Films and TV (Untagged spoilers)

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"Dragons are coming. #HouseoftheDragon begins production in 2021."

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auzs95InJzo

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn21u6j6Ywc

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"Oscar Isaac will star as Solid Snake in Sony’s Metal Gear Solid live-action movie. Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) is set to direct."

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The Mandalorian just got EXTRA HOT, especially for Expanded Universe material:

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-Boba Fett got his armor back and went full BEAST MODE
-Jango Fett confirmed to be a true Mando, a foundling from Concord Dawn and was raised by Jaster Mereel and fought in the Mando Civil War before the Clone Wars, so that "Jango and Boba aren't real Mandos" stuff can be ignored
-Slave 1 returns
-Dark Troopers
-Moff Gideon finally captured Grogu
-the Razor Crest is destroyed

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Regarding the latest episode of The Mandalorian...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn_J425eo3Q

[Sinekein]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ver1OZdK2bA

Maybe I missed some references, but for me Harry won that one quite clearly.

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First images of Godzilla vs Kong from CCXP! Trailer likely to drop sometime in the next 3-4 hours!

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Yeeeees... gimmegimmegimme!

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Yeeeees... gimmegimmegimme!

Ok, never mind. Turns out the 2 seconds of footage at the very beginning was it. SUCH A FUCKING TEASE. I endured 6 hours of that CCXP stream and for nothing.

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In other news, apparently Monster Hunter opened up in China, and then China immediately banned it. From what I'm hearing it contains a joke the CCP considered to be racist.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ceGtjJCKAM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rI56NmD33Y

Oh, this looks like it could be fun!

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In other news, apparently Monster Hunter opened up in China, and then China immediately banned it. From what I'm hearing it contains a joke the CCP considered to be racist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n5E7feJHw0&ab

Basically my reaction.

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Oh, this looks like it could be fun!

What is it, Korean The Strand? I can get onboard with that!

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"Bart & Fleming: While WGA, CAA & WME Fight In Court, Streamers Rewrite Movie Paydays; Will Legendary Challenge WarnerMedia Over ‘Dune’ & Godzilla Vs. Kong’ HBO Max Move?"

"I’m hearing that Legendary Entertainment either has or will send legal letters to Warner Bros as soon as today, challenging the decision to put the Denis Villenueve-directed Dune into the HBO Max deal, and maybe Godzilla vs Kong as well. On the latter, Legendary reportedly had Netflix ready to pull the film from Warner Bros for around $250 million, before WarnerMedia blocked it. Sources said Legendary had no advance notice before last week’s announcement that both Dune and Godzilla vs. Kong were part of the HBO Max plan.

Legendary certainly seems to have the right to challenge WarnerMedia on its decision: Legendary and its partners provided 75% of the $165 million or so net budget of Dune, the adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel that was envisioned to be the first of multiple films exploiting the six-novel series. It put up a similar amount of the funding on the Godzilla vs. King film. Will the long-term viability of the franchises be tarnished by starting out as an HBO Max offering? It’s the same question the industry is asking about Wonder Woman. Legendary wouldn’t comment. I’m told there are three other films that have a right to believe movies they majority financed are being served up to provide a steroid shot to HBO Max’s paid subscriber base by undoing deals that were made for theatrical release and the traditional revenue waterfall."

And then there's this curveball.

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https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/stat ... 4891912192

"Christopher Nolan calls the WB/HBO Max release plan “very, very, very, very messy” and a “real bait & switch.” “It’s sort of not how you treat filmmakers...They deserved to be consulted & spoken to about what was going to happen to their work.”"

https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/stat ... 0864495619

"The HBO Max plan is causing drama: Reps for Margot Robbie, Keanu Reeves, Angelina Jolie & more are annoyed they were not treated the same as Gal Gadot, DGA have discussed a Warner Bros boycott, Some are calling the studio ‘Former Bros’."

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"WarnerMedia is reportedly considering changing HBO Max’s name to include “Warner” in the title, rather than “HBO”."

"Christopher Nolan Rips HBO Max as "Worst Streaming Service," Denounces Warner Bros.' Plan; To many insiders, WarnerMedia's blindsiding of talent and their reps with news that it would send 17 films directly to HBO Max in 2021 felt like an insult."

"Legendary is hoping to first negotiate a more generous deal, but isn’t taking legal action off the table should the two companies fail to come to a compromise. One possibility is that Warner Bros. would buy the films outright from LG. No legal challenge has been filed yet."

"Surprisingly to some in the industry, sources say the idea was the brainchild of Warner Bros. COO Carolyn Blackwood who, looking at a relatively weak 2021 slate, saw an opportunity to avoid the humiliation of potentially bad grosses while currying favor with streamer-obsessed higher-ups. The instant response in Hollywood was outrage and a massive girding for battle. “Warners has made a grave mistake,” says one top talent agent. “Never have this many people been this upset with one entity.” Like others, he had spent much of the day dealing with calls from stunned and angry clients. And that swooshing sound you hear? It’s the lawyers, stropping their blades as they prepare for battle: that Warners was self-dealing in shifting these movies to its own streamer, perhaps, or that the company acted in bad faith. Some talent reps say the decision affects not only profit participants but others who have worked on films as the move might affect residual payments. They expect and hope that the guilds will get involved. (The Writers Guild of America declined to comment.) The Warners move poses big, maybe even existential questions: How do theaters survive this supposedly onetime, excused-by-the-pandemic move? Genies are hard to put back in the bottle — and no one believes Warners intended this to be temporary, anyway. What damage will be done to exhibitors by training customers that if they sit on their sofas, the biggest movies will come? And will Warners face serious backlash from important producers, filmmakers, guilds and onscreen talent? “Warners was the quintessentially talent-friendly, filmmaker-friendly studio,” says one agent. “Now Warners isn’t the first place, second place or third place you want to go.” Many in Hollywood think WarnerMedia opted for this drastic move to play to streaming-infatuated Wall Street and redo the botched launch of HBO Max, which has netted a dismal 8.6 million "activated" subscribers so far. But one prominent agent notes that the top executives at WarnerMedia and its parent — AT&T CEO John Stankey, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar and, of course, Sarnoff — “don’t understand the movie business, and they don’t understand talent relations.”"

"WarnerMedia had to shovel tens of millions at Gal Godot and the other key players because the company wants a third in the series. But that sets the bar high. Sources say even Suicide Squad director James Gunn, who is platform-agnostic, was not pleased when the studio followed its shocking announcement by floating a lackluster formula for compensating him and other profit participants in the film."

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"The Mandalorian chapter 13 official concept art by Brian Matyas, Anton Grandent, Erik Tiemens, Ryan Church, and Christian Alzmann."

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"The Mandalorian chapter 14 official concept art by Erik Tiemens, Christian Alzmann, and Ryan Church."

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The Mandalorian official poster art:

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The Mandalorian official set photos:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB3ycAKs_JE

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwkqw15syXU

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK18Ec5uyVo

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OpflELE0G8

It's official. Alfred Molina will be reprising the role of Doc Ock.

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It's official. Alfred Molina will be reprising the role of Doc Ock.

Alright then. Still don't think we needed more multiverse shenanigans, but Doc Ock was my favorite villain of the Raimi movies, so it'll be neat to see Molina reprising the role in some capacity.

[Dragaros]

Alright then. Still don't think we needed more multiverse shenanigans, but Doc Ock was my favorite villain of the Raimi movies, so it'll be neat to see Molina reprising the role in some capacity.

Aye. I have my issues with the Raimi trilogy, but Molina's Doc Ock is not not one of them. One of the best live-action movie villains ever in my book. They did a fantastic job selling him as a threat (both physically and mentally), but also made him deeply tragic and sympathetic.

"I will not die a monster...!"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bINTjSKwu3Q

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb8ZbP6qAzE

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcDQqGJG8pA

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnSHIiwCwps

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4z53ZSbGFg

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7ne2D3L3dw

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZti8QKBWPo

That fucking nobody is John Wick

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Disney is having is its end of the year investors call, and there's a bunch of stuff being announced. Most noteworthy thing is the Disney + Star "expansion" which is gonna be the channel where all the "not-Disney-y" stuff (so most of the Fox and Touchstone material) will end up going. The rest of it is still being revealed, but among the other things, there is indeed an Alien live action series, set on Earth and with Ridley Scotto as one of its producers (so expect more Prometheus b.s.) and an Ashoka Tano show, of course connected with the Mandalorian but also with a third show centered around the New Republic, all of which should have some big crossover even later in the future.

Oh and they will also be doing the simultaneous release on theatres and streaming for at least a significant portions of their movies sooo... another nail in the coffin for cinemas.

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Alright then. Still don't think we needed more multiverse shenanigans, but Doc Ock was my favorite villain of the Raimi movies, so it'll be neat to see Molina reprising the role in some capacity.

Aye. I have my issues with the Raimi trilogy, but Molina's Doc Ock is not not one of them. One of the best live-action movie villains ever in my book. They did a fantastic job selling him as a threat (both physically and mentally), but also made him deeply tragic and sympathetic.

"I will not die a monster...!"

Did they confirm multiverse?

He could just be the "new" Doc Ock. Like JK Simmons is both J Jonah Jamesons.

Also, gotta admire how Disney creates one good Star Wars TV show, and suddenly they are producing 20 more. I can already smell the recipe being reused in each one so that you get the same "familiar" feel you have when watching MCU movies.

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Did they confirm multiverse?

He could just be the "new" Doc Ock. Like JK Simmons is both J Jonah Jamesons.

All but confirmed. Keep in mind the Spiderverse animated film made a toooon of money and the MCU is going multiverse anyway. So...

Also, gotta admire how Disney creates one good Star Wars TV show, and suddenly they are producing 20 more. I can already smell the recipe being reused in each one so that you get the same "familiar" feel you have when watching MCU movies.

And apparently Kathy Kennedy is taking all the credit she can for it, and might manage to use the success of Mandalorian to stay in charge for years to come, even tho that show specifically is going well because she was specifically forbidden by Der Mouse to interfere with it.

[Sinekein]

I mean, they mostly seem to have given a ton of freedom to Dave Filoni. Dumber things have been done.

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I mean, they mostly seem to have given a ton of freedom to Dave Filoni. Dumber things have been done.

Indeed, and apparently they confirmed that Ruin Jhonson isn't getting his own movie trilogy too. So there's still a chance to turn things around, I believe.

[Sinekein]

They also got McGregor & Christensen back for their Kenobi show (time to take bets on how long it'll take for Hayden to have a line about sand in the show) and announced a movie by Patty Jenkins. It's hard not to be excited honestly, that announcement list was pretty much a strike.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBhlqe2OTt4

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkBfGvb7NzM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4JuopziR3Q

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSW-pARyP-M

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I have to admit... there was a lot of cool shit in that presentation. Thei're gonna have to not screw up most of it, especially on the Star Wars side, for me to get legitimately more optimistic in regards of Disney again, but I think they have at least a chance to get better.

Also lol, Captain Marvel 2 is gonna have Monica Rambeu and Kamalah Khan teaming up with Carol Danvers, because thei're worried Brie Larson can't carry a whole movie on her own. Don't be surprised if she quits before the movies' out becase she can't bare to not be the only protag.

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I have to admit... there was a lot of cool shit in that presentation. Thei're gonna have to not screw up most of it, especially on the Star Wars side, for me to get legitimately more optimistic in regards of Disney again, but I think they have at least a chance to get better.

Also lol, Captain Marvel 2 is gonna have Monica Rambeu and Kamalah Khan teaming up with Carol Danvers, because thei're worried Brie Larson can't carry a whole movie on her own. Don't be surprised if she quits before the movies' out becase she can't bare to not be the only protag.

there is a rumor floating around that Captain Marvel is being recast.