Imagine if they pulled an X-Men Days of Future Past with Flashpoint Paradox..... Keep some of the same, change whatever needs to be changed, boom.I'm not too worried for the DC storylines if they want to do something like Endgame. I mean look at all the great storylines that are absolutely epic in the comics, and those are just the first one that cames in my mind :
Flashpoint Paradox
It's only a question of if WB is really willing to build something like that or if they only want to create characters that are in the same universe but don't interact with each others.
Regardless, it'll put butts on seats.I'm still completely unsold on gunn. None of his work outside the MCU was good to me. And I only enjoyed gotg 1 and thought 2 was really bad.
I'm not sold on any these MCU directors taken off the scrap heap being notable outside of it. That brand is a machine and the director is just a cog in it.
I have my doubts. But we shall see.
SS2 or whatever it ends up being called needs a killer (pun not intended) song and music video. The Heathens song was a large part of the marketing for the first film.
SS2 or whatever it ends up being called needs a killer (pun not intended) song and music video. The Heathens song was a large part of the marketing for the first film.
I don't think Gunn alone is enough to drive people to see the movie.
Diversity of the cast has been one of the causes. Even Tsujihara acknowledged thatI don't think anyone's ever going to dissect why Suicide Squad did so well. It baffles me.
I don't think anyone's ever going to dissect why Suicide Squad did so well. It baffles me.
So uhh
https://heroichollywood.com/idris-elba-deathstroke-james-gunn-suicide-squad/
Thoughts?
I actually like Joe Manganiello as Deathstroke but this would be interesting nonetheless if true.
I made this post first then made a thread to engage more discussion.
I have an ongoing thesis that the reason why that DC's movies tend to perform poorly is that a) the history of "DCU" movies and b) they are not Marvel.Is Shazam considered a bomb? It has like half the WW box office numbers of the previous worst-performing DCEU movie (JL). But obviously the budget is quite a bit smaller.
I'm sad about it. I loved the movie.
But even my friends who watch basically every comic book movie didn't go see Shazam.I have an ongoing thesis that the reason why that DC's movies tend to perform poorly is that a) the history of "DCU" movies and b) there are not Marvel.
Did you ask them why?But even my friends who watch basically every comic book movie didn't go see Shazam.
Not directly. I just told them that Shazam was amazing and they need to see it and all they ever said when I would tell them is, "Ehhh, I don't know."
That is just sad.Not directly. I just told them that Shazam was amazing and they need to see it and all they ever said when I would tell them is, "Ehhh, I don't know."
Possibly related: the only other comic book movie none of them saw in theaters in recent years is the equally fantastic Into the Spider-Verse. So maybe they see those two movies as kids movies or something? I don't know.
That might be the case.Possibly related: the only other comic book movie none of them saw in theaters in recent years is the equally fantastic Into the Spider-Verse. So maybe they see those two movies as kids movies or something? I don't know.
I just feel like the trailers didn't sell the movie well at all. I really think you'd love it if you watched it.I haven't missed a comic book movie at the theater since 2012, and I love the comic book Shazam is based on (I was mad hyped around the first trailer coming out), but I haven't checked it out yet. I don't know what's exactly keeping me away. Somehow it feels small-scale (yet I watched Ant-Man and the Wasp, and I like small-scale really), and I've kind of had my fill of Billy and Freddy in all those clips and trailers already. I think it has to do with Zachary Levi honestly. I love him, his timing and way of portraying humor, but it also kind of feels like it's the same, same, same). It still got three more days here at the theater chains but it's at the smallest cinemas with only 60 seats so that's keeping me away as well. And this month I wanna check out Endgame one more time, and then Detective Pikachu (but this one doesn't even get the biggest screen in the country cause of Endgame), John Wick 3, Aladdin and Godzilla.
Yeah, I'm gonna make an effort to catch it in the next three days. Just depends on my mood, and how I feel generally.I just feel like the trailers didn't sell the movie well at all. I really think you'd love it if you watched it.
Shazam will turn a profit once it comes out on home media. It's box office run falls somewhere between fine and slightly underwhelming.Is Shazam considered a bomb? It has like half the WW box office numbers of the previous worst-performing DCEU movie (JL). But obviously the budget is quite a bit smaller.
I'm sad about it. I loved the movie.
Pls no.
Not directly. I just told them that Shazam was amazing and they need to see it and all they ever said when I would tell them is, "Ehhh, I don't know."
Probably ChristmasShazam should of been pushed to August or something. It was fucking wedged in between to massive movies.
Agreed. We all know how reactionary they can be. Hope they don't can the sequel.
At this point they might as well save it for SDCC.I wonder when we'll get some casting news about the Batman movie.
Should be soon, right?
That's a good thing
Not necessarily. Marvel have peaked with Endgame for a while but are already taking the initiative with announcing phase 4 projects. Now is the time for Warners to start gearing up in response.
Blame the audience for Shazam's performance then. And they should worry about making their own money and not challenge Marvel.Not necessarily. Marvel have peaked with Endgame for a while but are already taking the initiative with announcing phase 4 projects. Now is the time for Warners to start gearing up in response.
Shazam should have done a lot better and deserved to. They can't rely on a series of unconnected films if they want to start challenging Disney. With the underperformance of brands like Harry Potter and Pokemon, WB need to double down on DC.