JWR
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49 minutes ago, Macleod said:
Nothing's ever a guarantee in life. I said the studio will make every *attempt* to do it.
They can try, I just don't think it would be successful.
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1 hour ago, El Gato said:
The Twitter people will hate him, but the general audience won’t really care that he’s working with JK Rowling. I want more Wizarding World content so I’m happy
The general public might not, but the problem is convincing the cast to return when they:
1. Have moved on from that chapter in their careers
2. Want nothing to do with Rowling
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I dislike Zazlav and his leadership, but this one I can sort of understand.
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Unfortunate but not unexpected.
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Yeah... not a good look.
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5 minutes ago, GOGODanca said:
glad they did it but whats the point of dropping the trailer before it airs on GMA (unless GMA already came on?)
To give it exposure to people who don't follow movie news online.
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15 minutes ago, WittyUsername said:
If the trailer isn’t tomorrow, then we’d have to seriously wonder what Bob Chapek’s deal is.
His "deal" is that he can barely be bothered to promote/market anything that isn't Marvel related.
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3 minutes ago, BadOlCatSylvester said:
Disney Animation is quickly slipping back into the slump they were in during the 2000s. This movie is already a tough sell as is. Couple that with the devauling of the Disney Animation brand because of Disney+ and you'll get a guaranteed flop. The marketing hasn't really worked either, and there's barely any excitement for it. At this rate I wouldn't be surprised to see some major layoffs hit the main animation studio's way.
Encanto barely squaked past $200M worldwide, so I'm not as bullish on Wish as you are. The stakes on it are far higher than Strange World since while the latter's losses will be canceled out by Wakanda Forever and Avatar 2, Wish is currently Disney's sole holiday tentpole for both the Thanksgiving and Christmas corridors thanks to Blade's recent development troubles and Rogue Squadron being shelved. Good luck to it, because after the constant financial failure Disney's animated movies after Frozen 2 suffered it'll need it. Badly.
And we all know how that ended for the guy running Disney during that time...
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1 minute ago, jedijake said:
Wish will be a HUGE hit next year. Multicultural princess with appearances from legendary characters. Again, it's a musical and they all do well, but still.
Hopefully it and Elemental are successful. Because otherwise, I think there's cause for concern
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Hard to emphasize how badly Chapek has bungled the marketing for this and how poorly this could bode for Disney's future animated offerings if his recent comments are anything to go by....
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I loved The Last Duel but its failure was not a huge surprise given its competition. Even if this was released in the 1990s or early 2000s, the source material would have turned off a lot of people.
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2 hours ago, VENOM said:
If Fox didn’t get bought by a studio that owned everything to the point it’s afraid it’s competing with itself then Avatar would be getting tons of marketing already and this trailer would be out in the wild.
Yet another example of how much worse Disney's marketing has gotten under Bob Chapek.
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On 10/27/2022 at 8:49 PM, Porthos said:
Is it "ignorant" or is it "working the ref"? Could be both, but I tend to think it's the latter, especially in the presumed context of the question/interview. In that it's signaling that Bob Chapek sees animation released under the Disney banner as marketed more toward families.
Not exactly good working of the ref, and is absolutely going to go over like a lead balloon with many Disney fans (not to mention others). But I'm guessing his comments weren't directed at Disney fans, but at folks who are probably pre-disposed to buy into the false notion that "cartoons are for kids".
Of course, as always, one of Bob Chapek's big weakness is either being unwilling or unable to consider that his comments get repeated outside of whatever context they're in and take into consideration how they'd go over with folks outside of the targeted audience. Not a fatal weakness, at least not yet. But it is a weakness, IMO.
It is a weakness, but I'd like to believe that after the Florida bill fiasco, he'll at least try to prevent it from becoming a fatal one.
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Minor and barely related, but we now have a confirmed screenwriter for the movie.
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15 hours ago, dudalb said:
I am not defedning Chapek, but every film released so far in his tenure was greenlit by past administrations,so you really can't blame Chapek for them.
No, but the marketing for almost everything that isn't a Marvel project has been dreadful under him.
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11 hours ago, dudalb said:
That could be what kills him. Being CEO of Disney is different; head of Disney is expected to be good at PR and project a friendly, likable image in the tradition of Walt Disney. Image is all important to The Mouse.
Could be. But only if their financial situation worsens and his business acumen isn't enough to shield him.
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40 minutes ago, Seth Irskens said:
At this point I really don't care if he's under contract - Disney Needs to find a loophole to have him removed from the office and fired at once for this kind comment! Just insulting to Walt and smack in the face animation fans of all ages.
Insulting and out of touch, yes. But nothing that's going to sink the company. Barring a major fiasco like a sex scandal or some tape of him going on a racist diatribe, Bob Chapek isn't going anywhere.
Having said that, he needs to get better at the Media/PR game.
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Chapek seems to have a knack for putting his foot in his mouth, doesn't he?
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10 hours ago, dudalb said:
Marketing this is going to be very tricky.
Damn near impossible to keep all these controversies out of the public view
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I wonder what the next casualties will be.
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27 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:
This is the source the article is linking, better just to link this.
So who the hell is this guy and can they be trusted?
I wonder what the other trailers are?
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So, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe?
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God knows WBD could use the positive headlines
The Warner Bros. Thread | Will NOT merge with Paramount...capitalism is still terrible
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I hope Cavill gets a good script this time.