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WB overreacting to the response to BvS does not mean that BvS itself is what damaged the brand. If BvS truly harmed the brand, SS wouldn’t have done as well as it did. The DC brand was hurt as a result of mismanagement by WB executives, not because of a single movie that came out over seven years ago. Anyway, WB probably shouldn’t have cut BvS down to the near incomprehensible theatrical cut in the first place.

Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman and Aquaman all made a lot of money, and outside of the DCEU, Joker and The Batman also did very well. If BvS damaged the brand, I’m not really seeing it. Sorry, but if you want to argue that BvS is the reason that all the DC movies this year have flopped, that’s a pretty flimsy argument.

First off, MeToo culture? Gunn was initially “canceled” because of a bunch of far-right trolls who wanted revenge for Roseanne Barr. Second, what does Zack Snyder have to do with this?

If Batman couldn’t do a billion what makes you so sure Superman can?

I could’ve sworn I remember hearing that the Wile E. Coyote movie was meant for a theatrical release on July 21st 2023, before Barbenheimer took that date, but it’s hard to keep track of which films under AT&T were meant for theaters and which were meant for streaming.

I would think the deal will still get ratified, even if it’s not going to be as unanimous as the WGA one. There are 160,000 people in SAG-AFTRA, so it goes without saying that not everyone will be happy with the deal.

I doubt Superman is going to get Zaslav’d. They have a lot riding on this.

If this manages to cross $70 million domestically then I would take that as a promising sign for the future of non-genre adult movies.

DP3 being the only MCU movie next year is about as good a “break” as there will be.

If superhero movies truly are finished, I don’t know if I like the idea of video game movies taking their place. I suppose at the very least, it would be better than Mattel movies becoming the new big kid on the block, but the video game movies we’ve gotten so far haven’t been especially great.

Most of the jabs the first two Deadpool movies made at Fox’s expense were more akin to a roast than a brutal takedown. At most, you could argue they were ripping into the previous regime under Tom Rothman, who was an obstacle in the movie getting made for the longest time. As for DP3, I’m personally not expecting to be amazed by it, but assuming audiences aren’t completely tired of the multiverse gimmick yet, then a Deadpool movie that’s essentially the X-Men equivalent of NWH should do pretty well for itself, even if it obviously won’t be as big as NWH. It helps that 2024 is looking to be a pretty dry year in general, so people will likely be hungry for a big event film.

The MCU is only putting out one movie next year that theoretically should do pretty well. We’ll have to see if that gives them the time they need to course correct and regain audience goodwill.

Residuals were always a long shot.

I’m fairly certain that the final decision ultimately came down to Zaslav.

Isn’t this movie using a lot of actual sets instead of filming everything in front of the usual green screen? That should make things easier in post.

Batgirl was meant to directly follow up the events of The Flash, so ditching the former while keeping the latter would’ve just confused people, unless they decided to reshoot all of Michael Keaton’s scenes with Ben Affleck.

This does not need to become a pseudo Avengers film. The suggestion that they add Spider-Man for the reshoots would be the most grossly cynical corporate strategy ever.

Looks like Marvel really wants to stick to a schedule where they release movies in February, May, July and November. On the plus side, I suppose DP3 being the only MCU next year could be a good thing in terms of giving the audience some time to breathe, and doing whatever they need to do to fix Cap 4 in post.

The idea of Madame Web being the movie that kicks off the Summer movie season next year is so funny to me that I hope they do that now.

I just realized that we’re now getting at least three R-rated superhero movies next year. Also, both DC and the MCU are only putting out one movie next year.

Yeah, I just saw that after I posted my comment. I guess that works.

Then wouldn’t it have made more sense to move Cap 4 to December, and move Thunderbolts to 2025? Ah, whatever. I think we might as well give up on trying to make sense of Disney’s release strategy. One thing I can say is that 2025 is looking awfully crowded right now. Edit: Ok, so Thunderbolts is coming out in July 2025, and the Lion King prequel is taking the December spot. Meanwhile, I guess this will be the only MCU film of next year. Eh, whatever. I guess that works.

If they’re going to resume filming immediately, then I assume July might be possible, especially since Ryan Reynolds claims it’s still coming out next Summer. I think the Summer makes more sense for Deadpool than the holiday season.

Wouldn’t anxiety fall under the fear umbrella?

With all the mergers and corporate buyouts that have happened in the past decade, I’m not convinced that the idea of Comcast buying WB would be shot down. Still, I don’t know if they’d want to bother doing that. Isn’t Comcast in debt as well?