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Tom Cruise kills an Empire. 300 sequel delayed eight months.
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I thought your sentence was a reference to Casino Royale's title song "You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell. Guess that was a bit too far-stretched
Edmond Dantès
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There's no doubt that The Desolation of Smaug is WB's banker this year.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey just recently became WB's fourth most successful film of all time. They're expecting/demanding another billion dollar film.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey just recently became WB's fourth most successful film of all time. They're expecting/demanding another billion dollar film.
With Warners now releasing not one, but two original sci-fi movies next summer (AYNIK and Jupiter Ascending) they should receive not only non stop praise from any discerning sci-fi and/or film fan but shame other studios (I'm looking at you Universal) to up their game.
And I'm sure the 300 sequel will do fine in March next year. While this move doesn't inspire much confidence it's still a cheaper production than either Jack The Giant Slayer or either of the 'Titans' movies and they both did well oversees when released at the same time of year by WB.
While 'Jack' did end up making a loss it still did over $200m WW which would be good for a more modest film which I believe the 300 sequel is.
Don't worry about WB. They have the strongest summer slate of any studio in years. I imagine come the end of the year they'll either be first or second for highest worldwide gross.
And I'm sure the 300 sequel will do fine in March next year. While this move doesn't inspire much confidence it's still a cheaper production than either Jack The Giant Slayer or either of the 'Titans' movies and they both did well oversees when released at the same time of year by WB.
While 'Jack' did end up making a loss it still did over $200m WW which would be good for a more modest film which I believe the 300 sequel is.
Don't worry about WB. They have the strongest summer slate of any studio in years. I imagine come the end of the year they'll either be first or second for highest worldwide gross.
XANDER CAGE
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Edmond Dantès;57320996 said:
Who's playing Biblio Boggins this time?
It's not strange to think that Jack The Giant Slayer could be a blockbuster. There has been a lot of buzz around fairy tale re-imaginations. But it bombed.
I still look forward to 300: Rise Of An Empire. I loved the first 300.
Martin Freeman again i presume?
Miles Quaritch
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Heh. What were WB thinking greenlighting these? Especially the first and latter
Jack the Giant Slayer and Burt Wonderstone both came from their production label New Line.
A potential (on paper anyway) fantasy franchise from Bryan Singer (at the time) probably looked a solid bet. Reshoots and FX snafus pushed the budget waaaaay up and it didn't turn out great.
Burt Wonderstone cost less than $40m to produce. With a cast that included Steve Carrel and Jim Carrey who wouldn't make that film for that budget?! It'll be in profit with pay TV and home video.
And Beautiful Creatures was only dist. by WB in the US with a company called Alcon financing and producing the film. Again a potential YA franchise in the making probably looked a solid bet.
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Meet The Spartans is where it is at lol
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