Buscemi2 wrote:
A Quiet Place is going to be viewed more as a Michael Bay production than as John Krasinski's latest vanity project. Without Bay, it wouldn't have been made.
I''ll concede that point.
You just never can predict which horror or horror/thriller movie is going to unexpectedly break out. And I'm not talking It, that film's success (though not quite the level of success) was fairly easy to predict. I never expected The Shallows to do so well, nor any of the recent horror franchises' very first films (Insidious, The Conjuring, The Purge, etc.). You don't expect a new film to be a major hit in this genre until it becomes one.
That being said, for every horror film that breaks out, nine others don't. Not sure which category AQP is going to fall in. We'll see.
1. I had no clue it was Michael Bay produced. I doubt anyone else cares who fronts the money for a movie and greenlights it, unless it's ISIS or Weinstein.
2. For the most part people don't care who directs a movie. At this point I can't even tell you who's directing 90% of the stuff I'll see this year including stuff like The Avengers.
3. It doesn't matter the indie film he directed a year ago. Plenty of directors make an indie film or two and then go into more mainstream stuff.
4. It sounds like the fifty English girls they randomly asked before Blunt missed out. She couldn't make American films because they pay a Hell of a lot more than British ones.
If it does well it'll be because it executed on a pretty solid premise. The mostly silent (mute, I guess) film could have put some people off.
Tenet: Criterion Edition. Now with more Backwards Man.
American Animals 6/1/2018 (though listed as limited, a wide release is planned)
Sorry to Bother You 6/29/2018 (likely pushing Valley Girl back)
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot 7/13/2018 (from 5/11/2018)
Backseat 12/14/2018 limited, 12/21/2018 wide
The Orchard's distributing, MoviePass is basically handling prints and advertising. Kind of similar to when Amazon rents a distributor or the MGM/Annapurna deal. So most likely, they will show the film (maybe not in New York or Los Angeles, but there are plenty of other chains there that could book the film).
Paul, Apostle of Christ 3/23/2018 (from 3/28/2018)
I Feel Pretty 4/27/2018 (from 6/29/2018)
The Equalizer 2 7/20/2018 (from 8/3/2018)
Mile 22 (Mark Wahlberg/Ronda Rousey action film) 7/20/2018
The Darkest Minds 8/3/2018 (from 9/14/2018)
The Nun 9/7/2018 (from 7/13/2018) (it looks like this is now the untitled New Line film)
The Predator 9/14/2018 (from 8/3/2018)
Serenity (Matthew McConaughey sailing drama) 9/28/2018
Alita: Battle Angel 12/21/2018 (from 7/20/2018)
Death on the Nile 11/8/2019
Foster (Blue Sky project) 3/5/2021
Bad Samaritan 4/27/2018 (from 3/30/2018)
On Chesil Beach 5/18/2018 (from 6/15/2018)
First Reformed 6/22/2018
Leave No Trace 6/29/2018
Dog Days 8/10/2018 (from 8/24/2018)
Papillon 8/24/2018
Colette 9/21/2018
What They Had 10/12/2018 (from 3/16/2018)
A Prayer Before Dawn TBA 2018 (from 4/13/2018)
The Seagull (Saoirse Ronan drama based on Chekov) 5/11/2018
The Hustle (aka Untitled Anne Hathaway/Rebel Wilson Project) 6/29/2018 (from 8/10/2018)
Unbroken: Path to Redemption (yes, someone thought Unbroken needed a sequel) 10/5/2018
Jurassic World 3 6/21/2021
Transformers 7 TBA (from 6/28/2019)
Meanwhile, Disney is looking to go the straight-to-streaming route for their service with remakes of The Parent Trap (again), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and Father of the Bride (again). There have also been rumors that Magic Camp might bypass theatres and debut on the service.