Marvel’s ‘Blade’ scrapped
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Comment on Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy under fire at Warner Bros. amid box office flops: ‘We didn’t want to fail’ David Zaslav in ~movies
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Comment on Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy under fire at Warner Bros. amid box office flops: ‘We didn’t want to fail’ David Zaslav in ~movies
cloud_loud LinkPrior to De Luca and Abdy being at WB they worked at MGM (right before it was sold to Amazon) and they greenlit a series of original films that also didn't do well at the box office: Licorice...Prior to De Luca and Abdy being at WB they worked at MGM (right before it was sold to Amazon) and they greenlit a series of original films that also didn't do well at the box office: Licorice Pizza, House of Gucci, Cyrano, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Bones and All. They really like having the reputation of being director friendly (to be clear good, it's great that stuff like Licorice Pizza gets financed). But when you're trying to bring a company out of financial ruin they were an odd choice to say the least.
Funnily enough it was AT&T's slate that has brought this era of WB the most success (they greenlit Barbie, the Dune films, and Wonka). This regime has only had Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as a success. Even supposed full proof hits like Joker 2 bombed drastically (the film shouldn't have been greenlit but if it was it should have kept a smaller budget and Phillips should have been on a tighter leash). They had a moderate gamble with Furiosa which lost them money, they lost money on making M. Night Shyamalan's daughter's fist film (although Trap was a moderate success), and their gamble on Horizon: An American Saga did not pay off whatsoever. Zaslav's pet project Alto Knights (which had been getting denied by studios since the 90s) also went on to lose them a ton of money.
This year, so far, they only have Companion as a moderate success. With Sinners hoping to do well, and Minecraft providing some necessary financial relief for them. Some of the original films make sense others don't (I'm not sure why they've given such a large budget to The Bridge when nothing about that seems promising).
This all pinpoints to WB experiencing yet another sale.
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Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy under fire at Warner Bros. amid box office flops: ‘We didn’t want to fail’ David Zaslav
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Comment on It’s Boulder! Sundance exits Utah for 2027 move to blue state Colorado. in ~movies
cloud_loud Link ParentI just searched that and it seems like it is lol. That’s just from an article I read about why Santa Fe was eliminated. I suppose two reasons are: the ABQ airport is still smaller and receives...I just searched that and it seems like it is lol. That’s just from an article I read about why Santa Fe was eliminated.
I suppose two reasons are: the ABQ airport is still smaller and receives less planes at a time than the SLC one. You’d also have to land in Albuquerque, which is kind of a dangerous city (even though actors come here all the time to shoot movies I suppose it’s a different thing when you have multiple celebrities coming in for a high profile event).
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Comment on It’s Boulder! Sundance exits Utah for 2027 move to blue state Colorado. in ~movies
cloud_loud LinkThe state I reside in, New Mexico, was on the short list but was eliminated due to our small airport (people would have to fly into Albuquerque but the festival would have been in Santa Fe which...The state I reside in, New Mexico, was on the short list but was eliminated due to our small airport (people would have to fly into Albuquerque but the festival would have been in Santa Fe which is an hour away) and our high crime stats (gun violence and car jackings are common).
Still, I'm glad another major film festival is relatively close to me. Telluride is also in Colorado, so in theory I can now attend both of these.
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It’s Boulder! Sundance exits Utah for 2027 move to blue state Colorado.
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One Battle After Another | Official trailer
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Comment on Rust | Official trailer in ~movies
cloud_loud LinkThis is the infamous film where the cinematographer lost her life from an on set accident involving Alec Baldwin.This is the infamous film where the cinematographer lost her life from an on set accident involving Alec Baldwin.
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Rust | Official trailer
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‘No Other Land’ filmmaker Hamdan Ballal released after being detained in West Bank
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Comment on Beware tech career advice from old heads in ~comp
cloud_loud Link ParentI’ve seen a lot of internet posting these past two years that make fun of Computer Science majors, saying that they will be unemployed or working fast food. When I was in high school during the...I’ve seen a lot of internet posting these past two years that make fun of Computer Science majors, saying that they will be unemployed or working fast food.
When I was in high school during the 2010s there was this big push from the Obama administration for students to study STEM in college. Even when I attended college from 2016 to 2020, someone being a CS major meant they were going to have a lot of job prospects. And now the major gets treated like if it’s Philosophy or any other sort of “useless” humanities degree.
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Ho-hum, ho-hum: ‘Snow White’ opens to $43m — what poisoned this princess at the box office
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
cloud_loud LinkDisney's Snow White This is has the highest budget of any of the live action Disney movies, and somehow looks the worst out of all of them. A couple of days ago I got this video in my recommended...Disney's Snow White
This is has the highest budget of any of the live action Disney movies, and somehow looks the worst out of all of them.
A couple of days ago I got this video in my recommended feed that covered 2012's Snow White and the Huntsman. I watched the film back during release, but I had not a single memory of it. The clips used in the video helped me realize "wow movies used to look incredible."
This rendition of Snow White does not hold a candle to the 13 year old adaptation. Art Direction, Costume Designs, VFX, and especially performances are horrifically worse in Disney's version. Watching that video reminded me of something else that I read, about the production of the Harry Potter films since those films look better than a lot of the blockbusters we get now. The technical crew was relatively embarrassed to be working on a fantasy children's film so they decided to make it look as best as it possibly could. Alfonso Cuaron attempted to elevate the material into a more arty direction. This was the principle Christopher Nolan had when making Batman Begins, elevating the material which included having Oscar winning and nominated actors in supporting roles to give it more credibility. Remnants of this philosophy can still be found in Snow White and the Huntsman with it's gorgeous cinematography and production design, as well as the casting of Oscar winner Charlize Theron.
Now-a-days we get this drab. Not a single frame is shot in a real location. The few set designs we have that aren't CG look cheap and tacky (compare it to Wicked's PD and this pales in comparison). The cinematography is flat and boring. The editing is worse. And instead of prestige actors in supporting roles we get... Gal Gadot.
Everything feels amaeturish. Most of the performances are bad, Zegler is fine in the role although she's not given much to work with. It is so poorly written, everything added and changed is cliche and badly paced. The only song left from the original film is Whistle While We Work (A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes has been replaced for whatever reason) and none of the original songs are really memorable. Nor is there any show stopper musical number, I would say there isn't even much of a climax.
It's really a baffling film from Disney. I've enjoyed plenty of their live-action adaptations (Cinderella and Cruella are genuinely good movies while stuff like Aladdin and Maleficent are suitable entertainment). But this is really so far below most of the theatrical films Disney has made under this "franchise." I suppose they were in a bit of a corner considering we've gotten several live action Snow White adaptations so they can't really do what any of them have, but also there's not enough to the original film to justify a nearly two hour runtime. Still, they probably could have done better.
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Comment on Post something from your notes app in ~talk
cloud_loud LinkWake up. Live. Sleep. Wake up. Live. Sleep. Wake up. Live. Sleep. Is this what I was born to do? What I was destined for? What my whole life was building towards? I never thought about it. I never...Wake up.
Live.
Sleep.
Wake up.
Live.
Sleep.
Wake up.
Live.
Sleep.
Is this what I was born to do? What I was destined for? What my whole life was building towards?
I never thought about it. I never thought about what I would actually end up doing. I guess I thought everything would eventually work out.
I don’t really know what to think anymore.
Wake up.
Live.
Sleep.
Wake up.
Days are getting shorter.
Did I brush my teeth this morning?Sleep.
Wake up.
spits Blood. Jesus, how many days has it been since I brushed my teeth.
Sleep.
Wake up.
Beat
Sleep.
I guess it’s not so bad.
The world is oddly quiet.
The roads, empty.
How different is my life anyway? Truly. It’s not like I was partying every night, going out clubbing. Enjoying my life.
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Comment on Warner Bros negotiating big sale of shelved ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ movie in ~movies
cloud_loud LinkKetchup is such a small distributor (they released last year's Hellboy), and I think they are purely buying these Looney Tunes films in order to make a bigger splash in the industry.Gareth West’s distributor-financier Ketchup Entertainment is negotiating an all-rights acquisition in the $50M range for the animated/live-action hybrid project. Ketchup last year rescued the same studio’s The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.
Ketchup is such a small distributor (they released last year's Hellboy), and I think they are purely buying these Looney Tunes films in order to make a bigger splash in the industry.
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Warner Bros negotiating big sale of shelved ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ movie
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
cloud_loud (edited )Link ParentI saw Elvis in theaters and liked it a lot. Baz Luhrmann definitely has a distinct style and it works for some and not others. I’m not the biggest fan of his films (Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rogue...I saw Elvis in theaters and liked it a lot. Baz Luhrmann definitely has a distinct style and it works for some and not others. I’m not the biggest fan of his films (Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rogue being his most popular) but I did enjoy The Great Gatsby.
I think Baz’s reasoning with the updated soundtrack is to put the popularity of the music at the time into today’s context. He did a reverse of it in Gatsby where he had popular songs covered in an old timey way. I actually dig his production design in Elvis (even moreso in Gatsby) I think there’s a lavishness to it even if there is also an artificiality to it. The Great Gatsby is probably still his best looking film though.
I also love the way the film is edited, with its frantic and kinetic pacing, but also done well enough that you’re not left with whiplash.
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Materialists | Official trailer
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Comment on Original ‘Looney Tunes’ no longer available on Max in ~tv
cloud_loud Link ParentNot really. That was a push from the HBO team so that the HBO name wasn’t associated with the reality TV shows Discovery produces.Not really. That was a push from the HBO team so that the HBO name wasn’t associated with the reality TV shows Discovery produces.
It depends. Paul Schrader tested First Reformed extensively to fine tune it. Christopher McQuarrie did the same for Mission Impossible: Fallout. Barbie had a fart musical scene that tested poorly and was cut out, I don't think anyone would have liked seeing that. There's probably a lot more examples of positive effects test screenings have had on movies, we just don't hear about them.