WittyUsername
-
Posts
9,987 -
Joined
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Blogs
Gallery
Annual Subscriptions
Media Demo
Posts posted by WittyUsername
-
-
WB did a Super Bowl ad for this. It was their first major Super Bowl ad in nearly 20 years. They wouldn’t have done that if they weren’t pulling all the stops in trying to sell this thing. Let’s also not forget all those hyperbolic endorsements from celebrities and influencers, including Tom Cruise and Stephen King.
Frankly, I don’t understand why this was the movie WB chose to bet so much on, but I suppose that’s in the past now.
-
1
-
-
How did this thread get to 365 pages?
-
Skydance winning would be the lesser of two evils here.
-
2
-
-
Isn’t the Justice Department attempting to crack down on Hollywood’s obsession with mergers? Please tell me they would block Sony from buying Paramount.
-
They surely must be planning to start filming before August at this rate, especially if they plan to keep that July release date.
-
I don’t doubt that this movie made a good profit for Paramount when factoring in merch sales, but since when are those factored into these annual reports?
-
1 hour ago, SpiderByte said:
...the Deadpool and Wolverine movies were both well received except for Origins
How does that contradict what I said?
-
I wouldn’t dare try to dispute the idea that Barry Jenkins is genuinely passionate about The Lion King, but I’m fairly certain that Disney hiring was mainly so they could have a prestigious name (“From Academy Award Winner Barry Jenkins”) attached to this project than anything else. No matter how much personality Jenkins may want to insert into the film, he’ll still have to follow the usual Disney notes.
-
1
-
-
10 hours ago, Krissykins said:
After a $7m domestic weekend? Guaranteed.
I assumed they meant WW.
-
I imagine that Velma would’ve definitely gotten a third season during the AT&T era, but I can’t say the same for its chances under WBD.
-
4 minutes ago, emoviefan said:
Vin Diesel must just be laughing somewhere.
Doesn’t he have a sexual battery lawsuit to worry about?
-
2 minutes ago, cannastop said:
Captain Marvel's audience score wasn't by verified, like TLK 2019's was. Like those scores for TLK were only from people who bought tickets on fandango, whereas anyone could leave a review for Captain Marvel.
Yeah, the whole reason Rotten Tomatoes even has verified audience scores now is because trolls kept review bombing Captain Marvel.
-
3
-
-
I expect the first trailer to release in July, and the Thunderbolts trailer in December.
-
3 hours ago, TMP said:
The way this site gasses up sonic 3 is nuts. In no universe is sonic a bigger IP than the lion king, i’m sorry haha
It wouldn’t really need to be a bigger IP to hypothetically make more at the box office. I still think this’ll make more worldwide, but Sonic 3 winning at the domestic box office wouldn’t surprise me at this point.
-
Boy, the trades sure did turn against The Rock ever since the Black Adam fiasco…
-
1
-
1
-
-
14 minutes ago, Borobudur said:
For a franchise that "only" made 150-200m range for each movie in the last trilogy, Disney seem playing a bold move in this one.
Probably because it’s their first big blockbuster of the year.
-
This is gonna be, what, the fourth live action incarnation of Scooby? Is Jenna Ortega gonna play Velma or something?
Also, interesting that it’s apparently going to Netflix and not Max.
-
This doing better than Sonic overseas wouldn’t exactly be a surprise.
-
6 minutes ago, MysteryMovieMogul said:
I mean, someone has also said this film is ruined because Scar and Mufasa are no longer blood brothers, so I don't think everyone is coming at this film from an objective standpoint.
I didn’t say the film is ruined because of that. I just said I don’t understand the point of it.
-
1
-
-
37 minutes ago, poweranimals said:
Which movie released in December?
NWH. That would’ve been huge no matter when it opened though.
-
1
-
-
56 minutes ago, Flopped said:
Yep. Leave it to modern-day Disney, who've completely lost the plot, to miss the whole point of what made Scar's betrayal of Mufasa so dark and interesting in the original TLK. He does that to his own brother. Way to rob that scene of all its potency by revealing they're not blood brothers. Then again, this movie will be forgotten as quickly as the CG remake from a few years ago, while the 1994 classic will continue to stand tall. This will be the tree that fell in the forrest but no one remembers that it did.
Not only that, but the fact that Scar was so eager to kill his own nephew when he was just a cub further served to highlight his cruelty.
-
I don’t understand why they would establish that Mufasa and Scar are not biological brothers. That makes things less interesting.
-
“This looks like A.I.” is basically just a fancy new way of saying that something looks like crap.
Anyway, my expectations are pretty low here. I have a bit more faith with this than I do with the 2019 film, simply because Barry Jenkins is mo Jon Favreau, but I’m still expecting a safe cookie cutter Disney product.
-
Random though, but it’s kinda amusing to think that five years ago, the MCU was on top of the world, while the Fox X-Men series was completely washed up and on its deathbed, and now in 2024, Marvel is banking on a movie that focuses heavily on the Fox Marvel projects to rejuvenate the MCU.
-
1
-
The Paramount Pictures Thread | Skydance has finally bought out the studio
in Box Office Discussion
Posted
Fingers crossed. Hollywood doesn’t need anymore mergers or buyouts.