The Marvels did what everyone expected it to do and bombed. In its opening weekend, the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film debuted with $47 million domestically and $110.3 million internationally. This is the lowest opening weekend take for an MCU movie, underperforming The Incredible Hulk’s...
Read MoreDisney’s final quarter of 2023 isn’t shaping up to be the lifeline they desperately need. Samba TV has published their ratings for the Ahsoka season finale, and they’re not good. According to the streaming data analysts, “The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord” (ugh) pulled in 836,000 househ...
Read MoreMartin Scorsese is pissing off superhero movie fans again, this time for things he didn’t say. In a new GQ interview (which is behind a paywall, but you can read his relevant comments at Variety), the legendary director said, “we’ve got to save cinema” from the genre, which has dominated th...
Read MoreThe Marvels may cost Disney more than everyone thought a few days ago. Reports were that the budget for the upcoming Marvel film – the last one of 2023 – was $130 million, tied with that of Ant-Man for the lowest in the MCU’s history. (This is being attributed to a Vanity Fair article on di...
Read MoreDisney is pursuing artificial intelligence more doggedly than many may have thought. According to a report from Reuters, the Mouse House has formed a task force to study how AI can be used in the company’s various divisions. The areas Disney seeks to implement AI range from “Walt Disney Studios ...
Read MoreThe Land Down Under is about to be deprived of physical media. On its Facebook page, Sanity, an Australian movie and music store, posted a message (which no longer seems to be up) that Disney would no longer sell physical media in the country, with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 being its last one. ...
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