not say anything.

I’m curious on the timeline for this and who’s writing. Think so long as it has Frozen2/Ralph 2 reception of it’s a step down but still a solid ride vibe from critics and GA, it should match the original if not slightly overtake it. However, this seems like a last minute thing due to Wish flopping, as if it’s true it was Moana 2 for that spot, they’d have announced it last year.

Feel like a bad Moana 2 would hurt WDAS more than Wish would

Apparently a teaser is supposed to drop for Super Bowl, hinted today

Pretty dope trailer

After a long wait, GLCE will be up tomorrow. I finished the draft tonight but need to grammar edit it. I’ll be dropping it and another project hopefully simultaneously tomorrow.

True but the medium of animation also stuff like She-Hulk and other projects rumored for shows like Nova have multiple seasons.

No but this implies the range for everything was more or less Tentpole budgeting. Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel and even Moon Knight could’ve fit within 75m range, given the right director and planning it out. I agree She-Hulk would’ve likely been over 150m anyways due to the amount of CGI characters as would’ve WandaVision, Falcon, Loki. However, think it’s not sustainable to do 6-7 $200m budgeted projects a year. Feel like this is a step in the right direction if Marvel wants to do every hero. Though I do think they could play around with mediums more. She-Hulk imho could’ve benefited as an animated TV comedy akin to Harley Quinn and when the actors come back in later installments in live action.

So they finally learned how to budget TV shows.

If I knew this counted as Disney, I’d voted for it 😭

“Directed by Emmy winner Peter Hastings (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants), Dog Man‘s plot is thrust into motion when a dog and a police officer are injured together on the job. A life-saving surgery thereafter changes the course of history when Dog Man is born. Half dog, half man, Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve — as long as he isn’t distracted by squirrels — as he doggedly pursues his arch-nemesis: the feline supervillain Petey the Cat. But the rivalry between Dog Man and Petey is upended by the arrival of an adorable kitten clone of Petey, Lil Petey, who changes the game for both of them.” Yes! They’re keeping the child custody battle!