Black Widow anticipation thread

[Captaindemotion]

We have Disney+ (got it for £50) but having watched the Mandalorian, I haven’t really watched much of it since. My kids are 13 & 10, seem to be just passing their Disney phase, they never cared for Star Wars and while the oldest one was mad on Marvel for a while, the Hunger Games seems to be her newest thing. I think she’ll still watch BW, though, as she’s a redhead herself and Nat was always her favourite (plus they’ve started watching Stranger Things, so Harbour is likely to be a selling point).

Not sure what the price for Mulan will be over here but a family ticket for us in the cinema is about £20-30, depending on the cinema (unfortunately the most reasonably priced cinema in Belfast has now closed). We’ve bought the odd movie via Sky but they’re usually about £10, get watched once, maybe twice, and never again.

 

[The Wormhole]

If this takes and other studios follow suit the theaters should be very alarmed as it might really change viewing habits in the long run

Theatres are already alarmed. After the success of the Trolls movie on VOD in the spring, Universal intended to do simultaneous VOD releases with the theatrical releases of all their movies, even after the pandemic ends. AMC declared they will boycott all Universal movies if just one of their movies has a VOD release same day as the theatrical release after the pandemic.

Personally, from my perspective, as I don't currently have Disney+ spending nearly forty dollars just to see a movie is definitely a rip-off. A typical trip to the theatres usually only runs me about twenty-five dollars, twelve dollars for the ticket and an additional ten or so on a meal at a restaurant afterwards. Transportation isn't really an issue for me since I have a bus pass, it's kind of a free trip since I'm not spending additional money that day. I guess I can see the appeal for people with families, a parent and two kids probably run close to forty dollars on the movie ticket, plus the gas spent driving to and from the theatre. And that's before you factor in concession snacks or a meal out.

 

[John Clark]

Ditto. I'm a single guy who goes to these with friends who pay for themselves, so I pay for 1 ticket, often at a Sunday matinee. I'm not keen on paying 3 times as much to watch it on my sisters Disney+.

My thoughts too. Even if I could watch with my mates (and split the costs), it's a bit cheaper to go to the cinema for all of us than this would cost.

 

[FPAlpha]

I guess I can see the appeal for people with families, a parent and two kids probably run close to forty dollars on the movie ticket, plus the gas spent driving to and from the theatre. And that's before you factor in concession snacks or a meal out.

And that's the catch but double so for Disney as they are the family company For them it's an interesting experiment to dip the toe in the water. I don't believe it's a long term strategy yet since Disney+ needs to heavily expand to make this financially viable and profitable but in 10 years? Who knows.

 

[StCoop]

It's official. 'Black Widow' is moving to May 2021.

'Eternals' is going to November 2021 but 'Shang-Chi' only moving a couple of months to July 2021.

https://deadline.com/2020/09/black-...ayed-a-year-soul-stays-theatrical-1234582771/

 

[Skywalker]

Maybe WandaVision will premiere in December to keep the streak of some kind of MCU content every year alive.

 

[JD]

They've already said that WandaVision will be premiering this year, we just don't have an exact date yet.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

It's official. 'Black Widow' is moving to May 2021.

'Eternals' is going to November 2021 but 'Shang-Chi' only moving a couple of months to July 2021.

https://deadline.com/2020/09/black-...ayed-a-year-soul-stays-theatrical-1234582771/

Disappointing but unsurprising. It's ultimately for the best. It just sucks that we have to wait so long.

 

[1987SpaceGuy]

Wish they'd put in on Disney+ instead
Would have signed up for the service and paid the additional fee to finally watch it.

 

[Morpheus 02]

Disappointing but unsurprising. It's ultimately for the best. It just sucks that we have to wait so long.

Even longer for Wonder Woman! 2020 was supposed to be the year of the woman action hero. Maybe 2021???

 

[Gaith]

They've already said that WandaVision will be premiering this year, we just don't have an exact date yet.

Ah, so it's officially beating The Falcon and the Winter Soldier to air, contrary to pre-pandemic plans. Not surprising, but there it is.

 

[The Wormhole]

Disappointing but unsurprising. It's ultimately for the best. It just sucks that we have to wait so long.

While the longer wait is unfortunate, hopefully choosing a date eight months from now makes it more likely they'll be able to stick to that date. At the very least, it's certainly preferable to the current situation many movies are doing of choosing a date barely a few months ahead (if that) that just ends up getting postponed again.

And at the risk of turning things political, we can hope that by the time May gets here the US will have a new President who will enact a better pandemic response plan. Thus increasing the chances the movie will actually see a May 2021 release date.

Wish they'd put in on Disney+ instead
Would have signed up for the service and paid the additional fee to finally watch it.

I gather a lot of people are waiting until December to watch Mulan when the additional fee is dropped and they can view the movie essentially free. Granted, with a Marvel movie, there are more die-hard fans who'll gladly spill the additional fee to see the movie Right the Fuck Now, but I doubt there are enough for the movie to make back production costs through that venue.

 

[Reverend]

Part of the problem with the MCU movies is that to some extent, they're all supposed to interlock, so if you delay one, you have to bump the next one and so on and so forth so everything gets released in the right order. At this point it's clear that 2020 have been a wash in more ways than one, so it makes sense for them to just shift everything back.

Also consider that even if they released what they have in the can now, they'll still have a backlog of stalled projects to clear before the next release, so either way we're looking at a year's delay. Best to save the material for when they can get the most profit from it when everyone can safely go back to the cinemas than get caught with nothing to show right when everyone will be desperate for new movies.

 

[The Wormhole]

I've been hearing some observations here lately about how this current phase of the MCU seems to be cursed. Aside from the pandemic basically delaying the whole thing, there was also to situation a couple of years ago with Guardians of the Galaxy where James Gunn was fired, the Spider-Man fiasco last year where Sony tried muscling Disney out of the picture, and now Black Panther is unfortunately without a lead actor.

 

[Turtletrekker]

I've been hearing some observations here lately about how this current phase of the MCU seems to be cursed. Aside from the pandemic basically delaying the whole thing, there was also to situation a couple of years ago with Guardians of the Galaxy where James Gunn was fired, the Spider-Man fiasco last year where Sony tried muscling Disney out of the picture, and now Black Panther is unfortunately without a lead actor.

I've recently had similar thoughts. In hindsight, it seems near miraculous that the entirety of the Infinity Saga went so smoothly and largely without a hitch.

 

[Reverend]

The larger and more complicated the project, the more bumps in the road. The only real kick in the teeth out of all of that has been the loss of Chadwick Boseman. Everything else (historic global pandemic triggering a possible collapse of cinema exhibition notwithstanding) has just been the usual Hollywood nonsense.

Remember the re-castings in Phase One? The studio trying to lowball everyone who isn't RDJ during the Phase Two contract re-ups? Same brand of studio politicking. James Gunn was always going to get re-hired after the curfuffle quieted down once the Mouse realised they got played and Spider-Man was always going to stay with the MCU, it was just a matter of the price tag.

 

[Turtletrekker]

A prominent Disney shareholder is urging the studio to release Black Widow and others on Disney plus.

https://movieweb.com/black-widow-streaming-disney-plus-investor/

 

[1987SpaceGuy]

Hope it happens for other reasons though (to watch it, comfortably and safe at home during these times.)

 

[Morpheus 02]

A prominent Disney shareholder is urging the studio to release Black Widow and others on Disney plus.

https://movieweb.com/black-widow-streaming-disney-plus-investor/

I think it would be a huge mistake, unless there are some secret numbers of Mulan that reveal a different story. I think it would be bad for woman - led action stories if they kill the theater release.

The delay stinks... but it is needed.

 

[Reverend]

Pretty sure that if the Mulan numbers were even close to what they were hoping for, they'd already have announced 'Black Widow' to be on D+ for the holiday period. They haven't, ergo they probably weren't.
That investor is clearly just sweating over an overall lack of dividends this fiscal year and want a quick cash injection for the Q4 report. Never mind that it'll crater next year's takings in the process. It's quite astonishing how short sighted investors can be.
It's pretty much the same greedy crap that made 'Solo' a needless flop at the box office.