Looks good, but not yet EPIC: in my opinion, THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT needs more blaster fire and betrayal. As long as the betrayer isn’t Fennec Shand, because she’s fun. But it’ll probably be Fennec Shand.
Tag: disney
Scarlett Johansson gets the Mouse to cough up some dough.
(Via Hot Air) I dunno for how much. Enough that it’s all smiles, now. No, really. It’s probably a clause in the settlement.
Alan Bergman, the chairman of Disney Studios Content, said he, too, was pleased to have resolved the dispute.
“I’m very pleased that we have been able to come to a mutual agreement with Scarlett Johansson regarding ‘Black Widow,’” he said in a statement. “We appreciate her contributions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and look forward to working together on a number of upcoming projects, including Disney’s ‘Tower of Terror.’”
And ain’t it just like the Mouse to use a press release like this to drop the first hints of an upcoming Disney project. It’s like a goram machine, huh? And strangely admirable — or at least something to imitate. Always Be Closing, my droogies. Always Be Closing.
The Final THE ETERNALS trailer.
I’m kind of grooving on the no foolin’ superpowers. And THE ETERNALS is coming out on my wedding anniversary! …We’ll be going somewhere else besides the movie theater for that, but it’s still interesting.
Scarlet Johansson is gonna sue the shorts off of of Disney…
…and I’m not finding it hard to pick a side at all. I mean, the Mouse is never gonna offer me a book contract: but it still behooves me to be against companies casually breaching them*. And, amusingly, Johansson has a net worth of over 100 million — she’s apparently been involved in at least one blockbuster movie series — so Disney’s usual tactic of overlawyering her just ain’t gonna fly. This should be real interesting, and I wonder whether they’re going to try to settle fast.
I wouldn’t… because I wouldn’t have gotten into this mess in the first place. Jesus, just pay people. It’s not a hard strategy to comprehend.
Moe Lane
*As somebody put it: I don’t care if Johansson wins, but I do need for Disney to lose.
MCU’s BLADE gets a director.
As is traditional, we will all now go “Who?”
Marvel Studios’ upcoming vampire movie Blade has taken a big step forward with the hiring of a director. The filmmaker that has been hired for the job is Bassam Tariq, who best known for directing the Riz Ahmed film Mogul Mowgli.
I’ve looked up the film, and it’s a 2020 drama that critics loved and nobody saw. Marvel Studios loves finding directors like that, frankly. All you have to do is give ’em creative control and a ton of money, and they’ll make you some blockbusters… okay, now that I’ve written that out it actually sounds like a pretty good deal for everybody involved. I mean, there are worse things out there for one’s future career prospects than having people go Oh, you did SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING? That was a good flick.
So let’s see how the new BLADE goes.
The ‘MARVEL STUDIOS’ WHAT IF…?’ trailer.
Well, alternate history is my favorite genre. And they’re teasing some fun ones in this, like Spider-Man as the Sorcerer Supreme, and Marvel Zombies. Should be neato.
What If…? drops August 11th.
Hrm. BLACK WIDOW in regular or 3D on Friday?
It’s an interesting question. I saw DOCTOR STRANGE in 3D, because obviously that was gonna be messed up in an entertaining way. But do I really want to see BLACK WIDOW in 3D, or am I just pleased to have the option again? Must ponder this.
Watched the first episode of LOKI today.
It’s good, although some people online were a little surprised by the aesthetic. The aesthetic is VERY 1970s pre-digital bureaucratic, with analog everywhere. Personally, I liked it a lot — but I also associate said aesthetic with things like CONTROL or the SCP Foundation, which means I’m expecting LOKI to dive into cosmic horror pretty quick. Guess we’ll see if I’m right!
Lemme suggest ANOTHER reason why Emilia Clarke’s might want to be in SECRET INVASION.
Sony to Netflix to… Mouse.
Ha! Was able to match the original scansion. Anyway: “Disney has set a massive movie licensing pact with Sony Pictures for the U.S. that promises to bring Spider-Man and other Marvel properties to Disney Plus starting with Sony’s 2022 release slate… The agreement comes on the heels of Sony’s output deal with Netflix for titles in the lucrative post-theatrical release Pay 1 window.”
Continue reading Sony to Netflix to… Mouse.