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Aladdin live action movie | 24 MAY 2019 | Disney | 7th most profitable movie of 2019. Disney does it again!

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1 minute ago, The Futurist said:

Top Gun Maverick is gonna be so dope.

Tom is gonna kick the asses of these evil reds !!!

Go Cruise Missile !

Some things never change and I know for a fact Russia has always been evil.

I read very educated people about this stuff so trust me on this, shit s legit.

i don't think russia is the enemy in the film

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There was a time before POTC that Disney was ONLY an animated studio with a few low budget live actions here and there that weren't expected to do much. Disney put out 1 or 2 films per year that were truly mainstream. Other studios put out much more films. So what did they do?

 

Well POTC came around and gave Disney a nice successful franchise. Then came the christening of the live actions starting with Alice in Wonderland (jumping on the 3D train). But still other than POTC there was nothing new. So they bought Marvel. Then they bought SW. Then they made live action remakes. They'd never settle for a dozen $100 million or lower films. But they are getting there anyway. If Aladdin "fails" this is what the past couple of years looked like without Marvel for their live action stuff:(domestically speaking)

 

Wrinkle in Time: $100 million

Solo: $213 million (nearly 50% lower than expected)

Christopher Robbins: $99 million

Nutcracker: $56 million

Mary Poppins 2: $172 million (expected to be MUCH higher)

Dumbo: $110 million

And sandwiched around BatB we had

POTC5: $162 million

Pete's Dragon: $76 million

And there are more that "failed".

 

Bottom line is that without Marvel and MOST of their SW stuff, Disney really has not made much of a dent in the live action category. And if Aladdin makes less than $200 million (which its continued horrible press would make you think) then it spells even more bad news. Disney is only producing hits (since BatB) from properties they bought rather than their own creative enterprises. 

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Just now, Alli said:

aladdin is not screening for critics until 21th.   so disney doesn't really know how they'll react. altho i suppose they did test screenings

Studios always have a sense of how critics'll respond, usually from early screenings.

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1 minute ago, jedijake said:

There was a time before POTC that Disney was ONLY an animated studio with a few low budget live actions here and there that weren't expected to do much. Disney put out 1 or 2 films per year that were truly mainstream. Other studios put out much more films. So what did they do?

 

Well POTC came around and gave Disney a nice successful franchise. Then came the christening of the live actions starting with Alice in Wonderland (jumping on the 3D train). But still other than POTC there was nothing new. So they bought Marvel. Then they bought SW. Then they made live action remakes. They'd never settle for a dozen $100 million or lower films. But they are getting there anyway. If Aladdin "fails" this is what the past couple of years looked like without Marvel for their live action stuff:(domestically speaking)

 

Wrinkle in Time: $100 million

Solo: $213 million (nearly 50% lower than expected)

Christopher Robbins: $99 million

Nutcracker: $56 million

Mary Poppins 2: $172 million (expected to be MUCH higher)

Dumbo: $110 million

And sandwiched around BatB we had

POTC5: $162 million

Pete's Dragon: $76 million

And there are more that "failed".

 

Bottom line is that without Marvel and MOST of their SW stuff, Disney really has not made much of a dent in the live action category. And if Aladdin makes less than $200 million (which its continued horrible press would make you think) then it spells even more bad news. Disney is only producing hits (since BatB) from properties they bought rather than their own creative enterprises. 

It's because honestly Alan Horn is not a great producer.

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do we think guy ritchie really directed this or was it done by committee?  looking at how uninspiring that clip is i'd say it's guy's incompetence at work here

 

it's still a mystery why he was hired. he's not exactly known for his musical talents

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1 minute ago, Alli said:

do we think guy ritchie really directed this or was it done by committee?  looking at how uninspiring that clip is i'd say it's guy's incompetence at work here

I feel like it's a horrible mix of both. Guy Ritchie can not do fantasy and I'm fairly sure Disney restrained him more then WB did.

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2 minutes ago, Mulder said:

I feel like it's a horrible mix of both. Guy Ritchie can not do fantasy and I'm fairly sure Disney restrained him more then WB did.

Ritchie s Dudebro aesthetic and approach would have done wonders for Aladdin.

Shame Disney is an evil corporate entity sucking out the life of true artists.

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3 minutes ago, Alli said:

aladdin is not screening for critics until 21th.   so disney doesn't really know how they'll react. altho i suppose they did test screenings with the public

The movie's U.S. premiere is on the 21st. I'm guessing that's why the embargo is so late (usually the embargo ends at the same time as the premiere).

 

2 minutes ago, Mulder said:

It's because honestly Alan Horn is not a great producer.

He had a great run at WB though, a few hiccups here and there (almost dumping The Hangover cause they had no faith in it until crazy test screenings made them change their mind, although I guess he was ahead of the times there since no studio would greenlight a movie like that today).

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Just now, filmlover said:

The movie's U.S. premiere is on the 21st. I'm guessing that's why the embargo is so late (usually the embargo ends at the same time as the premiere).

 

He had a great run at WB though, a few hiccups here and there (almost dumping The Hangover cause they had no faith in it until crazy test screenings made them change their mind, although I guess he was ahead of the times there since no studio would greenlight a movie like that today).

The mostly remakes and not much else initiative at Disney studios has been said by a lot of people to be mostly because of him. Idk it's possibly Bob Iger as well (Iger looooves his franchises alright) but by the things people have said I'm fairly sure it's Alan Horn's choice.

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1 minute ago, Mulder said:

The mostly remakes and not much else initiative at Disney studios has been said by a lot of people to be mostly because of him. Idk it's possibly Bob Iger as well (Iger looooves his franchises alright) but by the things people have said I'm fairly sure it's Alan Horn's choice.

Those are the kinds of movies that probably draw in the big name actors the most tbh. It feels like we've had more big name/movie star actors making live-action Disney movies this decade than ever before, usually those would only show up in the animated titles.

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Just now, filmlover said:

Those are the kinds of movies that probably draw in the big name actors the most tbh. It feels like we've had more big name/movie star actors making live-action Disney movies this decade than ever before, usually those would only show up in the animated titles.

Possibly but with star power dying, I feel like it's more about franchise and nostalgia banking. I mean I can get why but I think the issue is, doing more then one a year like Disney used to do has now caused an incredible amount of burn out.

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4 minutes ago, Alli said:

it's still a mystery why he was hired. he's not exactly known for his musical talents

Agreed. I have to wonder why they didn't just stick with Bill Condon after the huge success of Beauty and the Beast.

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1 minute ago, KP1025 said:

Agreed. I have to wonder why they didn't just stick with Bill Condon after the huge success of Beauty and the Beast.

Aladdin is a more action-based project than the other '89-'94 Big 4  titles so they likely wanted someone more established in that genre than a Bill Condon or a Rob Marshall (who is directing The Little Mermaid).

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12 minutes ago, filmlover said:

The movie's U.S. premiere is on the 21st. I'm guessing that's why the embargo is so late (usually the embargo ends at the same time as the premiere).

 

He had a great run at WB though, a few hiccups here and there (almost dumping The Hangover cause they had no faith in it until crazy test screenings made them change their mind, although I guess he was ahead of the times there since no studio would greenlight a movie like that today).

in that case why is the premiere so late?

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17 minutes ago, Mulder said:

It's because honestly Alan Horn is not a great producer.

You mean Alan "Fire James Gunn for 9 months and delay our biggest film of 2020 for no reason" Horn?

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