Hourman film coming from WB/DC - Page 2

*Andrew NDB* · 03-18-2021, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

A Spectre movie would be tight, yeah. I'd be down for that.

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Originally Posted by Leo656

One of my all-time favorite DC characters. The Angel of God's Wrath! It doesn't get much cooler than that!

No chance. It couldn't play in China at all.

~~Leo656~~ · 03-18-2021, 01:00 AM

Which kind of ties into my point about how even if a potential movie with him or another character might be awesome, unless they can make a billion dollars they're not likely to pursue it. Not on a "grand stage", anyway.

Such is the 21st Century Movie Business.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-18-2021, 01:07 AM

It's like on the one hand, "We need a big return on our 200 million dollar budgeted comic book movie! We HAVE to rely on China!" That makes sense. On the other hand, though, it's like, well, why does your comic book movie need to be budgeted 200 million dollars? Give it to a talented director with a vision. Anyone worth their salt with their back to the wall could be an amazing Spectre movie for 30 million, even 20.

~~Leo656~~ · 03-18-2021, 01:11 AM

For as much as those MCU movies made everybody happy and gave everyone a lot of fun romps to enjoy... they KINDA at the same time ruined everything for everyone, with their success setting the bar IMPOSSIBLY high for the entire business, a bar that now given the current global situation is even less possible than ever for anyone to consistently reach. That wasn't on purpose, I'm sure, but it is indeed a root cause with some deep repercussions for everyone else.

So many studios bet their figurative houses on projects that were supposed to come out over the next few years and make Big Money; now most of those projects are delayed, or not happening, and the ones getting released aren't in any position to make huge money regardless. WW84 probably lost a metric f*ckton for WB after advertising, because when they made it, they thought it was the ONE surefire billion-seller they had in the tank... and then Covid ruined that for everyone. "The Batman" ALSO can't make a billion dollars on a streaming platform, and that was ANOTHER "magic bullet" for WB that is now essentially neutralized by the pandemic and the resultant fallout. This is all very bad for WB, and worse still for everyone else.

Those projections for the next five years don't mean sh*t, now. Which means companies are going to avoid taking on any "risky" projects for at least the foreseeable future, until things stabilize.

Nobody could have predicted it, but... yeah, that was quite a stack of dominoes to fall like that.

*Galactus* · 03-18-2021, 07:50 PM

While none of the 'proper' JSA members are popular enough on their own the carry a movie giving it some thought some of them at least have interesting enough premises to make an interesting movie or TV series.

As I mentioned Hawkman, Spectre and Doctor Fate are all conceptually interesting enough for a movie. Their various appeals are pretty obvious to anyone who knows the characters.

You could have Rocky as a superhero movie about Wildcat, throw in Black Canary...or even reverse it and make a Black Canary movie with Wildcat as a supporting player.

Golden Age Sandman would work if it was like a noir tale like Vertigo series.

Star Spangled Kid or 'Skyman' or 'Starman' could be DC's Captain America: The First Avenger mixed with Shazam.

Hourman though...? I still got nothing.

03-18-2021, 01:00 AM	#22
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Which kind of ties into my point about how even if a potential movie with him or another character might be awesome, unless they can make a billion dollars they're not likely to pursue it. Not on a "grand stage", anyway. Such is the 21st Century Movie Business. Last edited by Leo656; 03-18-2021 at 01:11 AM.

03-18-2021, 01:07 AM	#23
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,558	It's like on the one hand, "We need a big return on our 200 million dollar budgeted comic book movie! We HAVE to rely on China!" That makes sense. On the other hand, though, it's like, well, why does your comic book movie need to be budgeted 200 million dollars? Give it to a talented director with a vision. Anyone worth their salt with their back to the wall could be an amazing Spectre movie for 30 million, even 20. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

03-18-2021, 01:11 AM	#24
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	For as much as those MCU movies made everybody happy and gave everyone a lot of fun romps to enjoy... they KINDA at the same time ruined everything for everyone, with their success setting the bar IMPOSSIBLY high for the entire business, a bar that now given the current global situation is even less possible than ever for anyone to consistently reach. That wasn't on purpose, I'm sure, but it is indeed a root cause with some deep repercussions for everyone else. So many studios bet their figurative houses on projects that were supposed to come out over the next few years and make Big Money; now most of those projects are delayed, or not happening, and the ones getting released aren't in any position to make huge money regardless. WW84 probably lost a metric fckton for WB after advertising, because when they made it, they thought it was the ONE surefire billion-seller they had in the tank... and then Covid ruined that for everyone. "The Batman" ALSO can't make a billion dollars on a streaming platform, and that was ANOTHER "magic bullet" for WB that is now essentially neutralized by the pandemic and the resultant fallout. This is all very bad for WB, and worse still for everyone else. Those projections for the next five years don't mean sht, now. Which means companies are going to avoid taking on any "risky" projects for at least the foreseeable future, until things stabilize. Nobody could have predicted it, but... yeah, that was quite a stack of dominoes to fall like that.

03-18-2021, 07:50 PM	#25
Galactus Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,009	While none of the 'proper' JSA members are popular enough on their own the carry a movie giving it some thought some of them at least have interesting enough premises to make an interesting movie or TV series. As I mentioned Hawkman, Spectre and Doctor Fate are all conceptually interesting enough for a movie. Their various appeals are pretty obvious to anyone who knows the characters. You could have Rocky as a superhero movie about Wildcat, throw in Black Canary...or even reverse it and make a Black Canary movie with Wildcat as a supporting player. Golden Age Sandman would work if it was like a noir tale like Vertigo series. Star Spangled Kid or 'Skyman' or 'Starman' could be DC's Captain America: The First Avenger mixed with Shazam. Hourman though...? I still got nothing.