BadOlCatSylvester

Our world is simply far more volatile and angry than it was back when the first movie was released. And that already had a lot of people riled up back then, with fears of incel shootings and what have you. So YouTube is, very understandably, not taking any chances this time. Especially with this one coming out the month before the American election. This will likely not be the last trigger warning attached to this movie.

Disney has both D23 and possibly Comic-Con to contend with, so I wouldn't count on anything beyond a panel-exclusive clip for Deadpool 3. Minecraft will also be out before next year's CinemaCon, and yet Warner still decided not to show anything from it at all beyond a quick "we're working on it" mention.

So I just caught up with Warner's showing, and I'm not going to lie, that was a lot lighter and non-eventful than I was expecting. The only major tidbit was, of course, the excellent Joker 2 trailer. Superman and Minecraft got tiny "we're working on it" nods, and the rest was exclusive footage we won't see anyway. I feel pretty underwhelmed. If this sets the stage for the rest of the panels, then we have a pretty lukewarm week ahead of us. At least I know better than to expect any major Sonic 3 news now.

I'm not sure I'd come to that conclusion off of a 27-second preview that might not even be in the full trailer anyway, given how long it lingers. The poster is pretty explicitly showing off that twist.

That's exactly what it is. As we've said before, a ton of people had last Monday off, and numbers were highly inflated then as a result. Now they're coming down to Earth. That's the gamble when opening on holiday frames.

And isn't he with Warner now anyway? I have a feeling that he did not take Dead Reckoning's underperformance very well. Anyway, the Shadow voice hype seems more targeted towards the core Sonic fans than anything. The movie otherwise shouldn't be a difficult sell as long as it's on par with the previous ones. Also, @Morieris, that rumour you mentioned is unfortunately not a new revelation, and has been circulating for months without a real source. And Campea sounded like he was simply speculating. I don't think he knows anything there. I'd temper expectations and not expect anything more than a quick exclusive preview for the attendees if I were you, as the movie just wrapped filming, and there is a big outside party in Sega who likely will want to wait until either Sonic's 33rd anniversary in June or Comic-Con in July to start marketing it. Anyway, a quick Joker 2 preview just dropped, announcing the full trailer for 6:30 PM PT, after Warner's panel tonight:

Alright, thanks! I'll check later. Anyway, the panels begin today with Warner's at 4 PM PT, in 10 hours and 3 minutes from now. Unfortunately that's 2 AM for me so I most likely won't be able to follow it.

Warner's CinemaCon panel isn't until 4 PM PT, so not for another 10 or so hours.

I was confident in it from the start. I think people are really underestimating how good Minus One was for the franchise. Yeah, the fans are up in arms about all the unfair critical comparisons. but that movie brought Godzilla back into the spotlight in a big way. And that's not even counting the restored goodwill the first Kong crossover brought upon the character. The trailers have also performed consistently well on YouTube and the like.

Where did you hear this rumour, may I ask? I just did a quick cursory search and couldn't find anything new.

I don't know, the increasingly sloppy output of his studio these past couple of years isn't helping him at all. Betting against him isn't too unreasonable right now. But he could regain the lost trust over the rest of the decade if he makes the right decisions, so we'll see. As for Robert, this pretty much guarantees that Marvel will at least try to get him back for Secret Wars. Maybe we can get that Superior Iron Man appearance that was widely rumoured for Strange 2 back in the day..

I weny through this, and there's no sign of Sonic 3 anywhere. The movie just wrapped, and Sega likely wants to wait until Sonic's birthday to start marketing, so I wouldn't expect it there at all beyond a quick sizzle reel cameo.

So, out of nowhere a big Daredevil bombshell just surfaced. I'll hide it with the spoiler tag just in case:

Even funnier is that there's a poster for Garfield up on the showfloor despite its distributor, Sony, not going. Then again, it is an Alcon production, so I guess they decided to put it there. There's also an outside shot of the Minecraft movie and Mission Impossible 8 being shown in some form, as while neither of them have finished production yet, they both have been filming for a bit. Justice League was in a similar position back in 2016, and Warner did show footage of that at that year's Comic-Con despite the movie being a 16 months away.

I was just wondering if you'd seen the movie or not. I actually preferred this to the last one, which I loved too. But the last movie had a messy, uneven story that was clearly heavily reedited after how poorly King of the Monsters fared. This one flows a lot better, and has a more consistent, even tone than the last one. There's also so much great visual storytelling here, with long stretches of setpieces without any dialogue or actual actors at all. And yet you can tell exactly what story is being told in them. That's what makes this one especially good to me. Skull Island has finally been topped for me, and this is now my new favourite. Onward to more movies!

So, this year's CinemaCon is starting tomorrow! And with marketing material from the convention starting to surface online, I figured I'd get a thread up now. Here's everything seen so far: And here's the schedule: Let me know if I missed anything!

Seeing as they're seemingly kicking off the marketing for Gladiator 2 next week despite it being due for a month after TFOne, I don't think matters are that bad yet. But I do think that these merger plans might cause them to decide to push off some of their less appealing movies far enough that they'll be in the hands of the next regime by the time they're finally out so that the current one can save marketing money, akin to what Fox did with their leftover X-Men movies before Disney came in.

I wouldn't be surprised if they're running into trouble deciding how to sell it after how Rise of the Beasts underperformed last year. Their similar Turtles relaunch was marred by the stench of its own big budget precursor, and that one was after a 7-year hiatus, while One is due for just a little over a year after Beasts. For now, unless we hear about it at CinemaCon this coming week, I highly doubt it'll make it to its September date. I'll be surprised if it's out any earlier than next summer. I'll also lower my expectations considerably for Fall Guy after how Monkey Man just utterly collapsed. Even $300M worldwide seems like a stretch to me for that one, but we'll see.

I hate that that snoozefest of a movie will always remain the biggest one just based on the novelty factor alone. They finally got it right with these Kong crossovers, and they should be rewarded with new franchise highs for it. I just hope it at least takes the worldwide throne at this point.

Also, Godzilla x Kong has toppled Skull Island and is now my new favourite of this franchise. It does almost everything right, and gave me everything I ever wanted out of such a movie. You can definitely tell that they didn't have to edit it down to the bare essentials this time like they did for the last movie, as it feels like a more well-rounded, robust story than that. And the movie greatly benefits from that. As my first Godzilla experience on the big screen in almost half a decade, it did not disappoint!

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Man, could you imagine the backlash if they really went for a female Thing too with Mila Kunis in the role?

I'm going to assume the choice to make the traditional Surfer's wife into the Surfer might just be to add some diversity to the cast, since the Fantastic Four is kind of a sausage fest. I don't think that has anything to do with Pedro being Reed though. That choice is likely because he is a popular and highly capable leading man who can pull off a fatherly aura effortlessly whenever they decide to bring the Richards kids in. As for this Surfer choice, while I am perfectly willing to go in with an open mind, I am pretty disappointed we're not getting Norrin Radd, as I feel the character has never been done true justice on film so far. Making his lover the Surfer instead comes across as weird to me, especially since apparently she was only ever in the role in one panel in an alternate universe story. Granted, the movie is all but confirmed to take place outside of the proper Marvel universe, and that Surfer mention could just be speculation on Deadline's end. But if she is actually the Surfer and gets all the elements associated with that, then that'd make Norrin a lot less special, and it'd probably make a lot more sense to just make Garner the main Surfer of the MCU to avoid audience confusion. We'll just have to wait and see, I suppose. On a side note, this is a decent indication that Mila Kunis really was considered for The Thing at some point. I also wouldn't be surprised if they give Wolverine the similar treatment and start off with his daughter Laura instead, in order to differentiate and distance themselves from the overwhelming presence of Hugh Jackman's Logan.

Monday was inflated by a lot of people being given it off because of the Easter connection. So a decline is perfectly normal here.

I'm just as clueless as you are. Again, this was probably just made for fun by the artist, or perhaps Spidey here is a placeholder for one of the main girls, presumably from a more action-oriented version of the movie. But knowing Sony, I wouldn't put it past them at all to try and cram Spidey into this somehow.