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But honestly even before things escalated in real life, it was odd to revisit conflict in the Middle East/MENA region after WW84 and Black Adam.

Can't really tell without watching the film but Ferguson would be the most likely to get a nom if it's very loyal to the source material. Jessica is the stealth main character of the first book, manipulating a whole planet to believe her son is their Jesus.

Feige such a petty king. You can tell he secretly loathed the Krasinski fancasts as much as the Inhumans.

I have said it before and I will say it again. The 2000's Fantastic Four films were the tonality blueprint for the MCU. It's the same combo of clownish/manchild humor, lack of lasting consequences beyond the origin and weak villains. It's hard to argue otherwise.

Well, there's definitely much more appeal with the additions of Florence and Anya (not spoiler anymore right, considering she was on the red carpet?), beefed up roles for Zendaya and Rebecca, and internet crushes like Timothee and Butler in leading roles Without context, this cast seems right out of a female-targeted YA dystopia film

F4 will be Legacy's third weekend. I don't see it being much of a factor. I still see SL ending up at the same place I did before: around 650M WW

Guessing it won't as DOM would see an increase because of the lack of incel shooter fear mongering by the media this time around + Gaga's presence

Quinn is such an inferior fit for the character as compared to MBJ but obviously the ppl who wouldn't shut up about the latter's casting in Fant4stic are quiet

TBH I think Legacy is gonna struggle making Man of Steel numbers. And I don't even think Fantastic 4 is gonna be MASSIVE.

This first look is very Matt Shankman considering the following image was the very first anything we got for Wandavision. At least he's in his element. Man, Marvel is playing VERY SAFE here.

Eh, not feeling Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm... especially when Leo Woodall was right there. But 3/4 ain't bad at all considering some of the horrific fancasts and rumored candidates.

She's great in Euphoria, The White Lotus and the Reality Winner movie about the USAF whistle-blower vet. So kinda surprised to hear that she's not very good in ABY and Madame Web. Maybe she approached these two characters as broad caricatures.

It's too late to the party. Frozen ate its lunch 11 years ago.

Okay but SpiderByte was trying to put into context how impressive that performance is for D&W, not pulling NWH down a notch

It's clear they don't think these movies outside of Venom will be too big which is why they are keeping the budgets low and probably hoping for MCU Phase 1 type 300M-450M WW smaller hits that make black even if they don't set the world on fire. The problem is to keep the budgets so low, outside of the actors, they are hiring the cheapest talent possible, who are either not very experienced or not very efficient (or both), especially when it comes to the hard task of transitioning supporting characters to leads. It's creating major bombs that aren't even meeting the already low expectations set for them.

I'll say this. It's honestly funny how this was the female Spidey film to not get shelved versus ones that seemed to have more potential like that Silver & Black Black Cat and Silver Sable film or the Spider-Gwen animated spin-off (tho I feel some of that got absorbed into Across the Spider-Verse and possibly even Beyond). Whatever you think of Olivia Wilde's personal life, even her rumored female Spider project wouldn't have been this panned. Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney could have literally starred in Silver & Black instead of this and it would have done much better (especially since the director attached to that project, Gina Prince-Blythewood went on to COOK with The Old Guard and The Woman King). Or maybe Gina dodged a bullet considering what happened to Nia DaCosta and Chloe Zhao.

HotD is much better written than GoT so you may want to check it out. I enjoyed Alcock but didn't find her to be anything earth-shattering though. Some fanboys also fetishized her a lot and used her as a shield to launch misogynistic attacks against other actresses on the show, especially the non-binary actor who replaced her (due to the character ageing). I didn't want that particular brand of toxicity to shift to the Gunnverse considering Gunn has also had a spotty track record with his depiction of women and their sexuality in the past. Still optimistic. Will just need to stay away from all the online convos surrounding Milly's Supergirl.

Post-MCU and especially Guardians success, character awareness among GA wasn't really a big deal though now people have certainly become more selective when it comes to superhero films. I think Sony chose Madame Web to set her up as their own Doctor Strange kind of mystical/magic adjacent mentor and guide required for any Multiverse and Spider-Verse shenanigans. Which if rumors are true about the NWH follow-up, they want to do more of even against Feige's suggestions.

Warm Bodies was from the guy zombie's POV and I don't think it was targeted primarily at women as a romcom but as an all-genders "zomcom" like Zombieland before it. It also came out at the best time for zombies in the early 2010s at the peak of The Walking Dead popularity and a couple of months before World War Z I don't think you can make Frankenstein's monster desirable in any way. SNL even made a Twilight spoof for Taylor Swift's first appearance on the show with the entire premise being the absurdity of using Frankenstein like sexified vamps

How many markets was it even opened in?

That title might be fake as there's a preview for the Superbowl teaser where the VO names the movie as We'll find out soon enough anyway

The meat of the story happens in the second part. And there are signs pointing to Villenue sidestepping most of the issues critics had with Oppenheimer and KOTFM. It wouldn't be exactly wild if WB is expecting a Fury Road level reception here.

Good for Ayer. He seems like a good egg with a decent level of talent. Hopefully this helps him finally move on from Suicide Squad as he's wasted a lot of his time and energy online mulling over Would've Could've Should'ves and trying to push for the dead elephant that is the Ayer Cut in the last few years.

With Vaughn and Jenkins, going downhill as soon as they were separated from the writers who worked with them on their most successful films (Goldman and Heinberg respectively). They share that in common with the Russos too. Taika is an interesting one because he became a 'celebrity' with his comfort in front of the camera, similar to Lin Manuel Miranda. As a result, there were people who didn't like the personality he presented and then it just became a game of waiting for him to falter.