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Mizerous Pet Owner from Hell Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
Pet Owner
#301: Jan 11th 2021 at 4:57:16 PM

The exodus begins again.

Just Makima.
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#302: Jan 11th 2021 at 5:09:08 PM

[up] By the time it's safe to go to the movies, we'll all have gone the way of Mad Max, complete with deserts, warlords, obscenely souped-up cars, and the obligatory Thunderdome.

Seriously, screw COVID. sad

EDIT: Oh shoot, I just realized that moving Morbius to October means it'll be smack dab in the middle of Dune (releasing October 1) and Halloween Kills (releasing October 15).

Think it can handle the competition?

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jan 11th 2021 at 7:42:15 AM

jakobitis Doctor of Doctorates from Somewhere, somewhen Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Doctor of Doctorates
#303: Jan 11th 2021 at 11:51:30 PM

No. I never had much faith in it, the character was never that popular, Leto got serious backlash after Suicide Squad, the constant moves.

Going to bomb hard I think. Don't say that with any real pleasure but I just don't see it working out.

"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."
Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#304: Jan 12th 2021 at 8:22:37 AM

I don't think it's going to bomb hard. They do have that MCU train to latch upon. Expect the following trailers featuring more characters like Jameson and Vulture.

That said, I don't think it's gonna make enough money to justify a franchise. I could see it barely breaking even (budget hasn't been revealed, but it's known is lower than Venom's $80m), not a total bomb, but so little revenue that it will make Sony rethink their whole strategy.

A supposed leaked sneak peek of Venom 2 from the Super Bowl indicates it will be rated R.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#305: Jan 12th 2021 at 9:20:57 AM

I could see it barely breaking even (budget hasn't been revealed, but it's known is lower than Venom's $80m), not a total bomb, but so little revenue that it will make Sony rethink their whole strategy.

You probably mean Sony will have to seriously rethink how their quasi-canon MCU pocket universe will be like going forward, but thanks to the pandemic, "rethink their whole strategy" is going to be a very popular phrase for Hollywood in general.

A supposed leaked sneak peek of Venom 2 from the Super Bowl indicates it will be rated R.

Sorry, but nope. A website updated its article on the supposed leak. Long story short, it's fake.

(Probably someone was getting really desperate or was just looking to have a giggle at everyone else's expense.)

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#306: Jan 12th 2021 at 9:27:11 AM

In light of various things about Leto, I wish he would be recast. Unfortunately, the obvious recast that comes to mind is Jake Gyllenhal, who is already occupied in the Sonyverse.

Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#307: Jan 19th 2021 at 2:34:17 PM

Sony is considering a Dusk project.

Dusk. Twenty eight appearances total in comics, has never had a solo ongoing series.

EmeraldEmperor Lies and Violence! Since: Oct, 2020
Lies and Violence!
#308: Jan 19th 2021 at 4:00:06 PM

Stay desperate, Sony!

In all seriousness, Dusk is one of the four throwaway aliases Peter used that one time and got picked up by someone else, right? I could see, maybe not those exact circumstances, but at least those characters being adapted.

I mean, they're not smart characters to adapt, but still, it makes a little sense.

AmazingSpiderHam Since: Sep, 2020
#309: Jan 19th 2021 at 5:05:05 PM

To be fair I don't think the Men in Black had even a solid ten comics issues to their name by the time they filmed the first movie.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#310: Jan 20th 2021 at 9:56:03 AM

[up] But then, the initial Men in Black movie worked because people were already familiar with the idea of guys in suits keeping an eye on alien life before said people knew anything about the comic.

Dusk, meanwhile, doesn't really have that going for her. As Akirakan said, she only ever appeared in 28 issues and was only ever as a part of a team called the Slingers, four people who were given the suits Peter used when he was accused of murder. She fell to her death during the initiation, but then got better because reasons. I mean, the suit somehow let her manipulate shadow and other stuff, but...

It just feels like Sony's already scraping the bottom of the barrel with Dusk. Like, I didn't even know who she was until this got announced.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Mar 4th 2021 at 8:48:13 AM

Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#311: Jan 21st 2021 at 11:23:22 PM

Morbius moved to January 21 2022.

Let There Be Carnage maintains it's June release date. For now....

Mizerous Pet Owner from Hell Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
Pet Owner
#312: Jan 22nd 2021 at 4:17:02 AM

Seriously movie theaters are screwed.

Just Makima.
Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#313: Jan 22nd 2021 at 4:18:45 AM

[up][up]The new administration made it clear how behind the old administration was on vaccine distribution plans.

Namely - They didn’t have one.

And without a huge streaming service to use, Sony is forced to kick the can down the road and hope that distribution gets done by then.

Except Carnage to get delayed.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#314: Jan 22nd 2021 at 11:01:07 AM

[up] Honestly, Sony might as well just drop Morbius onto Netflix once and for all. They're already having some of their new animated movies over there.

Besides, January is notorious for being a "dump month" for movies, right? So moving Morbius there of all months is rather telling in my book...

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jan 22nd 2021 at 11:02:12 AM

Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#315: Jan 22nd 2021 at 12:42:55 PM

Assuming things are relatively normal by then, most audiences are probably going to be starving for movies. Add to that, it would come out right after Spider-Man 3 (assuming it doesn't move either), so it would have momentum going on for it.

Hell, the release dates are so close I wouldn't be surprised if one of the after-credits scenes leads directly to Morbius.

AmazingSpiderHam Since: Sep, 2020
#316: Jan 22nd 2021 at 5:09:23 PM

Once again, you're forgetting the big picture— think international.

Streaming is all fine and dandy for the US and (I think) Europe, but not all of the world can quite catch up yet, so it's a rather big gamble if you want to command the equivalent of a typical global box office success. Never forget that.

Besides, it's much easier to quickly distribute a digitally released picture through piracy, precisely appealing to those across the globe who can't allow themselves the luxury of the full streaming experience split between several providers each demanding their own payment. And while the experience of actually going to a movie theater couldn't be matched by piracy, for all intents and purposes it's different when it comes to home releases.

Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#320: Feb 8th 2021 at 11:51:34 AM

[up][up][up] Not my first choice, but Keanu Reeves as Kraven sounds feasible-ish.

But good grief, Kraven the Hunter, whose whole MO is (obviously) hunting and poaching big game and Spider-Man, sometimes on camera, as a grizzled father type like Din Djarin?

I just can't see it. I'm sorry.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Feb 8th 2021 at 12:03:22 PM

miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
Goku Black
#321: Feb 8th 2021 at 1:13:25 PM

At least like Venom has been a good guy at various intervals in the comics. Kraven not really...

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#322: Feb 8th 2021 at 1:33:16 PM

He was a good guy for a couple of years prior to Hunted, and he spent a lot of his history dead anyway.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#323: Feb 8th 2021 at 1:40:36 PM

[up] Even worse, didn't "Hunted" sort of heavily imply that any time Kraven was a good guy was just a clone?

Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#324: Feb 8th 2021 at 1:47:54 PM

Ignoring Kraven's appearance in Squirrel Girl's last issue, the dialogue right before Kraven died talks about how he tried to be a better person, implying that his good guy stuff happened, he just relapsed hard for whatever reason.

AmazingSpiderHam Since: Sep, 2020
#325: Feb 8th 2021 at 5:08:01 PM

Kraven's son Aloysa who took the Kraven II name was... not a good-good guy, but often a mercenary who also did 'good' actions for a pay from the right people. I guess they might work with that. Just make him a monster hunter of sorts rather than having him go after animals and superheroes.


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