It has been a rough time for Hollywood. Box Office ticket sales have been down compared to a decade earlier with no real signs of change. But the doom and gloom is starting to lift after Mario and Project Hail Mary came strolling through cinemas. And now, we're...
Is there a way forward for Disney after the failure of Lightyear? The Walt Disney Company is under a revelatory moment as they grapple with the utter failure of Lightyear, the muted reaction to Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the relatively poor ratings for Turning Red....
There are times when a failure is too big and too important for a studio to continue on in the way it had been. Lightyear has missed to such a level. There are spoilers in this article regarding Lightyear. Batman v Superman and its abysmal reception was enough to end...
To infinity and beyond... or to losses and falling below projections? Late on Friday, trade publications began to softly adjust their Lightyear projections. No, the movie will not be making the $90 million we were looking at a week ago. No, the movie will...
A Bad Start Could Signal a Bomb Incoming for Buzz Update: 8:05 PM EST 6/17/22 Variety is downgrading Lightyear from an expected $70M weekend opening in the US... down to only $55M with a best-case-scenario of $60M. It could drop even lower. Read the following...
It's everything Maverick stands against. Which one you will like probably comes down to your thoughts on that statement. After having watched Top Gun Maverick, I found sitting through the entirety of Lightear to be something of a paradox shift. In almost every single...
Chris Evans has replaced Tim Allen as the voice of Buzz Lightyear and now he has a message for those who think Pixar's inclusion of a lesbian kiss is part of an agenda: "The real truth is those people are idiots. There's always going to be people who are afraid and...
Some pieces to the puzzle around Tim Allen's replacement as Buzz Lightyear are starting to come together... You would think that the voice of Buzz Lightyear since the nineties would be all abuzz about the new movie starring his famous character. However, as...
Disney's Pixar has announced details for Elemental, their summer blockbuster attempt for 2023. The tweet providing information on the upcoming flick curiously avoids saying whether or not the movie will debut in theaters or Disney+. You would think based on internal...
Up until this point, all the talk about a backlash against Disney from either the left or the right has been just theory. That changes with the release of Moon Knight debut ratings which show a sharp decline in people tuning in for the latest Marvel property. While...
Somebody has some serious explaining to do. Disney and Samba TV had made major claims about Turning Red, with both companies making slightly different -- though still record-breaking -- claims about the movie's start on Disney+. We now know those were not true. Given...
The following article is an editorial opinion piece. I have been reading commentary about what is going on with The Walt Disney Company, Bob Chapek, Susan Arnold, Bob Iger, the Disney Walkout group, executives, producers, studios, etc... and I'll be honest, I feel...
This article takes no position on the legitimacy, validity, morality, or need for the Disney Walkout group and movement. Rather, this article examines the level of participation and the likely result for Disney's operations going forward. It brings me great...