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In response to
"thanks. I do think it's interesting he names her but not the other two. -- nm"
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Remlik
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I've got an article coming out about what went wrong with Disney cinema in 2023, and it's one of the points.
Posted by
David (aka David)
Nov 29 '23, 16:48
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Disney caught a bad break with the pandemic's timing. On top of everything else, it occurred right as Disney prioritized new, inexperienced storytellers of different backgrounds, ones who had less familiarity in running a tentpole production's set.
When Disney hired DaCosta, she hadn't even done Candyman yet. That was her first eight-figure budget, and it wound up at like $22 million. Then, she escalated to a $200 million production. That's plenty challenging enough on its own.
During the pandemic, directors didn't know who would be available on set until people passed their daily COVID tests. Scenes had to get rewritten on the fly. Even for established directors, it was an impossible circumstance. For fledgling storytellers, it bordered on cruel.
I'm 100% sure that all Iger meant here is that she was new. I acknowledge that it's a bad look that he says it about the black woman rather than the white men, but all he means is that Peyton Reed and James Mangold had faced the chaos. And Reed still spit the bit. Quantumania is objectively a much worse film than The Marvels.
Iger is singling out The Marvels as having a more chaotic set, while Quantumania's problems came from the story, the VFX, and the Bill Murray issues. He had a bigger role that got cut.
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