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https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/peter-rabbit-2-moves-easter-2020-1241048
'Peter Rabbit 2' has moved from 7 February, 2020 to 3 April, 2020.
They're just setting it up for a Peter Rabbit/James Bond crossover film.
Of course! That is Rami Malek s character. I guarantee it.
Is that where Bond got his blue Matera jacket from!
This is a true non-film for animated movies. Especially for kids:
Kids prefer really cute animations. Of which a Minion, is the gold standard. This….rabbit looks old and scary. Will not gross more than $500 Million worldwide. No competition.
Exactly. @MakeshiftPython hits the nail on the head.
Bond and Marvel are two completely different--and I'll indulge Gert here--film "franchises". One is a top brand of wine, constantly striving to provide its costumers with the best quality product it can. The other is the Coca Cola Company, throwing various soft drinks off the assembly line, keeping the ones that sell, dismissing the ones that don't, and generating constant customer satisfaction by betting on different horses at the same time.
The Bond films excel at reconfiguring themselves in an ever-changing world, ensuring a persistent relevance and modernness, despite what certain critics may say. But the fact is that is has gotten tougher to do so. Bond helped to shape the '60s, but nearly sixty years later, Bond has to constantly reshape himself to fit the new '20s. Things we worried about yesterday are old news today. Things we used to take for granted are by the same token being submitted to endless socio-political scrutiny and harsh exaggeration wrapped up in a "hashtag" hype, resulting in the painful fact that even Fleming's Bond must tread carefully lest some modern Internet crusaders get Medieval on him. Bond still has to be his unique, trustworthy self, but he also has to show that he's caught up with some of the latest trends. He can't just cheaply copy the one-hit wonders of the moment, nor leave behind his 66-year old persona, but he can't just keep hitting the same notes either as smacking a girl on the bottom or, worse, slapping her in the face, would raise a storm of red flags nowadays.
At the same time, trend shifts in the film making business require a non-stop evaluation and re-evaluation of where to take the next project. Some series benefit from punching one film after another in our theatres; others toy with viewership fatigue almost after two films released in quick succession. The Bond series used to be doing well with the first model but eventually segued into the second. Some fans seem to think that what we need is "stability" and a sense of continuation, but I don't think that works right now. With each next instalment, it seems, come long sessions of reflection, contemplation and analysis. Even if the next lead actor proves more available than Craig and less demanding about sitting down and having his sayings too, they'll still have to maintain a careful "plan, do, check, act" approach. It takes much longer these days to recover from disappointment. One "bad" film can put a series on hold for a long period of time. Whatever some here feel we are owed by EON, they'll want to take as few risks as possible. A brand of good wine may travel far and find itself respected everywhere, but even such good wine can turn into undrinkable vinegar overnight after a small production error.
https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2019/09/25/apple-seen-as-buyer-to-stock-new-streaming-service-mgm/
Just imagine if MGM still had its pre-1986 films, it would be a goldmine of massive pop culture content for Apple.
I agree @Benny. NTTD might be one of the biggest blockbusters worldwide of 2020. Especially since Marvel is slowing down a bit in 2020.
The difference is Mission Impossible is speeding up and Bond is slowing down. Soon enough that comparison won't be so apt, as MI are dropping films back 2 back years, as Bond did back in the day.
If things continue on the trajectory they are on, mission Impossible will overtake Bond at the box office as well, as Bond used or be THE franchise to beat. But when you think MI are coming off their most successful entry to date, and Bond is coming off SP, it's going to be very close to who will come out on top next time.
And Paramount is pushing for more films because at this time they don’t have a lot of strong IPs compared to a few years ago when they had other hits like TRANSFORMERS, STAR TREK, G.I. JOE, IRON MAN, THOR, and CAPTAIN AMERICA. During that time they were okay with having to wait four to six years between M:I films because they were ultimately just movies Cruise did on his time.
Bang on @RC7, @MakeshiftPython and @peter couldn't have put it better myself.
The outrage over NTTD mainly came from folks wrongfully assuming James Bond was recast as a woman. All that nonsense should pass when a trailer hits and firmly establishes that Bond is still very much a man and played by Daniel Craig.
I wouldn't go "banco" on that. Most people I know personally are only aware of NTTD, because they have an obnoxious, Bond obsessed friend who keeps reminding them. That would be me.
I am slightly concerned that April is untested waters for Bond. I believe the only other Bond film to have an April release was the U.S. distribution of FRWL in '64.
Oh, and there's the '67 CR.
Disney and Universal have done amazingly well with April releases (FURIOUS 7, THE JUNGLE BOOK, THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS, INFINITY WAR, and ENDGAME), so it's no surprise if Universal opted for a April release once a slot opened up.
Not even remotely concerned, honestly. There's a lot more involved in those films' disappointing box-office returns than "wokeness".
So true. The failure of Terminator and Charlie's Angels are wrongfully being claimed by misogynistic trolls. Those movies flopped for a myriad of other reasons. The fact that they were billed as 'woke' had nothing to do with their failures.
Bond as a brand is strong enough to sustain the storm - plus, the series isn't getting a radical overhaul. Daniel Craig is still James bond and his tenure has been associated with success.
Plus, unlike recent flops - Bond isn't a dusty old bit of IP. Over the last 14 years, Craig has played the role and his films have a legion of fans who know him as 007.
If NTTD can get a $80-90 million weekend and a $250 million haul domestically, that would be terrific.
The big question mark here is China........................since 2015 that market has exploded and that will factor massively in the final total. Bond will either make big bucks there or die entirely.
Terminator: Dark Fate was only undone by the idiotic comments of its director combined with general lack of interest after a number of poor sequels.
Bond, and specifically Daniel Craig's Bond, is as popular as ever. SP was a bump for sure, but not enough to diminish his era entirely. And with the fans that he has brought in since '06, I'm sure the box-office returns for his almost certainly final film will reflect how liked he has been in the role.
The final piece of the puzzle is a good film, and that's all that's missing now.