Originally Posted By leemac No surprise but THR has a piece up about Bruckheimer and his future at Disney: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jerry-bruckheimers-disney-future-question-582560">http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...n-582560</a>
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk >>So, I don't know what's going on, back at my former home - the U.S. for people to be so overly critically on the Lone Ranger. If people don't see it, it's going to be because they listened to movie critics. That's their first mistake!<< AGREED! I never listen to critics. They can be so very negative. Sometimes you just gotta lighten up and be entertained.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan The last time I ignored the critics, I went to see the latest Die Hard movie, sure that I would enjoy it anyway. Result? Critics: 1. Me: 0.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>AGREED! I never listen to critics. They can be so very negative.<< You ate at Captain Kidd's, didn't you.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Only time I listen to the critics is when they have the same opinion as me... ;o)
Originally Posted By dagobert That doesn't look good. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://variety.com/2013/film/news/why-marvel-pixar-and-star-wars-will-ease-disneys-lone-ranger-pain-1200556380/">http://variety.com/2013/film/n...0556380/</a> >>>Before the July 4th weekend ended, Cohen & Co.’s Doug Creutz predicted “Lone Ranger” would cost Disney $100 million in a writedown. B. Riley’s David Miller agreed on the $100 million number, saying the film’s performance was a “massive disappointment.” On Monday, after the film earned just $48.9 million over its first five days of release in North America, Lazard Capital’s Barton Crockett said the writeoff could be even steeper, at around $190 million, up from the $113 million he had originally expected. Credit Suisse’s Senno also chimed in, also predicting a $100 million loss.<<<
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Just saw it this afternoon. I liked it. Super fun and funny. A-
Originally Posted By oc_dean Thanks for sharing Jim. Another review - similar to mine. As I'm sure, many other people feel the same. I don't feel this deserves to be a box office dud, with no hope of a sequel.
Originally Posted By tonyanton lee...the only problem with a "Bedknobs..." remake (and I love the original film, up there with Mary Poppins for me) is that it would cost Disney $200 million plus these days to produce and Johnny Depp would play an odd version of the male lead. :]
Originally Posted By leemac Ranger is officially a box office dud - fell 62% this weekend for a measly $11m (US box office to date is $71m) - that was 5th overall. It took two weekends for Disney to issue the necessary SEC documentation for the John Carter write-down so I'd wager that will pop up for Ranger tomorrow. It will be interesting to hear the Q3 results next month as analysts are bound to question the studios strategy even though they are all bullish on MARVEL, Pixar and Lucasfilm - even if the legacy studio can't produce anything of quality or commercial success. Thank God Iger dumped down $15bn to buy other people's intellectual property.
Originally Posted By leemac Interesting that WB have opted not to be in the Johnny Depp game any more and so his production shingle Infinitum Nihil is moving to Disney. I presume Depp will continue to work with other studios as they is little chance of Disney being interested in his indie stuff like The Rum Diary.
