https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/sep/21/star-wars-disney-to-scale-back-production-solo
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It’s The Guardian, so .. consult your handy “Yes Minister” guide to newspapers before trusting too much.
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That said .. it looks like The Mouse has decided the Star Wars cow ain’t givin’ as much juice as they’d hoped.
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Shall we start wagering on whether we’ll get Episode IX?
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Mew
Which is a lot less than did TFA, probably, but Disney probably doesn’t have anything lying around that could bring in more money than that, or even a three hundred million profit flick. The MCU is already inflated as much as they dare, and Pixar produces hits reliably but not predictably. So I expect that Episode IX will have all the budget it wants, and then they clamp down on the whole thing and try to reboot.
But I’m a guy typing away at home. 🙂
And I’m a cat .. 🙂
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My guess is Episode IX gets made .. I’m wondering what the schedule is.
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Disney has some *serious* work to do after the “Solo” debacle to get their money maker shaking *properly* again .. See the Treasure Island link above ..
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I think they know Solo blew it … I also note that sometimes, when this happens, Disney retools and does just fine .. (see “Black Cauldron”, which was excellent in some ways, but represented a nadir in others) .. and sometimes they shelve stuff and wait.
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Mew
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/sep/21/star-wars-disney-to-scale-back-production-solo
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It’s The Guardian, so .. consult your handy “Yes Minister” guide to newspapers before trusting too much.
.
That said .. it looks like The Mouse has decided the Star Wars cow ain’t givin’ as much juice as they’d hoped.
.
Shall we start wagering on whether we’ll get Episode IX?
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Mew
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p.s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Planet .. never forget.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/sep/21/star-wars-disney-to-scale-back-production-solo
.
It’s The Guardian, so .. consult your handy “Yes Minister” guide to newspapers before trusting too much.
.
That said .. it looks like The Mouse has decided the Star Wars cow ain’t givin’ as much juice as they’d hoped.
.
Shall we start wagering on whether we’ll get Episode IX?
.
Mew
p.s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Planet .. never forget.
If they don’t make Episode IX it’ll because there’s a zombie apocalypse going on.
…Hmm.
Oh, it’ll get made .. but on what schedule and budget?
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Mew
Well, according to this TLJ made the company about half a billion dollars.
https://deadline.com/2018/03/star-wars-the-last-jedi-box-office-movie-profits-1202351603/
Which is a lot less than did TFA, probably, but Disney probably doesn’t have anything lying around that could bring in more money than that, or even a three hundred million profit flick. The MCU is already inflated as much as they dare, and Pixar produces hits reliably but not predictably. So I expect that Episode IX will have all the budget it wants, and then they clamp down on the whole thing and try to reboot.
But I’m a guy typing away at home. 🙂
And I’m a cat .. 🙂
.
My guess is Episode IX gets made .. I’m wondering what the schedule is.
.
Disney has some *serious* work to do after the “Solo” debacle to get their money maker shaking *properly* again .. See the Treasure Island link above ..
.
I think they know Solo blew it … I also note that sometimes, when this happens, Disney retools and does just fine .. (see “Black Cauldron”, which was excellent in some ways, but represented a nadir in others) .. and sometimes they shelve stuff and wait.
.
Mew