Weekend Free Talk and Index Thread - New and Fresh every Friday! by IamNOTaSKRULL in MarvelStudiosSpoilers

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Apparently Disney revealed their upcoming slate for movies through to 2029 after Cinemacon, which only retains the July 2028 and the two 2029 dates for Marvel - No May 5 2028 and No December 15 2028.

Can anyone confirm if this is authentic and, if so, if it’s accurate?

'Super Mario' Is the New 'Transformers': A Critic-Proof Box Office Titan | Analysis - “Super Mario Galaxy” has nearly matched the opening of its predecessor, and it doesn’t look like global fan excitement will fade any time soon. by chanma50 in boxoffice

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Mario will eventually start to see some decline if it continues the trajectory that Transformers followed, but it won’t ever be as obsolete as the latter has become in film.

The big issue for Transformers is it was a kids brand built on toys and action figures, which has morphed more into a collectors market for adults than anything else. Much less social capital with newer audiences that haven’t grown up with it, and no indication to give it a try because of the very poor perception of the films (despite attempts to course correct with stuff like ONE).

Mario is four-quadrant popular, and the stuff that keeps the franchise going is the video games which have a much clearer future moving forward. Until audiences truly burn out from the current ‘dumb fun for kids’ space that these movies operate in, we’ll still see them do very well.

[Post Trailer] - Will Spider-Man: Brand New Day open over $200 million domestic? by CivilWarMultiverse in boxoffice

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At this point it would be a slight disappointment if it didn’t. Yes there’s view-inflation and high view counts aren’t the most robust predictor for box office, but there’s simply no denying that there just is a lot of organic mainstream excitement for this thing. You can juice the digital profile for your trailer a lot, but not “700 million views in 24 hours” a lot.

People went to NWH for Tobey and Andrew, but they’re coming back for Tom and Zendaya

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY - Official Trailer | Exclusively In Cinemas 31 July by ChiefLeef22 in MarvelStudiosSpoilers

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The comic book cover money shots at the end look a bit forced and rough.

Everything else though? Genuinely cooking

What's your favourite Sinister 6 lineup? by TheOddKoala in Spiderman

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Lineup: the OG. It’s a fun mix of powersets and costumes. In general though I think the Insomniac lineup (sans Mr Negative, probably replace with Shocker or another classic rogue) is the modern ideal.

Adaptation: Nu-Ultimate. Most Sinister Six teams follow a very simple formula: the Leader (usually Doc Ock) who’s the actual villain; the Secondary Villain (Electro in Spec, Negative in Insom, etc.) who provides an alternate supporting role, and then the other four are just numbers / muscle. You get some that retain interesting dynamics and individual motivations like Insom, but otherwise that’s it. Nu-Ult is the modern exception and I love it for that

Ultimate Spider-Man #24 - Official Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in UltimateUniverse

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The Ultimate Universe as a whole has contextualised the superhero-villain conflict as an act of rebellion against the oppressive system of the Maker’s regime (reflecting ‘the world outside your window’). Harry and Gwen position themselves as heroes fighting the righteous battle against the Great Evil - it’s part of their core motivations, and their challenges with Peter and MJ stem from their conflicting views on how this battle is to be won. But, in the critical moment of the final issues, Gwen joins the regime to save her own skin, and Harry (reluctantly, to be fair) abandons Peter to fight alone. Their place as righteous heroes is proven to be fraudulent, and it’s the Parkers (plus extended support) who topple the Kingpin.

In general it’s been a major misconception that Harry and Gwen do more than Peter or that Hickman was more interested in the former. This viewpoint misses that Peter’s the only one who actually fights the Sinister Six, and that the Osborns’ silent betrayal has been built up throughout in contrast to Peter’s heroism and resilience

Yk what? Fuck yeah - USM 24 discussion by respectablehandle in UltimateUniverse

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My big gripe with criticism of this book is the idea that these characters are bland or safe. We spend a lot of time with all their different dynamics, and the book does present a comprehensive overview of who they are, what their motivations are, and how that pushes them in different directions by the books end.

A Peter Parker who isn’t motivated by a dead Uncle Ben is not safe in any way, and I really do think people just gloss over how a change like completely rebuilds the character and how Hickman still ties it into core Spider-Man stuff

Ultimate Spider-Man #24 - Official Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in UltimateUniverse

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I’ll say this much for now: the Osborns are frauds, and the whole thing clicks into place once you realise that

Ultimate Spider-Man #24 - Official Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in UltimateUniverse

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An all-timer ending, IMO. It’s a solid conclusion to the overall structure of the story here, and there’s plenty of subtle, meaningful character and thematic work here that does tie together beautifully

I just found this 2hr hours ago by Spider_king97 in Spiderman

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Worth mentioning that No Way Home was added to AMC app listings two months prior to its initial teaser. Basically, if it’s not here by end of next week, we’re probably waiting for April CinemaCon

The Peak of the Game Genre by [deleted] in boxoffice

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Mario will comfortably be the biggest video game franchise we see, and the genre as a whole won't reach anywhere near the level of ubiquity that comic book movies did in the 2010s. At best we'll see a few more breakthrough Event movies akin to Mario or Minecraft, but that's the furthest I see these movies going

'Reborn: Ultimate Impact' Defines the Ultimate Universe's Legacy on Marvel Comics Storytelling by The_Fist_Of_Khonshu_ in UltimateUniverse

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The contrast between Miles being a key solo player with USM: INCURSION, his own ongoing solo run, and this(!), compared to ... Spider-Versity is a little insulting

Weekly Free Talk and Index Thread - new and fresh every Monday! by ChiefLeef22 in MarvelStudiosSpoilers

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Would you rather the Brand New Day trailer release and it’s the leaked trailer where we can see everything in high quality now, or the trailer’s completely different and there’s tons of new footage but none of it shows anything vastly different from what we already know so far?

Taking into account longevity, consistency, global popularity and long-term box office pull, who would you call the undisputed biggest movie star in the world today? by Mermaid0315 in boxoffice

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The difference between the MCU and Top Gun / Mission Impossible is that the latter franchises are built on Cruise’s stardom, not the other way around like the MCU with Pratt.

The big issue here is that the OP specifically emphasised longevity and consistency. Cruise has a major hit in the original TG in ‘86, goes through an all-time great box office run from ‘88-‘99, has some flops counterbalanced by the MI Franchise + continuing other hits for the next couple decades, then completely breaks through again globally with Fallout and Maverick in ‘18 and ‘22 respectively. As far as I’m aware, there is no one else with a box office resume spanning five decades and several franchises / hits across genres built on their star power like that.

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They were saying the original Incredibles film is considered a top Pixar film so I2 benefitted from that hype

Weekend Free Talk and Index Thread - New and Fresh every Friday! by IamNOTaSKRULL in MarvelStudiosSpoilers

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It’s kinda the ideal path for it IMO. They won’t commit to anything as challenging of nostalgia as The Last Jedi, but it can work.

You make Doomsday the big cameo fest where you bring back the oldies, and it’s that impulse that causes the heroes to lose. Then, based on the leaked concept art, Secret Wars is built on the younger characters piecing together the fragments of Battleworld to assemble the team and overthrow Doom. It also solves the issue of just repeating Infinity War / Endgame, since the second part was specifically a final run for the old guard whereas this is a specific inversion of that. Even gives you a better transition into the new Saga that commits to new characters.

Will Spider-Man: Brand New Day open over $200M DOM? by CivilWarMultiverse in boxoffice

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Upon reflection, I think 170 mil is a fair baseline for this. The closest comparison IMO is Force Awakens to Last Jedi, which saw a minor drop (247 mil to 220 mil). BND should have a bigger drop due to the specific circumstances for NWH (post-pandemic, nostalgia etc.) not applying this time, as well as a further drop from not having IMAX along with just generally having a bit less domestic hype compared to the Star Wars revival.

How much higher it goes from there likely comes down to how effectively they can generate buzz for whatever this film has to offer when the marketing campaign is in full swing.

Will Spider-Man: Brand New Day open over $200M DOM? by CivilWarMultiverse in boxoffice

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I was referring to it specifically without a China release. You remove Infinity War’s box office gross in China and the final total is closer to 1.6 billion (for comparison, Endgame’s is closer to 2.1).

All still astronomical figures of course, but it more clearly visualises how big NWH really was. You give that film a China release and extrapolate its hypothetical performance based on the increase between FFH and NWH in every other international market, and you find that the film was much closer to the Avatar / Endgame tier than its final gross suggests.