re: Anyone But You
Audiences are clearly still there for these things, the Conglomerates just have to … and I know they hate this … try. Put the effort in.
No Hard Feelings got to $50 million despite lacking positive buzz and ultimately being pretty awful. If that movie had the goods, it probably would have been a smash. Even in boom times, the biggest comedies were rarely hits just by virtue of being comedies, they were hits because people loved them.
All it takes is one filmmaker to tap into something like Wedding Crashers or The Hangover and the oh-so-convenient “actually audiences only want the pre-sold IP that we control, please refer to our existing menu” narrative will start to change.