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    Mufasa: The Lion King | December 20, 2024 | Barry Jenkins | Prequel to Favreau's CGI Version

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    25 minutes ago, Morieris said:

    I appreciate this but at the end of the day, Disney has to make this - and most  of - their movies palatable to the largest audience.

     

    I will give them a sliver of credit that they haven't really sanitized TLK retroactively and still keep the slightly more serious tone.

     

    (Haven't seen 2019 but did watch a fair bit of Lion Guard)

    We have never seen director(s) who come from a more prestige background stand up for when they work on a bigger film like this. Especially at Disney.

    Mufasa: The Lion King | December 20, 2024 | Barry Jenkins | Prequel to Favreau's CGI Version

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    44 minutes ago, Porthos said:

    Someone has no time of day for the haters, it would seem:

     

    (whole buncha video links follow which I won't repeat)

     

     

    Do have to agree with Jenkins that people projecting their distaste over Disney on to him by saying "he's too good for this" ain't exactly a good look and saying "The Barry Jenkins I interviewed years ago wouldn't have said that [about Disney]" is an extremely bad look.

     

    Doesn't mean that this will actually be good, mind.  But does seem to be a project he's really invested in and that ought to count for something.

    Good that he stood up for his work here. I never liked the lion king or the remake. But I always thought Jenkins was a cool choice and I think the angle he found ( inspired by Godfather 2) shows he's trying here. Unlike the remake that Disney put out

     

    BOX OFFICE THEORY Re-Launches with New Home Website & Substack Newsletter Dedicated to Exclusive Tracking & Forecasts

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    44 minutes ago, Shawn Robbins said:

     

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    Hi Everyone,

     

    I'm back in the game.

     

    Box Office Theory's front-end has relaunched and we're continuing forecasts there and through my new Substack. 

     

    boxofficetheory.com

    boxofficetheory.substack.com

     

    This weekend's forecast: https://boxofficetheory.com/weekend-forecast-the-fall-guy-eyes-25-30m-summer-start-star-wars-the-phantom-menace-re-issue-could-surprise-ahead-of-tarot/

     

    We're also up on a few social channels, though those are works-in-progress:

     

    X/Twitter

    LinkedIn

    Instagram

    Facebook

     

    I'll probably be paywalling some things after a brief free/intro period where certain tracking and forecasts will be both on the website and in the Substack newsletter. After that free period (likely a week or two?), some of that information will only be available through Substack.

     

    I know paywalls aren't the most popular thing, but there will be a free tier and I'm aiming to keep the paid tier reasonable. After all, I've got a family to support! :)

     

    For those wondering, the forums aren't impacted negatively by this. In fact, I'm hoping this venture helps further strengthen the ability to continue supporting our hosting needs.

     

    Any future and ongoing support you can provide is hugely appreciated, whether its through a free or paid subscription, and I can't thank you all enough for the support you've already shown in recent times and over these many years.

     

    More to come.

     

    Shawn

    Love the new logo

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    Mufasa: The Lion King | December 20, 2024 | Barry Jenkins | Prequel to Favreau's CGI Version

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    2 hours ago, dudalb said:

    We have a  problem ion htis site is the vast majority of posters are probably in the 16 to 25 SINGLE age group and don't get how expensive an outing to the movies can be for a family. And it the last couple of years Inflation has cut deeply into a lot of people's entertaiment budget.

    Streaming has changed the whole dynamics of the film industry in a way not seen since the advent of Television in the l late 40's and early 50's , where it cut movie attendence by 40%,

    As for this specific movie, I think how it is received will be important. If it comes off like a weak sequel.prequel to a classic, it will not do nearly as well as some people there think.

    When I was a kid  ( a part of a family of 6 people.) going to the movies was expensive. 

    Im terrified of what the price would be today 

    Mufasa: The Lion King | December 20, 2024 | Barry Jenkins | Prequel to Favreau's CGI Version

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    8 minutes ago, MightyDargon said:

    Not gonna be too judgmental based on the trailer visuals but the story sounds pretty stupid.

    "Taka" (a name that means "trash") was somehow the chosen one? Mufasa was somehow from the lion equivalent of poverty row (which doesn't exist for lions)? Even Scar's speech from Lion King always made it sound like MUFASA was always viewed as "above Scar" his entire life. An actual villain origin for Scar where HE had a life of misery and resentment he had secretly concealed from Mufasa sounds much more like the actual backstory of Scar than "Dusty Rhodes lion ruined my life, the movie".

    Would that make Simba Cody?

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    The Paramount Pictures Thread | Skydance vs. Sony. Whoever wins, we lose

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    3 hours ago, AJG said:

    Bloody hell it looks like Sony wants in on the M&A game too. Sony-WB anyone?

     

     

     

     

    While I personally don't think this deal will happen or want it to.  It is smart for Sony to make a play here for paramount or WB

     

    Sony needs franchises other than spiderman to stay afloat in Hollywood. Let's compare what they would get:

    Paramount has: star trek, transformers, gi joe sonic SpongeBob, avatar the last Airbender, top gun, smile, TMNT south park mission impossible and some of the marimax franchises. ( alongside potential one for Danny Phantom, and a potential follow up for days of thunder [ I'll be honest those rumblings for DoT2 is coming more from Charlotte NC, than Hollywood]

     

    As for WB you have DC, Harry Potter, the conjuring, ready player one, monsterverse* dune* looney tunes, RWBY, Wonka and Scooby doo.

     

    ( Yes I know WB doesn't have much creative control on dune or monsterverse films. That's legendary. But legendary does have a deal with Sony)

     

    Another aspect to put into play is Sony has gone in a different direction when it comes to streaming services which both have. Now from what I understand max is really liked in the USA ( Canadian here so I can't get it thanks Bell.) and paramount+ is struggling. Sony tends to play to niche audiences with their streaming plans ( crunchyroll and pureflix)

     

    As for the way I see it: paramount is a fits into Sony's plans alot better then WB does. That's what the eye test is telling me

    Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | December 20, 2024

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    1 hour ago, ViewerAnon said:

     

    They can't say anything else. I'm friends IRL with a few people who work on these movies - they're no-joke-not-exaggerating terrified of the hardcore Sonic fanbase 🤣

     

     

    1 hour ago, ringedmortality said:

    I'm more of a Sonichu fan myself

    Considering how the creator of sonichu reacted to the blue arms change in sonic boom I don't blame them 

    Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | December 20, 2024

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    4 minutes ago, MysteryMovieMogul said:

    Has anyone seen the first two films? There's no way a child's death is going to be the impetus for the plot.

     

    On 4/17/2024 at 9:50 AM, poweranimals said:

    There's basically a zero percent chance of that happening.

    Considering they are saying this one is for the diehards... Then it will happen. Sonic fans hate change

    Superman | July 11, 2025 | James Gunn writing and directing | David Corenswet is Clark, Rachel Brosnahan is Lois

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    9 hours ago, Belakor said:

    The whole cast of the film is very weak to be honest, only one medium-profile actor (Nicholas Hault), the rest are a bunch of nobodies and the usual actors he casts in this movies (Wife and Brother, what a nepotist SOAB).

    Probably to save money but I think the BO draw of the film depends too much on the Hero starring the show.

    You are really going to hate Francis Ford Coppola's movies if you think James Gunn casting his wife or his brother is bad.

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    CAYOM Magazine

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    48 minutes ago, YM! said:

    @cayommagazine

     

    After Y3’s Miraculous performed modestly, Endless Entertainment many attempts to continue the franchise (a sequel was planned and at one point, a crossover movie with Kim Possible) but lack of own interest cause it to stagnant. However, for Summer Y12, Endless Animation has given a new take for the franchise, deciding to reboot it in an all animated affair with more in common to the animated show.
     

    Lauren Montgomery (the Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise) and Yuhki Demers (production artist in both My Dad, the Bounty Hunter and the SpiderVerse franchise) are to direct this project, as a mini-logline states “Taking place about 50 years after the events of the series, once the hero known as Ladybug - an eldery Marinette Dupain-Cheng trains a new protege to helm the Ladybug mantle as the dangerous criminal enterprise and cult dubbed the Monarch Monks are trying to dominate Paris.”

    please tell me the title is LADYBUG BEYOND!

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