2025 movies

[Noles939913]

Originally Posted by rms13

I have a soft spot in my heart for Prince of Thieves but Costner's accent it terrible. Some people just shouldn't do it.

He actually ditched it after the first 20 or so minutes and just used his regular voice afterwards. I’m assuming reshoots would’ve been too expensive and they didn’t have the technology in 1990 to alter it digitally.

[cdub6238]

Interesting flurry of news lately...

- Now You See Me 3, drops later in the year in November...but a 4th movie has also already been greenlit

- Keanu Reeves is officially back for a John Wick 5

- How to Train Your Dragon Live Action remake drops later this year in June...but a sequel is already planned for a 2027 release

- A Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel, with both Brad Pitt and Leo returning, is in the works for...Netflix?

[duwal]

Originally Posted by jdandns

Trap was OK for most of it, but the killer gets away at the end using a bicycle spoke to escape the police handcuffs.

I thought Trap was pretty good too but felt like it really dragged the ending, maybe could have been a bit better if last 20 minutes were condensed

[duwal]

Drop seems like worth a shot for me, from same director that did Happy Death Day and I loved how that was shot

[jmarascojr]

Originally Posted by cdub6238

Interesting flurry of news lately...

- Keanu Reeves is officially back for a John Wick 5

Not really sure when "Ballerina" takes place time wise, but I guess I just assumed with Keanu in that, JW5 was a no brainer...

[cdub6238]

Originally Posted by jmarascojr

Not really sure when "Ballerina" takes place time wise, but I guess I just assumed with Keanu in that, JW5 was a no brainer...

It's supposed to be set between 3 and 4

Also..get ready for Den of Thieves 3, currently in pre production

And also apparently...a Live Action...Legend of Zelda movie in 2027

[rms13]

Originally Posted by cdub6238

Interesting flurry of news lately...

- Now You See Me 3, drops later in the year in November...but a 4th movie has also already been greenlit

- Keanu Reeves is officially back for a John Wick 5

- How to Train Your Dragon Live Action remake drops later this year in June...but a sequel is already planned for a 2027 release

- A Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel, with both Brad Pitt and Leo returning, is in the works for...Netflix?

Also an animated John Wick prequel directed by Shannon Tindle. I worked with him in the past so I'm biased but I expect him to do a great job with the property.

[Jericho]

Originally Posted by duwal

I thought Trap was pretty good too but felt like it really dragged the ending, maybe could have been a bit better if last 20 minutes were condensed

I feel like it was good when they were at the concert, and then it just dragged after they left. Maybe should have had the whole movie be at the concert somehow

[Ty Hope]

I was against a Naked Gun remake but now that I see it’s a sequel featuring Frank Jr, I’m ok with it. Major Leslie Nielson fan so the trailer paying respect made me happy.

[Brobocop]

Originally Posted by Ty Hope

I was against a Naked Gun remake but now that I see it’s a sequel featuring Frank Jr, I’m ok with it. Major Leslie Nielson fan so the trailer paying respect made me happy.

I couldn’t have cared less if it was a remake or a sequel BUT after seeing the trailer, happy it’s a sequel if only for the OJ gag.

That trailer had me laughing harder than anything has in the past 5-10 years.

[Ty Hope]

It makes a big difference for me personally. Acknowledging the original as opposed to ignoring it is a make or break.

[cdub6238]

To the surprise of...well probably nobody..

Snow White...is reportedly "on pace" to LOSE $115 million for Disney

[jdandns]

It was just reported they've put the brakes on their live-action remake of "Tangled", too, almost certainly because of the lackluster "Snow White" returns.
But at this point, they've already adapted most of their successful animated features as was the plan. I don't think we'll be seeing anytime soon the live-action remakes of "Pocahontas", "Hercules", "Emperor's New Groove", and "Hunchback of Notre Dame" which are the only ones they didn't get to from their 90's resurgence era that began with "Little Mermaid".
On the other hand, they have animated sequels coming for "Zootopia", "Cars", "Toy Story", "Frozen" (two of those), "Incredibles", and "Coco", so they'll prolly be awright.

[blackvodka]

I guess Minecraft is killing it at the theaters. Honestly, I'm a bit surprised. I was expecting more of a dud like Borderlands.

[rms13]

Originally Posted by jdandns

It was just reported they've put the brakes on their live-action remake of "Tangled", too, almost certainly because of the lackluster "Snow White" returns.
But at this point, they've already adapted most of their successful animated features as was the plan. I don't think we'll be seeing anytime soon the live-action remakes of "Pocahontas", "Hercules", "Emperor's New Groove", and "Hunchback of Notre Dame" which are the only ones they didn't get to from their 90's resurgence era that began with "Little Mermaid".
On the other hand, they have animated sequels coming for "Zootopia", "Cars", "Toy Story", "Frozen" (two of those), "Incredibles", and "Coco", so they'll prolly be awright.

Pocahontas is very problematic by today's standards. They would. Probably need to overhaul it more then Snow White and they'll run into all the same backlash.

[rms13]

David Fincher is doing a Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel for Netflix that focuses on Brad Pitt's character. It was announced on April 1 so a lot of people assumed it was an April Fool prank but apparently it's really happening

[jdandns]

Script by Tarantino on that one.

Originally Posted by rms13

Pocahontas is very problematic by today's standards. They would. Probably need to overhaul it more then Snow White and they'll run into all the same backlash.

Mel Gibson just got his guns back, Disney.
Now will you let him reprise his role as John Smith in the live-action remake?

[rms13]

Originally Posted by jdandns

Script by Tarantino on that one.



Mel Gibson just got his guns back, Disney.
Now will you let him reprise his role as John Smith in the live-action remake?

The Tarantino script is what was going to be The Critic

[jdandns]

He's famously said he'll retire after directing his next movie, so I guess he didn't want it to be that one.

[majestik101]

Tron:Ares surprisingly doesn't look like ass. Hopefully Disney doesn't woke it up like 95% of everything they touch

[jdandns]

I'ma wear my Tron costroom when I go see it.

[rms13]

I don't know if any of you listen to The Big Picture podcast but they went to CiemaCon and gave reactions on the latest episode. They painted an overall pessimistic picture of the 2025 slate and the future of cinema in general. One of their points was that the motto for movies has been "survive till 25". Things are supposed to be back on track this year after Covid and the strikes but the slate from all studios is underwhelming. I believe they said no studio has more then 6 movies on the slate for theaters this year and some studios have had as many as 20 per year in recent history. There were a couple of movies they were all excited about. They weren't excited for most of the stuff they saw and they are less excited about stuff like Superman and Fanatic Four after getting to see more footage then what was in the trailer. They all are excited about Together which is a body horror movie with Dave Franco and Alison Brie. They are also high on The Ballerina, Lilo and Stitch, and a few others.

The main takeaway is that studios are planning less features for theaters and all staring to go towards the 17 day window which is killing the theater business.

[jdandns]

We're good.
They're just going to take all upcoming movies and "Minecraft-ize" them before release. It'll add a little to the budgets, but it'll be worth it. Jack Black's gonna be pretty busy this next year or so.

[jdandns]

The 8-bit fetish bounce is real.

"Minecraft" racked up 163 million in the USA and another 150 overseas, for 313 total, per Variety. The director and star of "Nacho Libre" have reteamed at just the right time and caught some serious zeitgeist in a bottle.

Who'd have thought a movie based on the best-selling video game of all time, with over 300 million copies sold and nearly 170 million monthly active players would do so well?

This singlehandedly brings the year-to-year deficit down to only -5% from this point in 2024. One or two more bigger-than-expected hits could very well save the movies as we know them, for at least another year.
Yay, Hollywood, you magnificent beast!

[rms13]

Originally Posted by jdandns

The 8-bit fetish bounce is real.

"Minecraft" racked up 163 million in the USA and another 150 overseas, for 313 total, per Variety. The director and star of "Nacho Libre" have reteamed at just the right time and caught some serious zeitgeist in a bottle.

Who'd have thought a movie based on the best-selling video game of all time, with over 300 million copies sold and nearly 170 million monthly active players would do so well?

This singlehandedly brings the year-to-year deficit down to only -5% from this point in 2024. One or two more bigger-than-expected hits could very well save the movies as we know them, for at least another year.
Yay, Hollywood, you magnificent beast!

As a parent to an elementary school age kid , Minecraft doing well didn't surprise me. Now we just need a Roblox live action movie because that seems bigger then Minecraft now at least with younger kids. Every kid I know asks for Robucks for their birthday