Top Gun: Maverick

[Lysander]

May 2022

Oh WHAT A SURPRISE and in the NHS we said no predicted normality till Easter next year

 

[MadMossy]

The hype train for a new TopGun film has left the building.

 

[ttaskmaster]

By the time films like this come out, you've pretty much seen the whole thing through watching the trailers, anyway...

 

[ianh]

The risk vs reward over yet another delay must be huge. The studio has already spent the cash making the film, marketing it etc so how much longer do they think they can they go before they "need" to release it if yet another variant pops up around the world etc.

For me, the death of the Black Widow hype and its subsequent "meh" box office is directly linked to the constant delays with people's mass adoption of streaming just adding more nails to the coffin of "mass consumption" chain cinemas.

 

[Uther]

Surprised at the delay tbh, I think even the new Bond film is out later this month.

 

[Steampunk]

The risk vs reward over yet another delay must be huge. The studio has already spent the cash making the film, marketing it etc so how much longer do they think they can they go before they "need" to release it if yet another variant pops up around the world etc.

For me, the death of the Black Widow hype and its subsequent "meh" box office is directly linked to the constant delays with people's mass adoption of streaming just adding more nails to the coffin of "mass consumption" chain cinemas.

It's not just that. Most films are often financed through loans of one sort or another, and the interest on those loans needs to be serviced. The longer a film sits unreleased, the more expensive those loans become over time, and the less profit you get out of a film, if you're not already making a loss.

There was talk that Legendary was shopping themselves around for sale because they couldn't finance themselves as their films were not being released to make money and keep the business going.

 

[pecnarf]

not just Top Gun 2, they also move IM:7 to next year and MI:8 to 2023 instead of 2022

 

[Fubsy]

It's almost as if they want the cinemas to close.

I'm heading back to the big screen for Dune and (maybe) Bond, but what's going to bring me back after those now? It certainly isn't the superhero stuff that I'm totally bored to death of.

Edit: Ghostbusters AL will get me down depending on reviews.

 

[nine_tails]

It's going to be a fun movie defying physics , so looking forward to it.. grrrr

 

[Feek]

Just release it to the streaming services already.

 

[ianh]

Just release it to the streaming services already.

But think of the reduced monies man, how will the studio execs' pay for all that blow and hookers without oooodles of spondoolies

 

[Glanza]

 

[Maximum Triceratops]

2 months to go, exictement rekindled

 

[Raymond Lin]

Oh dear god, that trailer has so much cheese.

i love it

 

[Jester*]

I am all in. Where can I buy a leather flying jacket, while playing some beach volleyball.

 

[the shadow]

 

[omnomnom]

Havent seen the first one but this looks great.

 

[SPG]

Havent seen the first one but this looks great.

OMG !!

 

[McBain]

Like the look of that trailer, I’ll be watching

 

[teenwolf]

Oh yes right up my street