Tag: Avengers: Endgame
Analyzing the Post-Endgame MCU Box Office
What’s up, Geeks + Games? It’s ODIN! There is no doubt that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a shadow of its former self, with the 2023 releases accounting for some of the biggest box office bombs of any studio that year. Not only does Disney clearly overspend on the budgets and marketing for ea...
Read MoreKevin Feige Says No Resurrections for Tony Stark
Kevin Feige is echoing one of arch-villain Thanos’ promises. In a recent Vanity Fair article about Robert Downey Jr. (in which Downey is not interviewed because it was written during the actors’ strike), Feige talked about going to bat for Downey when it came time to cast Tony Stark in Iron Man...
Read MoreZoe Saldaña Felt “Stuck” in Genre Roles
BlabberingCollector | Jan 4, 2023 | 1
In an interview with Women’s Wear Daily, Zoe Saldaña, star of Star Trek, MCU’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avatar, said she was “artistically stuck” since being a part of the top three out of five top-earning movies of all time (Avatar, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame). Saldaña ...
Read MoreJon Favreau Didn’t Want Tony Stark to Die
Happy Hogan was even more devastated by his best friend’s death than we thought. In one of those Vanity Fair videos where filmmakers talk about scenes from their movies, Joe and Anthony Russo discuss Tony Stark’s sacrifice in Avengers: Endgame. They call it the moment that brought them the most ...
Read MoreMarvel Reshot Finale All-Female Scene Multiple Times to Be Less Pandering
Don Khan Swaylo | Oct 30, 2021 | 3
According to a new book by executive producer Trinh Tran, the “all-female” segment of the final battle in Avengers: Endgame went through extensive reshoots because the original was criticized as “pandering.” So, it went from “pandering” to “contrived;” suppose that’s better. The St...
Read MoreThe Chinese Box Office Delusion
Spike | Jun 1, 2021 | 6
Billions of potential Chinese moviegoers, billions of dollars to be made… Sounds like a winning combination, right? A no-brainer. Maybe that’s been the problem; it appears no brains have been used to study the implications of pursuing the Chinese box office. Hollywood has always assumed it’s j...
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