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Warner Bros. Pushes Back Aquaman 2 Months To Christmas 2018
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I feel like this also means they're confident that Han Solo is staying in that May date next year. Which seems like a weird choice for Disney? If you've got two (soon to be three) Star Wars movies making huge bank at Christmas, why would you not put your next Star Wars in that same slot? And especially, why would you opt to put it in theaters right when your massive Avengers movie is still running?
Freeza Under The Shower
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Like a fish out to dry?
Also, announcing sequels with no first one even in production? Yeah, sure, man. I believe ya.
Also, announcing sequels with no first one even in production? Yeah, sure, man. I believe ya.
What did he mean by this?
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They probably saw how tepid their own animated superhero movie performed and were like "Yeah we can beat that".
HeartlessNobody213
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A good spot if Disney keeps Solo in May and not December.
Into the Light
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Aquaman 2?
Okay, let's be real here. I like Wan and am looking forward to Aquaman, but dude's not a surefire thing like, say, Reeves is.
PhoncipleBone
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What I see happening too.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I read it as "Aquaman 2" being pushed back and I was confused that Aquaman 1 had come out.
Poor GRIMES
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And they'll move it right back when Disney decides they want to keep Star Wars in December lol
Nah, they've been trying to get Star Wars back to its traditional May release date for a while now. Ep8 was supposed to make the move but they just didn't get it started early enough.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Yeah, odds are Solo is moving to December sooner or later. Too many reasons in favor of it to not to, especially with Avatar 2 gone. They're not even releasing Ep. VIII on ANH's anniversary, so I don't know why they would bother holding onto May now. Might as well give Infinity War some more leg room and reap the December benefits that have been good to them so far. (Admittedly though, I don't know about Mary Poppins 2.)
If that happens I don't imagine it playing out remarkably well for Aquaman.
If that happens I don't imagine it playing out remarkably well for Aquaman.
Mary Poppins 2? A beloved Disney classic? Shiiiiiiiiittt I be shocked if bombs
Dash_Riprock
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Not surprised.
Reeves is not a surefire thing, No director really is.
"Likely Delayed" last we heard.
Reeves is not a surefire thing, No director really is.
Okay, MAYBE Nolan...
"Likely Delayed" last we heard.
Isn't Avatar 2 December 2018 or was delayed again, I can't keep track all of the delays of this one
LordOfLore
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Read the OP. It was delayed.
Wag
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Aquaman is surround by seamen.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Fun fact: every 2 times Cameron has delayed Avatar 2 he has added an extra sequel. We've now had 1 delay since the delay that added Avatar 5. Avatar 6 to be announced next year?
Oh I expect it to do well. I meant that more in the sense that I don't know if Disney would specifically avoid releasing Solo and Poppins in the same month, and if they would, would they rather keep Solo in May or move Poppins. Outside of being nostalgia-laden family movies they're wildly different in every other way, so perhaps it would be fine.
Actually, they've been trying to keep Star Wars in May... but they keep pushing it to December.
And they'll re-adjust if Disney decides to move.
EDIT: Is this the up to date information... but Avengers is slotted for May 4, 2018, Han Solo is slated for release weeks after that. Why not space them out a bit further...
There's no point in moving Star Wars back to May. When Ep 8 becomes the second or third biggest film of all time domestic, they will decide to just stick to the new Xmas tradition.
bigboss370
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its fantastic that DC are that confident in Aquaman, but its disappointing that its the only DCEU movie in that whole year.
Do we have a date for that Gotham Sirens film?
broncobuster
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On one hand it's a shame October isn't getting a big opening. On the other, it's a better opportunity for Aquaman to do well.
Graphics Horse
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I mean, I'm expecting it, might as well make a yearly event of it.
You're not bursting at the seams with excitement for Jungle Book: Origins?
Obviously shows that Warners are confident in the film and Wan that they would snap up a release date like this.
Now it all hangs on Justice League and whether Momoa's Aquaman can actually become the break out character with audiences some are predicting.
True, but where in December do Disney release Star Wars? They aren't going to shift that Mary Poppins reboot/sequel/whatever on the 26th and would they really canabilise their own release by putting out Star Wars two weeks earlier?
If Disney were to stick Han Solo in early December it's possible that Aquaman could survive as a pseudo, genre counter programming release much like Sherlock Holmes did against Avatar. Space versus Atlantis? I could see.
Now it all hangs on Justice League and whether Momoa's Aquaman can actually become the break out character with audiences some are predicting.
True, but where in December do Disney release Star Wars? They aren't going to shift that Mary Poppins reboot/sequel/whatever on the 26th and would they really canabilise their own release by putting out Star Wars two weeks earlier?
If Disney were to stick Han Solo in early December it's possible that Aquaman could survive as a pseudo, genre counter programming release much like Sherlock Holmes did against Avatar. Space versus Atlantis? I could see.
broncobuster
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Hasn't that been finished filming for a long while now? I vaguely recall the cast being shockingly decent when I heard of it years ago.
The Salt Life
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For all we know Aquaman steals the show in Justice League and rides a wave of momentum but I doubt it.
Into the Light
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Why do you guys think animated spiderman is a movie that need to be avoided?
Because it's not Peter Parker and the LEGO Batman movie didn't exactly set the world on fire box office wise. It will also automatically be considered a "kids" movie because it's animated and won't be taken as seriously as the live action Spider-Man movies.
clay_ghost
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Got a feeling that Star wars will be moved to December to avoid eating into Avengers Box office.
anderyoung
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they probably needed a recast
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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Going up against the Han Solo movie?
Seems like a bad idea.
Seems like a bad idea.
It's coming out in May. Unless that changed?
hodayathink
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It hasn't changed yet, but there's a lot of people that expect it to.
Razgriz-Specter
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Sirens is likely for next year as well.
Yo if Mary drops a hot 16? Brah
"A spoonful of sugar", always knew it was always about the dope game
broncobuster
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Guarantee more asked for Aquaman than a Han Solo prequel. But hey, both are happening.
They said that one was further off. If anything they could fast track a suicide squad sequel or Nightwing movie.
HP_Wuvcraft
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I understood that reference.
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