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Source - The Hollywood Reporter: Warner Bros. Mulls Releasing Fewer Films as 'Batman v. Superman' Stalls
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THR: Warner Bros. Mulls Releasing Fewer Films as 'Batman v. Superman' Stalls
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Source - The Hollywood Reporter: Warner Bros. Mulls Releasing Fewer Films as 'Batman v. Superman' Stalls
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SuperBanana
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Maybe stop making terrible movies?
BronsonLee
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And this is how my favorite film studio dies
One (or more) of the higher ups really really really doesn't know what fans want. They're learning all the wrong lessons from other studios. I mean, a peter pan prequel!? A moby dick retelling? Come on.
Batman v superman is good in theory, but people definitely didn't like the execution.
Batman v superman is good in theory, but people definitely didn't like the execution.
hodayathink
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Mad Max: Fury Road probably didn't make very much profit.
Discotheque
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Forreal. Pretty disappointing.
They were like the last studio standing going balls out with big budgets and their directors. For better or worse in some cases
Good luck seeing a movie like mad max or even edge of tomorrow any time soon
Buba Big Guns
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BvS probably would have had very similar numbers to Star Wars had it actually been a good movie. It's fucking Batman and Superman.
Stop choosing shit directors to make these movies.
Stop choosing shit directors to make these movies.
Inferno313
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Zack Snyder killed Batman, Superman, Justice League, and Warner Bros.
Really though, I think the lesson WB needs to learn here is to cut ties with directors and stop expecting people to be able to recapture lightening in a bottle for you.
The fact that they make original films isn't their problem, it's that they continue to work with filmmakers like The Wachowski's and Snyder on continuously bigger projects despite continuous failures, just because they made a hit for them back in the day.
Really though, I think the lesson WB needs to learn here is to cut ties with directors and stop expecting people to be able to recapture lightening in a bottle for you.
The fact that they make original films isn't their problem, it's that they continue to work with filmmakers like The Wachowski's and Snyder on continuously bigger projects despite continuous failures, just because they made a hit for them back in the day.
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Deleted member 80556
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If they don't give Zack Snyder the boot before Justice League, then they really deserve every failure they get. You have more than enough evidence that the audience did not like his style, and if you're doing yet another very high profile film with him, you're dumb.
PhantomZone
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They need to plan things out more creatively, you can't just throw a bunch of paint at a wall and say "viola well painted". I'd like to see them hit the breaks on DC solo character movies for the time being.
Hopefully they don't toy with rebooting older properties for the big screen (I know Lethal Weapon is headed to tv, but they better not attempt to make another movie). Don't try and give us Dirty Harry with Zac Efron
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Hopefully they don't toy with rebooting older properties for the big screen (I know Lethal Weapon is headed to tv, but they better not attempt to make another movie). Don't try and give us Dirty Harry with Zac Efron
.shortsFortallPeople
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if only the DC movies underperformed. Look at that list in the OP, they've had a series of bombas.
Universal just came off a record year with cars and dinosaurs and disney has marvel, star wars, pixar, and their own animation studio.
WB and Sony be out there trying to make fetch happen right now.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Ah... This can go either way.
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People take a risk, and they get ripped to shreds for it.
All superhero movies to be Marvel formula based from now on. Yay.
I just hope this means they cancel Aquaman, and cancel Cyborg.
All superhero movies to be Marvel formula based from now on. Yay.
I just hope this means they cancel Aquaman, and cancel Cyborg.
They blew it.
RustyNails
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Zack Snyder is to blame. I dont know who he's sleeping with in order to keep getting work because he shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the director's chair.
The Artisan
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There is absolutely no way to prove it, but I feel like things would've been different if everything was the same, but it was Christian Bale instead of Ben Affleck.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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Good idea. They don't know what they're doing.
Discotheque
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Yeah Bale is really good at elevating bad movies. Terminator Salvation was a masterpiece.....
Barack Lesnar
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Jupiter Ascending
Pan
In the Heart of the Sea
How can non-industry people like us KNOW that these would be total bombs but the execs being paid ton$ of money greenlighting them had no idea? Someone tell me
I didn't need to see the trailers for any of them either. I couldve told them right off that dumping $150 million into Jupiter Ascending was a bad idea.
Pan
In the Heart of the Sea
How can non-industry people like us KNOW that these would be total bombs but the execs being paid ton$ of money greenlighting them had no idea? Someone tell me
I didn't need to see the trailers for any of them either. I couldve told them right off that dumping $150 million into Jupiter Ascending was a bad idea.
Pai Pai Master
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BvS made Fury Road's entire take in its first week I'm pretty sure
Taking a risk isn't what gets you ripped to shreds, making a bad movie is.
BvS hasn't actually made a profit yet, has it? Doesn't it need to clear like 800 million for that?
I suspect the Lego and HP films will be solid successes or big hits, those are the kind of movies if done in a way appealing to their target audiences as I suspect they'll be, will have really impressive and pretty lengthy BO runs. I expect FBAWTFT to do excellently at the BO until SW. It's November w/ SW in December, are there any nearly as big films in that period this year?
BotoxAgent
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Fire Snyder already
An association with a better series of films would have elevated this one, yes. But it wouldn't have changed things significantly.
Violence Jack
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Space Jam 2 will save the day!
WB probably needs to do a little more research on the audiences for these movies they've been releasing. There was like zero hype for stuff like Pan, Jupiter Ascending, etc.
WB probably needs to do a little more research on the audiences for these movies they've been releasing. There was like zero hype for stuff like Pan, Jupiter Ascending, etc.
The Artisan
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It's not about Bale upping the rep (I think you are sarcastic anyway, right?)
Miles Quaritch
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These two characters didn't really need standalone movies. They just aren't compelling characters.
WB should focus on Black Adam/Shazam, Flash, Batman and WW. Superman probably doesn't need another standalone movie just yet, have him show up in Shazam and WW instead but use his rogues gallery for Justice League level threats.
Brainaic, Armoured Lex, Darkseid, etc.
TheOfficeMut
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With thunderous applause from Disney.
please no..
we finally get the perfect batman//bruce and to just take it away from me like that.
FUck no.
The Artisan
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Yeah, I mean, who knows. Ben Affleck has been cited as one of the highlights of the film, so for all I know I could be completely wrong. But there's no way to know for sure.
The risk wasn't taking a different tone from Marvel, nor should that be the lesson for WB.
The lesson here is that you don't give your flagship series to a director who makes bad movies.
Future PhaZe
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Lets be honest. That script had to look like a game of thrones novel. Let's not act like this is all on Snyder.
Glass Rebel
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Larner Bros.
Just like Fox got ripped to shreds for taking a risk with Kingsman and Deadpool, right?
Just like Fox got ripped to shreds for taking a risk with Kingsman and Deadpool, right?
Or stop hiring hacks like Zack Snyder if you want to be known as a filmmaker driven studio.
Sho_Nuff82
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RIP Cyborg, we actually didn't ever know ye.
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