News? Stories from Dubious Sources
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Captain America 4 and Thunderbolts underperformed, but Deadpool and Wolverine made over a billion dollars and Fantastic Four made over half a billion dollars. I know there are some internet wags out there that would like to say half a billion dollars is underperforming, but that's nonsense.
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FF's budget was $200 million. It did $521 million at the box office.
It barely broke even. It underperformed.
They cancelled three MCU films that were due to be released in 2026-2027 earlier this year.
Deadpool and Wolverine (2024) was the last MCU film to gross over $1 billion.
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Legacy will never be made.
Kirk Year One will never be made.
President Archer will never be made.
A Kelvin ST4 film has an outside chance of getting made.
But any 'new' Trek announced by Skydance will not be any of the previously pitched stuff above.
(And if I'm wrong, oh well
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Legacy will never be made.
Kirk Year One will never be made.
President Archer will never be made.
A Kelvin ST4 film has an outside chance of getting made.
But any 'new' Trek announced by Skydance will not be any of the previously pitched stuff above.
(And if I'm wrong, oh well
The best show CBS/Paramount produced was Prodigy, because it initially only had a fleeting connection to past Trek with the Janeway hologram, which was utilized efficiently for the story they were telling, which took things in an entirely new and interesting direction rather than retreading old tropes and characters. Unfortunately they chose to market it as a young kids’ show, which it most certainly was not, and that caused its downfall (as well as CBS’s general incompetence and bad decision-making.)
If Skydance wants lots more viewers than just the aging TOS/TNG demographic, then they need to come up with an idea that will cater to a mass audience. I personally don’t know what that will entail, because after 60 years of Star Trek, it’s admittedly hard to come up with something original that Joe Sixpack who’s never seen a Star Trek show in his life will want to watch.
Star Trek 2009: so easy to access even my mom who hates sci-fi watched it and followed along.
That was sixteen years ago. What has your mom done for Star Trek lately, huh?
