Added the great new trailer for The Big Sick...

Added the trailer for The Dark Tower. And with that, one day before the summer movie season officially kicks off, we now have trailers for every major blockbuster this summer...

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Added the trailer for The Dark Tower. And with that, one day before the summer movie season officially kicks off, we now have trailers for every major blockbuster this summer...

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A thousand times YES!!!!

And that kid that plays Lucas also plays Henry Bowers in IT. Wow what a great couple of roles for a young kid.

Not a blockbuster but this trailer for Ingrid Goes West is pretty fantastic. This movie seems appropriate in a post Fyre Festival - Instagram world.

Thanks. Added it to the OP. And yeah, it looks pretty fun.

Also, this shot is literally at the base of the street/hill my office is on. I wait at the stoplight at this intersection every single day...

Pretty cool rundown of 30 or some coming soon on COS

https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/05/the-30-hottest-films-of-summer-2017/

Added new trailers for Warner Bros.' next four blockbuster. Pretty insane slate (and that's not counting Justice League, which comes the month after Blade Runner)

Hollywood fearing worst box office summer in a decade

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/hollywood-summer-box-office-prediction-a7732976.html

redd38 said:

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Hollywood fearing worst box office summer in a decade

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/hollywood-summer-box-office-prediction-a7732976.html

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A lot of what we've mentioned here.

Reboots
Sequels
Adaptations of comics/books

Very little new material contributes to it,

But what they're not saying is that the spring and holiday seasons are way up. "Summer" has expanded to basically eight months out of the year. Beauty and the Beast, The Fate of the Furious, Thor: Ragnarok, and The Last Jedi are/will be MASSIVE moneymakers, and not a single one falls in a summer month this year. All said and done, this year as a whole is still going crush all previous records.

Absolutely. Exactly.

I feel like I've been reading that headline every year for 12 years. They are doing fine.

The summer just "officially" started this past weekend with Guardian vol. 2.

So far this year, we've already had:

Beauty & the Beast
Logan
Fate of the Furious
Lego Batman
Get Out
Kong: Skull Island
Boss Baby (?!)
Split
Fifty Shades Darker
John Wick Chapter 2

Of all those, all but John Wick grossed over $100 domestic (and Wick came damn close). This has been a damn good year so far for movies financially, and summer just started.

Let's look at what's ahead this summer:

Alien: Covenant - I think most agree Prometheus was a bust, so expectations have to be tempered. If it's more "Alien" than "Prometheus" it may be a hit.

Pirates: Dead Men Tell No Tales - people will still line up for this. Hell, I never saw the last one, but this one looks interesting. The last one wasn't a favorite, yet it still grossed over $1B at the global box office.

Baywatch - a comedy that probably wasn't too expensive, so it'll most likely turn a tidy profit thanks to the Rock.

Wonder Woman - I read the other day that early tracking has this opening between $115-140 million. Who knows, this may turn out to be at least a modest hit. If it gets decent reviews, it may have legs.

The Mummy - The subject matter and Tom Cruise I bet makes this a huge hit, especially overseas.

Cars 3 - won't bomb. The second wasn't well received, but it's Pixar and #2 still made half a billion worldwide.

Transformers: the Last Knight - c'mon, this'll still make $1B worldwide because explosions and Michael Bay. It is critic-proof.

Despicable Me 3 - not a whole lot of kids movies this summer, but this the Minions so this will bring the kids in in droves.

Spider-Man: Homecoming - will be another hit for Marvel.

War for the Planet of the Apes - the surprising franchise due to it's high quality.

Dunkirk - the blockbuster for adults. Older people who normally don't go to the movies will go to this.

Valerian & the City of a Thousand Planets - I'm afraid this one will underperform, precisely because it's an unknown property with unknown actors.

Atomic Blonde - a moderate hit.

The Dark Tower - the wild card. I get the feeling this will be trashed by critics and poor word of mouth will kill it.

And in the fall, we've got It, Blade Runner 2049, Kingsman: the Golden Circle, Thor: Ragnarok, Justice League, Star Wars: the Last Jedi, Jumanji, and Pitch Perfect 3.

I wouldn't worry too much about the summer.

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Wonder Woman - I read the other day that early tracking has this opening between $115-140 million. Who knows, this may turn out to be at least a modest hit. If it gets decent reviews, it may have legs.

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Not domestic. It's tracking at like $65M opening.

Wow, I was reading that wrong. What's weird is I see some sites saying that $65 million is pretty good considering what it is, while other sites are already calling it disappointing.

GiveEmHellBill said:

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Wow, I was reading that wrong. What's weird is I see some sites saying that $65 million is pretty good considering what it is, while other sites are already calling it disappointing.

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It might be a disappointment for DC while still being a good opening for a film in general. A 65 million opening could show a public' decreasing interest after a couple of mediocre films.

They've created a catch 22, where a big gross is "proof audiences were starved for a female action hero" but a lower gross is "great for a female superhero, which we would always expect to be lower" in a moved goalposts scenario. Later that with the DC disappointments of late, and it's a convoluted story. Budget is allegedly $125-150, so a total $200M domestic gross would be considered successful enough.

Added the final trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes, the debut trailer for Battle of the Sexes, and the surprisingly interesting-looking Good Time, starring an almost unrecognizable Robert Pattinson...

Feels like they showed too much in that Dark Tower trailer

ummm yeah that Good Time....wow. interesting.

Looks like a Dog Day Afternoon modernized and brutalized.

Yeah, kind of came out of nowhere. Had never even heard of it before today, but it's a great trailer. Looks really unique (and yes, brutal).

From the director of Snowpiercer, Okja, a Netflix film coming out 6/28, looks like a perfectly f---ed up Babe: Pig in the City.



Also, Tilda Swinton needs to be in more.

Is it worrisome that the embargo has not lifted on Pirates 5? Hope it's good. Big fan of the series.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Is it worrisome that the embargo has not lifted on Pirates 5? Hope it's good. Big fan of the series.

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If you're a big fan of the series, then bad reviews shouldn't bother you.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Is it worrisome that the embargo has not lifted on Pirates 5? Hope it's good. Big fan of the series.

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There might be an embargo on reviews, but Twitter reactions have been allowed for weeks. It screened back in March. A decent amount of people have been saying it's the same old song and dance, but quite a few more are saying it's the best since the first one. I'll put it this way... I had no interest in seeing the fourth movie and never did, but am considering giving this one a shot.

I was actually hanging out with my buddy from Bruckheimer yesterday and he's seen it twice in theaters now (and countless edits along the way), has never held back his negative opinions of a couple of their own movies to me over the years, and he really digs this one for the most part. He also told me that if this one does a billion, they're likely doing a sixth - and probably final - movie. Would fully reunite the original cast for one last adventure (i.e. bring Keira Knightly back in a starring role, since all the other main players are already in this one, to varying degrees).

Glad to hear those comments.

Get $10 off my next IMAX Regal ticket, so I think I've found the perfect candidate.

My son and his friends are looking forward to Captain Underpants.

You have an eye patch don't you?

Well, looks like the embargo lifted. Critics not being kind.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Well, looks like the embargo lifted. Critics not being kind.

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It's getting almost triple the score that Baywatch is, so it's got that going for it.