Disstevefan1
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The question is, will this thread get more views than TLM live action remake? 
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Disney's Live Action The Little Mermaid
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Ghost93
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A lot of people have seen TLM remake. It's only a flop because the budget is so bloated.The question is, will this thread get more views than TLM live action remake?
Disney Analyst
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I don’t want it to come off as if I’m saying the original lacks. Just that this takes what was great, and makes it better.
LittleBuford
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We’ll have to agree to disagree. At any rate, I’m glad you enjoyed it so much!
‘The Little Mermaid’ Becomes a Blockbuster in the Philippines Amid Racist Backlash Elsewhere in Asia
The live-action remake is the biggest film of 2023 in the Southeast Asian country: "They really loved Halle Bailey's performance as Ariel," says Disney's head of studios in APAC, John Hsu.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
Disstevefan1
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So, you are saying there is still a chance they may break even on TLM‘The Little Mermaid’ Becomes a Blockbuster in the Philippines Amid Racist Backlash Elsewhere in Asia
The live-action remake is the biggest film of 2023 in the Southeast Asian country: "They really loved Halle Bailey's performance as Ariel," says Disney's head of studios in APAC, John Hsu.
Disney Analyst
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‘The Little Mermaid’ Becomes a Blockbuster in the Philippines Amid Racist Backlash Elsewhere in Asia
The live-action remake is the biggest film of 2023 in the Southeast Asian country: "They really loved Halle Bailey's performance as Ariel," says Disney's head of studios in APAC, John Hsu.
Also read that it's #1 in Japan still, over The Flash, for Wednesday or something.
doctornick
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Agreed. Maybe there is more context to his tweet, but the statement as is seemed pretty reasonable.
Ghost93
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I think they will break even. The movie will still be a financial disappointment (Disney was probably hoping for $1 billion), but I think TLM has escaped being a total embarassment.So, you are saying there is still a chance they may break even on TLM
Jedijax719
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The box office conundrum is difficult to assess. The budget is NOT that far above anything else they've done. And most of what they had done with similar budgets was successful. Aladdin, TLK, and BatB's budgets were not that different from TLM. So what TLM loses in revenue is FAR above the "excess" budget cost. If the budget was $50-$100 million (more like $50 mill) than the other live-action remakes, it pales in comparison to the $500-$700 million the movie will have lost in global revenue. So the issue is NOT the budget. Not by a long shot! If the movie were to end up between $800 mill and $999 mill, all we would have heard is that it didn't make a billion like the others. But the numbers would still be good. With a final global box office hovering around $500 mill, the issue is NOT the budget but the Asian response to the movie, which will forever be debated.
But here's the kicker. Forget about Ariel's race taken at face value. Sometimes, a person auditions for a role and truly has an IT or X factor. Hallie really seemed to have that. Anyone who sees the movie can identify that. She really is something extra special. I am sure she wasn't the only one to audition. But if someone excels THAT much, do you ignore that as a director just to take someone who "looks" more like the animated? Or do you go with the gold you have? The regret for not casting Hallie would have been tremendous seeing the talent she has.
But here's the kicker. Forget about Ariel's race taken at face value. Sometimes, a person auditions for a role and truly has an IT or X factor. Hallie really seemed to have that. Anyone who sees the movie can identify that. She really is something extra special. I am sure she wasn't the only one to audition. But if someone excels THAT much, do you ignore that as a director just to take someone who "looks" more like the animated? Or do you go with the gold you have? The regret for not casting Hallie would have been tremendous seeing the talent she has.
Disney Irish
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‘The Little Mermaid’ Becomes a Blockbuster in the Philippines Amid Racist Backlash Elsewhere in Asia
The live-action remake is the biggest film of 2023 in the Southeast Asian country: "They really loved Halle Bailey's performance as Ariel," says Disney's head of studios in APAC, John Hsu.
So, you are saying there is still a chance they may break even on TLM
Not to mention that as of this weekend TLM will move into the 5th spot of the worldwide highest grossing movies this year.
Disstevefan1
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We have no way of knowing the true costs to make and market TLM and we won't know the true amount of money goes back to Disney, so let's take guesses at what the worldwide gross should be for break even.
My guess is $750 million.
Angel Ariel
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It’s taken a while to get to the point where I had time to come back to this thread once DD was discharged, so I just wanted to take a quick moment to say thank you for your post.
Also want to briefly clarify that I absolutely didn’t expect you to know what my personal situation was at the time - no one could have known that. I shared mostly to give context to the frustration I knew was coming through in my writing.
Thank you to everyone who commented for the well wishes for my daughter. It’s been an intense recovery, but she always amazes me with her resilience, and she’s doing well.
Angel Ariel
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I truly enjoyed the remake and felt, as others have noted, that there were aspects of the story and characters that were fleshed out better in the live action than was done in the original.
That said, I get the fatigue with the remakes. I see brief bits of the “live action” Lion King remake for the first time last week and I honestly don’t know that I have a need to go back and watch the full movie. It’s still animation - just CGI vs drawn.
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Has anyone here read the Twisted Tales series of Disney books? If they’re going to continue with “remakes”, I’d love to see them take the twisted tales approach. Each book takes a central question from the original Disney story and flips it. So, for ex, for the Little Mermaid twisted tale, the premise question is “what would happen if Ariel didn’t defeat Ursula?” For Cinderella it’s “what if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper”? The Little Mermaid one (called Part of Your World) was a particularly well done story that I’d really enjoy seeing on screen.
That said, I get the fatigue with the remakes. I see brief bits of the “live action” Lion King remake for the first time last week and I honestly don’t know that I have a need to go back and watch the full movie. It’s still animation - just CGI vs drawn.
. Has anyone here read the Twisted Tales series of Disney books? If they’re going to continue with “remakes”, I’d love to see them take the twisted tales approach. Each book takes a central question from the original Disney story and flips it. So, for ex, for the Little Mermaid twisted tale, the premise question is “what would happen if Ariel didn’t defeat Ursula?” For Cinderella it’s “what if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper”? The Little Mermaid one (called Part of Your World) was a particularly well done story that I’d really enjoy seeing on screen.
Vegas Disney Fan
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I haven’t read those books but it sounds similar to the “what if?” series on Disney+, taking a story everyone knows and changing something to create a butterfly affect and see how it changes everything.I truly enjoyed the remake and felt, as others have noted, that there were aspects of the story and characters that were fleshed out better in the live action than was done in the original.
That said, I get the fatigue with the remakes. I see brief bits of the “live action” Lion King remake for the first time last week and I honestly don’t know that I have a need to go back and watch the full movie. It’s still animation - just CGI vs drawn.
Has anyone here read the Twisted Tales series of Disney books? If they’re going to continue with “remakes”, I’d love to see them take the twisted tales approach. Each book takes a central question from the original Disney story and flips it. So, for ex, for the Little Mermaid twisted tale, the premise question is “what would happen if Ariel didn’t defeat Ursula?” For Cinderella it’s “what if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper”? The Little Mermaid one (called Part of Your World) was a particularly well done story that I’d really enjoy seeing on screen.
Angel Ariel
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Yes, similar idea. I’ve read most of the books, and found most of them really enjoyable. The Alice in wonderland one is a bit hard to follow..that was probably the roughest story of all of them.
Sirwalterraleigh
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Excellent news. And I’ll apologize again…because I know that the quest of a laugh often comes with consequences. I am a frequent visitor to that “time out”It’s taken a while to get to the point where I had time to come back to this thread once DD was discharged, so I just wanted to take a quick moment to say thank you for your post.
Also want to briefly clarify that I absolutely didn’t expect you to know what my personal situation was at the time - no one could have known that. I shared mostly to give context to the frustration I knew was coming through in my writing.
Thank you to everyone who commented for the well wishes for my daughter. It’s been an intense recovery, but she always amazes me with her resilience, and she’s doing well.
Onward and Upward
Sirwalterraleigh
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I detest the remakesI truly enjoyed the remake and felt, as others have noted, that there were aspects of the story and characters that were fleshed out better in the live action than was done in the original.
That said, I get the fatigue with the remakes. I see brief bits of the “live action” Lion King remake for the first time last week and I honestly don’t know that I have a need to go back and watch the full movie. It’s still animation - just CGI vs drawn.
Has anyone here read the Twisted Tales series of Disney books? If they’re going to continue with “remakes”, I’d love to see them take the twisted tales approach. Each book takes a central question from the original Disney story and flips it. So, for ex, for the Little Mermaid twisted tale, the premise question is “what would happen if Ariel didn’t defeat Ursula?” For Cinderella it’s “what if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper”? The Little Mermaid one (called Part of Your World) was a particularly well done story that I’d really enjoy seeing on screen.
But I have to say I’m a big fan of the “twists”…notably malificent and cruella…
The problem is making sequels for cash…which they’ve done twice and kinda spoiled the well.
And then…there’s this “lion king live action 2”…
So you make a remake…but then you now make a live action remake sequel to a movie that never existed?
Huh?
wtyy21
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That's this, for the second weekend.
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