Am I the only one getting a bomba vibe from Disney's upcoming OZ film?

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And yeah, that there hasn't been a fast-tracked Wicked adaptation for the cinemas baffles me. Say what you want about its quality, there are plainly many people who want that experience.

Universal says it's going to happen "sooner rather than later"

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/universal-chairman-wants-fifty-shades-422217

THR: With Les Mis a hit, why haven't you greenlighted Wicked?

Fogelson: Wicked has been an enormous win for this company [Universal is majority owner of the Broadway musical]. The way it works, we should be in agreement together on when the right time to do this is. But I will tell you I believe that we are collectively moving toward Wicked coming to the screen sooner rather than later.

And I'd say Wicked is a lot more interesting than this seems to be (and the stage musical also has a very good script).
 
i don't think it will be a blockbuster, but surely not a bomba.

and does it matter? It's a one off movie anyways.

Nope, it's totally not a one-off. This is the start of a new franchise for Disney, they have big, BIG plans for it. I'm talking a place in their parks big. They really want it to do well.
 
Nope, it's totally not a one-off. This is the start of a new franchise for Disney, they have big, BIG plans for it. I'm talking a place in their parks big. They really want it to do well.

If they wanted it to do so well, they wouldn't have released in March. They would have put it in one of the money slots like Xmas or summer.
 
If they wanted it to do so well, they wouldn't have released in March. They would have put it in one of the money slots like Xmas or summer.

March is a money slot, actually.

The Hunger Games came out in March. Alice in Wonderland came out in March.

Lots of others, too. Those are just the first two off the top of my head.
 
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Rachel Weisz

I didn't know i had this fetish...but there you go. Weisz does it again.
 
My GF is hyped to see it, and she's not one to get all that excited for movies often. Wizard of OZ is like catnip to some women, look at Wicked. I'm also mildly interested in it because of Franco and Mila, so I think it will do well.
 
Oz will easily recoup the high production and marketing costs. I highly doubt it'll get anywhere near Alice numbers, but it might turn into a nice little franchise for Disney. March is a great release window for the film and it has little competition in the coming weeks.

I think Pacific Rim is a lock to be the biggest BOMBA of 2013.
 
Oz will easily recoup the high production and marketing costs. I highly doubt it'll get anywhere near Alice numbers, but it might turn into a nice little franchise for Disney. March is a great release window for the film and it has little competition in the coming weeks.

I think Pacific Rim is a lock to be the biggest BOMBA of 2013.

Is a $30 mil return a bomb?
 
We got the Wicked Witches of East and West and the Good Witch of the South. Who's the Witch of the North?
 
So....I saw it!

It was better than I expected. Pretty funny in some parts, cool-ish bits toward the end, beautiful visuals and such.

But goddamn. Some of the worst CG compositing I've ever seen. Seriously, whenever anyone was flying around (especially a scene using bubbles) it was total amateur hour. So unbelievably distracting in many scenes just how horrible the CG was, and normally I don't notice things like that.
 
So....I saw it!

It was better than I expected. Pretty funny in some parts, cool-ish bits toward the end, beautiful visuals and such.

But goddamn. Some of the worst CG compositing I've ever seen. Seriously, whenever anyone was flying around (especially a scene using bubbles) it was total amateur hour. So unbelievably distracting in many scenes just how horrible the CG was, and normally I don't notice things like that.
I noticed it looked really bad too when watching this, especially around the :30 mark. Glinda looks like she's in a blue screen and her movement looks off, like stiff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=c1u5r1CXcLE&feature=endscreen

I'm assuming this is at least one of the parts you're talking about.
 
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