Post by jo on Nov 9, 2023 11:40:19 GMT -5
Potential delay, per Hollywood Reporter --
We'll see!
Jo
More box office unrest is expected to follow in the first quarter 2024 because of the content slowdown, but now that the actors’ strike is over, studios will race to finish their tentpoles for next summer, as well as event pics slated for the back half of 2024 or beyond in 2025.
It will be a Herculean effort for all involved since there will be a backlog of projects vying for strained resources, including sound stages and crews. Visual effects houses, likewise, will be stretched thin, and it will be a race to complete effects for any tentpole aiming for summer.
Below are key titles hanging in the balance.
Deadpool 3 (Disney/Marvel)
Release date: May 3, 2024
Star/producer Ryan Reynolds, director Shawn Levy and co-star Hugh Jackman have been itching to get back to work on their Marvel Studios film, which is the most important project for the studio outside of anything with Avengers in the title.
There’s rampant speculation that the threequel — which was about halfway done shooting when the SAG strike began — will swap release dates with fellow Marvel pic Captain America: Brave New World, which is largely done and set to fly into theaters July 26. That way, Deadpool 3 can still be released in summer, a lucrative corridor for superhero fare.
(Another sign that the film won’t open May 3 is that director John Krasinski’s If, starring Reynolds, is now opening May 17. That film is also from Paramount.) The filmmakers have also done editing and special-effects work on the portion that was shot.
Deadpool 3 could be back up and shooting in London in a few weeks, although no official plan has been revealed. Hollywood studios paid to keep the sets up for some of the movies that were shut down mid-stream; that pic is among them.
It will be a Herculean effort for all involved since there will be a backlog of projects vying for strained resources, including sound stages and crews. Visual effects houses, likewise, will be stretched thin, and it will be a race to complete effects for any tentpole aiming for summer.
Below are key titles hanging in the balance.
Deadpool 3 (Disney/Marvel)
Release date: May 3, 2024
Star/producer Ryan Reynolds, director Shawn Levy and co-star Hugh Jackman have been itching to get back to work on their Marvel Studios film, which is the most important project for the studio outside of anything with Avengers in the title.
There’s rampant speculation that the threequel — which was about halfway done shooting when the SAG strike began — will swap release dates with fellow Marvel pic Captain America: Brave New World, which is largely done and set to fly into theaters July 26. That way, Deadpool 3 can still be released in summer, a lucrative corridor for superhero fare.
(Another sign that the film won’t open May 3 is that director John Krasinski’s If, starring Reynolds, is now opening May 17. That film is also from Paramount.) The filmmakers have also done editing and special-effects work on the portion that was shot.
Deadpool 3 could be back up and shooting in London in a few weeks, although no official plan has been revealed. Hollywood studios paid to keep the sets up for some of the movies that were shut down mid-stream; that pic is among them.
We'll see!
Jo
