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Shazam actually did quite well considering the character is not well known and a sequel is going to be filming soon.Also there was a little movie that came out a few months ago called Joker which made over a billion dollars.
I’ve never heard of this Joker film. What is it about?
How many countries will follow Italy’s lead?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/italy-lockdown-coronavirus_n_5e66ab53c5b605572809d54d
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/peter-rabbit-2-pushed-august-coronavirus-fears-1283449?
Given the current circumstances and how April is anticipated to be worse, I think they did the right thing. Though I’m still in turmoil that it happened in the first place.
In these circumstances, Mulan is really the canary in the mine. If that film dies, than others will dramatically vacate and we could have the quietest summer season. I kinda hope that others don’t move, as they’ll only get in NTTD’s way in November.
But the big risks currently are: Black Widow, Wonder Woman 1984, Tenet and Fast 9.
Is Mulan definitely not moving?
The film had its first press screenings and world premiere already, and with tickets on sale for a good few weeks, so US release almost definitely not moving. China has been postponed with a new date TBA...
Sales for the previews on the 25th in Germany started already.
So it would be the same situation as with Bond, when they stop it now.
I believe it will go ahead.
NTTD dodged some serious competition there.
I think there's enough plot interest to guarantee major box office. If there is a major tonal shift and we see Bond playing second fiddle to a female 007 I can imagine a box office backlash but I can't see that happening. Babs and MG know Bond is the star of Bond films. They won't risk making Bond too emasculated. They're smart producers when it comes to protecting Bond's box office.
Another reason to be positive - it's back to a November release. April would have been a riskier release date. How much, who knows, but we all know November is a strong month to release a James Bond film (assuming coronavirus hasn't taken over the world!).
Very well could be the case, and no doubt the film industry would be responding as a whole and not just EON. If it gets even worse by then, I don’t think NTTD will be the only film to get an indefinite delay.
No reason to release the film now or in the next few months when countries have closed their cinemas and other countries are reporting low attendance figures due to people avoiding areas with lots of people gathered together.
Yes it could get worse but then again I'm sure EON will re-evaluate the situation nearer the time, they will be far from the only ones to do it if this gets worse by then.
This isn't about Bond fans not getting their film on its release date, the stakes are much bigger than that.
The effects of this under performing at the worldwide box office could have catastrophic results on the future of the series, this is most likely the most expensive film of the year it needs to be a hit.
Putting this back to November is sound financial sense.
“Yeah but I want to complain more about EON and how they ruined the franchise forever!”
I might log out of the site for a while. Feel like it’s been infected by grade A morons and having to read this shite for the next 8 months isn’t for me.
I completely understand. It was inevitable.
1. The US has suspended all travel with Europe (except the UK) for 30 days https://www.yahoo.com/gma/president-trump-deliver-prime-time-statement-coronavirus-001259240.html
2. The National Basketball Association (NBA) has suspended all league games after one of its’ players tested positive. https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/nba-suspends-season-due-coronavirus/story?id=69547659&cid=social_twitter_abcn
3. Actor Tom Hanks has tested positive https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/business/media/tom-hanks-coronavirus.html
Not OT at all. We are seeing, day by day, that EON was ahead of this thing.
Yep they can't take any risks now.
Thank you! That's what I've been trying to say on here - I don't think some of us would be quite so blasé if the film were to be delayed again in November.
With all of these films being delayed, shall we go to the extreme end of the spectrum and just shut down cinemas worldwide until the new year? How many people on here would actually be happy with that?
This is a hypothetical with an obvious answer. It serves no purpose, because at the end of it all, the April release date is right in the middle of a time where theatres in several sizeable markets are closed.
I don't think anyone is being blasé about it. Most are disappointed but understanding. Everyone has been waiting for the film for five years. Some of us just don't have a sense of entitlement about it. Nobody is happy - to suggest as such is disingenuous.
If Black Widow and Wonder Woman suffer, NTTD has a good shout at being the top grossing film of the year.
The world will recover from this - if we act with caution but also keep on with our daily lives and interests as much as possible, that will make this period earlier. Fearmongering and cynicism / pessimism about this will just make it feel worse and make the time in this situation feel even longer than it need be. I am just fed up with reading, hearing, listening to news about it. The Bond delay has made it feel personal to me. Petty - yes. Entitled - yes. But that's my honest feeling about it.