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Building up to Kamala Khan? Leave it to Feige to change her roots to the Eternals from the Flophumans.

"a total reboot"

It's just arguing semantics as they have repurposed the whole thing to be explicitly Aladdin/Agrabah themed now. Also, folks in the Japan thread confirmed Aladdin was the highest grossing Renaissance film in the country.

Uh, there's a whole Agrabah section in DisneySea rofl Atlantica and Agrabah are two of the most prominent attractions there.

The top 5 Renaissance films (Mermaid, BatB, Aladdin, TLK, Mulan) have their own inbuilt fanbases around the world (unlike Dumbo). Also, for all the handwringing over Aladdin's date, it was always much better than Dumbo's release date. Not only was Dumbo sandwiched between two Marvel juggernauts but it's also sandwiched between two critical/potential BO smashes in Us and Shazam! And no summer days for legs either. The weak reviews were the last straw.

Bolded parts are Disney's deliberate decisions. I was a kid who was the perfect TG during the zenith of the Renaissance Era. In the 90's, Disney was generating far more Aladdin content and media than for BatB (arguably the best Disney spin-off animated series, sidescroller game, VG games, 2 DTV sequels). Then 9/11 happened. And Aladdin merch/content reduced in number. That's when I guess Disney realised they needed to highlight BatB too (seeing how it was the only animated BP nominee after all). This also coincided with Belle's rising prominence in marketing thanks to the early 00's then fledgling but instantly popular Disney Princess brand. So it made sense to better position her franchise.

It's kinda hilarious though. As late as 2015, out of Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Shazam, if you had asked people who would be the easiest superhero to make a commercially viable movie on, most would have answered Flash.

It feels like a bizarre time-warp. Nick out here giving us Lizzie McGuire: The Movie style theatrical features in 2019.

To avoid scratch marks from Cheetah I think it had been revealed at Comic Con that Diana would be donning armor of some sort. It wasn't confirmed to be the Golden Eagle one though. Hopefully there is a more Greco-hairdo featured as well, similar to these designs by Cliff Chiang and Tony Aros respectively. Those curls and ringlets would be right at home in the 80s. And I think Gal could pull off the look. Grace Randolph had tweeted a spoiler about Cheetah this week. Dunno how legit, but found it interesting.

They accidentally started playing Hobbit during my second viewing of Frozen and everyone in the theatre had the biggest freakout

Never realized this before but... is that Idina Menzel herself singing the Vuelie in the trailer?

I knew Us would explode, but at this level? Woot! Here's hoping Peele gets his wish of adapting Gargoyles to live action big screen. THAT would be his TDK trilogy. Perfect marriage of artist and material.

Shazam screams America what now? Even the pop-culture references shown in the trailers (Game of Thrones, other DC superheroes) are pretty universal and well-known. It doesn't seem to be like GOTG humour that depended far more on 70's/80s American references that may not have translated all that well OS (one of the reasons why I think the GOTG films are softer internationally than many of their MCU counterparts).

Chill, If You Leave was in my Top 5 too so it has probably ranked pretty high up on the list.

She's pretty charming

I see your Camilla Cabello and Zayn Malik and raise you a Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas.

Apparently it coincides with the time the first preview screenings are done. If true, nicely done WB.

Someone recorded a tease of the new Jasmine song from a singing doll

The trailers have barely shown anything the early reactions are raving about (the emotional family dynamics, the scares, the stakes, the other children etc.) I appreciate not giving away the entire movie but I feel in this case it is the other extreme and not enough? Regardless of the general whining over Aquaman's perceived lack of marketing, I thought its two trailers were perfect to drum up excitement for the film. Shazam trailers OTOH are telegraphing an Ant-Man-esque smaller scope. They are fun and will get the fans to attend, but GA is now heading to theatres only to watch something truly special. With this being sandwiched between CM and Endgame, I feel like the marketing should be more aggressive. WOM can only get so far in a crowded market. The opening should be impressive too. Maybe it won't matter in the end as it will make profit due to the smaller budget (and maybe that's the reason for WB's smaller marketing budget too). But feel like this has potential to be really big.

DCEU was never an official name to begin with. But a connected universe does exist with even Aquaman and what looks like it from Shazam's trailers, continued references to Justice League and previous films and characters. Also, how is "The Suicide Squad" a reboot if Margot Robbie and possibly Viola Davis are returning?

Not gonna lie, I'm more interested in seeing what Morrison and Miller come up with than the in the 'vision' from the Game Night dudes.

BatB live action remake wasn't exactly a critical darling either.

Deadline's article on the trailer has been trending at #1 on the site since yesterday too. The tide of opinion has definitely turned around. Biggest change from negative to positive that I have ever seen for a movie through its marketing.