Originally posted by Zack M
Supposedly, the movie will be released early, so that shows some faith. Can't wait for Saturday!
nah means they're scared
Originally posted by playa1258
How early? I know test screenings have been going well. Hopefully a good sign.
i see you're still a dummy. test screenings don;t mean anything
From Screenrant:
Warner Bros. Should Move Aquaman's Release Date Forward
According to the El Fanboy podcast, Warner Bros. is increasingly confident of this movie. Mario Francisco-Robles actually reports that Warner Bros. considered dropping the trailer last week as part of that marketing push, but instead decided to hold it back in order to create a splash at SDCC. In fact, he reports that there's some rumbling about a change of release date. Warner Bros. is so confident in the film that they want to make it as competitive as possible.No Star Wars film is releasing in December this year; Disney wouldn't allow Lucasfilm to push Solo: A Star Wars Story's release back, probably because December is already exceptionally crowded. There are a lot of films coming out in December aimed at action fans and family audiences. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse comes out on December 14. Although this is an animated superhero movie, the trailers and footage promise one of the best superhero films of the year. Aquaman drops just a week later, meaning DC's underwater hero will immediately be competing with the biggest superhero brand of all time, Spider-Man.
Worse still for Aquaman, it's one of four major releases coming out on December 21. Aquaman is competing with the Transformers spinoff Bumblebee, the comedic Holmes & Watson, and Alita: Battle Angel. The audiences of these four movies intersect, meaning each will damage the box office performance of the others. Shortly after, Disney release Mary Poppins Returns (the prime reason for no Solo movie), which is sure to draw the family audiences Aquaman is hoping will stick around. The film's current release date really doesn't work.
According to Francisco-Robles, Warner Bros. is aware of this problem and are considering bumping it forward. It wouldn't make sense to move Aquaman into November, another month that's pretty crowded (including Warner Bros. own Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald). Sticking with December, then, what date would be best? We can safely rule out December 14, given there's no way Warner Bros. will choose to drop Aquaman on the same date as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
“I was talking to Marc Andreyko last week, this time last week. And he said ’I’m hearing rumblings that it’s a fantastic film.’ So he, through his connections at DC, has access to people who have seen it and have said the same thing.”
Originally posted by Zack MThe more vibrant color palette than previous DCEU offerings is a good sign.
The entire cast of Aquaman. Really dig the monsters and overall look of everything.https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/07/17/entire-cast-aquaman-magazine-cover/
Originally posted by Zack MYou have to consider why JL failed though. JL failed because of the poor quality of prior films, and is itself not a very good film. Can Aquaman sell enough tickets off of word of mouth alone to be a big success? I kind of doubt it. Maybe the good memories of Wonder Woman will sway viewers.
JL was the only real setback. All the others did pretty good and WW was the most profitable superhero movie of last year. I think Aquaman will do OK.
Originally posted by NemeBro
You have to consider why JL failed though. JL failed because of the poor quality of prior films, and is itself not a very good film. Can Aquaman sell enough tickets off of word of mouth alone to be a big success? I kind of doubt it. Maybe the good memories of Wonder Woman will sway viewers.
Even though the prior films had rotten scores, the movies still had a lot of people who liked them. Look at MOS, SS, and BVS home video sales. Especially MOS, which is in the top 4 of all time.
Mark Hughes at Forbes addressed the JL failure and that was largely due to JL not offering anything new to the genre. It was simply a team up film and that has already been done.
Aquaman and SHAZAM don't suffer from that. I'm not saying they'll automatically do well, but I can see SHAZAM attracting a lot of families and being the second highest grossing DCEU movie .
Originally posted by Zack M
Even though the prior films had rotten scores, the movies still had a lot of people who liked them. Look at MOS, SS, and BVS home video sales. Especially MOS, which is in the top 4 of all time.Mark Hughes at Forbes addressed the JL failure and that was largely due to JL not offering anything new to the genre. It was simply a team up film and that has already been done.
Aquaman and SHAZAM don't suffer from that. I'm not saying they'll automatically do well, but I can see SHAZAM attracting a lot of families and being the second highest grossing DCEU movie .
lol, you will go to your grave convinced that most of the DCEU movies were actually good.
Originally posted by Zack M
Momoa in the classic costume. Well, an action figure.https://heroichollywood.com/aquaman-statue-classic-dc-costume/
That's not the classic costume; it's just the closest we've gotten to it so far.
Originally posted by roughrider
Ever since I've seen Jason Momoa in this role, I just think how much more he looks like Namor, rather than Arthur Curry. Especially during the Jae Lee days.(On the plus side, at least this silly superstition about Aquaman's blond hair won't be a thing, now.)
They used that superstition to craft an excellent story, one that tied in to the lore really well.
Originally posted by NemeBro
You have to consider why JL failed though. JL failed because of the poor quality of prior films, and is itself not a very good film. Can Aquaman sell enough tickets off of word of mouth alone to be a big success? I kind of doubt it. Maybe the good memories of Wonder Woman will sway viewers.
It'll need a killer trailer and to be marketed well, imo. It might have both those things, but for now, who knows.