Do you remember the “Willow” show on Disney+? You might not, as it was released and then removed from the service within six months of its release. The show was meant to be a sequel to the 1988 film “Willow,” starring Warwick Davis, but now it’s just gone.
It seems that Disney may have pulled it over the cost of the series and the lack of viewership.
The show cost $156.8 million, which is about $19.6 million per episode! $53 million was spent on the London office of Industrial Light and Magic (Ilm).
Early reports estimated the total to be closer to $100 – $105 million. That is true, but only if you don’t count the money spent at Ilm.
In a new Forbes report, Caroline Reid describes how the show was partially shot in the UK to get some financial credit from their government. However, the film was filed under a shell company called Barking Lion Productions.
It seems that Disney may have pulled it over the cost of the series and the lack of viewership.
The show cost $156.8 million, which is about $19.6 million per episode! $53 million was spent on the London office of Industrial Light and Magic (Ilm).
Early reports estimated the total to be closer to $100 – $105 million. That is true, but only if you don’t count the money spent at Ilm.
In a new Forbes report, Caroline Reid describes how the show was partially shot in the UK to get some financial credit from their government. However, the film was filed under a shell company called Barking Lion Productions.
- 5/14/2024
- by Kambrea Pratt
- Pirates & Princesses
Last year, Disney faced several disappointments at the box office. The first for 2023 was the third Ant-Man film, “Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania.” Released on February 17, 2023, the film only brought in $476.1 million. While many accepted that Disney likely lost money on the film, a new report seemingly indicates that they may have lost much more than initially thought.
According to Caroline Reid from Forbes, the film’s budget was estimated by the media to be around $200 million. Still, a recent financial filing seems to indicate it was significantly higher, at $326.6 million! It seems that a financial statement was filed for the end-of-year report on December 31, 2022, which was just a few weeks ahead of the film’s release.
Where did she find the information?
Reid indicates that she found the filing by looking for the film’s code name, which she says was Pym Productions III. This makes sense as Hank...
According to Caroline Reid from Forbes, the film’s budget was estimated by the media to be around $200 million. Still, a recent financial filing seems to indicate it was significantly higher, at $326.6 million! It seems that a financial statement was filed for the end-of-year report on December 31, 2022, which was just a few weeks ahead of the film’s release.
Where did she find the information?
Reid indicates that she found the filing by looking for the film’s code name, which she says was Pym Productions III. This makes sense as Hank...
- 4/23/2024
- by Kambrea Pratt
- Pirates & Princesses
Disney’s live-action “Snow White” film has been the center of several controversies since it was announced. There was backlash when Disney announced that they were not hiring actors with dwarfism and were instead making the seven dwarfs “magical creatures.” To the set catching on fire. To even the Snow White actress Rachel Zegler’s comments about the story’s direction for modern audiences.
“I just mean that it’s no longer 1937. She’s not going to be dreaming about true love; she’s going to be dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be.”
The SAG-AFTRA strike and likely issues with the film have delayed the release by a year, from March 22, 2024, to March 21, 2025.
Now, it seems that an insider is saying the issues are far worse than everyone thought. Of course, this is a rumor, and we have no confirmation on anything that is said.
“I just mean that it’s no longer 1937. She’s not going to be dreaming about true love; she’s going to be dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be.”
The SAG-AFTRA strike and likely issues with the film have delayed the release by a year, from March 22, 2024, to March 21, 2025.
Now, it seems that an insider is saying the issues are far worse than everyone thought. Of course, this is a rumor, and we have no confirmation on anything that is said.
- 4/20/2024
- by Kambrea Pratt
- Pirates & Princesses
While 2023 was a great year for original releases, that is not true for several major franchises, including the fifth installment in Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones series. After being in the Disney oven for a long while, the sequel to 2008’s The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull finally saw the light, which, for the first time in the franchise, didn’t see Steven Spielberg helming.
Led by James Mangold, Dial of Destiny had a huge challenge heading into the box office, following its humongous budget, and unfortunately, ended up becoming a huge financial disaster. But despite becoming a huge flop, it’s nowhere close to the biggest box-office flop in the last decade.
Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones 5’s Failure Pales in Comparison to Mortal Engines Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
With its budget nearing almost $300M, heading into the theatres,...
Led by James Mangold, Dial of Destiny had a huge challenge heading into the box office, following its humongous budget, and unfortunately, ended up becoming a huge financial disaster. But despite becoming a huge flop, it’s nowhere close to the biggest box-office flop in the last decade.
Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones 5’s Failure Pales in Comparison to Mortal Engines Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
With its budget nearing almost $300M, heading into the theatres,...
- 4/4/2024
- by Santanu Roy
- FandomWire
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny’s Financial Report Reveals How Much Loss It Suffered After Almost A Year Of The Film’s Release ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Harrison Ford led Indiana Jones, and the Dial of Destiny was reportedly the last installment in the Indiana Jones franchise, the sequel to 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. There are five films in the franchise, and it has grossed over $2 billion at the worldwide box office. However, as per recent reports, the last movie suffered a massive loss at the box office. Scroll below for more.
The first film in this series was released in 1981, and Harrison Ford became a legend portraying the iconic character. He was de-aged for the fifth installment, and it reportedly took over 100 artists at the Industrial Light and Magic to achieve the task. They spent three years on the movie’s visual effects.
Harrison Ford led Indiana Jones, and the Dial of Destiny was reportedly the last installment in the Indiana Jones franchise, the sequel to 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. There are five films in the franchise, and it has grossed over $2 billion at the worldwide box office. However, as per recent reports, the last movie suffered a massive loss at the box office. Scroll below for more.
The first film in this series was released in 1981, and Harrison Ford became a legend portraying the iconic character. He was de-aged for the fifth installment, and it reportedly took over 100 artists at the Industrial Light and Magic to achieve the task. They spent three years on the movie’s visual effects.
- 4/3/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
"When I got my job ... I saw a world where technology has enabled storytelling to proliferate much more and there is much more consumer choice," enthused Disney CEO Bob Iger in a talk at the Wharton School in November 2019, on the eve of Disney+ launching worldwide. "Don't let the economy get in the way of making something great, don't let time get in the way of making something great," he continued. "Don't be limited by the amount of time it takes or the amount of money. Greatness is a necessity and an imperative."
This go-big-or-go-home attitude was emblematic of the content wars, as Disney, Warner Bros., Apple, and others raced to launch their own streaming services and line up a shiny collection of prestige original content for them, emboldened by the big spending of Netflix and Amazon. A pitch on the set of "Solo: A Star Wars Story" a few...
This go-big-or-go-home attitude was emblematic of the content wars, as Disney, Warner Bros., Apple, and others raced to launch their own streaming services and line up a shiny collection of prestige original content for them, emboldened by the big spending of Netflix and Amazon. A pitch on the set of "Solo: A Star Wars Story" a few...
- 8/19/2023
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
Much has been written on the body image issues adolescent girls develop because of advertisements featuring women well outside the norm and photoshopped elements. Framing that in the context of a missing persons investigation, In Her Skin is the true story of Caroline Reid’s mental breakdown and the murder it leads her to commit. Though the film can brag an impressive cast, some over-the-top performances detract from the boast and sabotage an otherwise engaging story with a disturbingly intimate murder scene.
One night, Rachel (Kate Bell) never came home. She told her boyfriend that she had a high-paying, secretive job and was never heard from again. As expected, Kate’s parents (Guy Pearce and Miranda Otto) careen from typical concern to fear-inspired frenzy as the time spent searching for their daughter goes from minutes to hours and hours to days. They camp out at the local police station and...
One night, Rachel (Kate Bell) never came home. She told her boyfriend that she had a high-paying, secretive job and was never heard from again. As expected, Kate’s parents (Guy Pearce and Miranda Otto) careen from typical concern to fear-inspired frenzy as the time spent searching for their daughter goes from minutes to hours and hours to days. They camp out at the local police station and...
- 6/26/2011
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Unless you hail from Down Under or you’re really into the microscopic subculture of airline industry humor, chances are that you’ve never heard of Pam Ann, the flight attendant alter ego of Aussie comedienne Caroline Reid. Frankly, we had never heard of her either until just last night, when our old friend Michael Hirschorn tweeted a link to “Terror at 41,000 Feet,” Pam Ann’s latest viral video. He described the piece as “brilliance” and, we must say, we totally concur. If you are a fan of absurdist British comedy, you’ll flip for this mashup of footage from the Airport series of 1970s disaster movies and the bawdy, cocaine-fueled humor of the queen bee of saucy stewardesses, Miss Pam Ann herself (who, it should be noted, is a potent mixture of Strangers With Candy’s Jerri Blank and Ab Fab’s Patsy Stone). Sample line? During a conversation with ex-flame Charlton Heston,...
- 2/4/2011
- by Mark Graham
- BestWeekEver
SYDNEY -- Sam Neill, Guy Pearce and Miranda Otto will star in new Australian crime drama How to Change in 9 Weeks, which begins shooting in Queensland this week, distributor Icon Film Distribution said Wednesday.
And in an unusual move for an Australian film, director Simone North and producer Tony Cavanaugh have tapped director-producer Sidney Lumet to serve as a mentor for North in her debut feature as a writer-director.
Lumet, who has been advising North for the past year as the project has developed, was bought on board by the film's co-producer, former Universal Pictures president Thom Mount.
Mount and Cavanaugh are producing the feature, which also will shoot in Melbourne, through North and Cavanaugh's production shingle Liberty Films International.
North and Cavanaugh have produced and directed a string of successful Australian telefilms and TV series.
The thriller is based on the story of a 15-year-old Australian student, Rachel Barber, who went missing in Melbourne in 1999 and was found to have been murdered by a former childhood friend, Caroline Reid.
And in an unusual move for an Australian film, director Simone North and producer Tony Cavanaugh have tapped director-producer Sidney Lumet to serve as a mentor for North in her debut feature as a writer-director.
Lumet, who has been advising North for the past year as the project has developed, was bought on board by the film's co-producer, former Universal Pictures president Thom Mount.
Mount and Cavanaugh are producing the feature, which also will shoot in Melbourne, through North and Cavanaugh's production shingle Liberty Films International.
North and Cavanaugh have produced and directed a string of successful Australian telefilms and TV series.
The thriller is based on the story of a 15-year-old Australian student, Rachel Barber, who went missing in Melbourne in 1999 and was found to have been murdered by a former childhood friend, Caroline Reid.
- 6/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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