Hollywood promised that the summer of 2025 would be the big comeback. Bob Iger told Wall Street earlier this year that Marvel and Disney’s film slate would be the strongest since 2019 in terms of summer box office. Analysts across the trades said the industry could finally hit a $4 billion summer, marking the first real rebound since the 2020 lockdowns. The message was clear: after years of decline, Hollywood would deliver a box office season worth celebrating.
It was a phenomenal quarterly earnings report for The Walt Disney World. But for everyone who is against Bob Chapek, today is a very rough day. It's unlikely to be the headline you see across various mainstream and access media outlets today. But the truth is...
There are a number of dangers for Disney coming from DC's late-summer animated flick in terms of a narrative that doesn't favor Mickey's brand. Talk about a headline I never thought I'd write just six months ago... DC's League of Super-Pet's is coming out this...
Wakanda Forever has massive customer demand, but can Kevin Feige's Marvel deliver the goods as audiences largely reject MCU film after film? What was the point of Phase Four for the MCU? Was it to throw a bunch of unconnected storylines out there and see what...
Marvel Phases 5 and 6 are on the way. Can they revive the hobbled Phase 4 flops that have plagued the studio since 2020? Well, that's a few announcements out of Marvel, eh? San Diego Comic Con 2022 is coming to a close and Disney's Marvel Entertainment went out...
The Rippaverse is making huge news as it surges past $3,000,000. Is the mainstream comics industry so damaged that they've lost their customers and control? Is it a paradigm shift in the comics industry? If nothing else, it's a paradigm shift for Eric July and...
A leak to Deadline from SDCC may confirm the X-Men are coming to the MCU soon... but they may be changing their name to "the mutants." "I don’t know where the future is going. It’s funny that people call it the X-Men, there’s a lot of female superheroes in that...
The Disney Backlash is real. It's causing Disney to have flop after flop at the box office. We work to figure out the real cost for Disney to keep on this path. Have you noticed how almost every movie other than the Disney-produced stuff has done quite well at...
The entertainment world is shocked once more as Thor: Love and Thunder may actually be a flop at the box office. That's two in a row for Disney. Estimates for the drop of Thor: Love and Thunder in its second weekend were already low. Today, they're going lower...
A potential drop for Thor's second weekend, while facing little competition, has Disney executives concerned that Kevin Feige has lost his mojo. It isn't looking good for Mighty Thor or Thor or Pretty Cool Thor... or any other versions of Thor that might be out...
Strange things are happenin' at The Walt Disney Company. Is Bob Chapek getting ready to lay down the boom on those who would push the company in divisive directions? I had the excellent opportunity yesterday to sit down with our good friend, Valliant Renegade,...
Thor: Love and Thunder is the strangest movie I have ever watched in my life. If you're okay with being spoiled, read my review and you'll understand why. There is no way that I can write this review without spoilers. The movie is too weird and I have to talk...
It's difficult to believe but both Ms. Marvel and Obi-Wan Kenobi are still generating less online searches than Stranger Things. What makes this so peculiar is that today is the launch date for Ms. Marvel and Stranger Things has now been out for nearly three weeks. We...