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Usually stuff like this comes out if a film tanks, why are they doing this for a film that has overwhelming praise and is beloved? Don't understand the need to release things like this now. I've always assumed Spider-Verse won't make the March release but I still see it being released in 2024.

 

November seems realistic.

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4 hours ago, Belakor said:

Yeah no way the JamesGunn verse is happening, it looks like it may if the new Superman movie is really good and makes a ton of cash. in the mean time I can see them pushing the breaks on anything but Batman related productions. Which is smart IMO, they have a talented guy making good adaptations and expanding a small Gotham universe.

 

And yeah, someone is buying WB & DC, maybe Apple, maybe Universal, who knows.

 I'd bet serious money not only is the Gunnverse DOA but the new Harry Potter reboot never sees the light of day. Zaslav is just doing what he can till he sells the company next year probably to Universal.

 

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4 hours ago, JustLurking said:

If hogwarts legacy hasn't shown that the HP ip is much bigger than rowling I don't know what more proof people need?

Of course it's bigger then Rowling the difference is Zaslav isn't even bothering telling new stories with the ip.

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2 hours ago, excel1 said:

Its also beyond obvious that the previous crew oversaw some historically bad mismanagement of DC and Harry Potter-related properties. Like, shockingly bad. Not even just films, but big picture strategy. 

 

How in gods name are we just getting aquaman 2 years after the first 1.2b hit film? 

 

How exactly has his management of both those properties shown any kind of improvement? He's shown to be completely tone deaf over the very REAL controversies regarding Ezra Miller and JK Rowling. What he magically thinks people are gonna tune in to Harry Potter reboot now? He's delusional a part of me wouldn't be shocked if the Harry Potter reboot never sees the light of day because he would have sold the company long before it could even start filming.

 

He's delusional just like he was when he said that he cancelled Batgirl because it would ruin the prestige of the DC Line. When the DC Line couldn't be at its LOWEST after the performance of 3 films in a row.

 

The dude is literal scum and everything that comes out of his mouth is full proof of why the writers are striking.

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On 6/20/2023 at 11:26 PM, SpiderByte said:

Oh there's almost no chance of that. Even the 2008 strike was only 100 days. SAG joining will make things shorter, not longer. Movies not having press junkets or promotion would be a nightmare. No red carpets, nothing.

Yeah I think a more realistic ending is end of Summer especially with SAG joining. 

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4 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

I doubt nerds on the internet can force a CEO to resign... 

The board can, which they will if the press around Zaslav continues to be as bad as it is, and definitely if his upcoming films all underperform or bomb.

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Yeah Zaslav has got to go, it's so bad the biggest directors in Hollywood are now standing against him moving TCM. This guy is a literal poison to WB.

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Nintendo went ham in this direct. Detective Pikachu 2, a brand new Mario 2D game and SUPER MARIO RPG REMAKE!

 

I wonder if that box office for Mario is making Nintendo focus a lot more on Mario which I'm fine with tbh.

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25 minutes ago, ZattMurdock said:

I don’t think people understand what is Zaslav’s master plan here. WBD is clearly being prepped for another merger. I think it’s a matter of time before Amazon / Microsoft or even Netflix take a swing at it.

Wasn't Apple the big rumor to buy WB? 

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How many more movies have to fail before the board gives Zaslav the boot, this is three in a row that have severely underperformed.

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I'd say this is perfect karma for this piece of trash Zaslav.

 

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Also they just greenlit a Disney Jr show featuring Black Ariel so it seems Disney is pleased all things considered and is not sweating.

 

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6 minutes ago, ZattMurdock said:

And I mean I didn’t watch it either but I’m glad black girls around the world have their Ariel to look up to. I don’t remember Disney marketing making me feel racist for not wanting to watch it, I never saw any of the Disney classic remakes other than Alladin and while I enjoyed it I didn’t think I needed a sequel either.

The only people that I've seen try to play this game are the clickbait anti woke clowns on youtube like Geeks and Gamers or Yellowflash, that are just doing all that shit for clicks. 

 

I mean assclowns that try to say including Rainbow Road in the Mario movie was it going woke alongside Peach being a hero. People like this should never have a platform, they should just be mocked and laughed at, never actually given a voice.

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5 minutes ago, Torontofan said:

I didnt want to watch mermaid cause I am annoyed at disney remakes

 

Issue is they made it seem if you not watch you are racist lol 

I didn't watch it either because The Lion King live action offended me so much I said I will not watch another Disney remake. That doesn't negate the fact that a lot of the backlash in regards to The Little Mermaid was 100% racially motivated because of bigots.

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23 minutes ago, Torontofan said:

I think in the end, its all good to be inclusive and such but in the end as a brand you need to know your audience as well.

 

Like I notice where I live which is more an area full of conservative minorties, the local big brand stores dont have pride displays, but if I go dowtown they do.

 

 

 

 

Why should bigots ever be catered to?

 

This is the big problem, the fact that these clowns think sexuality and gender are POLITICAL issues when they're not.  It's basic human rights, simple as that.

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5 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

 

 

Imagine how much it will make this week if it gets back some PLE screens from The Flash bombing.

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16 minutes ago, cdsacken said:

that’s some of it. But the Republican Party is more homophobic, racist, crazy, and stupid than ever. I mean come on I don’t even like DeSantis and trumpers hate the guy. It’s not even a real party and democrats went too far left too quickly. Politics has devolved quickly in the US, turning the country into Idiocracy.

 

Personally I think it's well past time the US adopts a third party. The Republican party does not stand for what it once did, now it's the home of bigotry and hatred. The Democratic party has become the party of pushovers that won't ever do anything when they have power.

 

Both parties IMO have worn out there welcome. 

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24 minutes ago, thedude11 said:

personally I think people are just tired of being called racist or uncultured for not liking disneys recent slate. I mean seriously, it feels like every disney release relies on the marketing of “you’re racist if you don’t watch this”. turns out maybe it’s not a good strategy in the long run?

 

The Little Mermaid 100% had to do with racism man, just look at every single video that they uploaded being downvoted because they dared cast the person suited best to play Ariel and from everyone I know that has seen the movie they think Halle was the best part of the movie. 

 

So this wasn't just the assumption that the bigots were not racist, they 100% WERE.

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I love this franchise and I even love this novel, but this SCREAMS bomb it's not even funny.

 

I'd watch a movie though with Jennifer and Josh reprising their roles and going in depth prior to the epilogue. Having them go through their relationship post hijacking and post war would be very interesting seeing how they get to the epilogue. 

 

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Zaslav's failures make me happy. He's had so much egg on his face ever since he canceled Batgirl and then proceeding to disrespect animation now seeing the highest grossing films of the year are animated films. 

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Spider-verse if it gets it's PLE screens back might be #1 next week...

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People act as if Disney did not go through a rough patch ever. Y'all remember Disney in the early 2000's? If it wasn't for Pixar they wouldn't have had much of anything.

 

As much as I LOVE Emperors New Groove, that flopped. 

Home on the Range, Chicken Little, Treasure Planet, Atlantis....like come on now. And I freaking love Treasure Planet and Atlantis and would kill for live action remakes of those films.

 

Between Lilo and Stich and Tangled...Disney flopped a lot.

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2 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Illumination/Universal never had an entire “boycott the company” campaign like Disney got last year. 

LOL and that boycott is doing so good let me tell you.

 

Record attendance numbers despite increase ticket prices in the park.

A streaming service that literally prints money on solely it being the home of all Disney animated films.

Sure there theaters may not be billion dollar hits but lets not pretend they're not still excelling at everything. Avatar 2 alone made 2 billion dollars. 

 

Just because some fucking clowns want to boycott Disney and  proudly wave Nazi flags,  posters with homophobic or racial slurs at the entrance to Disney World doesn't mean they're doing any true harm to the Mouse.

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2 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

I do have to wonder if the whole don’t say gay Disney backlash last year from the crazies in this country has genuinely affected Disney. It would make sense it would hit animation the hardest since these people tend to be your suburban family conservatives who would have lots of kids. Also the type who traditionally loved Disney. I mean, look at what’s happening to Target right now. These bigots are not just some niche or small problem these days, they’re pretty rampant. 

I'd say they are pretty small though, it's just one generation. The Boomers and in maybe 5-10 years nature will take its course and their bigotry will die along with them because the upcoming generations are as "woke" by Boomer standards as you can be.