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The problems at Disney, including a massive debt from Iger's Fox purchase, but now increased by wild spending on Disney+ content and other structural problems all by guarantee Iger will sell Disney as fast as he can to a major company, and most likely APPLE. PLAYLIST 80 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove DISNEY IS A DISASTER BOB IGER LIKELY To Sell To Apple ASAP! Chapek Spent $15B On Disney+ In 2022! Why Bob Iger’s Ultimate Power Move May Be Selling Disney to Apple https://www.yahoo.com/video/why-bob-iger-ultimate-power-193000597.html Now that Disney CEO Bob Iger has regained the keys to the Magic Kingdom — less than three years after his chosen successor, Bob Chapek, took over — insiders suspect they know how the beloved executive will find a new way to go out on top during his final two-year stint. “He’s going to sell the company,” one Disney insider who has worked for Iger predicted. “This is the pinnacle deal for the ultimate dealmaker.” Landing a deal with Apple (or some other megabuyer) would also cement Iger’s legacy. “I think he’d welcome it — he’d be the last CEO of Disney,” a former top Disney executive told TheWrap, noting that the two companies have “similar brand identities” and could benefit from a merger. Acquisitions are in Iger’s DNA. Under Iger’s leadership, Disney went on a nearly $100 billion shopping spree to buy animation giant Pixar in 2006, superhero juggernaut Marvel in 2009, “Star Wars”-powered Lucasfilm in 2012 and Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox in 2019. But there was one acquisition he’s publicly lamented as a transformational deal that got away — a combination with the tech powerhouse Apple. Also Read: Bob Iger’s Disney To-Do List: The 7 Biggest Things the Returning CEO Needs to Fix Now In Iger’s 2019 autobiography “The Ride of a Lifetime,” the executive wrote chapters about his friendship with Steve Jobs. He and his wife, Willow Bay, were close friends with Steve and Laurene Powell Jobs, even spending holidays together and vacationing in Hawaii. He even writes about standing in front of Steve Jobs’ grave when the tech visionary’s wife uttered: “I asked him if we could trust you. And Steve said, ‘I love that guy.’ ” Iger responds: “The feeling was mutual.” Yes, there are caveats — chief among them that Jobs died in 2011. And Disney is a big pill to swallow, with a $180 billion market valuation that would easily soar to a $200 billion premium if the studio were to be acquired. A deal of that size is likely to draw stiff antitrust resistance at a moment when regulators have stepped up efforts to block other recently proposed media megadeals. Paramount Global this week scrapped the $2 billion sale of its Simon & Schuster division to book publishing giant Penguin Random House after a federal judge blocked the deal, while European regulators have launched a probe of Microsoft’s $69 million offer to purchase gaming giant Activision Blizzard. Apple CEO Tim Cook, known to be a safe player with relatively few acquisitions under his leadership, might have given Wall Street a big hint in April. During a call with investors, Cook said he would not rule out acquiring a large company, and that the main drive was to secure strong intellectual property and big names. Hello, Disney? Also Read: Disney CEO Bob Iger Lines Up Potential $27 Million Annual Payday “We are always looking at companies to buy, we acquire a lot of smaller companies and we’ll continue to do that for IP and to incorporate talent,” Cook said. “We don’t discount something larger if the opportunity presents itself. I’m not going to go through my list with you on this call, but we’re always looking.” Apple, which has been tinkering with a grab in the streaming space with hits like “Ted Lasso,” certainly has the financial firepower to pull off an acquisition of this size. Even as borrowing costs get more expensive with rising interest rates, the Cupertino-based company is sitting on top of a $48.3 billion cash stockpile. Fleshing that out to both cash and investments, the total surges to about $200 billion. That’s 7.4% of all the mad money held by every member of the broad Standard & Poor’s 500 index. Not to mention that Apple shares have skyrocketed since Iger and Jobs first did business together. Disney bought the Jobs-run Pixar in 2006 for $7.4 billion, which put the animation studio’s CEO on the entertainment company’s 10-member board. On the day the deal was announced, Apple was trading at about $3 a share and Disney at $25. Apple is now trading at $150, up 238% in the past five years. Disney, at $96, is down 6% during that same period. A rep for Disney had no comment; an Apple rep did not respond to requests for comment.

Marvel Studios producer Nate Moore shockingly says he doesn't want to hire writers for Marvel movies who are fans of Marvel. “For me, one thing I think is interesting [about Marvel’s process], and specifically for writers, I would say, a lot of times we’re pitched writers who love Marvel. And to me, that’s always a red flag. Because I go, ‘Oh, I don’t want you to already have a preexisting idea of what it is, because you grew up with Issue 15 and that’s what you want to recreate…’ I want somebody who’s hard on the material, who goes, ‘What is this? I think there’s a movie here, but maybe we should be looking at it in this way.'” PLAYLIST 80 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove MCU Producer Says Writers Who Love Marvel Are A Red Flag For Him https://wikiofnerds.com/mcu-producer-says-writers-who-love-marvel-are-a-red-flag-for-him/ PODCAST LINK: The Secrets of Marvel’s Magic https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-secrets-of-marvels-magic/id1612131897?i=1000586481730 Marvel Studios has been on a roll for a decade. It has built up its pantheon of heroes who are now recognized and loved worldwide. Kevin Feige’s vision is still continuing as the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand into its Phase 5. One would expect that Feige and co would prefer writers for their projects who love Marvel. But according to Marvel Studios executive Nate Moore, it’s quite the opposite. Read more below: MCU Producer Wary Of Writers Who Are Fans Of Marvel Sitting down for an interview with the podcast called, The Town with Matthew Belloni, MCU producer Nate Moore explained that he rejects diehard Marvel comic fans as writers. He said: “For me, one thing I think is interesting [about Marvel’s process], and specifically for writers, I would say, a lot of times we’re pitched writers who love Marvel. And to me, that’s always a red flag. Because I go, ‘Oh, I don’t want you to already have a preexisting idea of what it is, because you grew up with Issue 15 and that’s what you want to recreate…’ I want somebody who’s hard on the material, who goes, ‘What is this? I think there’s a movie here, but maybe we should be looking at it in this way.'” Moore further explains: “And I think, again, the best example of that for me was Markus and McFeely, who weren’t comic guys coming up, but were like, ‘Wait, Captain America, this seems a bit weird. What if we kinda looked at it in this way?’ And they weren’t married to anything, nothing was, you know, there was nothing sacrosanct.” He thinks it’s important for writers to look at the source material objectively: “And I think that’s important to be able to go, ‘Look, the source material is great, and I love it, and comics work great in the medium they were built in, but that’s not a direct, one-to-one translation to the best version of the movie.'” Is Nate Moore Right To Reject Hardcore Comics Fans? At a glance, it might seem weird that Moore is disregarding fans of the comics their cinematic universe is built on. But since he has produced movies like Captain America: The Winter Soldier and more recently, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, so he definitely knows what he’s talking about.

This was an emergency. If Chapek had stayed another six months the damage would be irreversible. As I'd mentioned in earlier videos, I'm expecting a $5 to $10 Billion one-time restructuring charge within the next year to clean up the mess made by Chapek. Expect Kareem Daniel to be leaving soon as well. Disney's board of directors said that Iger "has agreed to serve as Disney’s CEO for two years, with a mandate from the Board to set the strategic direction for renewed growth" and to identify a successor. PLAYLIST 80 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove PANIC AT DISNEY BOB CHAPEK FIRED! BOB IGER IS CEO IMMEDIATELY! Will Serve 2 Years To Fix Disney! Disney Shocker: Bob Iger Returning as CEO, Bob Chapek Exits https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-bob-iger-returning-ceo-bob-chapek-exits-1235266823/ In a stunning turn of events, The Walt Disney Co. says that Bob Chapek will step down as CEO, with Bob Iger returning to lead the company. Disney’s board of directors announced the decision Sunday night. “We thank Bob Chapek for his service to Disney over his long career, including navigating the company through the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic,” said Susan Arnold, chairman of the board, in a statement. “The Board has concluded that as Disney embarks on an increasingly complex period of industry transformation, Bob Iger is uniquely situated to lead the Company through this pivotal period.” Shanghai Disneyland Locked Down Again Over COVID, With Guests Trapped Inside Chapek had just signed a new multi-year contract in June, after speculation following the ouster of TV chief Peter Rice earlier that month prompted the board to issue a notable public statement backing the CEO after the move. Iger even acknowledged in an email to Disney employees Sunday that he is returning “with an incredible sense of gratitude and humility — and, I must admit, a bit of amazement.” While Iger will be returning to his old role, the board also made it clear that his new term will be a temporary one. Iger “has agreed to serve as Disney’s CEO for two years, with a mandate from the Board to set the strategic direction for renewed growth and to work closely with the Board in developing a successor to lead the Company at the completion of his term,” the board said. The revival of the “who will be Iger’s successor?” question is one that’s sure to be hotly debated, given that much of the prior decade saw a wave of executives be speculated about as a possibility, only to exit or be passed over. Iger stepped aside as CEO in February 2020, handing the reins to Chapek, who previously led the company’s theme parks and consumer products division. He continued to serve as executive chairman of the company, stepping down from that position just 11 months ago. (Since that time, he found a part-time gig at a venture capital firm, Thrive Capital, as a partner and had been working on a follow-up book to his 2019 tome Ride of a Lifetime.) Of course, as Arnold noted in her statement, the novel coronavirus pandemic took its toll on the company, shutting its theme parks and cruise ships, and stopping almost all film and TV productions. It also, however, turbocharged streaming growth, with Chapek leaning into streaming by reorganizing the company to focus on digital. But his tenure has also been rocky, marked with controversies and distractions. From the aggressive campaign against Marvel star Scarlett Johansson that resulted in a settlement over pay for Black Widow, to Disney’s response (or lack thereof) to Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Chapek has had to deal with a wide array of public misfires during his relatively brief tenure atop the company. But in addition to the public controversies, Disney’s business has also begun to falter in recent quarters. Chapek announced on Nov. 11 that the company would freeze hiring and stop all non-essential travel, with layoffs likely to follow as his executive team sought to trim costs. And while Disney gains subscriptions at a rapid clip — some 235 million across Disney+, ESPN and Hulu — the company’s streaming losses have continued to grow, to nearly $1.5 billion in its most recent quarter, making it that much more challenging to hit its profitability target. Iger, a company man since joining ABC in 1974, led the network after Disney acquired it in 1995 and was elevated to CEO of Disney in 2005, succeeding Michael Eisner. While his elevation within the company was due to his business acumen, he developed a reputation for having an elevated sense of taste and creative vision, skills he continued to put to use after stepping aside as CEO in 2020.

Black Panther 2 should have been at least a billion dollar movie, but now it will likely do business closer to Thor Love and Thunder, $700 to $800 million. This would not break even for Disney, even with a huge percentage of Marvel fans, 81% of which say they will watch ANY Marvel movie in the universe. How did things get this bad? What could Marvel have been if they didn't go woke? PLAYLIST 80 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove DISASTER BLACK PANTHER 2 HUGE DROP More Than Expected International Looks Worse! May Not Break Even! Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is estimated to have a bigger-than-expected second-weekend drop. Earlier in the week, Deadline originally estimated Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to only drop 60%, but now that the weekend is here, Deadline now estimates the flick will drop by 65%. The second weekend updated estimates offer Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will bring in $64 million, which would be 65% down from its $181 million opening. Of course the second weekend could always perform better if audiences decided to see it this weekend, but the sequel is performing nowhere near as well as the first Black Panther in 2018 which only saw a second-weekend drop of 44.7% and brought in a whopping $111.6 million. Doctor Strange 2 and Thor Love and Thunder Comparing Wakanda Forever to Doctor Strange 2 and Thor: Love and Thunder The Wakanda Forever box office is being compared to both Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder. In the same eight days of release, domestically Wakanda Forever ($238.6M) is trailing Doctor Strange 2 ($247.9M) but beating out Thor: Love and Thunder ($201) — and again, no comparisons to the first movie that brought in a massive $320.7M in its first eight days. Doctor Strange 2 seems to be the better comparison, where Wakanda Forever is trailing by about 4%. The Multiverse of Madness opened to $187.4 million and brought in $61.7M for its second weekend which is a drop of 67%, so Wakanda Forever is really similar. Doctor Strange 2 also finished with a $411 million domestic box office but it made over $544 million internationally. Right now, Wakanda Forever is at $187.2 million internationally but its foreign numbers don’t look to be as good as DS2, which finished with a worldwide gross of over $955.7 million, so Wakanda Forever will likely finish below DS2 and below a billion dollars, while the first Black Panther made over $1.346 billion. While true Wakanda Forever doesn’t have the benefit of China, the Middle Kingdom only provided the first film with $105 million so that’s not an excuse.

Over one-third of Marvel fans feel fatigued from the constant stream of content served in theaters and on Disney+ this year, according to a new study released on Thursday by the fan platform Fandom with many saying they are less likely to buy merchandise based on Marvel characters than DC characters! TOTAL PANIC AT MARVEL STUDIOS Fans FATIGUED Don't Want Woke Shows MUCH LESS LIKELY To Buy Mech! PLAYLIST 80 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove Marvel Fans Showing Franchise Fatigue, While DC Fans More Likely to Prefer Single Superhero Over Universe, Says New Fandom Study https://variety.com/2022/film/news/marvel-dc-fandom-study-1235435282/?fbclid=IwAR3_C-sku-ms5NM_Y6WXfpHkfCe_m4PipbvSz3zFJHGTesseuc-j5Y1H0CU TOTAL PANIC AT MARVEL STUDIOS Fans FATIGUED Don't Want More Woke Shows MUCH LESS LIKELY To Buy Mech! Over one-third of Marvel fans feel fatigued from the constant stream of content served in theaters and on Disney+ this year, according to a new study released on Thursday by the fan platform Fandom. But the study also shows that Marvel fans are also far more inclined to watch any Marvel project in comparison to DC fans, who in turn are more likely to consume film and TV about a specific superhero rather than the entire DC catalogue. Those are a few of the extensive findings in the study, which drew from a survey of 5,000 entertainment and gaming fans between 13 and 54 years old, as well as what Fandom terms “proprietary insights” from its platform of over 300 million monthly users across 250,000 different wikis. ‘Wednesday’ Star Jenna Ortega on Why ‘It Felt Wrong’ Working With Christina Ricci: ‘I’ve Never Been So Awkward’ The most intriguing assertion of the study is that fans can be broken down into four subcategories of roughly descending order of intensity. The Advocates: They are the core fan base, described as “deeply invested in the IP,” so much so that it’s “part of who they are.” They are most likely to watch content within the first few days of its release. Some franchises with a high number of Advocates include Marvel, “Rick and Morty,” “Harry Potter,” DC, “Star Wars,” and “Stranger Things.” The Intentionalists: These fans — which on average make up the largest segment of a franchise’s fan base — are more discerning, influenced by marketing and strong reviews, storytelling themes, and actors and filmmakers behind the projects. They’ll most likely watch within the first two weeks. Franchises with a high number of Intentionalists include “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Game of Thrones” and “Only Murders in the Building.” The Culturists: They are “heavily influenced by the buzz” surrounding a popular release, and see watching as an opportunity to connect with friends and family, as well as the larger cultural conversation. They’ll most likely watch within the first month. Franchises with a high number of Culturalists include “Chicago Fire,” “Ted Lasso,” “True Detective,” “The Challenge” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” Having more Advocates and Intentionalists in a fandom, as Marvel (with 66%) does over DC (with 61%), can be an advantage for a franchise — but it’s not quite that cut-and-dried. According to Fandom’s study, 81% of Marvel fans would watch anything released in the franchise, while 67% of DC fans would do the same. Conversely, just 38% of Marvel fans say they’re focused on specific superheroes rather than the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, compared to 57% of DC fans who care more about one or two superheroes rather than the full DC Universe. That could a major factor in why only 20% of DC fans say they’re fatigued by the number of releases in a year, versus 36% of Marvel fans who feel that way. Through September, Fandom reports that “The Batman” was the global site’s “largest cinematic release.” DC fans are also more 20% more likely than Marvel fans to buy products — collectables, clothes, even superhero-inspired menu items. Fandom’s overall supposition is that, on average, roughly half of a franchise’s potential fan base is made of up Culturalists and Flirts, suggesting that marketing that can engage those fans can further expand a franchise’s reach, especially for original projects that aren’t part of pre-established IP. “Reaching consumers in an impactful way is not a one-size-fits-all formula,” says Perkins Miller, CEO of Fandom. “Understanding the spectrum of fan identity and how it affects fan behavior has never been more critical across the ever-expanding entertainment landscape.”

Elon Musk gets more and more aggressive to reshape Twitter into Twitter 2.0 a streamlined tech company. Anyone still at Twitter to be an activist or get a free ride is being swiftly removed. original post: https://twitter.com/oliverbcampbell/status/1593434329153245185 archive version: https://archive.ph/adRxC SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove

CNN Worldwide Chairman and CEO Chris Licht attempted to assert his authority at an all-hands meeting with staff Tuesday morning about the coming layoffs and his plans for the news organization. PLAYLIST 80 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove PANIC AT CNN MASSIVE LAYOFFS COMING! Employees Freak Out As They Wait To Find Out If They Are Gone! CNN Worldwide Chairman and CEO Chris Licht attempted to assert his authority at an all-hands meeting with staff Tuesday morning about the coming layoffs and his plans for the news organization. Speaking during a Q&A session with anchor Alisyn Camerota at CNN's studios in New York, Licht was asked repeatedly about Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav's ideas for the network, to which he responded: "I own the vision for this place," according to network insiders. "I did not take this job to take dictation from anybody," he added, pushing back on the idea that he is taking direction from WBD. Licht said he and Zaslav are on the same page, describing the CEO as a fan of CNN. Anxious and depleted staff are waiting to hear if they will be axed from the team that is slimming down as WBD feels the pain of a weakening ad market and a stock price that has been halved since Discovery's acquisition of AT&T's WarnerMedia took place in April. Licht confirmed that the timeline for layoffs would be early December, adding that some parts of CNN are still hiring and that the impact on newsgathering would be minimized. He also said that staff who are laid off will get 60 to 90 days notice and eligible executives would receive their January bonus and severance. Licht took some fire at the all-hands over his previous assertions in June that there would be no major layoffs. He explained that he had told the truth as he knew it at the time and that things change. He also said he regretted that staff had been through gut-wrenching changes before his arrival and that he would now be delivering more, according to a senior company insider. He told staff there will be a wider reorganization of newgathering staff. CNN management has been working to combine separate TV and digital desks into single units that work more closely together. Licht also said there would be no layoffs at CNN Digital, although some newsgathering staff are part of CNN Digital. CNN will be investing in primetime, mornings, and digital, said the company insider, who suggested there are discussions around bringing US viewers more of CNN International's coverage and vice versa. Stability on the digital team will come as a relief, according to a separate person familiar with thinking at the company, noting that some employees have expressed concerns about Licht's lack of digital chops and his lack of communication about the plan for digital as part of the business. CNN Digital staff had been working towards a goal to hit $1 billion in revenue under prior management, this person said, but streamer CNN+ — which was shuttered abruptly in April, just weeks after it launched — had been part of that goal. The company employs some 4,600 employees globally, with around 1,200 are based in the US. CNN had some 200 to 300 open positions when Licht took up his role in May, and he began his reductions by first eliminating that open head count. Earlier Tuesday, Zaslav told investors at a conference that if conditions in the ad market didn't improve the company would struggle to reach its $12 billion earnings target in 2023. The $12 billion figure is already on the low end of the $12-$14 billion earnings target shared earlier in the year. Zaslav also noted that the HBO Max streaming service had lost $3 billion last year and that the merger has been "messier" than expected. WBD is among several large media and tech companies, including Amazon, Disney, and Meta, that have announced layoffs in recent weeks.

Amazon is officially moving forward with multiple live-action shows based on the Marvel characters controlled by Sony! PLAYLIST 78 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove Amazon Orders Multiple Marvel-Sony Shows, Beginning With ‘Silk: Spider Society’ From ‘Walking Dead’ Alum Angela Kang https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/amazon-marvel-sony-shows-silk-spider-society-angela-kang-1235435786/ SONY AND AMAZON TAKE ON MARVEL: Multiple SPIDERVERSE Shows, Beginning With ‘Silk: Spider Society’! Amazon is officially moving forward with multiple live-action shows based on the Marvel characters controlled by Sony, Variety has learned. The first series under the deal will be “Silk: Spider Society,” which was developed by “The Walking Dead” showrunner Angela Kang along with “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Kang will serve as showrunner and executive producer on “Silk” as part of a new multi-year overall television deal she has signed with Amazon. Kang, Lord, and Miller all executive produce along with former Sony boss Amy Pascal. Sony Pictures Television is the studio, with Lord and Miller currently under an overall deal there. “Silk: Spider Society” will debut domestically on MGM+’s (nee Epix) linear channel followed by a global launch on Prime Video. The show is based on characters created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos for Marvel Comics. It follows Cindy Moon, described as “a Korean-American woman bitten by the same spider that bit Peter Parker, as she escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing family on her way to becoming the superhero known as Silk.” “Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Sony’s recent live-action and animated reimagining of the Spider-Man franchise has represented some of the most dynamic superhero storytelling in film,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios. “Together with Angela Kang’s creative vision, we couldn’t be more pleased to bring ‘Silk: Spider Society’ to our MGM+ and Prime Video customers.” The “Silk” series and the other shows based on Sony-controlled Marvel characters were originally reported as being in the works back in September 2020. At that time, Lauren Moon was writing “Silk,” while it was reported in 2021 that Tom Spezialy had joined the series as showrunner as part of his own Amazon overall deal. “We can’t wait to bring the adventures of Cindy Moon to life, thanks to the creative dream team of Chris and Phil, Angela and Amy, along with our partners at Marvel and Amazon,” said Katherine Pope, president of Sony Pictures Television Studios. “We know this exciting series with new and never-before-seen characters and storylines will wow audiences watching first on linear MGM+ and then around the world on Prime Video.” “Angela is a pro’s pro whose perspective and creativity we greatly respect and admire,” added Lord and Miller. “She’s also a hell of a lot of fun. She loves these characters and we feel really lucky for the chance to work with her to bring Cindy Moon’s story to the world.” Kang is best known for her work on “The Walking Dead.” She became a writer on the show in 2011 and co-executive producer in 2013. She was promoted to executive producer and showrunner in 2018 beginning with the hit AMC series’ ninth season. “The Walking Dead” is airing its series finale on Nov. 20, with Kang also co-creating a spinoff centered on Norman Reedus’ character, Daryl Dixon. She launched her own production company, Kang & Co Entertainment, in 2020. Jason Sax, formerly a consulting producer on “The Walking Dead,” serves as the company’s executive vice president of development. Kang & Co’s current development slate includes a series adaptation of the novel “Black Sun” with author Rebecaa Roanhorse writing, as well as an adaptation of the sci-fi novel “The Postmortal” by Drew Magary. Kang is repped by UTA, Literate, and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole LLP. “I’m beyond thrilled to be joining the Amazon Studios family for this next chapter of my career,” Kang said. “I look forward to working with the executive team on diverse, character-forward, watercooler shows for a global audience and am so excited to dive in to my first challenge—bringing Korean-American superhero Silk to life on screen.” It is unknown at this time which other Marvel characters will be featured in the Amazon shows, though Sony currently controls over 900 such characters associated with the Spider-Man franchise.

David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Brothers Discovery was asked what his strategy is for DC Studios and he explains it uninterrupted in this audio clip. I provide my commentary after he is finished. PLAYLIST 79 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove WARNER BROS CEO Gives Strategy For DC STUDIOS! Listen To David Zaslav's Actual Audio Clip!

Disney claimed to lose $4 billion in streaming in 2022, but it may be many billions more than admitted. It looks like much, much more in my analysis. PLAYLIST 78 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove PANIC AT DISNEY: LAYOFFS HIDING BILLIONS IN LOSSES! Disney Losing Much More $$$ Than They Say?!?!?

David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Brothers Discovery said yesterday they are not going to have multiple versions of Batman in their films, shows and video games. Who will be the Dark Knight of choice for Zaslav, Gunn and Safran's new DCU? PLAYLIST 78 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove WARNER BROS CEO: "There's NOT Going To Be FOUR BATMANS"! Multiple Batmans Being Eliminated! Multiple Batman Versions Being Eliminated From DCU Confirms David Zaslav https://cosmicbook.news/multiple-batman-versions-elimated-dcu-confirms-david-zaslav Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav touches upon the DCU in a recent conversation where he confirms going forward there will not be multiple versions of Batman. “I think over the next few years, you’re going to see a lot of growth and opportunity around DC, there’s not going to be four Batmans… And so part of our strategy is [to] drive the hell out of DC, which James and Peter are going to do. I think they’ve thrilled the fans. I think they’re going to thrill you over a period of time,” Zaslav said via THR. Presently, there is the Robert Pattinson Batman as part of the Matt Reeves projects; there is the Ben Affleck Dark Knight from the Zack Snyder movies who will be appearing in both The Flash and Aquaman 2, and there is also Michael Keaton Caped Crusasder who was supposed to appear in Batgirl and is also appearing in The Flash, and then there is Iain Glen who also played Bruce Wayne in Titans. So according to Zaslav, they are going to whittle down all the versions of Batman where Zaslav also said the new co-heads of the DCU, James Gunn and Peter Safran, are “coming close to the end” of finishing a bible for DC. Gunn recently teased Lobo and Mister Terrific. Zaslav also said that DC is a “hugely undervalued asset,” adding that “Disney did a wonderful job with Marvel. But if you looked at Marvel and DC ten years ago, you would have said DC is as good or better. But Marvel is a connected universe. It has a ‘bible.’ The key was having one person following everything. All of Marvel is one place. You don’t wake up and find that there has been a Batman TV show someplace.” Zaslav continued, “DC is one of the biggest opportunities this company [has]. Our company is a creative company and so we found two great guys. You will see a lot of growth around DC. We haven’t done a Superman movie in 13 years.” The idea is “to drive the hell out of DC, which is what they are going to do.” Batman Robert Pattinson Who will be the new Batman going forward? There actually recently was a rumor that Zaslav wants to phase the Robert Pattinson Batman out of the DC films, that once Matt Reeves is done with his new Trilogy, that Pattinson will no longer be Batman. However, there have also been rumors stating just the opposite, that Zaslav wants to bring in the Pattinson Dark Knight to the DCU. I know the original plan before Man of Steel was to have the Henry Cavill Superman spearhead a Justice League universe where a Batman in his year two would star in his own movie called The Batman, which would lead to solo Justice League movies and a big Justice League flick. We now know they went back to that original idea in part with Reeves and Pattinson. If I had to guess, I could see maybe two versions of Batman remaining: The Robert Pattinson Batman and whoever James Gunn and Peter Safran decide upon. But I’m doubting it’s Michael Keaton. Reeves has big plans for his universe, involving The Batman 2, and spinoffs for Penguin, the Gotham PD, and Arkham Asylum. I can’t see Zaslav throwing that all away. Zaslav already canceled Batgirl featuring Keaton and Aquaman 2 has been reshot to replace Keaton with Affleck, so it seems as if Keaton is out the door (he’s 71). Regarding Ben Affleck sticking around as Batman, it could definitely be a possibility. Affleck departed the role due to problems from the previous regime at WB, but now that Zaslav, Gunn, and Safran are in charge, and Affleck is coming back (so is Henry Cavill as Superman), maybe Affleck will be the DCU’s Batman of choice once again.

David Zaslav said today: "...part of our strategy is drive the hell out of DC, which James and Peter are going to do. I think they’ve thrilled the fans. I think they’re going to thrill you over a period of time.” And he said alot more! PLAYLIST 70 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Talks “Weak” Advertising Market, DC Plans and HBO Losses https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/david-zaslav-warner-bros-discovery-james-gunn-dc-movies-roadmap-1235262032/ In a wide-ranging conversation hosted by RBC Tuesday morning, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav painted a pessimistic picture of the macroeconomic environment, but expressed optimism about his company’s plans to get to the other side of it. And nowhere was Zaslav more pessimistic than with the advertising market, which he described as “very weak” in the discussion with RBC’s Kutgun Maral. “I think he saw it maybe a little bit more with us because we don’t have local and we didn’t have sport,” Zaslav said, noting that now that the NBA and NHL are back, and with March Madness on the horizon, its ad business should improve. Still, Zaslav notes, the ad market is “weaker than it was during COVID. And that could change quite quickly. You know, right now. This is a pretty big miss of the whole Christmas season.” Zaslav also touched upon other parts of the company’s business lines. At DC, which is now being led by filmmaker James Gunn and producer Peter Safran, Zaslav said that the pair are “coming close to the end” of finishing a bible for DC (an entertainment term for a document roadmap that outlines key characters and plot points). “I think over the next few years, you’re going to see a lot of growth and opportunity around DC, there’s not going to be four Batmans,” Zaslav said. “And so part of our strategy is drive the hell out of DC, which James and Peter are going to do. I think they’ve thrilled the fans. I think they’re going to thrill you over a period of time.” Elsewhere, Zaslav disclosed that WarnerMedia’s HBO business lost $3 billion last year after spending almost $7 billion on content. So one of the things they are doing is taking a close look at what people are watching on HBO Max and deciding where to spend going forward. “We are right [now] sizing HBO Max — more content that people love, more original content,” Zaslav said. In other words, removing content that people aren’t watching, and adding more shows and movies that they believe people will watch and enjoy: “Our whole library went on HBO Max, and we weren’t selling any of it, but it was all on there. Now, all that could have worked, but we looked at it and we said: Most of this is not being watched. Or, we don’t think anybody is subscribing because of this. We can sell it non-exclusively to somebody else. Look at this huge library that we have.” Zaslav also reaffirmed that the company will launch a free ad-supported streaming service to compete with Pluto and Tubi, and suggested that it would use the Warner Bros. brand name in some way. And with regard to sports, he added that the company is interested in renewing its NBA deal, but it will be “very disciplined” in doing so. “We don’t have to have the NBA. And if we do a new deal with the NBA, it’s gonna look a lot different,” Zaslav said. “I’d like to do a deal with the NBA, but it has to be a deal for the future. It can’t be a deal for the past.”

The actress reveals in an interview that Disney no longer has interest in the project and it is NOT going forward! PLAYLIST 76 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove WOKE "Female Fronted" Pirates Of The Caribbean CANCELLED! Confirmed By Margot Robbie! Margot Robbie Female-Led Pirates Of The Caribbean Dead At Disney https://cosmicbook.news/margot-robbie-female-led-pirates-caribbean-dead-disney The Margot Robbie female-led Pirates of the Caribbean reboot movie is dead at Disney. While speaking with Vanity Fair, Robbie, who is starring in the Barbie movie with Ryan Gosling, revealed Disney doesn’t want to do the movie anymore. “We had an idea and we were developing it for a while, ages ago, to have more of a female-led—not totally female-led, but just a different kind of story—which we thought would’ve been really cool, but I guess they don’t want to do it,” Robbie revealed. The new Pirates of the Caribbean was first announced back in June of 2020 prior to franchise star Johnny Depp winning the recent trial against Amber Heard. Christina Hodson who teamed with Robbie on the failed Birds of Prey movie was supposed to write the project, and Hodson is also known for writing Bumblebee and The Flash and the canceled Batgirl movie. Margot Robbie Pirates of the Caribbean fan art Fan art Margot Robbie Pirates of the Caribbean described as “female-fronted” The flick was said to be “a new, female-fronted Pirates of the Caribbean” movie that was in early development and was described as not intending to be a spinoff of the long-running franchise that starred Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, “but rather a wholly original story with new characters under the Pirates moniker, itself inspired by the long-running attraction at Disneyland.” Johnny Depp was supposed to star in a sixth movie but due to Amber Heard writing that op-ed for the Washington Post, Disney parted ways with the actor. A new movie is actually in development but little is known other than one of the original writers is back writing it. Johnny Depp Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean Johnny Depp felt betrayed by Disney over Pirates of the Caribbean During testimony, Johnny Depp revealed that he felt betrayed by Disney. “Hurt. Blinding hurt. It was like somebody hit me in the back of the head with a 2×4… Captain Jack Sparrow was a character I built from the ground up and was something that I, of course, put a lot of [myself] into the character and also having worked on these films with these people and added much of myself, much of my own re-writing of the dialogue and scenes and jokes,” explained Depp. “I didn’t quite understand how, after that long relationship and quite a successful relationship certainly for Disney, that suddenly I was guilty until proven innocent.” Depp also added, “My feeling was that these characters should be able to have their proper goodbye, as it were. A franchise can only last for so long and there’s a way to end a franchise like that and I thought that the characters deserved to have their way out, to end the franchise on a very good note. I planned on continuing until it was time to stop.”

In the United States, Disney pushes their social justice agenda no matter how much it damages business and customer relationships, but in tiny foreign countries, they will censor their biggest movie of the year to please local authorities, just to get a few more dollars! Makes zero sense. PLAYLIST 76 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove

The conflict of the superhero universes is coming and while DC Studios is focused on giving fans what they want, Marvel Studios is concentrating on pushing their woke representation agendas. PLAYLIST 76 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove Warner Bros. Discovery is set to unleash a new era of the DCU with DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn at the helm, and recently, the studio teased what their plans for the future will look like. The past few weeks have brought a number of major changes to the way WB is developing its superhero movie universe, particularly with Gunn and Peter Safran teaming up to be the co-CEOs of DC Studios. This will allow the pair to develop what they hope will be a cohesive and coherent DCU of movies, shows, and more as the company takes inspiration from its most direct competition, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fans might be seeing the first signs of that regime change with the release of Black Adam, DC’s latest theatrical release before four new movies take the spotlight in 2023. After that time, the slate for DC is completely wide open, with many wondering exactly what Gunn and Safran are working on during their first days on the job. In one of their first public appearances since taking their positions, the new dynamic duo peeled back the curtain for the first time to provide a look into what's in the works. DC and Warner Bros. Heads Prep Fans for Future DC Justice League DC Coming from Deadline, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav appeared at a recent town hall meeting with DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran to share what the new structure for the DC Universe will look like. Since their initial announcement, this was the first public town hall-style meeting for the new DC leaders. The trio pulled the curtain back on their plan to create a "bible" for a cohesive DC Universe (DCU) that encompasses live-action movies, TV, animation, gaming, and other content. This could be an incredibly ambitious move for the team as they already plan to combine the movie, animation, and even gaming worlds together into one streamlined narrative. As reported by The Wrap, Safran expanded on this point, noting that their DCU would be telling "one great overarching story" across various mediums: This was such a unique opportunity to tell one great overarching story … One beautiful big story across film, television, gaming, live-action, and animation.” Zaslav shared his excitement to have Gunn and Safran on the team while celebrating the characters they'll bring to life, while Gunn reciprocated the feelings for Zaslav and thanked him for the opportunity to take on his new position. The Hollywood Reporter also noted that James Gunn highlighted an "eight to 10 year plan" for DC in the meeting: The opportunity to make DC as great as it can be and as it should be — that is the reason why I’m doing this job because I know that Peter and I can do that. We spent the past couple days with a group of some of the best thinkers in the industry, the best writers in the industry starting to map out that eight to 10 year plan of what it’s going to look like in theater, in TV, in animation, across the board for these characters. What Big Things are in Store With the DCU? It's no surprise to see that James Gunn and Peter Safran are adamant about retooling the DCU from the movie and TV side considering how disjoined the franchise has become in recent years. But according to this quote, it appears that the two have far bigger goals than reworking just what fans watch on the big and small screen. Gaming and animation have been pillars of DC's extended adventures for a long time, with games like Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League either having just come out or about to hit store shelves. Now, from this new report, it seems that games like these may even be a part of the grand overarching story that Gunn and Safran are working to build off of franchises like Aquaman, The Flash, and even Black Adam over the next few years. With the two new CEOs only having started their work with the company in early November 2022, it will likely be a long time until any concrete details are revealed regarding what the roadmap for the DC Universe will look like. But should those plans truly be as ambitious as they're expected to be, DC fans are in for a huge round of news and projects as the 2020s move further forward.

The "Recast T'Challa" movement to replace the late Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther has emerged again after the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. They do not want Disney's feminized version of the Black Panther. PLAYLIST 76 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove PANIC AS FANS DEMAND DISNEY RECAST T'CHALLA! #RecastTChalla Trending on Twitter! Unhappy Marvel Fans Reject Black Panther 2 Plot, Make 'Recast T'Challa' Trend on Opening Weekend https://thedirect.com/article/black-panther-2-tchalla-recast-fans The "Recast T'Challa" movement to replace the late Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther has emerged again after the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Rewind to August 2020, amid the existing struggles of the pandemic, Marvel Studios was placed in its toughest position yet following the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman. This left fans divided between recasting the actor, replacing T'Challa in the mantle, or ending the Wakandan franchise altogether. Obviously, Marvel Studios opted to continue the Black Panther franchise without Boseman, with Wakanda Forever now serving as a tribute to the actor's legacy. Part of this process involved passing on the torch of protecting Wakanda to another, which has long been speculated to be Letitia Wright's Shuri. Black Panther Wakanda Forever Marvel Warning - the rest of this article contains spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Now, after the long-awaited opening weekend of Wakanda Forever, the new status quo of the mantle has been revealed. Boseman's T'Challa has tragically died of illness while his sister Shuri has assumed the mantle of Black Panther while Winston Duke's M'Baku takes on the throne. But that's not quite the entire picture as T'Challa was revealed to have had a son, given the Wakandan name of Prince T'Challa, with Lupita Nyong'o's Nakia. This handling of a difficult situation has led to glowing reactions from most fans, but not everyone is quite happy with Marvel Studios' choices. 'Recast T'Challa' Resurges Amid Black Panther 2 Release Black Panther T'Challa Marvel This has led to resistance from supporters of the "Recast T'Challa" movement as the topic has trended on Twitter through November 12 over the opening weekend, implying some fans aren't happy with how Wakanda Forever's plot handled T'Challa's death. @bronzestruggler questioned the logic behind T'Challa's death, noting the lack of proper explanation for how a man with so many superpowers died: "Explain to me why a n***a with super strength, speed, durability, sense, and resistance to disease...born in the most technological advance nation in the world...dies? The movie didn't explain it. #SaveTChalla #RecastTChalla." @justkiira suggested Marvel Studios may be financially benefiting from Chadwick Boseman's passing by using the movie as "an opportunity for [fans] to grieve:" "#RecastTChalla The MCU should not use the passing of Chadwick Baseman as a plot. A good marketing tactic is to relate to our emotions. The MCU is benefiting financially from our emotions because for some of us going to see the movie is also an opportunity for us to grieve." The user included an explanation of their take on the "Recast T'Challa" movement, calling for the studio not to use Boseman's death as "a plot device in their fictional storytelling:" "#RecastT'Challa is NOT calling for an immediate recast. #RecastT'Challa is NOT preventing anyone else from taking up the mantle of Black Panther. #RecastT'Challa is asking Marvel Studios NOT to use the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman as a plot device in their fictional storytelling. #RecastT'Challa is asking for the portrayal of T'Challa to be allowed to continue in the MCU." @KjStarwalker shared their frustration that one of the few Black superheroes was killed after only one solo outing in the MCU: "Batman= immortal character Superman= immortal character Spiderman= immortal character We had one black male superhero...and yall killed him after one movie... Nah son...Wakanda not forever.. #RecastTChalla." The same user called out their anger at using t'Challa as "a tribute...a mere footnote...irrelevant:" "MCU said...even in our dreams...even in our fantasies...black men cant change our narratives...we cant prevail...we can't be immortalized....we're a tribute...a mere footnote...irrelevant... #WakandaForever #RecastTChalla." #recasttchallaorelse #RecastTChalla #blackpanther #blackpantherwakandaforever #blackpanther2

Legendary Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy passed away due to cancer at the age of 66 in Burbank, California on November 10, 2022. PLAYLIST 75 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove Batman Kevin Conroy Dead At 66 https://cosmicbook.news/batman-kevin-conroy-dead-66 Kevin Conroy Picks Best Batman Lines ICONIC BATMAN ACTOR KEVIN CONROY PASSES AWAY AT 66. He Explains His Favorite Lines In This Clip Batman: The Animated Series voice actress Diane Pershing shared the news on Facebook: “Very sad news: our beloved voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy, died yesterday. He’s been ill for a while but he really put in a lot of time at the cons, to the joy of all of his fans,” she said. Pershing continued, “He will be sorely missed not just by the cast of the series but by his legion of fans all over the world. Below are pictures of Kevin with Loren Lester who plays Robin another with me and Tara Strong who is in the later episodes of Batman cartoons.” Pershing added, “And then finally, one of Kevin and me in front of the huge audiences we used to get when we did our panels. RIP, friend.” DC and Warner Bros. Discovery also confirmed the news. “DC is deeply saddened at the passing of Kevin Conroy, a legendary actor and the voice of Batman for multiple generations. He will be forever missed by his friends, family, and fans,” states the official announcement. “Kevin was far more than an actor whom I had the pleasure of casting and directing – he was a dear friend for 30+ years whose kindness and generous spirit knew no boundaries,” said Emmy Award winning casting/dialogue director Andrea Romano. “Kevin’s warm heart, delightfully deep laugh and pure love of life will be with me forever.” “Kevin was perfection,” recalled Mark Hamill, who redefined the Joker playing opposite Conroy’s Batman. “He was one of my favorite people on the planet, and I loved him like a brother. He truly cared for the people around him – his decency shone through everything he did. Every time I saw him or spoke with him, my spirits were elevated.” “Kevin was a brilliant actor,” Hamill added. “For several generations, he has been the definitive Batman. It was one of those perfect scenarios where they got the exact right guy for the exact right part, and the world was better for it. His rhythms and subtleties, tones and delivery – that all also helped inform my performance. He was the ideal partner – it was such a complementary, creative experience. I couldn’t have done it without him. He will always be my Batman.” “Kevin brought a light with him everywhere,” said Paul Dini, producer of Batman: The Animated Series, “whether in the recording booth giving it his all, or feeding first responders during 9/11, or making sure every fan who ever waited for him had a moment with their Batman. A hero in every sense of the word. Irreplaceable. Eternal.”

Disney/Marvel spent $250 million making this movie and another $150 million marketing it. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is off to an as-expected start stateside but is underperforming internationally which is shedding doubt on the film finishing with a billion-dollar box office. The trades had Black Panther: Wakanda Forever opening worldwide to a whopping $365 million start or more, but those estimates have since been revised to around $300-325 million. PLAYLIST 75 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Billion Dollar Box Office In Doubt: Underperforming Internationally https://cosmicbook.news/black-panther-wakanda-forever-billion-dollar-box-office-doubt-underperforming-internationally PANIC MODE BLACK PANTHER WAKANDA FOREVER Will Not Earn $1 Billion, Disney May Not Break Even On It! Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is off to an as-expected start stateside but is underperforming internationally which is shedding doubt on the film finishing with a billion-dollar box office. The trades had Black Panther: Wakanda Forever opening worldwide to a whopping $365 million start or more, but those estimates have since been revised to around $300-325 million. Deadline points out the flick isn’t doing as well as hoped in the Asia Pacific with particular mention of South Korea, and that a local movie in Japan beat it out. The first film made over $77 million in South Korea but the sequel doesn’t look to be coming anywhere near that number. Adding to that is the fact that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever won’t get released in China, so there is another loss of over $105 million. The film probably also doesn’t have a Ukraine and Russia release, which is also another loss of $20 million, so that is almost $200 million out the door. I believe Disney is editing out the gay parts for the releases in the Middle East, so there won’t be any losses there. The first Black Panther finished with $1.382 billion, so it will be a really, really close call if Wakanda Forever can hit a billion dollars at the box office. black panther wakanda forever namor 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Billion Dollar Box Office In Doubt: Underperforming Internationally Black Panther: Wakanda Forever domestic box office on track Regarding the domestic box office, as I said, it doesn’t look to come anywhere near the $200 million or more estimated by some sites (the first opened to $202 million), but more in line with the low-end $175 million. If the sequel can perform as well as the first movie throughout this weekend, it has a great shot of performing even better, but the first movie performed unbelievably well and saw unheard-of dips of only 13.1% on Saturday and 9% on Sunday. Doctor Strange 2 had dips of 36.3% and 32.7%, and Thor: Love and Thunder had dips of 39.5% and 22.8%. I’ll say that this is the first Marvel movie my two sons didn’t want to see. We were supposed to go on Thursday but I canceled my tickets as my older son instead went to a Sabres game with his buddies. My 14-year-old has absolutely no interest in it and cites the 3-hour runtime as way too long and says he finds nothing interesting about the movie. Another friend of mine also canceled his tickets once he found out the movie is 3 hours long, and my normie friends, no one on my personal social media remarked about it or went to see it that I know of. black panther wakanda forever rotten tomatoes score 84 95 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Billion Dollar Box Office In Doubt: Underperforming Internationally Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will be heavily front-loaded If I have to guess, I’m guessing Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will be heavily front-loaded and then drop. A billion-dollar box office is in doubt. I will say the fans still like what they are seeing as the Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score is at 95% with over 5000 ratings. The CinemaScore is also an “A.” I also want to add that The Hollywood Reporter is spinning things like the pandemic is to blame for the box office not being as high as they estimated, but that didn’t apply to Spider-Man: No Way Home, so that’s complete BS.

Bob Chapek has no idea how to be the CEO of a massive entertainment company. He's a weak communicator, he is the opposite inspirational, he has no regard for Disney's reputation or intellectual properties and he lost the Reddy Creek Improvement District deal with the state of Florida costing the company untold billions of dollars. PLAYLIST 74 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove Disney President Bob Chapek ‘Absolutely’ Has to Be Fired, CNBC’s Jim Cramer Says https://www.indiewire.com/2022/11/bob-chapek-disney-jim-cramer-cnbc-1234780809/ FIRE BOB CHAPEK! Layoffs WILL NOT Fix Disney And Jim Cramer Agrees, He's "Absolutely Delusional"! Disney’s Q4 earnings report saw the company take some major wins (like 12.1 million subscribers new to Disney+) but also some major losses — including a $1.5 billion loss of DTC, a revenue total ($20.15 billion with earnings of 37 cents per share) that fell short of Wall Street’s projections, and shares that fell 7%, the lowest in two years. In the wake of those earnings, CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer has a fairly radical suggestion for the corporation — get rid of CEO Bob Chapek. “Disney, they have ESPN. If we were on ESPN, we would say he’s got to be fired. That’s pretty cut and dry,” Cramer said on CNBC’s business news program “Squawk Box” Wednesday morning. “The losses here are just mind-boggling. When you’re going over the quarter, it’s stunning.” Cramer joined “Squawk Box” to discuss Disney’s earnings, Meta, and the election with the program’s co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin. During their discussion on Disney, Cramer criticized Chapek for his public response to the losses of the quarter. The CEO’s statement accompanying the Q4 earnings focused mostly on the Disney+ subscription growth, with the CEO seemingly downplaying the losses the company faced. Disney to Begin Layoffs and Targeted Hiring Freeze, Bob Chapek Says “Our fourth quarter saw strong subscription growth with the addition of 14.6 million total subscriptions, including 12.1 million Disney+ subscribers,” Chapek said in his statement. “The rapid growth of Disney+ in just three years since launch is a direct result of our strategic decision to invest heavily in creating incredible content and rolling out the service internationally, and we expect our DTC operating losses to narrow going forward and that Disney+ will still achieve profitability in fiscal 2024, assuming we do not see a meaningful shift in the economic climate.” “The way he handled it, he made it sound like it was a four-star quarter,” Cramer said. “Delusional.” Chapek is relatively new to the position of CEO at Disney, having taken over at the House of Mouse in 2020 after Bob Iger retired from his 15-year post at the company. That said, the executive has a long history at the company, starting with Disney and serving as the Chairman of Disney Parks for five years. Since taking the top role, Chapek has faced some major turbulence, including a PR crisis early this year after Disney initially refused to take a stand against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ discriminatory “Don’t Say Gay” bill. That said, Disney is apparently pleased with his leadership, and Chapek isn’t going anywhere regardless of what Cramer thinks: In June, the company’s board of directors renewed his contract for three more years.

Disney Plans Targeted Hiring Freeze, Staff Reductions and “Cost Structure Taskforce” CEO Bob Chapek also said the company is undertaking a "rigorous review of the company’s content and marketing spending." PLAYLIST 74 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove DISNEY PANICS! MASSIVE CUTBACKS ANNONUCED! Hiring Freeze, Layoffs and “Cost Structure Taskforce"! Disney Plans Targeted Hiring Freeze, Staff Reductions and “Cost Structure Taskforce” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-hiring-freeze-staff-reductions-cost-1235260531 The Walt Disney Co. is looking to cut costs. In a memo to senior executives Friday afternoon obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Disney CEO Bob Chapek outlined new efforts to save on expenses, including a targeted hiring freeze, likely staff reductions, a “cost structure taskforce” and a “rigorous review of the company’s content and marketing spending.” Chapek’s memo comes as Disney, like all major media, entertainment and technology players, look to slim down or otherwise save cash amid a difficult macroeconomic environment, with advertising hit particularly hard. Kerry Washington on the L.A. Mayor's Race and Hitting the Campaign Trail Because "Democracy Is on the Ballot" On the company’s fiscal Q4 earnings call earlier this week, Disney CFO Christine McCarthy told analysts that “we are actively evaluating our cost base currently, and we are looking for meaningful efficiencies” when asked about cost-cutting efforts. Chapek’s memo builds off of that with more specificity. For starters, Chapek, McCarthy and general counsel Horacio Gutierrez will make up the company’s cost structure taskforce, which “will make the critical big picture decisions necessary to achieve our objectives,” per Chapek. “The taskforce will drive this work in partnership with segment teams to achieve both savings and organizational enhancements,” he added. “As we work through this evaluation process, we will look at every avenue of operations and labor to find savings, and we do anticipate some staff reductions as part of this review.” In the meantime, Disney is implementing a targeted hiring freeze, with only business critical roles being filled, and business travel is being restricted to “essential” travel only. “I am fully aware this will be a difficult process for many of you and your teams,” Chapek wrote. “We are going to have to make tough and uncomfortable decisions. But that is just what leadership requires, and I thank you in advance for stepping up during this important time.” On the content side, Chapek signaled that the company is going to be more selective about where it invests its cash. “While we will not sacrifice quality or the strength of our unrivaled synergy machine, we must ensure our investments are both efficient and come with tangible benefits to both audiences and the company,” he wrote. The memo from Chapek comes amid a tumultuous time for media, with every major player in the space looking to cut costs. NBCUniversal has offered early retirement packages to long-serving employees, while Warner Bros. Discovery has been undergoing cuts in its various divisions ever since Discovery merged with WarnerMedia in the spring. Executives at Paramount have also signaled that cost-cutting efforts are coming, with some anticipated to happen before the end of the year. Chapek’s full memo is below. Disney Leaders- As we begin fiscal 2023, I want to communicate with you directly about the cost management efforts Christine McCarthy and I referenced on this week’s earnings call. These efforts will help us to both achieve the important goal of reaching profitability for Disney+ in fiscal 2024 and make us a more efficient and nimble company overall. This work is occurring against a backdrop of economic uncertainty that all companies and our industry are contending with. While certain macroeconomic factors are out of our control, meeting these goals requires all of us to continue doing our part to manage the things we can control—most notably, our costs. You all will have critical roles to play in this effort, and as senior leaders, I know you will get it done. To be clear, I am confident in our ability to reach the targets we have set, and in this management team to get us there. Thank you again for your leadership. -Bob

A new rumor claims that Brie Larson and Captain Marvel will be the new leader of the Avengers in the upcoming Avengers: The Kang Dynasty movie. PLAYLIST 75 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove Brie Larson New Avengers Leader Says Rumor https://cosmicbook.news/brie-larson-new-avengers-leader-rumor Exclusive: Brie Larson Will Lead The Avengers In Kang Dynasty https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/exclusive-brie-larson-lead-avengers-kang-dynasty.html MARVEL IS DEAD: BRIE LARSON LEADING THE AVENGERS Kang Dynasty Summer 2025! A new rumor claims that Brie Larson and Captain Marvel will be the new leader of the Avengers in the upcoming Avengers: The Kang Dynasty movie. The rumor again comes from Giant Freakin Robot who provided the recent info about the Vision Quest series coming to Disney Plus and who also says Henry Cavill will appear as Superman in Justice League 2 and that Man of Steel 2 will erase Zack Snyder’s Superman Zod ending. The site doesn’t provide further details about Brie Larson leading a team of new Avengers in Kang Dynasty other than stating it won’t be Anthony Mackie as the new Captain America leading the team. The rumor might have some validity as Kevin Feige has previously said pretty much the same about Brie Larson and Captain Marvel in the MCU. Captain Marvel and Scarlet Witch MCU Marvel Kevin Feige changes tune depending on what is getting released While promoting the release of Captain Marvel, Kevin Feige did say Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel will not only be the most powerful character in the MCU but will also be at the forefront of the entire MCU (more on that below). However, Feige did change up his tune following the release of Avengers: Endgame and prior to the release of WandaVision (the dude is slick) where he said Scarlet Witch is the MCU’s most powerful character, so apparently depending on what Feige is promoting, it will more than likely be a different story. So now with Elizabeth Olsen and Wanda out of the picture following the release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the focus is apparently back on Brie Larson and Captain Marvel. The Marvels gets released on July 28, 2023, with Avengers: The Kang Dynasty on May 2, 2025. Brie Larson Captain Marvel Brie Larson and Captain Marvel will be the most powerful character at the forefront of the MCU Regarding what Kevin Feige previously said about Brie Larson and Captain Marvel, notice how he had to pull a Pinnochio about the character being the most popular and powerful in the comics (she’s not at all) in an attempt to sell the character to his zombie fans who don’t read the comics (bold my own): Captain Marvel is a character in our comics and in a mythology whose got one foot on Earth, one foot in the cosmic arena. And now that we have made a number of movies that take place on Earth, and now a number of the cosmic adventures with Avengers, and with Guardians of the Galaxy and with Thor, we thought it was the right time to finally introduce Captain Marvel to the world. She’s one of the most popular characters in our comics, she’s one of the most powerful characters in the comics and will be the most powerful character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Notice here how Feige says AUDIENCES ARE, which is a term that is definitive and forces it down fans’ throats: This is just not about somebody who is incredibly powerful and can fly around and shoot photon blasts out of her arms, it’s somebody who is very human, who is very vulnerable and who has multiple dimensions. And when we found out that Brie Larson might be interested in joining this world, she came in, we had a number of meetings, we pitched her this idea, she was a huge fan of the character and the comic. And one of the highlights at my career at Marvel was introducing her at Comic-Con and having her coming out on stage and stand there with literally almost everything else from our universe, and there she was at the forefront, and it was a great foreshadowing of not just for how audiences are going to embrace Brie as this character, but also for how Captain Marvel is about to take the lead and be at the forefront of the entire Cinematic Universe. Brie Larson short hair Avengers Endgame Captain Marvel Audience embraces Brie Larson and Captain Marvel? While Feige is pulling a Pinnochio in a desperate attempt to sell the actress and character and convince his fans in order to fulfill Disney’s politically correct agenda, sorry to say (not at all) fans haven’t embraced either one of them. Why then does the film have the lowest Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score for an MCU movie at 45%?

According to a new rumor, development on Disney’s upcoming introduction of Blade to the Marvel Cinematic Universe is going far worse than previously reported. PLAYLIST 75 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove Rumor: Marvel’s ‘Blade’ Being Rewritten, Original Script Allegedly Ripped Off ‘Underworld’ And Was “Laughably Woke In A Particularly Distasteful Way” https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/11/11/rumor-marvels-blade-being-rewritten-original-script-allegedly-ripped-off-underworld-and-was-laughably-woke-in-a-particularly-distasteful-way/ MARVEL DISASTER 'WOKE BLADE' Being Rewritten, Original Woke Script RIPPED OFF ‘Underworld’! In a video uploaded to his YouTube channel Overlord DVD on November 4th, following his standard disclaimer that he was “presenting [this information] solely as unverified rumor and ask you to please take it with a grain of salt,” Doomcock claimed to have learned “the real reason [former director Bassam Tariq] quit the production.” Source: The REAL Reason Why Blade Was Delayed: Director Hated What They Were Gonna Do to Blade Sources Say!, Overlord DVD, YouTube RELATED: New ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Teaser Gives First Official Look At Riri Williams’ Hideous Marvel Cinematic Universe Armor Relaying information supposedly provided to him by “sources claiming to have knowledge of the Blade production,” the YouTuber explained that Taqiq “quit in frustration because of how bad the script was.” “Not only was it a rip off of a previous movie from another studio,” he added, “but it was also laughably woke in a particularly distasteful way” Source: Avengers Vol. 8 #45 “The King in Blood” (2021), Marvel Comics. Words by Jason Aaron, art by Luca Maresca and David Curiel. RELATED: Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige Officially Confirms Atlantis Does Not Appear In ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Turning to his first source, Doomcock recalled that this individual had informed him on October 19th that “the script was really bad, and to make it worse it stole the main plot of Underworld.” “In the script, Blade had a daughter, but for whatever reason she was not a vampire,” said the source. “They were going to explain it using the mother and the way she was born.” Source: Wolverine vs. Blade Special Vol. 1 #1 (2019), Marvel Comics. Words by Marc Guggenheim, art by Dave Wilkins and Travis Lanham. “She worked with her father, Blade, mostly as intelligence,” they continued. “Eventually, Blade’s daughter got bitten. and this wakes up her vampire powers.” “By the end, she is forced to bite Blade, which makes her basically a god with unlimited power,” the source briefly summarized of the film’s climax. “She wins and takes Blade’s place.” Source: Blade Vol. 4 #1 “Splinter Group” (2006), Marvel Comics. Words by Marc Guggenheim, art by Howard Chaykin, Edgar Delgado, and Rus Wooton. RELATED RUMOR: Marvel Seeking To Cast ‘Aquaman’ Star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II As Race-Swapped Wonder Man “Now, apparently Tariq knew this script was a loser and was doing his damndest to get this changed before filming started,” the source further detailed. “[But] it all went to hell when Kevin Feige refused to change a damn thing, and so the director walked away from the project.” The daywalker’s disastrous direction was also confirmed by Doomcock’s second source, who is said to have been “on the set” and was supposedly able to prove that they had personally read the initial script. Source: Blade Vol. 4 #1 “Splinter Group” (2006), Marvel Comics. Words by Marc Guggenheim, art by Howard Chaykin, Edgar Delgado, and Rus Wooton. “Not only did he confirm most of what we were told,” said the YouTuber, “but the source said they were even going to add Lycans, aka Werewolves, to the mix.” “In fact this is what bites Blade daughter to begin with,” noted Doomcock. “Just like Underworld.” Source: Werewolf By Night (2022), Marvel Entertainment RELATED RUMOR: Marvel Scaling Back ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Merch Plans Out Of Concern That Sequel’s Lack Of T’Challa May Alienate Black Male Audiences As for the movie’s current status, source number two alleged that the entire production “is in limbo”, as they “are going to rewrite the script and possibly delay it until next year at the least” “Don’t be surprised if more Marvel movies get delayed,” the source supposedly told Doomcock, alluding the to noticeable and rapidly declining quality of the franchise.

The Black Panther 2 box office is presently trailing Thor: Love and Thunder as well as the first Black Panther movie by around 30%. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever opened internationally on Wednesday and brought in $10.1 million from 17 foreign markets. As The Hollywood Reporter points out, that number comes in 27 percent below the first Black Panther and 31 percent behind Thor: Love and Thunder! PLAYLIST 75 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Box Office Trailing ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ https://cosmicbook.news/black-panther-wakanda-forever-box-office-trailing-thor-love-thunder TOTAL DISASTER: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ NOW PROJECTED 30% BELOW ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’! The Black Panther 2 box office is presently trailing Thor: Love and Thunder as well as the first Black Panther movie by around 30%. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever opened internationally on Wednesday and brought in $10.1 million from 17 foreign markets. As THR points out, that number comes in 27 percent below the first Black Panther and 31 percent behind Thor: Love and Thunder. Thor: Love and Thunder went on to make only $760 million worldwide and about $418 million from international markets. The first Black Panther made over $1.347 billion worldwide and brought in over $647 million internationally. While both the first movie and Love and Thunder had the benefit of opening during a holiday which will certainly lead to a bump, we see that Thor: Love and Thunder out of the gate was more front-loaded as there is a big difference in the final foreign grosses between Love and Thunder and the first Black Panther. Black Panther Namor Fans will decide the fate of Black: Panther Wakanda Forever What that means for Wakanda Forever is the same: If fans like the movie, it will have a consistent box office, or if they don’t like the movie, word-of-mouth will get out, they won’t go see it multiple times, and the box office will drop pretty quick (like for Thor: Love and Thunder). Regarding the domestic box office for Wakanda Forever, estimates are sky-high ranging from $175 million to $200 million or even more. We’ll know more tomorrow as tonight is the Thursday previews. The first flick opened to $202 million, but I don’t think Wakanda Forever will come anywhere near that. I think similar to Marvel’s Phase 4, Wakanda Forever will open strong, but peter out, as Feige’s zombie fanbase will come out to see the movie in the first couple of days of release but since it’s not as good as the previous movie and is full of more Feige Phase 4 wokeness, the box office will drop. 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Rotten Tomatoes Score Is In Critics aren’t happy with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Unbelievably, the critics aren’t all that happy with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever which may not be a good sign for the sequel. While the early shill reviews gave the flick a massive 94% Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score to go along with the first film’s 96% score, subsequent reviewers aren’t liking at all what they are seeing with the sequel as the score has plummeted to 84%. Just think, if those early shill reviews were similar to the other reviews, the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Rotten Tomatoes Score would be much lower. It will be interesting to see the Wakanda Forever Audience Score; the first movie’s Audience Score is at 79%.

A new rumor claims that Indiana Jones 5 test screenings are abysmal and that Disney is in a panic over their poor ratings. They may cancel the movie completely to take a tax write off or dump it on Disney+. PLAYLIST 75 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove Rumor: Indiana Jones 5 Test Screenings Are Abysmal, Disney In A Panic https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/11/09/rumor-indiana-jones-5-test-screenings-are-abysmal-disney-in-a-panic/ TOTAL PANIC AT DISNEY TOTAL DISASTER! Test Screening Scores Are Abysmal, They Don't Know What To Do! A new rumor claims that Indiana Jones 5 test screenings are abysmal and that Disney is in a panic over their poor ratings. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in the upcoming fifth installment of the “Indiana Jones” franchise ©2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved. The rumor comes from YouTuber Overlord DVD who claims his Hollywood spies told him, “While we are still digging into this, we feel it’s time to bring you up to speed on KK and Indy 5. Allegedly, but we have enough to believe some of this, Indy 5 is bad. He continued, “You know this, but we’ve been told that Disney has test screenings of not one ending, but six different endings and not a one can get a good audience score.” RELATED: Disney Alters Upcoming Release Schedule, Pushes Back Indiana Jones 5 and Multiple Marvel Films A little bit later in the video, he shared more of the information he received from his spies, “We’ve been told out of the six endings they tested the best one gets a 35% approval from test audiences.” “We’ve been told that Bridge put the hat on in every ending,” he added. Overlord DVD then clarified, “All my spies actually said was Phoebe Waller-Bridge puts on Indy’s hat, takes Indy’s whip, and in a brave and stunning display of girl power she becomes the besest Indy evar at the end of all six version of the movie.” ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – MAY 26: (L-R) Kathleen Kennedy, President, Lucasfilm honors composer John Williams on his 90th birthday at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California on May 26, 2022. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney) The YouTuber also asserts that Disney is in panic over the poor test screenings saying, “Disney is absolutely freaking out about this. They know this movie is going to bomb big time, which is why they’ve delayed it as long as they have despite it being finished.” He added, “And according to rumors from my Hollywood spies there is talk that Chapek may decide not to release it and take a tax write off for it or to dump it onto Disney+ and hope that enough train wreck rubberneckers will sign up for the D+ service just to take a look out of morbid curiosity.” ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – MAY 26: (L-R) Harrison Ford and James Mangold attend the studio showcase panel at Star Wars Celebration for the fifth installment of the “Indiana Jones” franchise in Anaheim, California on May 26, 2022. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney) RELATED: Rumor: Phoebe Waller-Bridge To Replace Indiana Jones As Female Archaeology Professor This latest rumor comes on the back of a rumor from June 2021 where Overlord DVD indicated that Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s character would replace Indiana Jones. In that video he explained, “Two endings are supposedly being considered in this script. I guess they’ve been written and they are going to shoot both of them. Both endings allegedly have old Indiana Jones dying at the end of this movie.” “But in one of the end of the rumored endings, young Indiana Jones dies alongside old Indiana Jones and Phoebe Waller-Bridge swoops in like a vulture, picks the hat up, and takes his place moving forward,” he adds. That rumor appeared to be confirmed by The Daily Mail when their Showbusiness Editor Katie Hind reported in September 2021, “Phoebe Waller-Bridge is being tipped to replace the veteran actor as a female version of the fictional professor of archaeology in the adventure movie franchise.” One anonymous source told Hind about the rumor, “It would be a huge statement, and a great role for Phoebe.” Another source stated, “The gossip on the set is that this character will slot into the leading role.” Solo: A Star Wars Story Donald Glover is Lando Calrissian and Phoebe Waller-Bridge is L3-37 in SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY. RELATED: Indiana Jones 5 Title And Plot Allegedly Leaks Lucasfilm announced Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s addition to the film in a press release back in April 2021. It read, “Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Solo: A Star Wars Story) will star alongside Harrison Ford, who is returning to the role of the legendary hero archaeologist, for the fifth installment of the iconic franchise.”

The movie doesn't appear to be as good as the first one according to the critics on ROTTEN TOMATOES! PLAYLIST 75 VIDEOS: WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY & DAVID ZASLAV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPkiRW84R1gxDL-u2P1Ac4bE5bONlHix SUBSCRIBE TO ADAM POST SPEAKS: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamPostSpeaks Follow ADAM POST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/comicswelove ‘Black Panther’ 2 Rotten Tomatoes Score Dropping With Negative Reviews https://cosmicbook.news/black-panther-rotten-tomatoes-dropping-negative-reviews BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (ROTTEN TOMATOES) https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/black_panther_wakanda_forever Following the early reviews giving Black Panther: Wakanda Forever a sky-high 94% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the score has now dropped. With 144 reviews, the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Rotten Tomatoes Score is now at 87%. The score is in line with Ant-Man and the Wasp (87%), Infinity War (85%), Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (85%), and Doctor Strange (89%). Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Rotten Tomatoes Score ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Rotten Tomatoes Score What the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever negative reviews have to say: Regarding what the negative reviews have to say, some of the reviews cite the fact Chadwick Boseman is missing, others remark about the nearly 3-hour runtime (the first one is 2hr 15m), and some even say it’s boring. Check out the negative reviews below. It will be interesting to see what happens with the box office, especially with word-of-mouth. Presently, the flick is tracking for a $175 million opening, which I think is on the way too high side. The first one did open to $202 million, but the sequel is obviously a different movie. Domique Thorne as Riri Williams, aka Ironheart, in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Domique Thorne as Riri Williams, aka Ironheart Black Panther: Wakanda Forever negative reviews The true “prestige” Marvel picture it borders on being less a film continuing themes that resonated with audiences and, rather, about itself, resulting in artistic tensions both interesting and frustrating. – The Film Stage Wakanda Forever, in short, faces the same dilemmas as the previous film, but has lost any poise to combat them. – Cinemania Certainly, the film has its high points but, ultimately, it pales in comparison to its predecessor, one of the best entries in the field of superhero cinema, and feels largely like a placeholder for the next movie. – Houston Chronicle BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER unfortunately doesn’t really come close to its strong predecessor. It imitates it far too much and never really gets going. In the end, the more than two and a half hours become a real test of patience. – Jimmy Cage YouTube For long stretches, it feels like Wakanda Forever could have been more successful had it shucked its superhero confines: just trim the fat, make it a character/political drama set in the MCU, and ditch the gloppy CG action. – The Spool After a hearty start, the film sputters in its second half, dragging through its bloated runtime on its way to its at once overblown and underwhelming finale. – Detroit News The repetitive pattern of identifying a quandary, then whipping up a hi-tech answer, grows maddeningly frivolous – especially over the course of 160 minutes. – Gone with the Twins This might not all be so deflating if Wakanda Forever worked, simply, as an action spectacle. But very little here pops. – Globe and Mail – A near-three-hour endurance run of gloomy photography and turgidly staged, emotionally empty two-way conversations, all seemingly designed to sap cast and viewers’ combined will to live. – Daily Telegraph – A dutiful, mirthless movie derailed by a real-life loss from which no franchise could feasibly recover. – WBUR’s Arts and Culture – Ticking boxes isn’t the same as pulling magic — or even just insight — from thin air… The sad reality is that the show must go on, and without [Chadwick Boseman], it’s just more of the same. Our job is to pretend it’s enough. – Time – This installment was always going to be more somber thanks to the loss of its star. What the film lacks is the will to make make that loss heartbreaking. – Movie Nation