Monthly Archives: November 2019
Suicide Squad: Check Out this Image of Jared Leto’s Joker from Deleted Scene
Jared Leto, and the Joker he played in Suicide Squad, have been in the news a lot these days, what with THR's article stating the actor felt blindsided by Warner Bros. when they greenlit a solo Joker film separate from his character, and that Leto reportedly tried to put a stop to the Todd Phillips' film when it was in development.
Separate from all this, we also knew that a lot of Leto's Joker scenes from 2016's Suicide Squad got cut from the final film.
Box Office: Here’s How Terminator: Dark Fate’s Opening Compares to Other Terminator Movies
UPDATE: As a follow up to the original box office report, it's now being floated that Terminator: Dark Fate might lose as much as $100 million for studios Paramount, Skydance and Disney.
Variety is now reporting that Dark Fate's $29 million domestic take this weekend, plus its just-okay overseas grosses, spells doom for a movie that cost $185 million - plus $80 million to $100 million in global marketing and distribution fees.
It's said the film needs to earn close to $450 million to break even, but it's now on track to end with "$180 million to $200 million globally."
Box Office: Here’s How Terminator: Dark Fate’s Opening Compares to Other Terminator Movies
Terminator: Dark Fate may have won the weekend's box office, but it came up far short of expectations for the first film since 1991's Terminator 2: Judgement Day to have both series creator James Cameron and star Linda Hamilton on board.
Does this make it a box office bomb? We'll have to wait and see how Dark Fate plays out in the long run. It's certainly the third Terminator film in a decade to flame out at the start.
Despite being the best reviewed Terminator film since Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Dark Fate earned an estimated $29 million which is far less than the $40 million plus that was first predicted. Per Variety, Dark Fate brought in another $72.9 million overseas, bringing its grand sum so far to $123 million.
Why Terminator: Dark Fate Does Not Have an After Credits Scene
Thanks (in part) to the MCU, it's commonplace now for big franchise installments to contain post credits scenes. Which makes it all the more surprising that Terminator: Dark Fate doesn't have any. You'd think a series famous for the tagline "I'll be back" would want to tease more with after credits tidbits.
Talking to Fandango back in October, Director Tim Miller explained why Dark Fate had a normal end credits roll.
"I love
," Miller said, "but I think it’s a uniquely Marvel thing. So, no."
Why Terminator: Dark Fate Does Not Have an After Credits Scene
Thanks (in part) to the MCU, it's commonplace now for big franchise installments to contain post credits scenes. Which makes it all the more surprising that Terminator: Dark Fate doesn't have any. You'd think a series famous for the tagline "I'll be back" would want to tease more with after credits tidbits.
Talking to Fandango back in October, Director Tim Miller explained why Dark Fate had a normal end credits roll.
"I love
," Miller said, "but I think it’s a uniquely Marvel thing. So, no."
Where (and How) to Watch Apple TV Plus
Apple TV+ is the latest à la carte premium streaming service to enter the highly competitive TV landscape - which will also include Disney+ in a few weeks and HBO Max this coming May. Apple TV Plus launches Friday, November 1, and has a relatively low price point, at $4.99 per month. Here's a quick breakdown of how you can (or can't) get Apple TV+ on your various devices and PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or Switch:
Where (and How) to Watch Apple TV Plus
Apple TV+ is the latest à la carte premium streaming service to enter the highly competitive TV landscape - which will also include Disney+ in a few weeks and HBO Max this coming May. Apple TV Plus launches Friday, November 1, and has a relatively low price point, at $4.99 per month. Here's a quick breakdown of how you can (or can't) get Apple TV+ on your various devices and PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or Switch:
Rian Johnson Explains How Star Wars: Last Jedi Outrage Inspired Knives Out
With Knives Out -- which hits theaters on November 27 -- already garnering rave reviews, writer/director Rian Johnson recently spoke about how his wicked whodunnit uses the polarizing aspect of social media as central theme. It's a concept he, naturally, experienced first hand when some Star Wars fans directed their venom at him following The Last Jedi.
Johnson, who attended Deadline’s The Contenders Los Angeles, mentioned wanting to turn rampant online toxicity into laughs.
Rian Johnson Explains How Star Wars: Last Jedi Outrage Inspired Knives Out
With Knives Out -- which hits theaters on November 27 -- already garnering rave reviews, writer/director Rian Johnson recently spoke about how his wicked whodunnit uses the polarizing aspect of social media as central theme. It's a concept he, naturally, experienced first hand when some Star Wars fans directed their venom at him following The Last Jedi.
Johnson, who attended Deadline’s The Contenders Los Angeles, mentioned wanting to turn rampant online toxicity into laughs.
Joker: Joaquin Phoenix Was Thinking About a Possible Sequel During Filming
Though it was never really designed to spawn sequels, Todd Phillips' Joker has now grossed over $900 million worldwide and you have to assume most everyone involved wants this story of Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur Fleck to continue.
While talking to the LA Times' The Envelope, Phoenix and Phillips spoke about what it might take for them to return for more, and that they'd even started musing about a follow up during production.
“Long before the release or before we had any idea if it would be successful, we talked about sequels,” Phoenix stated. “In the second or third week of shooting, I was like, ‘Todd, can you start working on a sequel? There’s way too much to explore.’ It was kind of in jest — but not really.”