Comments on: Bloodbath: Which Films Risk Being The Blockbuster Casualties Of 2012?

By: Mony

Mony — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

Loved this, some parts were funny to read. Some of the films I agree are taking a huge risk, like John Carter – 300 million budget or more? that's crazy for a movie that looks weird. Mirror Mirror looks like crap, however, if they get the audience they are targeting for, it might do ok.

Should be interesting to see what happens with these movies you have on the list.

By: sp

sp — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

I hope Benjamin Walker will have a huge hit with " Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. "
He is very talented.

By: Russell

Russell — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

Expecting Battleship to do well in the UK – Why? You think so little of us, as a nation of film goers, that we're all going to run off to pay to see that steaming pile – why playlist? WHY?!?

ok, you're probably right

By: Kert

Kert — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

"Furthermore, neither Stewart, Hemsworth nor Theron have ever been major draws outside their franchises." What franchises has Theron been a part of? Hancock was sold on Will Smith and Aeon Flux… well… lets not talk about that. Out of the three, Theron is the only A-list movie star who has managed to pull pretty good numbers for Monster and Young Adult, both of which capitalized on her name (she was the lead) and awards season. Young Adult will hit 20 mil soon and has already earned back its budget and hasn't even expanded overseas. I think it's only playing in 2 markets overseas.

By: sal

sal — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

don't see why you have to be so hard on Battleship. Peter Berg always makes movies with dark humor.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

Jessica Biel's the other lead in Total Recall, not Eva Mendes.

By: Cde.

Cde. — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

The article says that John Carter's budget was pushed by reshoots to a number closer to $300 million than the initial $200 million budget. As I understand it, they went above and beyond $300 million and it's closer to 400. Thus, the $700 million figure to make the studio consider a sequel.

By: joshb

joshb — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

did you really just say, "let's not beat around the bush" right after commenting on Rhianna and Mrs. Andy Roddick's boobs?

By: ter

ter — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

The Great Gatsby will be a disaster critically, that's for sure. And I can't imagine the crowds coming out for a movie about the first world problems of the 1% either.

By: Marko

Marko — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

So no possibility of Cloud Atlas bombing?

By: Damien

Damien — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

What does it matter whether The Help only took $35 million internationally? It still reigned in just over $200 million with a budget of $25 million. That's huge dollars.

By: jimmiescoffee

jimmiescoffee — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

'john carter' should be renamed 'bad investment from the company that brought you the sorcerer's apprentice, mars needs moms and prince of persia.'

By: Glass

Glass — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

If Transformers taught me anything about blockbusters with a laughable origin (toys/board games), it's that the whole thing is one killer trailer away from being a guaranteed smash. All it takes is one big trailer to give the word-of-mouth a 180Â°.

By: brou

brou — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

The new featurette for "John Carter" makes it look much more interesting : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQTyOeRdhxo

By: Olli

Olli — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

Funny that after changing the title from "John Carter of Mars" to "John Carter", they still use the JCM-Logo on every one-sheet and in every trailer.
To me the JCM-trailers don`t look bad but they look kind of "been there – done that" which isn't the best way to lure me into my local multiplex.
And for "Battleship" I don't have the slightest bit of hope that movie might be better than any "Transformers" film. Why? Because in the trailers it looks and sounds exactly like Tranformers. Only Peter Berg at the helm may surprise me as he did with "Hancock" and especially with "The kingdom".

By: Padre

Padre — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

Going to have to break this into parts, since 10 pages of text was stuffed into this article. Firstly: 47 RONIN is my MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR!!! Your weak slights against SUPERSTAR Keanu Reeves leave you in ill favor with me and out of touch with current culture of worldwide Keanu lovefest. Even now he is in China conquering hearts and minds, plastered all over their local press and forging the One Ring: "All shall love me and despair!" If 47 Ronin, my most anticipated movie of the year, is anything less than thrilling and superlative, I shall be DEVASTATED! The entire year shall have been rendered null and meaningless! There would be no purpose or point to this year of cinema if 47 Ronin fails to live up to my hopes and desires. Don't let me down Carl Rinsch!

By: padre

padre — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

2. Nobody asked for a Spider-Man reboot. However, given that the beloved former franchise was pulling in near a billion dollars, they could show a blank screen, title it "Spider-Man" and still garner half a billion easy. 3. By the end of summer, Taylor Kitsch will either be the biggest superstar in the world or a pariah suffering a backlash the size of which not seen since the public rebelled against Jude Law being shoved down their throat in everything. (Note: I like Jude Law). Law's career never really recovered, nor similarly has Colin Farrell's.

By: padre

padre — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

4. Why is Judge Dredd even being made? Karl Urban deserves so much better than this. Hollywood has squandered his potential as the next Go To action star. 5. Gangster Squad looks tired and tiresome. And also in desperate need of a tailor since all the suits are hanging off the actors like potato sacks. Young Hercules is the real deal, potential superstar in waiting, but only if he quits clinging to this marginal indie stuff and embraces some mainstream, crowd pleasing movies. 6. GI Joe 2 looks more entertaining than it has any right to be and Channing Tatum seems to die early on. Bonus! 7. Are you trying to tell me that someone spent more than $125 million on The Great Gatsby?! LIES. That doesn't even make any sense. It's a dusty old book that puts all its readers to sleep, that is if anybody still bothers to read it anymore. There is nothing in that story that should cost more to film than Leo's lunch money.

By: padre

padre — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:31:19 +0000

8. Love Will Smith. Like Sonnenfeld. Love the Men In Black movies. However, I'm strangely not feeling this sequel. The franchise just feels empty and "done" now. Maybe I'll get hyped for it later? Don't know. The whole thing feels off kilter. Smith seems like he is running scared back to this franchise, when there is no reason to be. He had a couple of flicks that mildly underperformed and he seems to have freaked out. There was no huge backlash against him, nor did any film of his truly bomb. But nevertheless, Smith seemed to be unnerved and avoided doing another movie for 4 years and then came back fleeing to a tired franchise. It makes no sense. 9. Even though she was cruelly snubbed this awards season, superstar and goddess Charlize Theron is set to have a VERY good year with the one-two punch of Prometheus and Snow White.