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The Russo Brothers Blame Superhero Fatigue on Everything But Bad Movies

AlexGherzo | Apr 29, 2024 | 2

The Russo Brothers are joining the Hollywood chorus in insisting that everything is to blame for people turning away from movies except the movies. In an exclusive talk with GamesRadar, the online wing of British entertainment magazine Total Film, at the Sands: International Film Festival in Scotlan...

Nelson Peltz Fumbles his Disney Proxy War with Marvel Comments

AlexGherzo | Mar 25, 2024 | 0

One side of the Disney proxy war just stepped on a landmine he laid himself. Nelson Peltz, the investor trying to get a seat on the Disney board, gave an interview to the Financial Times (which is behind a particularly hefty paywall, but Variety has the details) where he questioned movies like Th...

RUMOR: Disney Axes Ant-Man, Eternals, Captain Marvel Sequels

AlexGherzo | Mar 16, 2024 | 1

Some details on Bob Iger’s promised Marvel culling may have just dropped. Insider Daniel Richtman (whose blog is behind a paywall, so here’s the information courtesy of Bounding Into Comics) says that plans for three MCU films have been scuttled: Eternals 2, Ant-Man 4, and Captain Marvel 3/The M...

Disney Still Thinks the Audience is the Problem

AlexGherzo | Feb 20, 2024 | 0

Time and again, Hollywood sends the message that it refuses to learn from its mistakes. Sonny Bunch, the culture editor at The Bulwark, posted a screenshot of something Matt Belloni of Puck shared in his newsletter. It’s a direct message Belloni received from “a Disney executive” talking about...

Kevin Feige Says No Resurrections for Tony Stark

AlexGherzo | Dec 3, 2023 | 0

Kevin Feige is echoing one of arch-villain Thanos’ promises. In a recent Vanity Fair article about Robert Downey Jr. (in which Downey is not interviewed because it was written during the actors’ strike), Feige talked about going to bat for Downey when it came time to cast Tony Stark in Iron Man...

Bob Iger Talks About Disney and Marvel Problems

AlexGherzo | Nov 29, 2023 | 0

At the New York Times’ DealBook Summit earlier today (via CNBC), Bob Iger talked about Disney’s recent failures and what caused them, and his scapegoats probably won’t surprise you. They’re a mix of streaming, the pandemic, Bob Chapek, and executives not exerting enough control over film pr...