They're also completely giving away the game. Once you start arguing that Marvel shouldn't have made Black Panther it's clear that they don't actually care about making Marvel profitable. It's just about bigotry.
Not surprising, Perlmutter was the reason why it took so long to get Black Panther and any female-led movies off the ground. What is surprising is that Peltz is so blatant about it. The fact that Black Panther still upsets them even though it made a ton of money really shows what this is all about.
Also notice how Peltz said that he has nothing against women (I doubt that) but didn't even bother saying that regarding black people?
1. If the movie recoups its budget+marketing in theaters then everything that comes after that (PVOD, streaming, home video) is more or less pure profit.
2. Villeneuve is not walking away. And he himself is in no rush to make Messiah so does it really matter if the movie gets announced now or in a couple of months?
Blu-ray sales are a pittance at this point and there's really not a lot of money in streaming if the movie goes to a streaming service owned by the same company that produced the film (no money from a licensing deal).
Which is interesting because they actually got this into production fast (the movie was ready to go just 2 years after the first released) and the budget is not substantially bigger (especially if you consider that all the leads probably got a pay rise).
He really wasn't in this one though. A very subdued performance form him. Not sure if it's because of VIlleneuve's direction or because Walken is getting up in years (correct me if I'm wrong but I haven's seen him in anything in quite a while).