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Battle of the tabloids. DM refutes Sun: Johnny Depp NOT returning to the Pirates of the Caribbean: A Day At The Sea. Antibody Nov 23, 13:54

Variety: Pretty good recap of all the various Black Friday sales at the Streamers. (most of the sales are on ad-supported versions) notfabio Nov 23, 13:53

TN: SPIEL 638 theaters Antibody Nov 23, 13:27

Doesn't that qualify for the ambiguous "Moderate" release pattern? {nm} Abraxas Nov 23, 14:27

It's back to limited on November 11th. {nm} Antibody Nov 23, 14:30

NYT: Reed Hastings, Andy Jassy and Ben Affleck (pumping his new prodco Artists Equity) will be at the NY Times Dealbook Summit 11-30 notfabio Nov 23, 13:20

Sneider: Jakob Schuh rumored to direct SING 3 Antibody Nov 23, 12:16

DL: Writer of Wakanda Forever confirms M'Baku (especially) and Nakia were considered for the new Black Panther at the scripting stage. notfabio Nov 23, 12:10

HappySadConfused via The Direct: Chris Hemsworth strongly hints he doesn't want to do another THOR with Taika Waititi notfabio Nov 23, 11:56

BOR: Universal will release Violent Night in an estimated 3,500 locations Antibody Nov 23, 11:36

The widest first weekend of December release in history I believe. {nm} notfabio Nov 23, 11:47

CNBC: Bob Iger is holding an employee town hall for Cyber Monday at 9:00AM Pacific notfabio Nov 23, 11:29

it's the least productive day of the year! {nm} donny blaze Nov 23, 11:46

Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special embargo dropped, currently at 90% with 10 reviews currently tying Werewolf By Night (103 reviews). notfabio Nov 23, 10:25

It's great! {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Nov 23, 15:31

DL: wide expansion previews of Bones and All did $345K {nm} Antibody Nov 23, 10:10

link Antibody Nov 23, 10:11

Bloomberg via Investing: Amazon planning to spend $1 billion yearly on films for theatrical release in theatres 12-15 a year. notfabio Nov 23, 09:47

big if true {nm} donny blaze Nov 23, 10:20

what are they going to make outside of BOND & ROCKY? MGM already tried rebooting their IPs like ROBOCOP and CARRIE and it didnt work {nm} Moviesnob Nov 23, 10:39

New IPs like Red One. {nm} Antibody Nov 23, 10:57

which could pivot to theatrical. {nm} Antibody Nov 23, 10:57

also, talented suits from WB that Zaslav fired are still looking to land their next gig. hire smart people with good taste donny blaze Nov 23, 11:11

Good taste means zilch. You need established IPs. There are no more movie stars {nm} Moviesnob Nov 23, 11:56

Lionsgate invented an new IP franchise from a RJOHN spec pitch. it can be done if you commit to the process {nm} donny blaze Nov 23, 14:45

IPO Red One time! Depends on how tightly their cross promotional campaign is already planned with a Prime Video release. notfabio Nov 23, 11:21

Nov 10 is open. Thanksgiving only has WISH. {nm} Antibody Nov 23, 11:29

DUNE likely has a two week lock on large format, HUNGER GAMES also likely will for one week at least. But one or the other could move. notfabio Nov 23, 11:31

they picked up Sue Kroll from Warners, assumedly for a reason donny blaze Nov 23, 11:29

What were Amazon and MGM/UA spending separately before? {nm} Antibody Nov 23, 10:25

Not that much, 2019 was Creed 2, The Addams Family (animated), Fighting With My Family. {nm} notfabio Nov 23, 10:34

Did they fully fiance JB25, that cost $250M before all the delays. {nm} Antibody Nov 23, 10:37

I think so? Apparently it''s "at least 1 billion" but most "new" or rebooted studios claim they will produce 12-15 films a year/fall short {nm} notfabio Nov 23, 10:40

I think realistically they could probably hit 6-8 by 2025 unless they just pump out a lot of otherwise STV projects that get 2 week runs. {nm} notfabio Nov 23, 10:43

Amazon bought CTAM2 for $125M, Tomorrow War for $200M. {nm} Antibody Nov 23, 10:32

CNBC: Movie theater stocks pop after report says Amazon plans to spend $1 billion on releases Antibody Nov 23, 10:50

The spent $1b on LOTR prequel season 1. Likely have to spend similar amount on S2. If that's = entire annual movie budget ... {nm} Tallwonder Nov 23, 11:13

* They {nm} Tallwonder Nov 23, 11:13

They are slashing costs on S2 (they moved production to the UK from New Zealand), it's still going to be expensive, but not nearly as much. notfabio Nov 23, 11:23

That includes acquisition costs no? Actual production spend is less iirc {nm} MattW Nov 23, 12:20

DL: In-depth discussion with Rian Johnson on GLASS ONION. His deal allows another film before KO#3, but he thinks KO#3 will be next. notfabio Nov 23, 09:20

Writing notes for it, but hasn't actually started scripting it. {nm} notfabio Nov 23, 09:22

THR: BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE, AVATAR 2 tracking for $150-170 million domestic 3 day (Sneider was right) notfabio Nov 23, 08:38

DL: [AVAT2] at least $150M. Tracking has it higher near $175M, but rivals are bullish at $200M. Antibody Nov 23, 08:39

Raw tracking #s would definitely point to well north of 150, but... RupertPupkin Nov 23, 08:43

SPID8 I think started at $130-140 million = actual 253 million, but Sony always crazy lowballs. {nm} notfabio Nov 23, 08:45

260M, not 253M. ;) {nm} Jay_Beezy Nov 23, 10:08

BO: DEVOTION $615K Tuesday Domestic Previews Antibody Nov 23, 08:19

DEVOT started at 2pm, STRNW started at 6pm. {nm} Antibody Nov 23, 08:22

Horrible comps but last year, Resident Evil: Blah Blah Blah City (935K, 8.85 5 day), House of Gucci 1.3 million, 21.8 {nm} notfabio Nov 23, 08:27

So "best" case scenario modeling off percentage for Gucci = 10-11 million for Devotion, probably more like the expected 7-8ish. {nm} notfabio Nov 23, 08:33

BO: STRANGE WORLD $800K Tuesday Domestic Previews Antibody Nov 23, 07:44

ENCANTO 1.5 million, only 53% if that follows for the full five day = around 23 million 5 day. {nm} notfabio Nov 23, 07:57

If the sci-fi elements cause frontloading (doubtful, but throwing it out there) could go a bit lower. {nm} notfabio Nov 23, 07:58

Armageddon Time is on VOD now notfabio Nov 22, 21:21

Should have gone straight to VOD in the first place. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Nov 23, 05:28

Marvel confirmed their CCXP panel is GOTG3 and ANTM2 (leads and Feige will be there)on 12 1 notfabio Nov 22, 21:18

The Expendables 4 is test screening in the LBC on November 30th notfabio Nov 22, 21:12

THR: James Cameron has a little less to worry about, AVATAR 2 has landed a December 16th release in China (as expected) notfabio Nov 22, 18:50

Zoe Saldaña supported Dalai Lama, but clearly China officials choose to ignore it (unlike what they did with "Black Adam") {nm} Peterlee Nov 22, 18:54

Chinese Theatres need AVATAR 2 about as much as Disney does a Chinese release (would still be surprised if the MCU ban thaws soon) {nm} notfabio Nov 22, 18:58

China needs it more {nm} Moviesnob Nov 22, 19:00

though at the rate their new lockdowns are going a month may be an eternity {nm} donny blaze Nov 22, 19:01