erasure fan1
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I feel bad for Shazam as it was my favorite from the DCEU. Unfortunately no matter how good it could be, it was always going to be DOA. All the final DCEU films are most likely going to flounder.
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Screamface
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I think flash has the most potential. Ezra aside.
I think announcing the end of this version of the DCEU will dramatically hurt them. Although I have no clue to what extent the majority of the cinema going audience would even be aware of any of that.
erasure fan1
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Batman 89 alone will/could be a big draw for flash. If he's in enough of the film, I could see it making some decent money. I still don't see it making huge money, unless by some miracle it's actually a quality film. Even then, the fact that people might just not care at this point, could doom it.
I really like Gunn, but this release strategy just seems off.
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Well it does seem like WB has confidence in the Flash… It is having it’s premiere in April…2 full months ahead of it’s opening weekend… It feels like WB is putting all of their promotional money towards that one movie and letting everything else they have left to flounder
_caleb
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I actually think these last-of-the-DCEU films would have done better if they weren't having some characters and storylines from the past continue into the new "DCU."
"Come see how we wrap up the old before we launch into the new!"
But I'm also completely over measuring a film's quality, value, or importance STRICTLY based on its box office performance.
"Come see how we wrap up the old before we launch into the new!"
But I'm also completely over measuring a film's quality, value, or importance STRICTLY based on its box office performance.
Screamface
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I think they just needed some sense of conclusion. It now feels like a very thin cinematic universe that is just going to fizzle out.
‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Moves to Amazon With Two-Season Order
The series, from J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves and Bruce Timm, was previously developed for HBO Max.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
erasure fan1
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I had read that too since they cancelled wonder woman 3. Maybe they figured the film needed help so just leave it in anyway. It would be funny if they put it in the trailer then actually didn't put that part into the theatrical release. And it was just for publicity. Lol
Animaniac93-98
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I was looking forward to Shazam 2 after enjoying the first one, but with a 54% RT score and an $11.7 million opening day (including Thursday previews) it looks to be a disappointing follow up in many ways.
mf1972
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the way things are going at WB/HBO max lately, i wouldn’t be surprised at all
erasure fan1
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Yea it's too bad. The first one was my favorite from the dceu. That and wonder woman 1. So I was really looking forward to this one as well. I'm guessing I'm not the only one waiting for it to stream since the movie no longer matters for DC. So I'm sure that hurt the opening numbers.
Animaniac93-98
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Delaying the release several months didn't help either. It was supposed to open back in December, but I guess they didn't want it competing with Avatar.
Shazam2 was in the can before all the Gunn changes at WBD. So, the DCEU was still in effect when it was filming.
erasure fan1
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Well yea, the movie started production well before any of this. But once it was announced that the remaining movies were basically DOA and they cancelled Wonder woman. It came out that they were cutting the wonder woman stuff out. And that would make sense since it wasn't part of the main story, just a cameo type thing. But then, after after projections went in the toilet, she shows up in the trailers. Now it could have never been DCs plan to cut it, as I don't remember DC officially saying it was.
Animaniac93-98
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Shazam 2's opening weekend estimate is $30.5 million. As a comparison, the first movie had a $53 million opening.
THE BATMAN 2 Filming Reportedly Delayed Until March Of Next Year
Though nothing has been officially announced, a new report is claiming that Matt Reeves' The Batman sequel will no longer begin shooting later this year as originally planned...
Slpy3270
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Duh. Did anybody really think the script was ready before the strike?THE BATMAN 2 Filming Reportedly Delayed Until March Of Next Year
Though nothing has been officially announced, a new report is claiming that Matt Reeves' The Batman sequel will no longer begin shooting later this year as originally planned...comicbookmovie.com
Screamface
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I don't think the script was ready before filming of the last one.
Slpy3270
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It appears The Flash is getting massive heat days before release for a certain scene that just leaked.
Jesus Christ, WB.
A CGI Christopher Reeve appears as Superman in a particular universe, accompanied by a CGI Helen Slater playing Supergirl from that forgotten movie from 1984. They only appear for like 10 seconds before their universe is destroyed.
Jesus Christ, WB.