Surprisingly interesting read
"We Were Wrong": Behind Fox's 'Dark Phoenix' Debacle
Carter Davis
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Nolan Powell
>From the outset, it seemed that Fox, led by Stacey Snider and Emma Watts, and producers Simon Kinberg and Hutch Parker had learned the wrong lessons from the disappointing Apocalypse.
>Insiders tell The Hollywood Reporter that in a series of postmortem meetings on Apocalypse, execs came away thinking that the movie's failure had been due to an excessive amount of explosions and scale, not due to franchise fatigue generally. "There was a misguided feeling that [Apocalypse] was an anomaly, that we just got it wrong," says one Fox insider familiar with those meetings. "We were wrong."
>Audience fatigue and erosion have hit even the most venerable franchises. Hence the proliferation of reboots, reimaginings and ever grander cinematic universe ambitions. “It’s a real head-scratcher on how you keep coming back,” says one studio executive, noting that even James Bond and Star Wars have had ups and downs. Some franchises, like Fast and Furious, have reinvented themselves with new concepts and a new cast. Others, such as Die Hard and Terminator, keep underperforming critically (if not commercially) no matter how persistently producers bring them back.
Nathan Lopez
This one is particularly interesting
>However, insiders tell THR that the move was to placate James Cameron, Fox’s most important filmmaker, and his concerns for his movie, Alita: Battle Angel. According to one source, Cameron felt Alita would lose horribly when facing a December opening weekend that included Aquaman and Bumblebee, with Mary Poppins Returns opening up two days earlier. He wanted his expensive movie shifted. Stacey Snider, according to this source, obliged, giving Alita the February date and moving Dark Phoenix to June. “Emma, Hutch and Simon begged her not do it,” says this source.
Camden Morales
shit movie is shit no matter when it airs
Levi Scott
>Blame fatigue for audiences getting sick of bad movies carried on the backs of a handful of good actors
Aaron Lopez
Producers are so out of touch with audiences to the point they feel like aliens trying to understand human culture.
James Martinez
Alita was such a piece of shit movie and the fact that it was well-received proves that producers were not completely wrong.
Lincoln Stewart
It's the script, stupid!
It's not erosion, fatigueor whatever other buzzwords help these idiots sleep at night
Find a good script
Christopher Kelly
Eh, it was "okay" received. Like, to make a direct comparison, about the same as The Wolverine
Completely flopped domestically though.
Owen Cooper
>literally blaming the audience for not liking the shit movie
Hollywood needs to burn to the ground.