Marvel may be looking to extend its reach into TV programming in a significant way — and streaming video services could be the beneficiaries. Deadline reports that the company is putting together a package of four different original TV shows and a miniseries — 60 episodes of programming in total — that it will then shop to potential partners. Netflix, Amazon, and cable stations like WGN America are said to be amongst those Marvel is interested in working with.
Marvel may be looking to extend its reach into TV programming in a significant way — and streaming video services could be the beneficiaries. Deadline reports that the company is putting together a package of four different original TV shows and a miniseries — 60 episodes of programming in total — that it will then shop to potential partners. Netflix, Amazon, and cable stations like WGN America are said to be amongst those Marvel is interested in working with.
Isn't one of the complaints about Agents of SHIELD that it looks kinda cheap?
I can't imagine they getting a higher budget through Amazon or Netflix. And it's not like they can do a lot of 'regular folks of the MU' type of series.
Regarding the Ant-Man casting rumors, Rudd and JGL seem to be in such different ends of the spectrums that it's weird to think they're both going for the same role. I would really like to see what Rudd and Wright would do together.
Marvel may be looking to extend its reach into TV programming in a significant way — and streaming video services could be the beneficiaries. Deadline reports that the company is putting together a package of four different original TV shows and a miniseries — 60 episodes of programming in total — that it will then shop to potential partners. Netflix, Amazon, and cable stations like WGN America are said to be amongst those Marvel is interested in working with.
Isn't one of the complaints about Agents of SHIELD that it looks kinda cheap?
I can't imagine they getting a higher budget through Amazon or Netflix. And it's not like they can do a lot of 'regular folks of the MU' type of series.
I don't know about Amazon, but Netflix spent over $100M on Season 1 of House of Cards. So I guess it depends on what the people writing the checks and making the shows consider appropriate levels of funding.
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Marvel may be looking to extend its reach into TV programming in a significant way — and streaming video services could be the beneficiaries. Deadline reports that the company is putting together a package of four different original TV shows and a miniseries — 60 episodes of programming in total — that it will then shop to potential partners. Netflix, Amazon, and cable stations like WGN America are said to be amongst those Marvel is interested in working with.
Isn't one of the complaints about Agents of SHIELD that it looks kinda cheap?
I can't imagine they getting a higher budget through Amazon or Netflix. And it's not like they can do a lot of 'regular folks of the MU' type of series.
Regarding the Ant-Man casting rumors, Rudd and JGL seem to be in such different ends of the spectrums that it's weird to think they're both going for the same role. I would really like to see what Rudd and Wright would do together.
I like the idea of Paul Rudd being Ant-Man, but the dude is not exactly box office draw, and some of his humor is painful, rather than funny. JGL doesn't really strike me as Ant-Man at all. I'd cast him as the Silver Surfer, not that anyone's wondering.
I like the idea of Paul Rudd being Ant-Man, but the dude is not exactly box office draw, and some of his humor is painful, rather than funny. JGL doesn't really strike me as Ant-Man at all. I'd cast him as the Silver Surfer, not that anyone's wondering.
Well. It's not like Chris Hemsworth, or Chris Evans even, were box office draws when they were cast. Or Chris Prat for that matter.
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Mondo is doing Marvel Comics (not MCU) prints now. First is Silver Surfer:
Feels like a couple of lines/shots have been skipped near the end, and the CGI on Malekith's head thing retracting is a bit off, but it's not bad overall. Here's hoping they do some good stuff with Malekith. They're definitely keeping him in the shadows with the marketing.
I like the idea of Paul Rudd being Ant-Man, but the dude is not exactly box office draw, and some of his humor is painful, rather than funny. JGL doesn't really strike me as Ant-Man at all. I'd cast him as the Silver Surfer, not that anyone's wondering.
Well. It's not like Chris Hemsworth, or Chris Evans even, were box office draws when they were cast. Or Chris Prat for that matter.
Honestly I would say Paul Rudd is a stronger box office draw than either of them
Dude has starred in some big comedies
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I'm pretty sure that at this point Marvel movies by themselves are box office draws.
I don't think you can say that until after Thor 2 is released.
Even then I'd be pretty caucious of new properties. Its pretty hard for the layman to tell the difference between something made by Marvel Studios or a different studio.
I'm pretty sure that at this point Marvel movies by themselves are box office draws.
I don't think you can say that until after Thor 2 is released.
Even then I'd be pretty caucious of new properties. Its pretty hard for the layman to tell the difference between something made by Marvel Studios or a different studio.
Nah. Marvel's been great at branding their films as Marvel movies. They're like Bond films now - a recognizable style shared across different franchises. I know a lot of casual filmgoers who are very aware what a Marvel film is and what it will deliver.
I'm pretty sure that at this point Marvel movies by themselves are box office draws.
I don't think you can say that until after Thor 2 is released.
Even then I'd be pretty caucious of new properties. Its pretty hard for the layman to tell the difference between something made by Marvel Studios or a different studio.
Thor 2 will be fine. It won't be Iron Man 3 $1.2 billion global, but I wouldn't be surprised if it brings in $600 million world wide. Heck, the original Thor brought in $450 million, and given Marvel hasn't had a real flop yet (even Incredible Hulk brought in $150 million over its production costs) Thor 2 will be fine.
I think the real test will be Guardians of the Galaxy. That is the most out there movie that Marvel is doing so far, and it has the biggest chance to be a bust. I really feel it will be the film that tells us whether Marvel can sustain all properties or not.
I'm pretty sure that at this point Marvel movies by themselves are box office draws.
I don't think you can say that until after Thor 2 is released.
Even then I'd be pretty caucious of new properties. Its pretty hard for the layman to tell the difference between something made by Marvel Studios or a different studio.
Thor 2 will be fine. It won't be Iron Man 3 $1.2 billion global, but I wouldn't be surprised if it brings in $600 million world wide. Heck, the original Thor brought in $450 million, and given Marvel hasn't had a real flop yet (even Incredible Hulk brought in $150 million over its production costs) Thor 2 will be fine.
I think the real test will be Guardians of the Galaxy. That is the most out there movie that Marvel is doing so far, and it has the biggest chance to be a bust. I really feel it will be the film that tells us whether Marvel can sustain all properties or not.
Yeah alright
Thor 2 will be a test to see if being apart of the Avengers means an improvement for individual characters box office.
Guardians will be the test of Marvels ability to sell a movie either on the studio's brand or with marketing.
This PBS documentary series on superheroes is great.
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As the guy who brings the Avengers Alliance news, god what the fuck
Chapter 2 is released, Uncanny Cyclops uniform is insane, the first five Special Operations characters (Mockingbird, Emma Frost, Magik, Ghost Rider, and Valkyrie) are now evergreen recruitable for 200 CPs each, Empowered ISOs that give different passives are also available for CPs, Christ...
Although Rogue has been toned down! Her counter only works when she's attacked, and doesn't stun on counterattacks now. I don't call that a nerf, that's a reasonable fix.
Augh, but I was so close to White Suit Iron Fist! ( Well I guess I still am, just need to deploy Captain Britain , 40ish cp away from that)
Hope this means we get a bit of a spec ops breather, mostly so I can do a few days of shield points, between back to back ops and trying to master chapter 1, I've got a lot of new characters eating up the shield points with their training
I like the idea of Paul Rudd being Ant-Man, but the dude is not exactly box office draw, and some of his humor is painful, rather than funny. JGL doesn't really strike me as Ant-Man at all. I'd cast him as the Silver Surfer, not that anyone's wondering.
Well. It's not like Chris Hemsworth, or Chris Evans even, were box office draws when they were cast. Or Chris Prat for that matter.
Honestly I would say Paul Rudd is a stronger box office draw than either of them
RDJ wasn't considered a draw either. He was on the upswing yeah, but even then it was being noticed more by film fans than actual mainstream audiences.
J. Michael Straczynski, is perhaps best known for his long-run on The Amazing Spider-Man, and his Superman graphic novel, Superman: Earth One, that he collaborated with artist Shane Davis. At this year's New York Comic-Con JMS said what most comic book fans have been thinking for quite sometime, that WB is clueless about bringing DC Comics' characters, besides Batman and Superman to the big screen.
"I’ve talked to the people at Warner Brothers and said “What is wrong with you people?” They think that they have a very narrow bench – Superman, Batman and then nobody else. We’re trying to get them to understand that we have a really good bench of characters if you treat them properly."
After Warner Bros. failed to create a respectable Green Lantern film, executives went back to the tried and true formula of Superman ("Man of Steel") and Batman ("Batman Vs. Superman"). And whom would J. Michael Straczynski like to see get their own film?
"I would love to see the Flash. Ever see The Man With The X-Ray Eyes? There’s a scientist in pursuit of knowledge and information and receives this power and uses it to try and see deeper and deeper what’s going on on the physical scale and the metaphysical scale, trying to burrow through to the core of the universe to understand things better. Make it obsessive like that I think you could make a really good film about the Flash."
"There’s a fan made trailer for Wonder Woman online. Have you all seen that? Is that not well done? And that’s what the Wonder Woman film should be. If you treated the Wonder Woman film the way we treated the Thor movie with some seriousness and also focus on her family you’d get a really good film out of that."
Straczynski also had a few negative things to say about Zack Snyder's Man of Steel.
"I thought that it had one fight more than it should have had. And it was a good movie that could have been a great movie had they put more time in on the characters. IN the end, I don’t care how good your effects are or the battles or the CGI, if we don’t care about the characters you got nothing and nowhere to go."
Rather than bring up his Superman comics, which have been polarizing, they should have mentioned his acclaimed run on Thor.
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ShadowenSnores in the morningLoserdomRegistered Userregular
J. Michael Straczynski, is perhaps best known for his long-run on The Amazing Spider-Man, and his Superman graphic novel, Superman: Earth One, that he collaborated with artist Shane Davis. At this year's New York Comic-Con JMS said what most comic book fans have been thinking for quite sometime, that WB is clueless about bringing DC Comics' characters, besides Batman and Superman to the big screen.
"I’ve talked to the people at Warner Brothers and said “What is wrong with you people?” They think that they have a very narrow bench – Superman, Batman and then nobody else. We’re trying to get them to understand that we have a really good bench of characters if you treat them properly."
After Warner Bros. failed to create a respectable Green Lantern film, executives went back to the tried and true formula of Superman ("Man of Steel") and Batman ("Batman Vs. Superman"). And whom would J. Michael Straczynski like to see get their own film?
"I would love to see the Flash. Ever see The Man With The X-Ray Eyes? There’s a scientist in pursuit of knowledge and information and receives this power and uses it to try and see deeper and deeper what’s going on on the physical scale and the metaphysical scale, trying to burrow through to the core of the universe to understand things better. Make it obsessive like that I think you could make a really good film about the Flash."
"There’s a fan made trailer for Wonder Woman online. Have you all seen that? Is that not well done? And that’s what the Wonder Woman film should be. If you treated the Wonder Woman film the way we treated the Thor movie with some seriousness and also focus on her family you’d get a really good film out of that."
Straczynski also had a few negative things to say about Zack Snyder's Man of Steel.
"I thought that it had one fight more than it should have had. And it was a good movie that could have been a great movie had they put more time in on the characters. IN the end, I don’t care how good your effects are or the battles or the CGI, if we don’t care about the characters you got nothing and nowhere to go."
Rather than bring up his Superman comics, which have been polarizing, they should have mentioned his acclaimed run on Thor.
Probably they wanted to make him seem "bipartisan", not just saying "DC should do what Marvel does".
WB isn't even doing a good job of exploiting the Batman and Superman franchises. There are millions of people who grew up on the DCAU, a lot of them have kids of their own now. So not only is there already a built in audience but they're going to help create the next generation of fans. It makes no sense at all that WB hasn't tried to appeal to those people.
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WB isn't even doing a good job of exploiting the Batman and Superman franchises. There are millions of people who grew up on the DCAU, a lot of them have kids of their own now. So not only is there already a built in audience but they're going to help create the next generation of fans. It makes no sense at all that WB hasn't tried to appeal to those people.
It doesn't even have to be the DCAU. I know a lot of people think Willis is a hack, but he does raise good points, even if he does have to stretch to make them (e.g., comic Starfire and TT Starfire weren't very similar to begin with, aside from being free spirits in love with Dick Grayson...)
Eh, appealing to nostalgia isn't always the best road.
The closest analogy I can think off (which would be lost on most) is when WWE brought back Hulk Hogan and made him the center of their programing in the 2000's simply because there was a lot of nostagia for him.
Hasn't it consistently been shown that movies/cartoons, no matter how successful and true to the comics rarely move the nose when it comes to sales?
It sort of depends. Marvel has said in the past they've seen spikes in trade sales in book stores and the like when a movie comes out. But in regards to floppies, you see pretty much no difference. We also don't know how they might effect digital sales as its too early to tell.
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Bad source material but it looks pretty cute
I like Wonder Woman in this
Nonsense. He begins as Alec Baldwin in Malice, and that was 20 years ago when Baldwin was young and sexy.
Edited because I could've sworn that movie was from the 80s.
Isn't one of the complaints about Agents of SHIELD that it looks kinda cheap?
I can't imagine they getting a higher budget through Amazon or Netflix. And it's not like they can do a lot of 'regular folks of the MU' type of series.
Regarding the Ant-Man casting rumors, Rudd and JGL seem to be in such different ends of the spectrums that it's weird to think they're both going for the same role. I would really like to see what Rudd and Wright would do together.
I don't know about Amazon, but Netflix spent over $100M on Season 1 of House of Cards. So I guess it depends on what the people writing the checks and making the shows consider appropriate levels of funding.
I like the idea of Paul Rudd being Ant-Man, but the dude is not exactly box office draw, and some of his humor is painful, rather than funny. JGL doesn't really strike me as Ant-Man at all. I'd cast him as the Silver Surfer, not that anyone's wondering.
Well. It's not like Chris Hemsworth, or Chris Evans even, were box office draws when they were cast. Or Chris Prat for that matter.
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Feels like a couple of lines/shots have been skipped near the end, and the CGI on Malekith's head thing retracting is a bit off, but it's not bad overall. Here's hoping they do some good stuff with Malekith. They're definitely keeping him in the shadows with the marketing.
Dude has starred in some big comedies
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Even then I'd be pretty caucious of new properties. Its pretty hard for the layman to tell the difference between something made by Marvel Studios or a different studio.
Nah. Marvel's been great at branding their films as Marvel movies. They're like Bond films now - a recognizable style shared across different franchises. I know a lot of casual filmgoers who are very aware what a Marvel film is and what it will deliver.
Thor 2 will be fine. It won't be Iron Man 3 $1.2 billion global, but I wouldn't be surprised if it brings in $600 million world wide. Heck, the original Thor brought in $450 million, and given Marvel hasn't had a real flop yet (even Incredible Hulk brought in $150 million over its production costs) Thor 2 will be fine.
I think the real test will be Guardians of the Galaxy. That is the most out there movie that Marvel is doing so far, and it has the biggest chance to be a bust. I really feel it will be the film that tells us whether Marvel can sustain all properties or not.
Yeah alright
Thor 2 will be a test to see if being apart of the Avengers means an improvement for individual characters box office.
Guardians will be the test of Marvels ability to sell a movie either on the studio's brand or with marketing.
Chapter 2 is released, Uncanny Cyclops uniform is insane, the first five Special Operations characters (Mockingbird, Emma Frost, Magik, Ghost Rider, and Valkyrie) are now evergreen recruitable for 200 CPs each, Empowered ISOs that give different passives are also available for CPs, Christ...
Although Rogue has been toned down! Her counter only works when she's attacked, and doesn't stun on counterattacks now. I don't call that a nerf, that's a reasonable fix.
Hope this means we get a bit of a spec ops breather, mostly so I can do a few days of shield points, between back to back ops and trying to master chapter 1, I've got a lot of new characters eating up the shield points with their training
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RDJ wasn't considered a draw either. He was on the upswing yeah, but even then it was being noticed more by film fans than actual mainstream audiences.
Myself, I just found out about the "Fast-forward Combat Messages" button.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/nailbiter111/news/?a=88617
Rather than bring up his Superman comics, which have been polarizing, they should have mentioned his acclaimed run on Thor.
Probably they wanted to make him seem "bipartisan", not just saying "DC should do what Marvel does".
Also, they neglected Babylon 5.
It doesn't even have to be the DCAU. I know a lot of people think Willis is a hack, but he does raise good points, even if he does have to stretch to make them (e.g., comic Starfire and TT Starfire weren't very similar to begin with, aside from being free spirits in love with Dick Grayson...)
The closest analogy I can think off (which would be lost on most) is when WWE brought back Hulk Hogan and made him the center of their programing in the 2000's simply because there was a lot of nostagia for him.
pretty much, though I blame that more on the direct market sales model than anything else
It sort of depends. Marvel has said in the past they've seen spikes in trade sales in book stores and the like when a movie comes out. But in regards to floppies, you see pretty much no difference. We also don't know how they might effect digital sales as its too early to tell.