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Post by Billy_Costigan on Sept 29, 2020 16:19:18 GMT
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Post by sirchuck23 on Sept 29, 2020 16:21:39 GMT
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Sept 29, 2020 16:23:32 GMT
Hakuna Matata.
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Post by speeders on Sept 29, 2020 16:31:27 GMT
What?
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Post by speeders on Sept 29, 2020 16:33:21 GMT
Hmm... Hollywood Reporter says it's a prequel.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Sept 29, 2020 16:41:12 GMT
Disney's corporate plan:
1. Make movies based on pre-existing property (the less effort put from a creative standpoint, the better).
2. Strongarm theaters to crush any competition from smaller films.
3. Poach acclaimed directors of said smaller films to give an air of legitimacy to the brand.
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Sept 29, 2020 16:50:23 GMT
Fucking what the fuck?!
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Post by sirchuck23 on Sept 29, 2020 16:50:41 GMT
Disney's corporate plan: 1. Make movies based on pre-existing property (the less effort put from a creative standpoint, the better). 2. Strongarm theaters to crush any competition from smaller films. 3. Poach acclaimed directors of said smaller films to give an air of legitimacy to the brand.  |
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Post by speeders on Sept 29, 2020 17:09:10 GMT
Disney's corporate plan: 1. Make movies based on pre-existing property (the less effort put from a creative standpoint, the better). Yeah, they're allegedly trying to land Ryan Reynolds to star in both remakes of Tarzan and Atlantis: The Lost Empire which I thought was a total flop. God forbid they invest in anything new. |
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 29, 2020 17:38:50 GMT
This is probably, at least in part, a kind of 'one for them, one for me' type situation as he has his Alvin Ailey film set up at Searchlight.
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Post by franklin on Sept 29, 2020 17:39:25 GMT
This is a "one for the studio" movie for Jenkins, I had to expect it after "If Beale Street Could Talk"'s commercial flop and the fact that it wasn't exactly a success award season wise either.
Aside from an undeserved Supp.Actress win (and King didn't even hit all the precursors),it didn't even get a Picture and Directing nomination.
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Post by TerryMontana on Sept 29, 2020 17:39:48 GMT
Nothing new for Disney. Never again!!
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Post by pupdurcs on Sept 29, 2020 18:10:02 GMT
This is a "one for the studio" movie for Jenkins, I had to expect it after "If Beale Street Could Talk"'s commercial flop and the fact that it wasn't exactly a success award season wise either. Aside from an undeserved Supp.Actress win (and King didn't even hit all the precursors),it didn't even get a Picture and Directing nomination. Nah... If Beale Street Could Talk was a gigantic critical success and was a success awards season wise. Best Picture nomimation at the Golden Globes, AFI top 10 films, Adapted Screenplay Oscar nomination for Jenkins and obviously all the awards and Oscar for King.That movie solidified that Moonlight was not a fluke, and that Jenkins is one of the new major critical/awards favorite auteurs going forward. The guy can get any arthouse feature off the ground easily if he wanted to. Off the back of Beale Street's success got a deal with Amazon to exec produce and direct 11 episodes of a prestige series The Underground Railroad, with Brad Pitt's Plan B company. Jenkins is doing The Lion King because he wants to. His career isn't in any trouble, and he doesn't lack the clout to get smaller artistic films made. Sounds like something he's doing because he doesn't just want to be boxed as that "indie auteur guy". And the money of course. |
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Post by bob-coppola on Sept 29, 2020 18:24:41 GMT
What made The Lion King remake beyond unbearable to me was how overserious it took itself. Even if I like Jenkins' work a lot, I don't see how hiring a drama director will fix this problem. Visuals should be on point, but I'm probably skipping this one. Learnt with Mulan the lesson I should've learned 24984 years ago, those Disney remakes will never please me - sans The Jungle Book and Pete's Dragon.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Sept 29, 2020 18:30:38 GMT
This is a "one for the studio" movie for Jenkins, I had to expect it after "If Beale Street Could Talk"'s commercial flop and the fact that it wasn't exactly a success award season wise either. Aside from an undeserved Supp.Actress win (and King didn't even hit all the precursors),it didn't even get a Picture and Directing nomination. Nah... If Beale Street Could Talk was a gigantic critical success and was a success awards season wise. Best Picture nomimation at the Golden Globes, AFI top 10 films, Adapted Screenplay Oscar nomination for Jenkins and obviously all the awards and Oscar for King.That movie solidified that Moonlight was not a fluke, and that Jenkins is one of the new major critical/awards favorite auteurs going forward. The guy can get any arthouse feature off the ground easily if he wanted to. Off the back of Beale Street's success got a deal with Amazon to exec produce and direct 11 episodes of a prestige series The Underground Railroad, with Brad Pitt's Plan B company. Jenkins is doing The Lion King because he wants to. His career isn't in any trouble, and he doesn't lack the clout to get smaller artistic films made. Sounds like something he's doing because he doesn't just want to be boxed as that "indie auteur guy". And the money of course. Yes, I'm actually coming around to the idea that Jenkins maybe has an interesting take on The Lion King "mythos". Initially the news depressed me because I assumed he basically had to take the project because If Beale Street Could Talk and Moonlight were largely "uncommercial movies", that only did well enough because of their low-budget and Oscar Buzz ( Moonlight is the lowest grossing best picture winner of the 2010s), and while certainly I have no doubt he wants that sweet Disney money so he can finance his own projects, I still think the movie is in better hands with him directing. If you're gonna make a Lion King sequel, then why not get an out of left field choice, that's better then just a yes man, no offense to Favreau, but that 2019 film could have said "directed by Disney committee", and it wouldn't have made a difference. Plus that Godfather 2 comparison is very intriguing. |
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Post by JangoB on Sept 29, 2020 18:46:03 GMT
Obviously a fresher approach is something that should've been done from the beginning. But of course doing a shot-for-shot remake of the beloved 1994 movie was easier as well as being a financial no-brainer. So now I'm kinda curious although if they stick with the 'realistically inexpressive CGI animals' thing then it'll have a major flaw right from the get-go. Especially if they'll be looking right at the camera all the time.
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Post by sirchuck23 on Sept 29, 2020 19:00:46 GMT
Nah... If Beale Street Could Talk was a gigantic critical success and was a success awards season wise. Best Picture nomimation at the Golden Globes, AFI top 10 films, Adapted Screenplay Oscar nomination for Jenkins and obviously all the awards and Oscar for King.That movie solidified that Moonlight was not a fluke, and that Jenkins is one of the new major critical/awards favorite auteurs going forward. The guy can get any arthouse feature off the ground easily if he wanted to. Off the back of Beale Street's success got a deal with Amazon to exec produce and direct 11 episodes of a prestige series The Underground Railroad, with Brad Pitt's Plan B company. Jenkins is doing The Lion King because he wants to. His career isn't in any trouble, and he doesn't lack the clout to get smaller artistic films made. Sounds like something he's doing because he doesn't just want to be boxed as that "indie auteur guy". And the money of course. but that 2019 film could have said "directed by Disney committee"  |
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Sept 29, 2020 22:30:40 GMT
I’m just here for the replies.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Sept 29, 2020 23:43:15 GMT
good for Jenkins for making that paycheck, but yeah I'm assuming this is going to be terrible
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 30, 2020 0:49:16 GMT
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Post by quetee on Sept 30, 2020 5:20:34 GMT
I'm okay with Barry making that Disney money.
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Post by LaraQ on Sept 30, 2020 13:09:01 GMT
I'm okay with Barry making that Disney money. Same.I don't think some people realize how little Indie directors actually earn.Make bank Barry. |
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Post by Lubezki on Sept 30, 2020 16:09:23 GMT
As long as Nicholas Britell is on board then I’m fine with this. |
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Post by quetee on Sept 30, 2020 16:35:29 GMT
I'm okay with Barry making that Disney money. Same.I don't think some people realize how little Indie directors actually earn.Make bank Barry. Exactly. He needs to get paid now. |
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