Lucy Moved To July 25th, No Longer Releasing Against TMNT

[fridaynightdestination]

Lucy, a film that was set to go up against Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will now release on July 25th.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872732/?ref_=rvi_tt
This is great news to me. Lucy looks like a great movie to me, and I was conflicted on it releasing the same day as TMNT, but now it is releasing two weeks earlier. The only film going up against TMNT now is Into The Storm.

[Shark_Blade]

I thought it's a pansy sissy sounding movie.

But then I read the description. And it stars Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. ...Okay, that got my attention, that's a contender alright. And the trailer looks nice. Definitely better than Guardians of Galaxy imo, so I'm gonna check this out.

[Leolead]

Great that means less competition for TMNT!

[Puddinpop]

It's nice to see other films distance themselves from TMNT for a change.. If that was a factor to begin with..

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

Originally Posted by Puddinpop

If that was a factor to begin with..

come on man, be realistic, while i am not saying TMNT will flop. you (and others) speak as if it is going to dominate the entire month of august and nothing will touch it till september

i mean when has a movie ever done that that came out so later in the summer


as for lucy..cool my gf wants to see it so now we can watch it without needing to skip a movie

[TigerClaw]

That's good news, And a good move on them, There is no way they can compete against TMNT, Lucy is a new film that was going against an established franchise, With Guardians of the Galaxy and TMNT opening on in August, Lucy probably would've ended up in 3rd or 4th Place.

[Puddinpop]

Originally Posted by The Boston Ninja Turtle

come on man, be realistic, while i am not saying TMNT will flop. you (and others) speak as if it is going to dominate the entire month of august and nothing will touch it till september

i mean when has a movie ever done that that came out so later in the summer

Wow.. O come on nothing.. chill out dude.. Are you telling me that Lucy moving to another earlier date bc they didn't want to compete with TMNT is being...unrealistic?

First of all.. what I meant by " if that was a factor" was.... if that was a factor for why they moved it at all. You misunderstood me.. AGAIN lol.

And don't be a hypocrite Mr. " Should TMNT be moved back away from GOTG? "
I guess its only "realistic" when it's the other way around and TMNT is the one being moved around? You guys can make THREAD AFTER THREAD about how Guardians will dominate the month before ANY OF THEM GET RELEASED? And you have an issue with MY post?

The bias and hypocrisy around here is ridiculous. I guess rooting for TMNT "something I clearly wasn't doing in this case but whatever" in it's own sub forum is some how wrong..
and I just post a normal sentence like I did and you get all bent out of shape.. whatever man lol

[SwiftNinjaFox]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

I thought it's a pansy sissy sounding movie.

But then I read the description. And it stars Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. ...Okay, that got my attention, that's a contender alright. And the trailer looks nice. Definitely better than Guardians of Galaxy imo, so I'm gonna check this out.

Scarlet Johansen has no powers in the Marvel Universe.

So she decided she wanted ALL DA POWAHS!

So they made Lucy!

Originally Posted by The Boston Ninja Turtle

come on man, be realistic, while i am not saying TMNT will flop. you (and others) speak as if it is going to dominate the entire month of august and nothing will touch it till september

i mean when has a movie ever done that that came out so later in the summer


as for lucy..cool my gf wants to see it so now we can watch it without needing to skip a movie

Heck, this year movies, no matter their success, aren't standing at #1 for two weeks in a row.

I suspect X-Men will, but I'm not aware of any competition this weekend for it.


Lucy has the name power. I mean, without titles if you asked people "Movie with ScarJo and Morgan Freeman" vs "Movie with Tony Shaloub and Johnny Knoxville" I think I know which will win. But Lucy is just its own film, stand alone and new. TMNT is still a brand and carries the "yeah, we can take the kids to this" thought process of parents. It's a smart move to pull Lucy from opening head to head with TMNT.

Every ticket not in your film is a ticket not in your box office!

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

good for Lucy, i honestly cant think of anything coming in July besides transformers

[Puddinpop]

Originally Posted by SwiftNinjaFox

Scarlet Johansen has no powers in the Marvel Universe.

So she decided she wanted ALL DA POWAHS!

So they made Lucy!



Heck, this year movies, no matter their success, aren't standing at #1 for two weeks in a row.

I suspect X-Men will, but I'm not aware of any competition this weekend for it.


Lucy has the name power. I mean, without titles if you asked people "Movie with ScarJo and Morgan Freeman" vs "Movie with Tony Shaloub and Johnny Knoxville" I think I know which will win. But Lucy is just its own film, stand alone and new. TMNT is still a brand and carries the "yeah, we can take the kids to this" thought process of parents. It's a smart move to pull Lucy from opening head to head with TMNT.

Every ticket not in your film is a ticket not in your box office!

Are you suggesting that Lucy has more name power than TMNT? That more people will be more familiar with a title like " Lucy " than " Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ?I'm not so sure. Yea ScarJo is an awesome actress and so is Morgan Freeman and the movie looks great but.. I wouldn't call it just yet.. and I don't mean to offend anyone by saying so..

[Pondslider]

I laughed out loud when I saw this trailer with Godzilla. The whole "we only use 10% of our brains" premise is ridiculous and not even true http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/10percent.asp.

If the studio is moving it up probably means it has more confidence in it than necessarily anything to do with TMNT though.

[Puddinpop]

Originally Posted by Pondslider

I laughed out loud when I saw this trailer with Godzilla. The whole "we only use 10% of our brains" premise is ridiculous and not even true http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/10percent.asp.

wow lol that is ridiculous.

If the studio is moving it up probably means it has more confidence in it than necessarily anything to do with TMNT though.

Well.. I'm not saying it was a factor for moving it that close to release but.. It is definitely in a better spot now than it was before. Imo if it were a question of confidence then i think they would have stood their ground and stayed put. But then again.. who knows why they moved it to another date.

[jestermon]

Had no clue what Lucy was.

[SwiftNinjaFox]

Originally Posted by Puddinpop

Are you suggesting that Lucy has more name power than TMNT? That more people will be more familiar with a title like " Lucy " than " Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ?I'm not so sure. Yea ScarJo is an awesome actress and so is Morgan Freeman and the movie looks great but.. I wouldn't call it just yet.. and I don't mean to offend anyone by saying so..

No, no, I'm saying (or meant to say) the opposite. Name power was probably the wrong phrase. I think what I should have said was:

Lucy has more star power. If you asked people if they wanted to see a movie with ScarJo and Morgan Freeman or a movie with Knoxville and Shaloub, WITHOUT saying what the movie was, then ScarJo/Freeman would win.

But TMNT has more brand recognition and so it's wise for Lucy to NOT go head to head with it.

Sorry if I wasn't clear.

[Puddinpop]

Originally Posted by SwiftNinjaFox

No, no, I'm saying (or meant to say) the opposite. Name power was probably the wrong phrase. I think what I should have said was:

Lucy has more star power. If you asked people if they wanted to see a movie with ScarJo and Morgan Freeman or a movie with Knoxville and Shaloub, WITHOUT saying what the movie was, then ScarJo/Freeman would win.

But TMNT has more brand recognition and so it's wise for Lucy to NOT go head to head with it.

Sorry if I wasn't clear.

It's all good brotha.. I see what your saying.. and I agree with you. Id rather watch Scarlet over Fox any day of the week. But April? lol that's a different story. I love Morgan Freeman, I love it when he narrates those sci fi shows. He's a great actor. Fichtner has some pull.. esp. when playing a villain and I think Knoxville has some name power but that's about it. But that's the cool thing with TMNT.. They're being played by actors but the Turtles really hold their own when it comes to characterization. If I even worded that correctly lol, you know what I mean. I think there is plenty of room for everyone to succeed. Personally.. I would find Lucy to be more of a threat than GOTG. Even though I love Sci fi.. Lucy looks badass. Im just going to enjoy all three when the time comes

[SwiftNinjaFox]

Originally Posted by Puddinpop

It's all good brotha.. I see what your saying.. and I agree with you. Id rather watch Scarlet over Fox any day of the week. But April? lol that's a different story. I love Morgan Freeman, I love it when he narrates those sci fi shows. He's a great actor. Fichtner has some pull.. esp. when playing a villain and I think Knoxville has some name power but that's about it. But that's the cool thing with TMNT.. They're being played by actors but the Turtles really hold their own when it comes to characterization. If I even worded that correctly lol, you know what I mean. I think there is plenty of room for everyone to succeed. Personally.. I would find Lucy to be more of a threat than GOTG. Even though I love Sci fi.. Lucy looks badass. Im just going to enjoy all three when the time comes

Man, I dunno.... ScarJo/Guardians/TMNT might all be trumped by just listening to Morgan Freeman read the Encyclopedia!

[Candy Kappa]

Good news for TMNT.

Originally Posted by Pondslider

I laughed out loud when I saw this trailer with Godzilla. The whole "we only use 10% of our brains" premise is ridiculous and not even true http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/10percent.asp.

If the studio is moving it up probably means it has more confidence in it than necessarily anything to do with TMNT though.

Yeah, it's like basing a movie on the premise that whales are fish

But, the Lucy trailer had me more pumped for it then TMNT had.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Originally Posted by SwiftNinjaFox

Man, I dunno.... ScarJo/Guardians/TMNT might all be trumped by just listening to Morgan Freeman read the Encyclopedia!

Nah, Morgan Freeman reading the phone book is so much better

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

morgan freeman for baxter....at first i wanted it to be a joke but now i really want it



i will say casting wise i think alot more teen folk would be more drawn to knoxville but im not sure both movies since both have "hot" people attached



though i have heard more complaints of wahlberg being in transformers

[Gimme_Three]

You guys want to know who the big pull characters for the TMNT film is? Leo, raph, donny and mikey. TMNT has a fan base of hardcore and "casual" fans that stretch across the globe which is has a bigger following than scar jo and morgan freeman combined.

Yea this movie doesnt have star power but the franchise alone will sell tickets.

The only factor is Mike Bay and John L. already have a winning franchise, but its on them to screw it up or not.