'Strange World' Disney's 2022 Animated Film

[lazyboy97o]

There are several recent examples: Turning Red, Luca, Soul, Pinocchio, Obi-Wan Kenobi (shifted to development as a series on D+ rather than as a feature-length film).

To be clear, it's not like the D+ vs. theatrical decision is made on the fly. Kareem Daniel has spoken about leveraging release flexibility quite a bit on investor calls and in interviews. Theater attendance has been declining for a while now. The pandemic limited Disney's options, and originally they needed to launch Disney+ with strong new content. But as theaters have reopened, some audiences aren't coming back. And in addition to the traditional film studios, Disney is facing increasing competition from Netflix and Amazon.

We're in a new era, where the line between marketing and films is increasingly blurred, some IP are leveraged to reach/develop/foster long-term relationships with new fandoms.

Luca had a theatrical release cut short by the pandemic. Soul and Turning Red we’re pandemic shifts widely that we’re not appreciated by their creators because they still see a hierarchy. Pinocchio is lousy. Kenobi did make the switch, but also at a time when Star Wars films are all in development hell.

Netflix and Amazon send their prestige titles to theaters.

Disney says lots of things but that doesn’t necessarily make it so. Disney says Walt Disney Studios Park is the same value as Disneyland Paris but how many people would argue that is true?

 

[TP2000]

You don’t like Strange World. You’re not going to see Strange World. You trash Strange World.

I trashed the trailer, not the movie. But then, I have no plans to see this movie anyway. I'm not the target market of American families with children. Seeing the trailer convinced me I'd made the right decision.

I do enjoy discussing the financial performance of these big budget movies though. That part is really interesting to me. I look forward to discussing the financial performance of Strange World. Especially now that it's release will be set amongst the backdrop of looming layoffs and big cutbacks in Burbank; that will make it even more interesting!

What DO you like???

In movies? Anything with Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy is great. I'm planning to watch Desk Set in a few days, it always gets me ready for the holiday season for some reason, and it's hysterical.

Or anything with Elvis Presley and wild go-go dance numbers. Those movies are great! The original Airport from 1969 is very good, but I save that for a cold night in January.

From this century, things get very slim pickings for me. So many movies today are just so trashy and foul-mouthed for no good reason but to be foul-mouthed. I watched Ford Vs. Ferrari a couple weeks ago, and the sloppy writing and sloppier research that obviously went into it was a real let down.

But any of the Christopher Guest movies are fabulous. So sharp and funny! I've adored Catherine O'Hara for over 40 years now, since I used to watch the original SCTV over the UHF dial that homes north of Seattle could get tuned in from British Columbia back then. That woman can always make me laugh, and then laugh more!

We should all send Canada a thank you note for giving us Catherine O'Hara.

Her Dusty Towne Sexy Holidays Special is mandatory viewing in my home every Christmas. I've seen it over a hundred times now, and it always makes me howl. Not suitable for children though.

 

[TP2000]

I need to do a Target run soon. I'm going to check out the toy aisle for Strange World merchandise.

Is this movie a thing with the kids? Will this movie's merch be on any Christmas lists?

 

[BuddyThomas]

I need to do a Target run soon. I'm going to check out the toy aisle for Strange World merchandise.

Is this movie a thing with the kids? Will this movie's merch be on any Christmas lists?

Why don’t you wait a week until it opens and then you will be more informed.

 

[TalkingHead]

Netflix and Amazon send their prestige titles to theaters.

Not completely true. Netflix is giving Knives Out 2 a week in theaters but they didn’t give Blonde a wide release. It played on a handful of screens. White Noise is out in December but I’m skeptical it’ll play in multiplexes. Maybe it will. Not sure about Amazon or what prestige titles they have forthcoming. Sorta seems they’ve backed off feature productions?

 

[_caleb]

I don't think that is true. People do go to the theater. Look how much Top Gun and No Way Home made. They will show up for something exciting or to have a night out.

Note that I wrote: “people just don’t go to theaters like they used to.” The last bit is important because it’s demonstrably true.

Of course some people still go to theaters to watch movies. And yes, some have been mega hits. But it’s not some weird theory that the industry has seen a huge decline (even if we hadn’t had a pandemic) since it peaked in 2002. The number of major releases is down. Attendance is down. Box office is up, but so are costs.

Disney (and everyone else in Hollywood) has seen this coming–this is why they tripled-down on streaming with Disney+.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/04/business/movie-theaters-closing-bankruptcy.html

 

[TP2000]

Disney (and everyone else in Hollywood) has seen this coming–this is why they tripled-down on streaming with Disney+.

Are they making any money at it?

I ask because Bob Chapek just announced company-wide cutbacks and layoffs are coming soon.

 

[_caleb]

Are they making any money at it?

I ask because Bob Chapek just announced company-wide cutbacks and layoffs are coming soon.

No, not yet. And the memo you’re referring to (it wasn’t an announcement) is Chapek positioning to rush Disney+ to profitability next year. But if they don’t do something different than they were, they would be way behind the curve.

 

[_caleb]

I need to do a Target run soon. I'm going to check out the toy aisle for Strange World merchandise.

Is this movie a thing with the kids? Will this movie's merch be on any Christmas lists?

Did you see any Strange World merch on your Target run?

 

[tcool123]

In actuality its very subjective and liking film is opinionated - the real people vs the bots of course

Personally I’m looking forward to the film as I fell in love with the movie upon the initial 1950s style trailer.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Are they making any money at it?

I ask because Bob Chapek just announced company-wide cutbacks and layoffs are coming soon.

He didn't announce layoffs.

 

[Basil of Baker Street]

Which park will be the best fit for a Strange World mini land?

 

[Ghost93]

I wonder if this will be the worse Disney cartoon ever??? Just based on the trailer it looks much worse than "Atlantis" and "Treasure Planet".

I have a hard time picturing this movie being worse than Chicken Little, Home on the Range, Ralph Breaks the Internet or the package films.

 

[TP2000]

I have a hard time picturing this movie being worse than Chicken Little, Home on the Range, Ralph Breaks the Internet or the package films.

Aim high!

"Strange World is better than Home on the Range!"

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I have a hard time picturing this movie being worse than Chicken Little, Home on the Range, Ralph Breaks the Internet or the package films.

There also aren't any reviews out there that I am aware of. At a certain point, insisting on how terrible a movie is crosses into trolling when you not only haven't seen it but haven't heard anything from anyone who has.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Which park will be the best fit for a Strange World mini land?

Blizzard Beach, because snow in Florida is strange.

 

[BuddyThomas]

For you? It’s very likely it’ll be down there. In actuality its very subjective and liking film is opinionated - the real people vs the bots of course

Personally I’m looking forward to the film as I fell in love with the movie upon the initial 1950s style trailer.

Don’t worry about Mean Mickey Mouse Face or the martini shaking dog. They hate everything that they have not seen and have no intention of seeing, which renders their comments useless.
Meanwhile, new clip just released. Looks pretty damned fun to me.

 

[Elijah Abrams]

Chapek’s madness never ends. (Source: Deadline):

 

[MisterPenguin]

Chapek’s madness never ends. (Source: Deadline):
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45 days for WF would be Dec 26. So, it was almost never likely to not stay in theaters past New Years.

45 days for SW would be Jan 7.

If they pulled an Encanto and put SW on D+ on Xmas, that would be 32 days.

 

[TP2000]

Did you see any Strange World merch on your Target run?

Nope. I just got back from the Target up the freeway in Encinitas. Not a single Strange World toy was on the shelves.

I first checked the boys aisles, and found lots of Jurrasic World stuff, lots of WWE wrestling stuff, and a TON of Marvel stuff. Also some Star Wars things, a few Lightyear remnants marked down on clearance, and other typical boys stuff of dinosaurs and monsters and superheros.

So I checked the girls aisles, where everything was a deep, vibrant shade of PINK. Nothing there for Strange World either.

A few minutes later I checked the kids clothing department, and found nothing for Strange World. I asked a salesgirl, and while she had no idea what Strange World was at first she happily beep-booped on her sales pad for me and said there were t-shirts available online. But only online, nothing in the store. "And they're all on sale!" she chirped.

So, no Strange World merchandise is available now at a large sparklingly clean Target store in an upper-middle class coastal suburb of San Diego County. The movie opens in a week. Don't they usually put the toys up a week or two in advance of the movie?