So now we not only have a black, female James Bond, we also have a tiny, feminine Thor.
Yes, you heard that right, the new Thor is Natalie Portman. 5' 3", 110# Natalie Portman. As Thor.
Thor.
Well, what's next? I have an idea. How about if Hollywood goes all woke on ... Lassie?
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Yea, they're "woke", all right.
ReplyDeleteThey're woke to the fact that the Wonder Woman movie had a worldwide gross box office of $822 million, and Captain Marvel brought in $1.12 billion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_superhero_films#Top_50_Highest-grossing_superhero_films
They have also probably noted that "Skyfall" (which prominently featured Judi Dench as M) grossed $300 million, while "Specter" (which didn't), only grossed $200 million. Granted that there were other reasons why "Specter" was a worse movie, but still it is clear that Dench's presence wasn't doing any *harm* to the profits.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=jamesbond.htm
And, when they had Jane Foster become Thor in the comics, it apparently ultimately went down OK with the fans, after some initial grumbling.
The money men have certainly noticed over the years that they can use two basic approaches to making money:
- They can start with a successful movie, and keep remaking it with variations. This gives pretty good odds of success, but the returns diminish over time and eventually dribble away to nothing much;
OR
- They can take a chance on something different that stirs up a lot of buzz and controversy. Sometimes this fails badly, but other times it wins big. And if you want to win big, you've got to take some chances. And if those chances stop paying off, well, they will be quick enough to switch to other types of movies.
As far as that goes, I see no reason why a Lassie movie with a chihuahua as the star would't work out. I always thought that the collie Lassie had an annoying bark, anyway.
I was reading that the Bond franchise was in trouble and that this was as good a risk as any. Why not, I suppose?
ReplyDeleteStill, the guys in my office thought these were an awful ideas and none of us are going to see those movies.
For the 'Lassie' "reimagining", the Lassie character could be played by an actor "assigned" male "gender" at birth.
ReplyDeleteOh, wait! Been there, done that.