loser: Dover Brothers: First, the final season of Strange things – It was a massive ratings success – it was hit hard for being an exposition-laden effort. Now the spiritual successor to Matt and Ross Dover’s series, “Strange things “With the Old People” is a drama Biologywas canceled just a month after its premiere, which seems…a bit aggressive considering the Duffers created the biggest show in the streamer’s history in terms of total hours watched and were certainly responsible for bringing more subscribers to the company than any other creative team.
Also, broadcast executives often take their sweet time making such decisions, especially when a series has a 97 percent positive rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics and a 79 percent positive rating from audiences. Sources close to the decision cite the show’s rather modest ratings versus the show’s high production cost. That’s fair enough, but it’s hard to imagine Netflix pulling off this pull if the Duffers don’t jump ship to Paramount.
Here’s what’s funny about this: Netflix could have waited an extra two days to try to bury cancellation news right before the weekend — as studios do when they want to protect the feelings of talent (one insider cites a deadline to extend casting options as a reason for the timing of the decision, but it’s possible the company scrambled to keep the news under wraps for another 48 hours). Instead, Netflix took a stab Biology Two days after Paramount announced a “mystery event movie” with the Duffers, blowing the positive Duffer Brothers headlines out of the water. I guess the $2.8 billion fee Paramount paid Netflix after their merger collapsed didn’t buy any warm feelings. Either way, it seems like Netflix doesn’t handle breakups well (“Matt and Ross, I thought we had a great date!”). It’s not clear if the timing of Netflix’s cancellation was intended as a double middle finger salute to the Duffers and Paramount, but… stranger things have happened.
winner: Supergirl: I’ve criticized “first reaction on social media” stories, even though I write them too (the entertainment news beast must be fed). It would be a lot of fun if the usual group of fan bloggers, ardent critics and influencers collectively agreed, just once, to roast an expensive major release – preferably a mediocre, but not entirely bad, film. Just imagine them executing a SpartacusUprising-style, biting the hand that feeds like Krypto the super-pup, declaring en masse to Hollywood: We are not your simps. That would scare away the bigos from every studio’s marketing department.
But yesterday was not that day. Supergirl It enjoyed many glowing early reactions (“The best blockbuster of the summer!”), with Jason Momoa particularly praising his role as Lobo (a role he was “born to play,” many raved). Influencers compare the film to the best action film of this century. Mad Max: Fury Roadhas become somewhat sacrilegious (although I understand that comparison serves as easy shorthand for a film that is a non-stop chase). The social media ban has already been lifted for several days amid reports of the film’s opening weekend tracking being eased, which shows how much such reactions have become a reliable extension of marketing.
loser: Privileges:No one seriously believes that franchises are dying. Franchises are stories that people like and people will continue to like the things they like. However, what’s happening this year at the box office has been remarkable and feels like a real turnaround — or at least an opportunity for a real turnaround.
This is partly because the performance of some IP addresses was a bit poor (Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Mortal Kombat II), or really poor performance (Masters of the universe, 28 years later: Temple of Bones), but mostly due to the enormous success of films not associated with intellectual property (Back rooms, mania, Hail Mary project, Michael, Sheep investigations) continuing the “seeing that people still like the original movies” trend that took off last summer Weapons and Sinners. So far this year, half of the top 10 films at the domestic box office have been existing IPs, while 12 of last year’s top 13 films were existing IPs (Sinners The only exception).
looks, Toy Story 5 and Spider-Man: A Brand New Day They’re still going to be crushed. Avengers: Doomsday It will be the biggest movie released this year. But it seems studio executives now have real cover to bring original ideas to light that might not have had a chance just a year ago. like mania “I hope so,” director Carrie Parker said in this week’s cover interview when I asked what Gen Z audiences want [studios] Understand that we are tired of sloppiness. We want good movies back. People are still hungry for original films that don’t contain some big intellectual property, as long as the story is good. This may seem like idealism for a young filmmaker, but it’s actually hard to argue against it given what we’ve seen this year.
winner: Christopher Nolan: When talking about original intellectual property (or, in this case, 2,700-year-old intellectual property), it’s not uncommon for a film to hit a record breaking record a month before its release. BFI Imax – the UK’s largest cinema screen – sold a record 28,000 tickets Odyssey In 24 hours. These numbers double the previous record. Sand Dunes: Part Two. Not surprising given Odyssey It broke records in the US when some premium large format theater tickets went on sale a full year before the film’s release (which is ridiculous). Nolan and Universal have done an impressive and relentless job Odyssey As a movie you should watch it on IMAX or you might also see it as your Delta movie on the plane on the back of someone’s seat if you dared to watch it in, you know, Dolby Cinema or something like that. Also notice how OdysseyCritics of the dumb controversy have happily fallen silent. Now just stay like that.
