I can't get to the movie Don't Worry Darling yet, is it worth it? who knows?
Re: The Movies Thread
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 10:17 am
by wjfox
Avatar: The Way Of Water passes $1bn at box office
27 minutes ago
Avatar: The Way Of Water has made $1bn (£831m) at the global box office in just 14 days, becoming the fastest film to pass the milestone this year.
The long-delayed sequel has proved a hit with audiences despite wildly varying reviews.
It is only one of three films to surpass $1bn this year, after Top Gun: Maverick and Jurassic World Dominion.
However, director James Cameron has said his technologically innovative movie needs to make $2bn to break even.
The film picks up after the events of 2009's Avatar, which is the highest-grossing film of all time, with box office receipts of $2.97 billion (£2.47 billion).
wjfox wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 9:31 am
I've just booked a ticket for Avatar 2... which I'll be viewing in 3D.
Edit: Just checked that screening, and it's sold out within a few minutes! That was close.
I'm seeing this after Christmas on the 30th during my week off (sort off, minus the Tuesday), can't wait to see it.
Update on this, i am now seeing this on the evening of the 20th or day of the 21st January as my friend rearranged it as he was ill aka Covid over the new year.
Re: The Movies Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:22 am
by wjfox
New Lord of the Rings films in the works at Warner Bros
Thu 23 Feb 2023 22.22 GMT
Cinema is heading back to Middle-earth, with Warner Bros and New Line signing a deal to make more adaptations of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
Warner Bros Discovery’s chief executive, David Zaslav, announced on Thursday on an earnings call that a deal had been brokered to make “multiple” films based on JRR Tolkien’s books. The cost of the deal with Embracer Group, the Swedish gaming company that owns the rights to most of Tolkien’s world, has yet to be revealed.
The films will be developed through the Warner Bros production company New Line Cinema, which produced the trilogy made by the director Peter Jackson between 2001 and 2003. Those films grossed almost $3bn around the world, with the third instalment, The Return of the King, winning 11 Oscars including best picture at the Academy Awards.
In a joint statement to Variety, Jackson and his two closest Lord of the Rings collaborators, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, said Warner Bros and Embracer “have kept us in the loop every step of the way” about the new films.
“We look forward to speaking with them further to hear their vision for the franchise moving forward,” Jackson, Walsh and Boyens said.