![]() ![]() Okay, fine, Disney swung and missed, so what, right? Well, this isn’t quite 2015 when they can strike out with The Good Dinosaur and Tomorrowland and still be drowning in money thanks to Avengers: Age of Ultron, Inside Out and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It wasn’t the rightwing backlash, and it was only partially about conditioning Disney fans to wait until Disney+. Moreover, if audiences didn’t care about the abstract notion of a Buzz Lightyear movie, the film has nothing else to offer. It was an unrequested prequel origin story spinning off a franchise’s co-lead into his stand-alone movie while swapping out the actor most associated with the role with a younger performer. It was “just a movie” right as audiences were getting most of their “just a movie” fill from VOD and streaming and spending more of their theatrical dollars on “event movies” like Avengers: Infinity War, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Bohemian Rhapsody. ![]() The theoretical Phil Lord/Chris Miller-directed version notwithstanding, the final Ron Howard-directed heist caper was both a mostly enjoyable outer-space western and entirely inessential to most moviegoers. While Lightyear was a visually engrossing and relatively thoughtful sci-fi adventure that played more like The Black Hole than a sci-fi swashbuckler, the core concept was a repeat of what went wrong with Solo: A Star Wars Story. The blame fault lies with Lightyear itself and further points toward a macro-Disney problem that has been lurking in the shadows since 2018. Strong business for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($947 million) and Jurassic World Dominion ($750 million-and-counting) implies that the rightwing backlash was mostly contained within the online echo chamber since both tentpoles had prominent lesbian co-lead or supporting characters. That Sing 2 grossed $407 million in 2021/2022 implies that we can’t just point to Covid. The $200 million Disney/Pixar flick has earned $152 million worldwide, with conventional trajectories (give or take an extreme overperformance in Japan when the time comes) pointing toward a domestic finish of over/under The Good Dinosaur’s $127 million cume and a global finish closer to Encanto ($255 million) and Cars 3 ($388 million). Pixar’s Lightyear took a seismic drop during its second weekend of release, falling 65% (behind, among Pixar plunges, only Onward’s 73% drop the weekend Covid shut down the entire world) and ending its tenth day with just $89 million domestic. Also featuring the voices of Uzo Aduba, James Brolin, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Keke Palmer, Efren Ramirez, Peter Sohn, Dale Soules, Taika Waititi and Isiah Whitlock Jr., Disney and Pixar’s “Lightyear” releases June 17, 2022. What do you think? Would a Tower of Terror film work? Let us know below! Thanks for visiting MickeyBlog.SCI-FI ACTION ADVENTURE – The definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear (voice of Chris Evans), the hero who inspired the toy, “Lightyear” follows the legendary Space Ranger on an intergalactic adventure. We do not know if plans will potentially move forward- albeit with a different producer and star for the film- but the idea of Walt Disney Studios committing to more attraction-based films for the future has us at Mickey Blog very excited! The attraction was also present in Anaheim’s Disneyland until the ride was recently changed to a Guardians of the Galaxy-themed attraction- names Mission Breakout- with the same feel and experience of the famed Tower of Terror. Hollywood Tower of Terror is a Walt Disney World attraction that puts guests into an actual Twilight Zone episode guiding them on a journey to another dimension. This attempt at a Tower of Terror film would be the Studio’s second, as a Tower of Terror movie starring Steve Guttenberg and Kristen Dunst was released to poor reception in 1997. ![]() We don’t have any information on what fans would have been able to see in a Tower of Terror film, only that Johansson’s attachment likely meant a solid plan and focus for the endless possibilities. ![]()
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