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Disney CEO Suggests There’s No ‘Going Back’ To Pre-COVID Film Releases

As Disney prepares to release “Raya and the Last Dragon” in theaters and as a premium on-demand title this Friday, CEO Bob Chapek says that he thinks the experimentation his studio and others in Hollywood are doing with releasing movies during the pandemic will permanently change the movie business. From a report “The consumer is probably more impatient than they’ve ever…

Disney Will Test the Limits of ‘Franchise Fatigue’ in 2021 and 2022

An anonymous reader shares a report: In November 2019, just a few days after Disney+ launched, Netflix (NFLX) content chief (now co-CEO) Ted Sarandos, speaking at a Paley Center for Media event, said that Disney (DIS) is “bound by” its content universes, a reference mostly to Marvel and Star Wars. He continued: “I do think the risk of being bound in…

Netflix’s Most Expensive Movie Ever Will Be a $200M James Bond-Level Thriller From the Russo Bros.

The directing duo behind the highest-grossing film of all time are set to break another movie record for Netflix. From a report: This time, brothers and Avengers: Endgame filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo (who also helmed Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, and Avengers: Infinity War for Marvel) are headed to Netflix for the streaming service’s biggest-budgeted movie…

Disney Becomes First Studio To Surpass $10 Billion At Worldwide Box Office

Disney has become the first studio in history to surpass $10 billion at the worldwide box office in a single calendar year. Variety reports: Through Sunday, the studio has generated $3.28 billion in North America and $6.7 billion overseas for a global haul of $9.997 billion and is expected to officially cross the benchmark within the next day. Disney smashed its…

Watch India’s Chandrayaan-2 Make Its Historic Moon Landing Attempt

It’s a big day for India’s highly audacious Chandrayaan-2 mission. From a report: The nation will attempt to land its lunar orbit on the moon’s surface shortly as it inches closer to become the fourth in the world to complete a successful lunar landing. ISRO, India’s equivalent of NASA, is live streaming the landing on its website, and YouTube channel. The…

‘Avengers’ Surpasses ‘Avatar’ as Highest-Grossing Film of All Time

Disney’s presentation of Marvel’s “Avengers: Endgame” has officially surpassed “Avatar” to become the world’s highest-grossing film of all time, several months after the film obliterated opening weekend records. From a report: The feat underscores Disney’s position as the king of the box office. Disney has had the top grossing movie every year since 2012 and been the top grossing studio since…

With Chandrayaan-2 Launch, India’s ISRO Shoots For the Moon on a Shoe-String Budget

India took a giant leap in its space program on Monday after its space agency launched a spacecraft that is scheduled to touch down on the Moon in September. From a report: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), which is India’s equivalent of NASA, confirmed the successful launch of the spacecraft as the nation inches closer to become only the fourth…

Why films like Avengers: End Game can get away with time travel tricks

In his monthly film column, Simon Ings finds that invoking the quantum world is a great way out for Avengers-style franchises when they want to mess with time Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232300-400-why-films-like-avengers-end-game-can-get-away-with-time-travel-tricks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Why films like Avengers: Endgame can get away with time travel tricks

In his monthly film column, Simon Ings finds that invoking the quantum world is a great way out for Avengers-style franchises when they want to mess with time Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232300-400-why-films-like-avengers-endgame-can-get-away-with-time-travel-tricks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…