By Imagine having a $35 million budgeted movie in post-production when legal issues explode and the whole thing gets effectively canned. This is what happened to Kung Fury 2. Commentary varies on what exactly the issues were. Various allegations were made that seem to revolve around a third-party VFX and production
Monday’s Movie Memes…And Moan
It’s Monday, again, will the cycle never end? It goes on and one, like any franchise in Hollywood. The only thing is, Monday doesn’t make anyone any money. At least we had the weekend, did you watch anything good? I completely forgot to do Something for the Weekend last week,
ROCKETEER Sequel Dead
The Rocketeer is a curious movie. The 1991 Joe Johnston-directed movie starred Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton, and Alan Arkin. It did very little at the box office, still has bang average review scores on various aggregators, and yet is incredibly highly regarded… but somehow could never really be
Warner Bros. Discovery Re-Structure Gives Hints
Warner Bros. Discovery has been on something of a bumpy road for the last couple of years. Some high-profile flops and the failure of some big IPs has hurt them. When the first quarter results dropped, they had some OK numbers in there, but overall it was still a loss.
Report: PVOD Window Stable, SVOD Shrinking
Theatrical exclusivity windows were already shrinking prior to the pandemic, but once COVID hit things then got shaken up considerably. We saw the introduction of a premium video-on-demand (PVOD) release tier with high-priced rentals/purchases coming much sooner followed by the more regular VOD releases along with eventual releases on subscription
