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WIR2 is a possibility but hoping it's an original

I'm guessing it's either Giants or the Space movie.

It's still in development, I do wonder with Elton still being alive and also quite hands on if he will allow negative aspects of his personality and life to appear in a film,

The Freddie Mercury biopic that Ben Whishaw is attached to is one I want to see happen as well as Rocket Man which is Tom Hardy playing Elton John.

I guess Universal knows it's mostly going to make money domestically and considering it on course to outgross its budget, overseas is really an afterthought. Would a Destiny's Child film happen with Beyonce, Kelly and Michelle still around. If Matthew Knowles pitched it, it's going to very bias towards Beyonce.

To be expected, 8 Mile did over $100m OS but that had Eminem in the lead role. The OS ratio is going to similar to American Sniper although that did very well considering the subject matter

I think Compton will do okay in some countries like UK and Australia but elsewhere it will be a hard sell. UNCLE is a much easier sell in comparison

The Tupac biopic has been development for a long time, don't think it's at Universal though. After seeing Amy, I wonder if a biopic would be successful, it's likely too soon to have one but I wouldn't be surprised if it happens within a decade or two

I bet they're happy HT2, Goosebumps and Spectre are coming, Spectre alone will do $250m+

All those films were profitable, Sony had a similar year back in 2010 where they had stand out tentpoles but still ended up doing really well. As I mentioned, $150-200m tentpoles are great but the smaller budget films like a comedy, a biopic or an inexpensive action film can be just be as profitable if not more than a tentpole. A strong studio IMO is a mix of tentpoles and smaller films.

Universal's slate for the rest of the year isn't as good but TBH I imagine after a fantastic summer and Spring, they can afford to have a breather. It's interesting that although the expected tentpoles like Jurassic World, Furious 7, Minions etc have all done great it's the lower budget films like Trainwreck, Compton etc that have also done well too, doesn't that show that the mid budget films which studios have supposedly stopped making are still viable

Compton only cost $30m so it'll be profitable from just domestic, I imagine Universal isn't expecting it to do big numbers OS but I think it'll do okay

WB doesn't own Legendary, they're a financier/producer and I think New Line gets a credit because the film was in development at New Line before it moved to Universal, it's similar to Dumb and Dumber Too which has an association with New Line despite New Line having no involvement in the film aside from making the first Dumb and Dumber

I imagine the budget will be similar to the first so it doesn't need to do blockbuster numbers. I wonder if they'll schedule it for December 2016, in terms of live action films, there's only Star Wars Rogue One and Passengers so it's a good alternative.

I imagine it'll look stunning on the big screen and in its intended form. Wonder if this will get an IMAX release when it goes wide or does Star Wars have IMAX Locked up

TBH Baywatch the TV series was campy fun, the concept wouldn't work as a film if it was done straight, making it a R-rated comedy like 21 Jump Street is the best way to go, I wonder if Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra will have cameos?

That's pretty poor for Pixels, it'll likely be Number 1 or 2 because of previews

Mr Peabody and Sherman was another one, Pixar films you can see the money on screen and they invest in things which pretty much become the standard in CG films, something like Minions is impressive but it's nowhere near as detailed as Inside Out

DWA's budget have been getting lower due to them outsourcing some of the animation to China and India, Home was $135m but they're trying to cut budgets to $125m per film which is still high but lower than what they used to cost.

Only having one release this year means they weren't going to making as much money and Home wasn't that successful for them especially OS

New Line was bought by Turner in the 90s who then merged with Time Warner but they operated independently from Warner Bros until the failure of The Golden Compass which meant they were merged into WB and became a label within WB

The Marvel Universe has a love/hate relationships with their superheroes. Whereas Spider-Man and the X-Men tend to be persecuted by tabloids and the government, others like The Fantastic Four and Iron Man tend to be have a better relationship with the public and goverments. Until recently, the biggest difference between DC and Marvel was that the superheroes were worshipped like gods and it was pointed out in JLA/Avengers Many mini-studios have tried to emulate Lionsgate and DreamWorks SKG and failed, Summit got close and then Lionsgate bought them.

September and October look pretty solid this year, Maze Runner and HT2 likely will break $100m+ domestically for September and I think The Martian will break out as well in October. Going off-topic, I've been reading interviews with Ryan Kavanaugh and it's strange that he's taken no responsibility for the bankruptcy, it's clear he got too big for his boots with the expansion of his company, had he stuck with financing slates, he would be in this mess.

How did Pixels do in previews? I imagine it'll win next week because of its seven days worth of taking. It'll be interesting how The Man from UNCLE and Trainwreck. The rest of August isn't as good with Vacation, Bad Education and Straight Outta Compton being the only highlights

I think WB had faith in it doing well as it was moved from January.