COVID-19 Virus -- Movie related news
#526
DVD Talk God
Re: COVID-19 Virus -- Movie related news
No Mulan is supposed to be a worldwide release. No release in China. It's going to be postponed again any day now.
#527
DVD Talk Hero
Re: COVID-19 Virus -- Movie related news
At this point Mulan should just go to Disney+ - it would drive more subscriptions for them post-Hamilton and it doesn't have a prayer of coming out this year in theaters.
#528
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
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To what end though? They have their subscriber base, they will have Mandalorian S2 coming out in a couple of months. They'd be better off sitting on this until next Spring and then releasing it in theaters. It will still come to D+ eventually.
#529
DVD Talk Hero
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Not if they can make more money on new subscribers than they would at the box office. No guarantees that they'd make money next spring (especially if theaters still aren't open and/or major chains have gone out of business). Releasing to Disney+ raises the whole network and could keep "Hamilton" subscribers who might be ready to drop it after a month.
#530
DVD Talk God
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Mulan cost roughly $200M to make and probably another $100M in marketing. It's going to be $300M plus in losses if they release it on Disney +
Sure you can try to sell it as a PVOD rental at $20-25. But, it's still going to lose massive money.
That's not money you can simply write off and just forget about. Those kinds of losses cost jobs. It's a tough call. It's easy for someone being a casual observer from afar and not really care that much and say it's not my problem because I have no stake in it. But, stuff like this has a ripple effect on the entire industry. Directors, Writers, and performers are going to lose opportunities to make more movies like this because of the financial ripple effect.
Sure you can try to sell it as a PVOD rental at $20-25. But, it's still going to lose massive money.
That's not money you can simply write off and just forget about. Those kinds of losses cost jobs. It's a tough call. It's easy for someone being a casual observer from afar and not really care that much and say it's not my problem because I have no stake in it. But, stuff like this has a ripple effect on the entire industry. Directors, Writers, and performers are going to lose opportunities to make more movies like this because of the financial ripple effect.
#531
DVD Talk Hero
Re: COVID-19 Virus -- Movie related news
Mulan cost roughly $200M to make and probably another $100M in marketing. It's going to be $300M plus in losses if they release it on Disney +
Sure you can try to sell it as a PVOD rental at $20-25. But, it's still going to lose massive money.
That's not money you can simply write off and just forget about. Those kinds of losses cost jobs. It's a tough call. It's easy for someone being a casual observer from afar and not really care that much and say it's not my problem because I have no stake in it. But, stuff like this has a ripple effect on the entire industry. Directors, Writers, and performers are going to lose opportunities to make more movies like this because of the financial ripple effect.
Sure you can try to sell it as a PVOD rental at $20-25. But, it's still going to lose massive money.
That's not money you can simply write off and just forget about. Those kinds of losses cost jobs. It's a tough call. It's easy for someone being a casual observer from afar and not really care that much and say it's not my problem because I have no stake in it. But, stuff like this has a ripple effect on the entire industry. Directors, Writers, and performers are going to lose opportunities to make more movies like this because of the financial ripple effect.
#532
DVD Talk God
Re: COVID-19 Virus -- Movie related news
Anything can happen and obviously Disney's hands are tied right now because they are at the mercy of the local governments of all these states. If Mulan could just break even with having some kind of theatrical run, I think that would be considered a success considering the times and troubles we're in. Then when it's completely exhausted that, then sure it can segue to Disney + for those who aren't ready to venture to a theater.
Look Unhinged starring Russell Crowe was suppose to come out this month as well, but got pushed back. it's a relatively low budget movie, but the studio behind it wants it to get a theatrical run and is not dumping it on PVOD. From what I understand, it's already opened in Germany.
Last edited by DJariya; 07-21-20 at 01:39 PM.
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#533
DVD Talk Hero
Re: COVID-19 Virus -- Movie related news
I think they are much better off taking their chances at a theater auditorium operating at 30-50% capacity playing Mulan on 4 or 5 screens 7 days per week at $10-15 per head than just dumping it right now on Disney + for their $6.99 monthly fee and then risk the person dropping it after only 1 month. There's thousands of theaters, multiple chains and the movie can play from morning all the way to midnight. And then you can factor in Asia, Europe etc for the theaters in those regions that are open.
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Re: COVID-19 Virus -- Movie related news
Not if they can make more money on new subscribers than they would at the box office. No guarantees that they'd make money next spring (especially if theaters still aren't open and/or major chains have gone out of business). Releasing to Disney+ raises the whole network and could keep "Hamilton" subscribers who might be ready to drop it after a month.
And cutting the songs will probably prove to have been a bad idea.
#535
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
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I think D+ is close to max saturation already. They are at 55M subscribers. If folks didn't sign up for the pre-launch discounts, didn't sign up for the big launch, didn't sign up for The Mandalorian, didn't sign up for Hamilton, they are unlikely to be swayed by a live action Mulan without any big names.
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#536
DVD Talk Hero
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I think D+ is close to max saturation already. They are at 55M subscribers. If folks didn't sign up for the pre-launch discounts, didn't sign up for the big launch, didn't sign up for The Mandalorian, didn't sign up for Hamilton, they are unlikely to be swayed by a live action Mulan without any big names.
#537
DVD Talk God
Re: COVID-19 Virus -- Movie related news
https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...ease-is-pushed
AMC has delayed their reopening to sometime in August.
Regal also announced yesterday their reopening is delayed.
I got an email from Harkins theatres and they have no date set for reopening. Harkins is a really small family run franchise.
AMC has delayed their reopening to sometime in August.
Regal also announced yesterday their reopening is delayed.
I got an email from Harkins theatres and they have no date set for reopening. Harkins is a really small family run franchise.
#538
DVD Talk God
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#539
DVD Talk Legend
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The Star Wars and Avatar movies are also delayed by a year by Disney.
https://deadline.com/2020/07/mulan-a...us-1202993719/
https://deadline.com/2020/07/mulan-a...us-1202993719/
#540
DVD Talk God
Re: COVID-19 Virus -- Movie related news
#541
DVD Talk God
Re: COVID-19 Virus -- Movie related news
The 2020 movie season is officially dead
#542
Banned by request
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Didn’t need any more info or movie release date changes to make that conclusion. Hey, at least next year will be, well what this summer would have been.
#543
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: COVID-19 Virus -- Movie related news
Man, I've got $150 in Regal Gift cards that I got back in February by using my Discover card reward points. Hopefully there will be a Regal to go back to one day.
#544
DVD Talk Legend
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Top Gun is a summer movie and had no business being released in December.
#545
DVD Talk God
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Greenland is opening overseas 1st and is moving it's release in the U.S.
#546
DVD Talk Hero
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Why on earth would they open here in September? What possible theater capacity would we have by then. 25% at best?
#547
DVD Talk God
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#548
DVD Talk Hero
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#549
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
Re: COVID-19 Virus -- Movie related news
Have any American or British films resumed shooting yet?
#550
DVD Talk God