The unnecessary reboot/remake of the week thread

[Aragorn]

It's sounding like Amazon's live-action Voltron movie could go straight to streaming. Who makes these decisions? I understand spending money on a marketing campaign where the movie underperforms is not a good thing, but if you spend $150 million on a movie and it goes straight to streaming, you're not getting $150 million in new subscribers.

 

[oktay]

It's sounding like Amazon's live-action Voltron movie could go straight to streaming. Who makes these decisions? I understand spending money on a marketing campaign where the movie underperforms is not a good thing, but if you spend $150 million on a movie and it goes straight to streaming, you're not getting $150 million in new subscribers.

This is completely related to Red One going bankrupt at the box office, breaking records on Prime Video, and Road House doing well on Prime Video. I think it's true because all the movies that Amazon will release in theaters will go bankrupt at the box office except for the new James Bond and Rocky/Creed movies. Also, profitability is not something that is measured by subscription. Prime Video has 200 million subscribers so far. I think that if a content is watched well on these platforms, there is also the profitability money earned from those views. In other words, this much viewing returns to us as this much money, otherwise it doesn't make sense to make such high-budget movies and TV series. Of course, since none of us know the internal accounts of streaming platforms, we can only come up with such theories.

 

[The Wormhole]

otherwise it doesn't make sense to make such high-budget movies and TV series.

To be fair, the exorbitant budgets spend on their TV shows and movies is one of the leading factors demonstrating how flawed the streaming model is.

 

[oktay]

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[marillion]

Trailer for HBO Max's "It: Welcome to Derry" is out. A prequel to the recent movies, set in the 60s.

Welcome to Derry

 

[Aragorn]

Shemar Moore calls himself the Tom Brady of S.W.A.T. and compares going to the spinoff without any of his other cast members to getting traded to another team. And he says he will not apologize for continuing S.W.A.T. without them.

 

[Jayson1]

Shemar Moore calls himself the Tom Brady of S.W.A.T. and compares going to the spinoff without any of his other cast members to getting traded to another team. And he says he will not apologize for continuing S.W.A.T. without them.

I see he does not suffer from a lack of confidence.

 

[The Wormhole]

Eh, I guess it's nice he clearly likes the show. There are worse things for a show to have than a lead actor who is so passionate about it.

 

[Jayson1]

I agree. It's just I find it funny that he shows zero humility. The guy knows his worth and is not ashamed of it.

 

[oktay]

Joey King in Talks to Join Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman in ‘Practical Magic 2’ (Exclusive)

Susanne Bier is directing the Warner Bros. feature that will shoot late this summer.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[oktay]

J.D. Scrubs In: Zach Braff Set To Return For ABC Reboot

The Scrubs reboot in the works at ABC has made a deal with star Zach Braff to reprise his role as John “J.D.” Dorian.

deadline.com

 

[Aragorn]

Latest rumor is that Disney and Lucasfilm wants to do more stuff with Bix.

Jason Momoa, Roman Reigns, Andrew Koji and Noah Centineo are reportedly in talks for a new Street Fighter movie.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Latest rumor is that Disney and Lucasfilm wants to do more stuff with Bix.

Bix: Farm Mechanic A Star Wars Story

 

[Oddish]

Based on reviews, it looks like Lilo and Stitch's live action remake might be a success.

Mixed feelings on this, given that Little Mermaid and Pinnochio seemed intent on insulting half of the human species, Lion King was an exercise in inscrutability, and Snow White featured an obnoxious female lead and seven CGI abominations (and flopped like an Olympic diver doing a 3-1/4 off a ten-meter board). We were kind of hoping Disney would take the hint.