::from what I know:: Lucasfilm is monitoring his social media
He has kind of Chuck Wendiged himself a little with his twitter rants
IDk "Assuming he and KK aren't lying." (which is a big assumption)
the deal was
"we work so great togther lets do three more of these SW films"
and it came out as buzz to fluff up TLJ
Or "We will sign you for a 5 picture first look deal on distribution but you can't talk about what happened at Lucasfilm."
Rian, or at least his agent, should have gotten him some sort of financial consideration while waiting. Unless he or his agent is complete dumbass, they'd have something in writing.
I believe KK likes Rian and wants to give him more work, especially given how quickly he's assimilated her SJW mindset. But she's been sack tapped with how bad things have imploded.
I don't know enough about what Rian was promised, or what he's being promised now, and how he's being promised it.
There is definitely alot of bravado in Disney's current postering.
IDK about its butget but its cast is so big I expect them to pull people in at least initially ((thats why I am going))
I SUSPECT they will want Feige to hand hold them through integrating their films with Disney Plus and setting a new tone/theme/expectation. Also IF Plan IX (a Star Wars story) fails a "Kevin Feige SW story" is what will help patch the movie brand up and get people in the theater. but it will have big expectations
So "I suspect" a lot of this gets tied up in KK being a Dead Woman walking. Her contract got renewed and [for the length of her remaining tenure] their are no new SW films planned. I don't think they want to commit to any plans of hers until they see for certain (with Plan IX) if she has ruined the movie brand. I suspect B+W saw the tea leaves and planned an exit strategy
I "further suspect" they saw the change in focus to D+ and saw their project wasnt D+ connected and they realized they might have gotten cut and bounded
I SPECULATE that KK will keep her contract and though XI and then "step down" for another opportunity if it does poorly. Disney might just be renewing her contract as a show of confidence. But who knows, maybe they will just burn the whole thing to the ground for those sweet millenial dollars.
But this why I don't like to speculate too much on Hollywood studio office shennanigans, because unless you've got someone on the inside, its a complete black box. When trying to interpret motives, you also can't assume people are logical or rational actors; you can't even rely on machevellian self interest. Its all spin and bullshit, and from 1500 miles away, you can't really hope to pierce through ti.
If you care about that sort of shit, Variety is usually a decent solid waste filter/barometer since they have people watching actors and reporting on movements because again, everything is fake until dollars are being spent and Actors aren't going to a shoot unless thye're getting a check.
Each level of the pyramid builds on itself and feeds back on itself.
Probably should have been a little more clear - Merch sales should be more important.
The first Iron man isnt remotely rewatchable
And that's my point. Its entertaining, there are explosions and fights and RDJ being Tony Stark. There isn't a lot of gradiant to characters, so you can watch almost any scene and figure out what's going on with a limited grasp on the language being spoken. But that's it. People pay their money, watch it, and then move on to the next thing.
Kids buy the toys because you can recreate all the explosions and fights and make new ones. Adults will see a sequel and think 'well I liked the last one well enough', but you aren't creating a loyal base.
Also, incorrect: There is rifftrax of Iron Man, so it is rewatchable at least once.
I mean we could paint SW over the top of Journey to the west and it would do gangbusters business [prob globally]
Possibly. I'm outside-looking-in enough to know I fully "get" the characters and their interactions even if I can watch it and follow it.
I guess I should also add that the dislike of fiction that doesn't exist inside of current Historial Mythological & Historical context is also an outgrowth of the government, being that everything that doesn't serve the Party is banned or censored. That's all they've known, for pretty much ever.
That is PART of the problem with the toys
But what has Rey done in ANY of those stories that kids would want to Replicate? [Or any of the characters]
Rey's done a lot of things, like fly the falcon, fight Kylo Ren, stand around with mouth agape. The problem is that she just DOES that stuff, there's no struggle, it doesn't MEAN anything.
