The More You Know
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Let's not forget that even if a movie is made and set for release, they might back out at the last minute, anyway. Until you're in the theater watching it, it's not really "finished".
Y'know a Devil May Cry movie starring the "New" Dante was announced.
After reading this, I'm happy to say that I believe it will never be made.
After reading this, I'm happy to say that I believe it will never be made.
I think it's even more perverse when they make the big-budget movie . . . then decide that it's a clunker doomed to fail, and deliberately cut back its release and advertising to almost nothing. That's happened with several movies I can think of off the top of my head, such as Outlander (which had a very limited opening and no advertising) and Pathfinder (which had some very limited advertising early on that then disappeared - I didn't even know that it had been released when it was).
Yes, that leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy where the movie execs can pat themselves on the back at the end for "calling" the movie would do poorly.Wise Bass said:
Nope. Superhero movies are making bank lately. See Batman/Thor etc. POS Superhero movies flop.Sgt. Sykes said:
Unfortunatly you are right about street racing movies...Who watches that crap? I feel about Fast Furious like Bob feels about Transformers.
Well my preteen daughters liked it...Nooners said:
Theres always that bad movie that you kind of like.
So, we should award mediocrity with above average grades...Nooners said:
If you really felt that way about Green Lantern then be honest, you?d be giving it a C.
Not bad is not good enough, we can do better.
It depends on how well the Green Lantern actually does once the sales revenue of DVDs, Video-On-Demand rentals, and merchandise is factored in. If it's enough that they think a second Green Lantern movie could be made with stricter budget supervision, they'll make it.Sgt. Sykes said:
That's what happened with the Narnia franchise. It was deemed successful enough despite the second movie's gigantic budget and marketing expenses to be profitable enough to make a third movie on a lower budget.
All that said, I don't think Green Lantern will get a sequel. The biggest reason why is the very weak foreign response to the film. Since high-budget comic book films are partially made because of the potential for massive world-wide sales, not getting those sales is devastating.
Honestly, I'd say that's not even the case any more. When you get directors and producers talking about all of the stuff they have planned for the eventual Ultimate Expanded Blue Ray Makes You Toast Edition before the theatrical release has even hit the screens, even sitting watching a "completed" movie doesn't mean it's completed.KingWumpus said:
Except you'll not the 3rd movie was NOT associated with Disney... Disney dropped out from the probject, I believe 20th Century Fox came onboard for the budget portion, while Walden still did the work. The 2nd movie was a terrible adaptation anyway, especially when compared with the first one. The 3rd was pretty good, and what they did change made sense in the context of a movie, so I was okay with it. I'll be curious to see if they make a 4th and whether it will be The Magicians Nephew or if it will be The Silver Chair.Wise Bass said:
Oh, and Uhm... OT: Thanks for the info Bob, I've always been sort of curious about where 'movies' disappear to after they are 'announced' and then years later 'cancelled.'