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Acolyte Pre-Production Costs $49 Million
According to Forbes, Disney reported spending $49 million on pre-production for its upcoming Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte. This figure doesn’t include the production budget or the marketing the show will require closer to airtime; pre-production costs include things like casting, writi...
Read MoreJoss Whedon and the Death of Drama
One of the common complaints about entertainment in the last few years – one I’ve had, too – is that it has too much humor. It’s a funny thing to say when the comedy is all but dead (with the rare entries being joyless lectures disguised as fun – with the odd exception), but it’s &hellip...
Read MoreLess Marvel Content Coming From Disney
Some of Disney’s biggest brands are going to make themselves scarce in the future. In an interview with CNBC – the same one in which he told the striking actors and writers to stop being selfish and accept their AI replacements – CEO Bob Iger discussed the recent failures of Disney-owned prope...
Read MoreNew Ahsoka Trailer Enters Training
Today, Lucasfilm released another trailer for the upcoming Disney+ Star Wars series Ahsoka. Check it out here: I have some problems with this one. Sabine having Ezra’s lightsaber doesn’t bother me; I’ve seen some complain about this, but she did train with the Darsksaber, and Ezra left her b...
Read MoreIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is a Bomb and It’s Your Fault
If the coffin containing Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny needed a final nail, this weekend was it. After a disastrous opening weekend and losing the Fourth of July box office to Sound of Freedom, it also dropped from first place in its second weekend of release, losing to Insidious: The Red Do...
Read MoreIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Bombs, to No One’s Surprise
As predicted, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is bombing at the box office. It met the insanely meager expectations box office predictors had set in its opening weekend, garnering $60 million domestically and $130 million worldwide. For a film that needs to make at least $800 million to break ...
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