Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | December 22, 2023 | David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (co-writer of first film) returns

[John Marston]

if they are really not moving this then it is marketing malpractice to not have released the trailer with Barbie. Women love Momoa

[JohnCarterofEarth]

It would be a dumb idea for them to push this back. Holidays is a prime release date and it’ll flop in any other dates.

[excel1]

Lack of trailer now is bizarre for sure, but TBH we all know it doesn't matter much. 99% of the views are online anyway.

 

WB will be in an odd place if this film is popular and a big box hit.

[ThomasNicole]

It’s getting Thor Love And Thunder vibes with it’s teaser less than 3 months before release 

 

And they’re not moving, every big outlet already said the one movie WB isn’t moving is this one 

 

It’s just very shitty marketing indeed, which is weird considering it’s a sequel to such a big movie. Yeah test screenings are awful but Meg 2 is also getting tepid audience scores and still doing somewhat acceptable numbers 

[Mojoguy]

6 hours ago, John Marston said:

if they are really not moving this then it is marketing malpractice to not have released the trailer with Barbie. Women love Momoa

Did WB even know how big Barbie would be? Seems like they assumed Flash would their biggest movie of the year with how hard they were pushing it.

 

I think it was the Wonka trailer that they attached to Barbie.

 

Even Momoa standing shirtless looking at Atlantis teaser would have gotten some talk.

[excel1]

This movie doesn't need super early marketing. NO WAY HOME's teaser trailer came out on August 23rd prior to the December release.

[Mojoguy]

11 minutes ago, excel1 said:

This movie doesn't need super early marketing. NO WAY HOME's teaser trailer came out on August 23rd prior to the December release.

NWH and Aquaman 2 are completely different movies in terms of hype.

[filmlover]

If National Cinema Day is in two weeks and it's like last year there will be a sizzle reel showing off everything from the studios coming out for the rest of the year so we might get something there followed by a trailer bow that same week.

[toutvabien]

Blue Beetle release seems like a good enough excuse for a trailer but nah I guess?

[BigBoxOfficeBucks]

This movie is most likely awful and a flop. But it got a great release date. Just release it as scheduled and lessen your losses by benefiting from the lack of competition. What is there to think about, WB?

If WB thinks they can think make a better movie by keeping on reshooting scenes, haven't they learnt the phrase "you can't polish a turd." ?  

[FunkMiller]

They're not promoting it much because they know they have another flop on their hands and don't want to send good money after bad. 

 

Aquaman did well, but that was years ago, before a series of massive flops. It's a good job Barbie did as well as it did, otherwise WB would probably be in even more serious, business ending financial trouble.

 

Frankly, this and Blue Beetle should have been dumped to HBO Max, and the next cinema release should be Superman.

[Nero]

12 hours ago, ThomasNicole said:

It’s getting Thor Love And Thunder vibes with it’s teaser less than 3 months before release 

 

And they’re not moving, every big outlet already said the one movie WB isn’t moving is this one 

 

It’s just very shitty marketing indeed, which is weird considering it’s a sequel to such a big movie. Yeah test screenings are awful but Meg 2 is also getting tepid audience scores and still doing somewhat acceptable numbers 

Reshoots don't help either 

[Nero]

6 hours ago, FunkMiller said:

They're not promoting it much because they know they have another flop on their hands and don't want to send good money after bad. 

 

Aquaman did well, but that was years ago, before a series of massive flops. It's a good job Barbie did as well as it did, otherwise WB would probably be in even more serious, business ending financial trouble.

 

Frankly, this and Blue Beetle should have been dumped to HBO Max, and the next cinema release should be Superman.

They didn't release Batgirl thinking it won't do well and released flash instead that should tell you 

Edited August 14, 2023 by Nero

[excel1]

I would be stunned if the trailer isn't with BB

[SpiderByte]

That seems like a safe bet, though nothings been rated or anything from what I can find

[Mojoguy]

9 hours ago, excel1 said:

I would be stunned if the trailer isn't with BB

WB didn't attach an Aqumam trailer to Barbie, by far their biggest movie of the year, so they already failed to give this the widest possible promotion. Instead the spot was given to Wonka.

[SpiderByte]

On 8/13/2023 at 3:53 PM, John Marston said:

if they are really not moving this then it is marketing malpractice to not have released the trailer with Barbie. Women love Momoa

With the reshoots who knows how much was even showable then. It doesn't sound like they plan to move it though so if a trailers not with Blue Beetle I can't really imagine where else it'd be. Aside from The Nun the next major WB release is Dune and that'd be way too late before release. The next major releases that aren't R are...Gran Turismo? Maybe Haunting in Venice? FNAF?

[MightyDargon]

This has sooo many vultures circling already it isn't even funny.

WB should take a hint from Flash tanking and realize the XMas slot won't save it and its just a waste of an XMas slot. Punt to MLK Day and let fishhead rot there,

[filmlover]

Christmas is pretty empty this year thanks to the strikes. The biggest releases aside from this are Wonka and Migration (and The Color Purple but Broadway adaptations haven't been reliable at the box office in a while). They might as well just go for it and make whatever holiday money they can because they'll never have a better release date than the one this has now.

[MightyDargon]

4 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Christmas is pretty empty this year thanks to the strikes. The biggest releases aside from this are Wonka and Migration (and The Color Purple but Broadway adaptations haven't been reliable at the box office in a while). They might as well just go for it and make whatever holiday money they can because they'll never have a better release date than the one this has now.

It's a good idea for moving Wonka to XMas, not keeping Aquaman there.