Absolutely this.
They also overestimated the teenage girl appeal of „Supergirl“. I believe they should have made her a part of the „Superman“ movie (not just that one scene) and proceed with a bigger DC character.
Then again, what do I know. I am so not their target audience. Only a „Superman“ fan.
Guardians of the Galaxy had the fortune of being tied to an MCU that had, at that point, been running for several years and was growing as this gargantuan entertainment force that everyone was talking about and spending money on at that point. Making Guardians a part of that made it more of something that people needed to see. That wasn’t the case for Supergirl. That film was coming on the heels of several attempts to turn DC into the DCU and is only the second film in the recent attempt. Not to mention, the last time audiences saw Supergirl was in that dreadful Flash movie, although the character and Sasha Calle’s performance in the role seem to be widely praised.
Does anyone remember the fate of Western movies? 
Yep…
From 1:20-1:45. Jason Alexander makes the greatest case for keeping your audience: keep them surprised. We know what Minions are going to do for laughs now. There’s really no surprise with them now, in particular because they have been so overexposed not just in the continuous movies, but in the general public by merchandising. People are tired of them, and it’s a shame as this one is being called one of the better movies. Even at my theater, more families are going Toy Story 5. At least Disney and Pixar don’t shove the toys in our faces nonstop (although they are guilty of doing that with Cars for sure). So people know what’s coming, so they avoid it. That’s why Hollywood franchises are at a low point.
13 is enjoyable if forgettable. 12 they clearly wanted a paid holiday. Havnt seen the spinoff.
11 is unmatched.
Instantly my most anticipated film of (I’m assuming) 2028. DiCaprio stepping in for Kilmer. Bale taking on Pacino’s role. Can’t wait for this one.
I am curious how much the novel will be used because that one is totally different from HEAT, but with new actors taking over for DeNiro and Pacino it will be a very different beast anyway.
Quite frankly, while the result could be interesting Mann is milking the IP to score once more.
I’ve got no problem with Mann going back to the well on this one. Even if it turns out to be a failure, it’ll have to be a more interesting one than most of the other countless sequels and remakes of over-extended properties that we’ve seen an untold number of remakes of and sequels to over the years.
Hoping it’s more Collateral than Miami Vice, but just having Mann returning to this kind of film is enough for me, especially when the landscape at the cinemas has been as subpar as it’s been in recent years.
Sounds like a fantastic weekend at the box office. I think we can definitely assume now that there will be some changes in the direction of the DCU, with Supergirl having a 74% drop from Week 1 to Week 2.
The 4th of July fell on a weekend, so that’s always cutting into receipts.
Of course, the movies on offer were not thrilling, just sequels or films which felt like those you have seen countless times before.
But don’t think for a second that studios will change that strategy.
Now, if Spider-Man tanks (it won’t) studios will get more nervous.
If Nolan underperforms, though (it might), studios will want more sure things again.
Yes, we are in an insanity loop.
Now, I am always thrilled when movies get great reviews, and I suspect the hype will be earned.
But when someone says „It’s sincerely hard to imagine any other filmmaker on the planet being able to bring that source material to screen with this much scale, scope“ I wonder how much knowledge of film history and directors they actually have.
Especially when a recently released film reminded audiences of one director whose work for now five decades is towering over others.
Very strange hyperbole indeed. There’s 1954’s ULYSSES, 2004’s TROY, now Nolan’s ODYSSEY - of course we can imagine any number of versions in between by Kubrick, Spielberg, Scott, John Huston and doubtless many more lesser known directors who will just never get the budget to tackle a project in this league (like Lucas wasn’t trusted with Flash Gordon and had to create his own space opera then). The praise for THE ODYSSEY is nice and a good sign. But saying only Nolan was able to do this story justice in this way neglects the better part of the industry.
“A filmmaking feast,” wrote Collider’s Peri Nemiroff. “A grand and gripping rendition of Homer’s epic, and one that feels uniquely Christopher Nolan. It’s sincerely hard to imagine any other filmmaker on the planet being able to bring that source material to screen with this much scale, scope and heart.”
When I saw that in the article I immediately said Spielberg. Yeah, it would be different from Nolan’s but that because you always know when you’re watching a Spielberg film. He has many films in his extensive CV that would say he can do scale and scope as easy as breathing, one of which was released LITERALLY THIS YEAR! So maybe town down the hyperbole a bit Collider…
This is probably why the idea that nobody else could do this film comes from. Nolan is one of few, if any other, directors that is a studio unto himself. I doubt any studio, in this superhero obsessed culture, would have greenlit the project unless the director’s name was Nolan, or certainly not at a blockbuster-level budget.
On the other hand, The Odyssey is a sequel, and we know how much Hollywood loves a sequel.
Very likely. Nolan is his own studio now - and if it wasn’t for him Hollywood’s output would be even blander, even less engrossing.
Strangely, I liked this trailer.
Didn’t have this one anywhere on the bingo card for the next Hollywood reboot.
The Russo Brothers present a kids 90’s reboot…
Is the studio trying to do the plot of The Producers?
Will be interesting to see how Villeneuve tweaked the story in favour of Chani. Dune Messiah was my introduction to Herbert around 1980, a trimmer book without much of the background explanation of the first book. Most of Paul’s galaxy-wide djihad happened offscreen in the books and it seems for the sake of visual action this fault will be corrected. However, Dune Messiah isn’t a good place to end the storyline, despite the complexities of the following books making an adaptation even harder.