The 1986 movie was dead serious by 1986 animation standards. Emphasis on DEAD. I'm sorry if it doesn't live up to the standards of Nolan's Oppenheimer but it felt "mature" to actually watch as a kid. I very much doubt this movie will have the balls to do what it did.
I hate Taylor Swift and desperately hope she's not in the movie. Getting sick of seeing her ramrodded into everything for a cheap pop.
It's like she's a female version of the mid 2010s Rock except much worse.
If Shrek 5 is actually good it would more than cover their salaries. More upfront cost but better ceiling.
That said Dreamworks needs to move away from high priced celebs for its newer franchises because it won't be able to pay them as easily after cost cuts.
I'm skeptical Paramount has a full marketing budget for its movies left to compete with Univeral anyway. That "trailer in space" shtick was the best they had. Even GOOD Paramount movies have fallen flat on their face (Honor Among Thieves). It's pretty obvious they can't compete.
I mean it is Paramount, the studio that thinks people want Whedon style quip dialogue in a giant fighting robot movie. It's the kind of brilliance that brought them to the edge of the reaper's scythe.
I still would have liked to see one of the DC DTV animated movies of what Zack Snyder was actually going to do with Justice League. He was the only one who had a "grand plan" for DCEU, even if it was never actually made. That said bringing him back would be more trouble than it's worth and WW 84 basically killed any chance of the DCEU continuing.
Well, it might get more views than the new releases this specific weekend anyway. Although the idea of this somehow toppling Dune and Star Wars is hilarious.
Is Skydance particularly likely to get Paramount? There are claims that Skydance is "underpaying" but it's a pretty big chunk of debt for a lot of declining assets (linear networks) to go with the juicier IPs.