Cayom Y9 Discussion Thread || Review Phase Underway

[SLAM!]

4 hours ago, El Squibbonator said:

Now that the submission deadline has passed, should we update the release schedule for Y9?

We actually extended the submission deadline to June 27th. @Alpha will probably update the submission thread’s schedule sometime soon.

[SLAM!]

@Alpha Making some release date changes today.

 

Alakazam! will move to March 21st.

Kirby and the King’s Caper will be given that May 9th spot.

Edited May 24, 2022 by SLAM!

[SLAM!]

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Available Y9 Dates

 

With the July 18th deadline about four weeks away, I have decided to make a list of available dates on the schedule. Feel free to use this if you're struggling with when you should release a film. These dates aren't your only options, not by any means, but posting films here would round out the schedule and help the game move forward. Also, there can definitely be multiple films on a specific date, and the game could especially use multiple films on major dates such as Holidays. And just because a film is listed doesn't mean it'll be posted, since films get pushed into later game years all the time.

 

If you see a film of yours listed here and you know, "well that film's not happening this year," you can confirm that and I'll adjust this list. This is a living post that I plan to update as we get closer to the July 18th deadline.

 

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Dates That Could Use Another Film:

- May 16th (could use a film other than my small documentary)

 

Based on this chart, all that's needed to fill out the rest of the Y9 schedule is an amount that's less than ten films. This means the end's in sight! Feel free to post a film of yours anywhere you want, and remember to have fun. Yes, CAYOM is first and foremost a place to have fun and imagine cool feature films. Everybody wants to post the next big blockbuster or the critics darling that sweeps the Oscars, wins Best Picture, etc.; but you know what gives you no chance at a billion worldwide and no chance at Oscar nods? Not posting anything at all. So keep at it, don't give up, and let's make Y9 one for the history books!

 

Edited July 19, 2022 by SLAM!

[Reddroast]

1 hour ago, SLAM! said:

@Alpha @Blankments @cookie @4815162342 @Ezen Baklattan @YourMother @Xillix @MCKillswitch123 @Rorschach @Reddroast @El Squibbonator @lamamama @Ethan Hunt

 

Available Y9 Dates

 

With the June 27th deadline about four weeks away, I have decided to make a list of available dates on the schedule. Feel free to use this if you're struggling with when you should release a film. These dates aren't your only options, not by any means, but posting films here would round out the schedule and help the game move forward. Also, there can definitely be multiple films on a specific date, and the game could especially use multiple films on major dates such as Holidays. And just because a film is listed doesn't mean it'll be posted, since films get pushed into later game years all the time.

 

If you see a film of yours listed here and you know, "well that film's not happening this year," you can confirm that and I'll adjust this list. This is a living post that I plan to update as we get closer to the June 27th deadline.

 

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Dates Without A Posted Film:

- January 10th (I've planned Super Monkey Ball for here)

- January 17th (MLK weekend; The Formation is listed)

- February 14th (Valentine's Day weekend; BeyBlade is listed)

- February 28th (Pitch Black is listed)

- March 7th (Untitled Fantasy Film is listed)

- March 14th (Starlight 2 is listed; the horror film listed was pushed to Y10)

- March 28th (Ninja Turtles is listed)

- April 11th (Wicker's End is listed)

- April 18th (Easter weekend; Project Ruby is listed; I bumped Bikini up to the 4th)

- May 2nd (The Hunted is listed)

- May 16th (needs a film release other than my small documentary)

- May 30th

- June 6th (an animated film is planned for this date)

- June 27th (Scavenger Wars IV will be released here)

- Wed. July 2nd/Fri. July 4th (Independence Day Weekend; Heremias and No Rest for the Dead are listed)**

- July 18th (The Hard Way Forward is listed)

- August 1st (Attack on Titan: The Wings of Freedom is listed)

- August 15th (Beastars and Red Dead Redemption Vol. 1 are listed)

- August 22nd (I will post a faith-based drama here)

(btw, Final Straw won't release on August 29th)

- September 5th

- September 12th (Fantastic Four and Gone and Here Again listed)

- October 17th (Abomination is listed)

- October 24th (The Amityville Horror is listed)*

- October 31st (I'll post a dramedy film here)*

- November 7th (The Last Airbender: The Blind Bandit is listed)

- Wed. November 26th (Thanksgiving weekend; an action blockbuster is planned in place of Texas City)

- December 12th (Hilda and the Black Forest is listed)

- December 25th (Millennium is listed; also, I'll also post Among Us here)

 

* = a limited release is expanding wide on these dates, but they could still use a film

** = July 4th has a documentary releasing but could still use a narrative feature film or two

 

Dates That Could Use Another Film:

- May 23rd (Blockbuster is listed but might not happen; you would be counterprogramming a film against Grand Theft Auto)

 

 

Based on this chart, all that's needed to fill out the rest of the Y9 schedule is an amount that's between thirty and thirty-five films. This means that the end is in sight! Feel free to post a film of yours anywhere you want, and remember to have fun. Yes, CAYOM is first and foremost a place to have fun and imagine cool feature films. Everybody wants to post the next big CAYOM blockbuster or the critics darling that sweeps the Oscars, wins Best Picture, etc.; but you know what gives you no chance at a billion worldwide and no chance at Oscar nods? Not posting anything at all. So keep at it, don't give up, and let's make Y9 one for the history books!

 

Where I put Dragon Ball depends on if other peoples plans have changed 

[El Squibbonator]

I'm hoping to put my second Workshop movie for this year, Dinosaucers, sometime in August, around the same time the studio released Frankenstein Jr. last year. 

[SLAM!]

11 hours ago, El Squibbonator said:

I'm hoping to put my second Workshop movie for this year, Dinosaucers, sometime in August, around the same time the studio released Frankenstein Jr. last year. 

I suggest August 1st. Attack on Titan will get a hard R rating so they’ll coexist fine and you won’t be next to any other animated movies.

Edited June 1, 2022 by SLAM!

[SLAM!]

Temporary Updated Y9 Schedule

 

So this updated schedule is meant as a way to keep track of new posts on the submission thread for the time being; the schedule on the other thread may be updated in the future, but this schedule will tide over players eager for an updated top-down look at how the year's shaping up so far. This is a living post that I plan to update as more films get submitted in the lead-up to the June 27th deadline. Whenever films are posted in the submission thread, I'll add them here, and if you have any other requests about the schedule, you can tag me in this discussion thread and I'll make changes; my goal is to do either of those tasks within twenty-four hours of the film getting posted or the request being made. 😎

 

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Friday, January 3rd

Winner Takes All - Thriller/Black Comedy - Directed by Stefan Schwartz - R - $12.5m budget - 3,088 theaters

Friday, January 10th

Socksucker - Romantic Comedy - Directed by Paul Fieg - R - $25m budget - 3,278 theaters

Friday, January 17th (4-Day MLK Weekend)

Interceptors - Sci-Fi/Action - Directed by Simon West - PG-13 - $100m budget - 3,625 theaters - In IMAX (2 Weeks)

Super Monkey Ball - Animated Comedy - Directed by Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn - PG - $91m budget - 3,770 theaters

Friday, January 24th

Go-Kart Gottlieb - Drama - Directed by Tom Tykwer - PG-13 - $40m budget - 2,370 theaters

Friday, January 31st

By The Seaside - Teen Romantic Comedy - directed by Karen Maine - PG-13 - $25m budget - 3,433 theaters
Grand Theft Auto - Crime/Thriller/Action/Satire/Drama - Directed by Liz Friedlander - R - $60m budget - 3,883 theaters - In IMAX (2 weeks)

Friday, February 7th

The Crummy Shindig - Comedy/Musical - Directed by Ol Parker - PG - $30m budget - 3,317 theaters

Friday, February 14th (4-Day President’s Day Weekend)

Landslide - Action/Thriller - Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber - PG-13 - $70m budget - 4,022 theaters - In IMAX (12 weeks)

Whinge & Cringe - Live-Action & Animation Hybrid/Black Comedy - Directed by Peter Avanzino - R - $75m budget - 3,179 theaters

Friday, February 21st

Scales of Justice - Legal Drama - Directed by Scott Frank - R - $30m budget - 3,160 theaters

Friday, February 28th

Death Is Not My Friend - Surrealist Drama - Directed by Emily Harris - PG-13 - $25m budget - 2,589 theaters

Friday, March 7th

Bugcatcher Boys - Family Comedy - Directed by Thor Freudenthal - PG - $15m budget - 2,877 theaters
Deep Sixed - Action - Directed by Patrick Hughes - R - $30m budget - 3,432 theaters

Friday, March 14th
The Last Victim - Horror - Directed by André Øvredal - R - $30m budget - 3,150 theaters

Friday, March 21st

Alakazam! - Animation - Directed by Sarah Smith and J.P. Vine - PG - $125m budget - 3,875 theaters

Friday, March 28th

American Spy - Spy Thriller/Romance - Directed by Ava DuVernay - PG-13 - $45m budget - 3,289 theaters

Friday, April 4th

Bikini - Drama - Directed by Kelly Reichardt - R - $10m budget - 1,475 theaters

Molly and Emmett - Animation/Family/Children's - Directed by Dan Walker - G - $10m budget - 1,500 Theaters

Friday, April 11th

Heart of the Amazon - Nature Documentary - G - $5m budget - 2,491 theaters

Friday, April 18th (Easter Weekend)

The Boy Who Hated Books - Family/Drama - Directed by Thea Sharrock - PG - $42m budget - 3,356 theaters

Devil Bean - Action/Comedy - Directed by Doug Liman - PG-13 - $75m budget - 3,361 Theaters

Friday, April 25th

Shadow of the Comet - Action/Science-Fiction - Directed by Harold Kingsley - PG-13 - $25m budget - 2,086 Theaters

Friday, May 2nd

Martian Manhunter - Superhero/Sci-Fi/Action - Directed by Matt Shakman - PG-13 - $155m budget - 4,287 theaters - In IMAX (Three Weeks)

Friday, May 9th (Mother’s Day Weekend)

Kirby and the King's Caper - Animation - Directed by Pierre Perifel - PG - $100m budget - 4,042 theaters

Friday, May 16th

AeroMobil: The Future Is Now - Documentary - Directed by Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer - PG - $5m budget - 2,115 theaters

The Man of the Jungle - Action/Adventure/Drama/Musical - Directed by F. Gary Gray - PG-13 - $175m budget - 3,956 theaters

Friday, May 23rd (4-Day Memorial Day Weekend)
Revenge Ex - Romantic Comedy - Directed by Will Gluck - R - $37m budget - 3,925 theaters

Rocket Hero - Action/Thriller - Directed by Christopher McQuarrie - PG-13 - $110m budget - 3,657 theaters - In IMAX (2 weeks)

Friday, May 30th

Fatal Error - Horror/Sci-Fi - Directed by M.J. Bassett - R - $15m budget - 2,842 theaters

Friday, June 6th
Matilda and the Night Children - Computer Animation/Fantasy/Musical - Directed by Ashton Corbin and Everett Downing - PG - $135m budget - 4,239 - In IMAX (1 week)

Friday, June 13th (Father’s Day Weekend)
Xenoblade Chronicles: Power of the Monado - Sci-Fi/Adventure - Directed by Wes Ball - PG-13 - $150m budget - 3,850 theaters - In IMAX (7 weeks)

Friday, June 20th
The Next Good Day - Drama - Directed by Tom McCarthy - PG-13 - $15m budget - 2,820 theaters

Friday, June 27th

Second Dimension: Last Hope - Action/Fantasy - Directed by Chloé Zhao - PG-13 - $160m budget - 4,105 theaters

Wednesday, July 2nd (5-Day Independence Day Weekend)
Heremias - CGI Animation/Fantasy/Adventure/Drama - Directed by Brenda Chapman - PG - $150m budget - 4,185 theaters

War on Drugs: America's Modern Conflict - Documentary - Directed by Lyric Cabral - R - $5m budget - 2,150 theaters

Friday, July 11th

The Mirage - Western/Horror - Directed by Fede Álvarez - R - $20m budget - 3,664 theaters

Friday, July 18th

HOOOOOPs - Sports Comedy - Directed by Charles Stone III - PG-13 - $25m budget - 3,392 theaters

Friday, July 25th

Hearts of Fire: Vengeful Heart - Action/Thriller - Directed by Natália Grimberg - PG-13 - $30m budget - 3,123 theaters

Friday, August 1st

Dinosaucers - Animation/Fantasy/Children's - Directed by John M. Carrigan - PG - $45m budget - 3,104 theaters - In IMAX (4 weeks)

Friday, August 8th

Gran Turismo - Sports - Directed by Jamie Babbit - PG-13 - $60m budget - 3,462 theaters

Friday, August 15th

The Excursion (Limited Release) - Portuguese Drama - Directed by Sérgio Graciano - PG-13 - $942.6k budget - 3 theaters

Someone's Grace - Faith-Based - Directed by Roxann Dawson - PG - $10m budget - 2,824 theaters

Friday, August 22nd
The Excursion (Limited Expansion #1) - Portuguese Drama - Directed by Sergio Graciano - PG-13 - $942.6k budget - 10 theaters

The Talons of the Hawk - Horror/Thriller - Directed by Gareth Edwards - R - $50m budget - 3,170 theaters

Friday, August 29th (4-Day Labor Day Weekend)

The Excursion (Limited Expansion #2) - Portuguese Drama - Directed by Sérgio Graciano - PG-13 - $942.6k budget - 567 theaters

The First Water War - Family Comedy - Directed by David Bowers - PG - $20m budget - 3,201 theaters

Scythe - YA Dystopian/Thriller - Directed by Matthew Vaughn - R - $100m budget - 3,845 theaters - In IMAX (4 weeks)

Friday, September 5th

Acne - Body Horror/Psychological Drama - Directed by Jake Hammond - R - $7m budget - 3,231 theaters

Seals of Honor - Nature Documentary - Directed by Drew Fellman - G - $5m budget - 2,491 theaters

Friday, September 12th

Home Invasion: Part IV - Curtain Call - Directed by Joe Carnahan - $35m budget - 3,029 theaters

Tumbleweed - Western/Slow Cinema - Directed by Gus Van Sant - $10m budget - 2,545 theaters

Friday, September 19th

Raven Island - Animation/Fantasy/Family - Directed by Rebecca Daintree - PG - $20m budget - 2,055 theaters

Friday, September 26th
Invader Zim - Animation/Sci-Fi/Black Comedy - Directed by Owen Dennis - PG - $120m budget - 3,701 theaters - In IMAX (2 weeks)

Friday, October 3rd

Fore! - Comedy - Directed by Tom Gormican - PG-13 - $30m budget - 3,036 theaters

Warmth (Limited Release) - Drama/Fantasy - Directed by Alfonso Cuarón - R - $45m budget - 4 theaters

Friday, October 10th (4-Day Indigenous People’s Day/Columbus Day Weekend)

Mechamen - Sci-Fi/Action - Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra - PG-13 - $150m budget - 4,019 theaters - In IMAX (7 weeks)

Warmth (Limited Expansion #1) - Drama/Fantasy - Directed by Alfonso Cuarón - R - $45m budget - 500 theaters

Sleepy Hollow - Stop Motion/Animation/Thriller/Mystery/Horror - Directed by Henry Selick - R - $70m budget - 3,925 theaters

Friday, October 17th

Guinea Pigger - Comedy - Directed by Ron Oliver - PG - $7.5m budget - 3,019 theaters

Warmth (Wide Release) - Drama/Fantasy - Directed by Alfonso Cuarón - R - $45m budget - 666 theaters

Friday, October 24th

Red Rabbit - Spy/Drama/Thriller - Directed by John Madden - PG-13 - $60m budget - 3,544 theaters

#Spooked - Horror/Comedy - Directed by Jeff Wadlow - PG-13 - $10m budget - 3,432 theaters

Warmth (Wide Expansion #2) - Drama/Fantasy - Directed by Alfonso Cuarón - R - $45m budget - 1,478 theaters

Friday, October 31st

Grace and Mercy - Dramedy - Directed by Stella Meghie - PG-13 - $20m budget - 2,754 theaters

Warmth (Wide Expansion #3) - Drama/Fantasy - Directed by Alfonso Cuarón - R- $45m budget - 2,978 theaters

Friday, November 7th

Land of the Crescent - Period Adventure - Directed by Mohamed Diab - $90m budget - 3,933 theaters

Mother Knows Better - Comedy - Directed by Tyler Perry - PG-13 - $20m budget - 3,785 theaters

Friday, November 14th

Tongue Tied - Fantasy/Romantic Comedy - Directed by Armando Iannucci - PG-13 - $60m budget - 3,215 theaters

Friday, November 21st

Runaway Train - Biographical Drama - Directed by James Mangold - R - $35m budget - 3,132 theaters

Wednesday, November 26th (5-Day Thanksgiving Weekend)
Inspector Gadget and Penny - CG Animation/Comedy/Action - Directed by Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath - PG - $85m budget - 4,023 theaters

Ultraman: Dark Future - Superhero/Sci-Fi - Directed by Jonathan Liebesman - PG-13 - $110m budget - 3,973 theaters - in IMAX (5 weeks)

Friday, December 5th

Father III - All Hell Breaks Loose - Horror/Thriller/Action - Directed by Anna Foersted - R - $25m budget - 3,666 theaters

Friday, December 12th

The Baddest of Them All - Concert - Directed by Bruce Hendricks - PG-13 - $7m budget - 2,450 theaters

SSX - Action/Sports - Directed by Aaron and Adam Nee - PG-13 - $100m budget - 4,253 theaters

Friday, December 19th

Dancing in the Doghouse - Thriller/Drama/Romance - Directed by Karyn Kusama - R - $85m budget - 3,301 theaters
The Queen Who Never Was - Fantasy Drama - Directed by Michelle MacLaren - R - $200m budget - 4,013 theaters

Thursday, December 25th (4-Day Christmas Weekend)

Among Us - Comedy/Mystery - Directed by James Gunn - PG-13 - $100m budget - 3,850 theaters

Vixen and the Castle of Doom - Animation/Fantasy - Directed by Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, and Gianluigi Toccafondo - PG - $15.8m budget - 2,867 theaters

 

Edited July 19, 2022 by SLAM!

[MCKillswitch123]

@Alpha Updated the release date from November, to April 18th for the movie The Boy Who Hated Books.

[Blankments]

Remove all my

films from the scheculd

[SLAM!]

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After some conversation, players have decided to extend the deadline to July 11th. This gives everyone a month from now to post films, granting a little bit more time to everyone. This will likely be the deadline’s final extension!

[MCKillswitch123]

@SLAM! Some changes in the schedule: Whinge & Cringe is now scheduled for February 14th, the 4-day President's Day Weekend; while Death is Not My Friend now opens on February 28th.

 

Also, some corrections:

- Death is Not My Friend's theater count is 2589; your post doesn't link to the movie; and you have a typo on its budget (listed as $425m budget, rather than $25 million);

- The Boy Who Hated Books does not have a listed budget (it's $42 million);

- Warmth's theater count is 500 on its second expansion, and 2978 on its fifth and final one.

[Alpha]

Part 1 schedule is now belatedly updated.

[MCKillswitch123]

@Alpha Notifying you that I changed the Whinge & Cringe theater count to 3179.

[MCKillswitch123]

@Alpha Updated Acne's release date to September 5th.

[Rorschach]

@Alpha if you could, please remove all of my films from the Y9 schedule.

[YM!]

Matilda and the Night Children will come sometime tonight

 

Sleepy Hollow and Joyride I want out by Saturday.

 

A handful of filler sequels and things from my disposable will be rushed to make the deadline: Fire and Ice, my VFX horror movie Crunch Time, Frog and Toad if Thanksgiving animation is needed, Off Road 2, and/or Romance Road 2.

[Reddroast]

@Alpha take my films off the y9 schedule 

[YM!]

On 7/5/2022 at 11:28 AM, YourMother said:

Matilda and the Night Children will come sometime tonight

 

Sleepy Hollow and Joyride I want out by Saturday.

 

A handful of filler sequels and things from my disposable will be rushed to make the deadline: Fire and Ice, my VFX horror movie Crunch Time, Frog and Toad if Thanksgiving animation is needed, Off Road 2, and/or Romance Road 2.

Matilda I’ll drop during the weekend. The thing is good to go, grammar edited but I want to mediate on it a bit.

 

Hollow I’m having a draft done by Friday as progress as going good but Joyride really depends on how much I get done Sunday. 
 

Working on a few smaller fillers to hold in some spots today. 
 

Priority wise for filler films that could drop Monday night:

Off-Road 2

Crunch Time

HOOOOOPs

Romance Road 2

Frog and Toad 

Fire and Ice

Edited July 7, 2022 by YourMother

[Reddroast]

The mental health episode that sent to the hospital at the beginning of March really set me back, still recovering from it, honestly.  Reviews will still come from me and I'm working on a plan to get my self in a better place creatively and mentally.  Reviews will come from me. I'm planning big for y10

Edited July 8, 2022 by Reddroast

[SLAM!]

@Alpha Super Monkey Ball has been pushed one week forward to January 17th.