The new coronavirus is raging around the world, and the two blockbuster films "Black Widow" and "Mulan" released by Disney will be released indefinitely. A foreign media recently broke out a shocking news that Disney is considering putting these two works directly on the online platform.
("Black Widow" stills)
"Black Widow" was originally scheduled to be released at the end of April, but unfortunately due to the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, the film will be released indefinitely.
The United States has been severely affected by the epidemic, and following President Trump's earlier declaration of a state of emergency, many local theaters, including AMC, Regal and Cinemark, were completely closed. Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi described this as an "absolutely unprecedented era" and said that Cinemark has no plans to resume operations for the time being. As for AMC, the largest cinema chain in North America, its cinema chains will be closed for at least six to twelve weeks. Regal, the second largest movie theater chain, also announced that 542 theaters across the United States will be closed indefinitely until a new notice.
("Wonder Woman 1984" stills)
foreign media once reported that "Wonder Woman 1984" would avoid the theater and be released directly on the online platform. Warner Bros. later clarified and postponed the movie to mid-August.
Recently, Grace Randolph, the host of a foreign website "Beyond the Trailer", said that after in-depth verification, it was found that Disney executives were considering broadcasting the live-action versions of "Mulan" and "Black Widow" directly on the online platform, but did not say whether In its "Disney+". The former was originally released in early March; the latter was released at the end of April. However, currently the world is affected by the new coronavirus, and the two films are temporarily released indefinitely. So according to Grace Randolph, the reason behind this move is very simple, it is for money.
(Stills of "Mulan")
"Mulan" was originally scheduled to be released in early March. Unfortunately, due to the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, the film will be released indefinitely.
However, many foreign media and even netizens have different views on this news. The foreign media "CBR" pointed out: "The cost of "Black Widow" is about 100 million US dollars (about 780 million Hong Kong dollars), which is more than any VOD movie. And these online platforms charge about 19.99 US dollars (about 155 Hong Kong dollars). "The analysis of the article said: "If there are more than one person watching at the same time, it is an unreasonable transaction to pay only $19.99 to watch a new set of movies." According to the report, if the fee is changed to the number of times, I believe Marvel Studios will not I am willing to bet on this shop, "At least not to try with "Black Widow"."
(Grace Randolph Twitter screenshot)
Grace Randolph said Disney is considering putting the live-action versions of "Mulan" and "Black Widow" directly on the online platform On air.
Some netizens disagree: if you don’t play it online, it will go straight to DVD.
As netizens have different opinions on this, some netizens disagree: "Imagine I waited for her ("Black Widow") to launch an independent film for 10 years, and (the movie) The company) directly releases DVDs, and I will play them.” Another netizen said: “I don’t think Disney will put a movie worth 1 billion US dollars on the online platform.” Finally, some netizens thought: “Movies The moment it is broadcast online, pirated copies will appear on the Internet in real time. I don't care much about "Mulan", but "Black Widow" needs to replace "The Eternals" (The Eternals) in November." But there are also netizens. Refers to understanding this approach: "Disney not only loses money on movies, but also loses a lot in theme parks. If they don't take action as soon as possible, they will continue to lose money." Another netizen echoed: "I think they didn't realize that it was difficult. Going back to the past. This will continue for several months, and some theaters will go bankrupt, and the billion-dollar box office days may be over."
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Some netizens believe that "The Eternal Family" should be released by "Black" in November. "Widow" replaced. (
new coronavirusDrugs ravaged the world, and theaters across North America were completely closed. Although China had planned to reopen more than 600 theaters and was preparing to replay Marvel super-superhero movies, "Inception" and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher&39;s Stone" (Harry Potter and the Philosopher&39;s Stone) Wait to attract people flow. Unfortunately, in the end, it was still troubled by the epidemic, and it was announced that all theaters were suspended.
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Grace Randolph believes that North American theaters may not reopen within this year.