By George Robbins
Filming at this period in time is something that many people are wary of but they understand that they need to do it to get paid as it is a part of their job. Just recently, many productions have started back up again after having been shut down since earlier this year. This doesn’t mean that there aren’t any hiccups going into this though as there are clearly rules in place in order to keep people from spreading disease. This is what director James Cameron had to do when he wanted to start filming ‘Avatar 2.’ Every part of his production crew had to be quarantined and tested before they could even begin the filming process.
Even though it took some time for the filming process to begin, Cameron worked hard to get the film done properly, and as of now, the filming process is complete. Many other films are trying to follow in those footsteps now so that they can be finished for showings they may not even have next year. Truth be told, it is still pretty much unknown what will happen in the near future and we don’t know if movies will even be able to play when the time comes. With movie theaters not doing so well, movie releases have been pushed again which I’m sure will only end up pushing these dates as well.
It is surprising that the people responsible for filming the upcoming newest entry to the ‘Scream‘ series, ‘Scream 5,’ wouldn’t just take things a bit slower. They have had 3 people recently test positive for the virus and yet they still plan to continue the filming process the same way they were going to do it. This seems dangerous and it seems like if it is not handled properly, it could result in the film having a horrifically long production process. In the long run this could only end up hurting the production, so who knows what the studio is thinking about when they made this decision. The best way of handling these things is still just to test all members of the crew, so there is no telling what affect this will have.
By George Robbins
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, or MCU, is now by far one of the largest and most profound franchises in existence. It is well known by just about everyone all over the world and it has touched base with just about every community in some way shape or form. This has made it incredibly easy for Marvel Studios to integrate almost any idea they want into their movie adaptations. This is why the Marvel films are not exactly portrayed the way they are in comics, but they still end up turning out pretty well. It is because they have adapted the comics to the medium in a well-developed and well-structured way to allow people to adjust correctly.
Creative liberties can be taken when approaching these films and plenty of different story arcs can take place due to the work that has already been put in. This all stems from the fact that the MCU has been established as its own parallel universe from the Earth-616 universe that the comics take place in. This pretty much means that they can do whatever they want within the means they established for themselves when they made the MCU. This comes in handy now, because when they want to cast someone for a role or make some kind of plot-line, they have some sort of baseline to do it with. Therefore, actors have a lot of leeway with their entry points into the MCU.
John David Washington is an actor who has been making his way up the chain over the past few years to the point that he was the main star in Christopher Nolan’s movie ‘Tenet.’ Although the movie itself is having a terrible time due to the lack of funds being brought in by the box office, Washington is noted has having played the part well. This gives him a chance to put himself out there to be a part of the MCU and the character he wants to play is not one most would expect. He wants to play the role of Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic, whenever they finally decide to add him to the MCU with the Fantastic 4. Needless to say it would definitely be an interesting casting choice, but as we all know, the MCU gives its roles out based on whose best for the job.
By George Robbins
Movies are having just a bit of a tough time as of now due to the fact that the pandemic has made people extremely wary of theaters. This isn’t really all that surprising considering everything we already know about what is currently going on. Theaters cannot seem to really draw people in because people are not willing to put themselves in harm’s way in order to just go see a movie. People are actually getting more used to being able to see movies from the comfort of their own home than going out to see them in theaters. This was actually something that has been witnessed fairly recently with the release of the movie ‘Tenet.’
The thing about the ‘Tenet’ release is that the release of the movie was handled differently than most other films that have been put out on the market. Warner Bros. still wanted the movie to have a theatrical release, but the issue of when to release the movie proved to be quite tenuous. For instance, no matter what date they came up with for a release, the movie had to be pushed back until theaters could open their doors. This eventually came to a head when theaters decided that they would be opening their doors by a specific time-frame, period. This ended up giving them a proper release window for their film, but the pandemic issue in the U.S. made things a bit more difficult.
In the weeks leading up to the release of ‘Tenet,’ the United States had a bad wave of infection cases. This made the studio decide to have an international release before there was a domestic release, but this only ended up being a weeks difference. This ended up working for them in the first weeks of release in both markets, but the following weeks have shown just how bad the market is. Almost no money was made on the film in the following weeks and theaters may just end up shutting down again, at least domestically. So with this in mind, more focus is currently being put into action on projects that are still being worked on.
If there is no guarantee of when exactly theaters will be able to show films, then studios just have to push back their release dates. This is happening now and many films have been pushed out of this year’s line-up which makes next year a pretty packed one, if things start looking up. There is no guarantee of what will end up happening over the next few months, but for now it would seem that movies in production will get to have a bit more leeway. This is good for a number of reasons, but the most important reason why this is so good is because it allows crews the opportunity to get work done without rushing. This means that we could get a lot of good movies coming up in the near future as it means movies will be of better quality.
One such movie that we are expecting high quality from is the sequel to the 2009 blockbuster ‘Avatar,’ which is aptly named ‘Avatar 2‘ right now. According to director James Cameron, the filming for the movie has been completely finished as of now, which just leaves a lot of post-production work to be done for the film. The movie is still expected by Cameron to make its late 2021 release date so they are still on a schedule, but they should have plenty of time to get the work done. They have been filming for a couple of months now, so it is nice to know that there weren’t really any hiccups with the movie and that we will get to see it in its glory. All we have to do now is wait until next year.
By George Robbins
Ever since movies were once again able to resume production, we have been learning new things about them left and right. This has made it possible for us to glean all sorts of interesting information and possible plot points about all of those upcoming films. There have been plenty of films which have been worked on recently that plenty of fans have been looking forward to and it has only gotten them more excited as of late. For instance, we found out not too long ago that ‘Jurassic World 3’ would be continuing filming and that they have already got a large portion of the film worked on. Considering everything else happening in the industry right now this is good news.
The film industry is currently abuzz due to the failure of a theatrical release that was the ‘Tenet’ release. This is not the fault of the studio responsible for the movie or the theaters themselves per say. the issue is that the timing was not right and people don’t want to take the risk going back out to public theaters right now. this gives productions more time than they thought to work on upcoming films. It gives ‘Jurassic World 3’ even more time to work on the film than the crew originally thought they had. this is perfect for them to be able to put the movie together properly and show us the big parts the original actors have to play in the film.
Director Colin Trevorrow has said that the characters of Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, and Ian Malcolm will have important roles in the film. This was a a topic that was discussed a lot recently after a statement from the actors said that this would be the case. It was unknown just how true that statement was until now and it has made a lot of fans happy to know that they will get to see the original characters they loved from the first films returning to round out the series. Needless to say we are all now even more excited for when the film releases which is hopefully still going to be next year. All we can do is wait and see if this turns out to be true.
By George Robbins
It is just not Disney’s year this year as the movie theater industry continues to get turned on its head especially as of recently. That is not to say things would be looking great for Disney anyway because of the trouble being caused by their recent release, ‘Mulan.’ The biggest issues being seen by the movie right now revolve around the controversies we are seeing with the movie due to where it was shot and how it was released. This has kind of ignited a firestorm around the Disney company at the moment and it is shaping up to become even worse in the near future. As of now, the biggest issues seem to be stemming from the fact theaters are failing right now.
Movie theaters have had it pretty rough since the pandemic started back in March early this year. They were forced to almost immediately shut down because of the announcement of the pandemic which pushed back the release dates of many films. Studios have been hoping to try and get their releases out as soon as it was possible for theaters to open to some degree once again. Unfortunately, the recent release of ‘Tenet‘ just goes to show that we are still way off from having films return to theaters. Even though they can be shown again, the issue is that they have to actually be able to make money off of their films.
Disney is most definitely not willing to take any truly massive losses and thus have decided to move almost all of their releases into some time next year. Considering how much of a presence Disney has in the market, we are seeing a lot of movies being moved out of this year’s line-up and into next year’s. Only ‘Soul,’ ‘Death on the Nile,’ and ‘The Empty Man’ are still in the line-up for this year and it is highly likely they will either end up delayed again as well, or they will release straight to Disney+. This just seems to be the way of things nowadays and it doesn’t look like things will be changing any time soon.
By George Robbins
For those that haven’t been paying any attention to movie news as of late, Zack Snyder is in the midst of making a director’s cut for his version of ‘Justice League.’ Snyder was actually supposed to be the director for the film, but had to leave the project early for a personal matter. After much time was spent by fans trying to get his version of the film put out to the public, Warner Bros. finally relented and there will be a director’s cut releasing some time next year. The things is that there was never really meant to be any kind of director’s cut, but Warner wanted to appease fans in some way.
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing because it will both shut up the public and also make them a lot of money in the long run. The movie is being edited into a 4-part show with each part being about an hour long and it will premiere on HBO Max some time in early 2021. This gives people a good incentive to actually go and subscribe for the streaming service when the film launches. This has only ended up working out for them in the long run, and Snyder is apparently happy to be working on the film. What they are now hoping for is probably the fact that they will make back the money being spent on the new version.
While they already have pretty much all of the footage they need in order to complete a new version of the film, they still need to edit it properly. If people are going to get the version of the film that they want, they will have to wait for Snyder to edit it how he wants it done which takes a lot of work with stuff like CGI camera cuts. Basically, it is now mostly just digital processing and workarounds, but those are not cheap. Therefore they have apparently had to invest somewhere in the vicinity of $70 million in order to get the film to where they want it for release. Hopefully for Warner Bros. this version of the film will attract the amount of attention they are hoping for.
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