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BIRDS OF PREY starring Margot Robbie (2020?)
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2 minutes ago, sagekilz said:

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If anyone can't see through the bias in that post...

2 hours ago, D84 said:

Birds Of Prey Undergoing Massive Reshoots To Remove Pedophilia Story | Cosmic Book News
https://cosmicbook.news/birds-prey-massive-reshoots-remove-pedophilia

I guess when this movie is panned we can see the hashtag #releasethepedophilecut.

That says much.

Not to say this film is going to be a game-change. But it is clear what the motive is here. And that is sad.

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18 minutes ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

Grace Randolph is an annoying .

I cannot stand her.

There was a time she was very reasonable and educational to watch and read. Her deep-dives on Hollywood and studios gave people insight into what goes into being a film creator, actor and even how studios financed and gauged films.

Now, she focuses much more on the negative content to bring in clicks and sponsors. It's very sad to see.

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No, The ‘Birds of Prey’ Reshoots Are Not Bad News

 

So when news broke last month that Warner Bros.’ upcoming DC Comics girl-gang film, Birds of Prey, would be undergoing reshoots, it didn’t take long before certain YouTube and Twitter personalities decided to add their own spin to the story, heavily implying if not outright stating that the film was in trouble. As much as that would validate a subset of fans frustrated with Warner Bros.’ direction of its DC properties, there’s nothing to suggest Birds of Prey has had anything other than a promising production.

 

Here’s what we do know. As the first Asian-American female to direct a superhero movie, Cathy Yan delivered a wildly unique take on the popular DC comic series that won over Warner Bros. Yan is joined by screenwriter Christina Hodson who has quickly become one of Hollywood’s most in-demand new talents after her work received rave reviews on Bumblebee along with the three scripts that have appeared on The Blacklist – an annual list of the town’s hottest unproduced scripts. As a quasi-Suicide Squad spin-off, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) – yes, that is the official title – also features the return of Margot Robbie as the almost-titular character with Robbie coming aboard as a producer this time around after spending three years personally fighting for and developing the film at Warner Bros. Part of that pitch included an R-rating and a commitment to its female characters that felt “ less male gaze-y,” as Robbie put it, compared to the relatively incoherent and exploitive Suicide Squad.

 

Now, Warner Bros. looks to deepen its bench behind the camera by tapping director Chad Stahelski of John Wick franchise fame to oversee a series of new action scenes with the film’s second unit. While less glamorous than the first unit who works directly with the principal cast, the second unit is an indispensable piece of production responsible for a film’s connective tissue. This team creates a sense of place through establishing shots, inserts, and cutaways, sometimes known as “pickups” or on a larger project, action sequences with a team of stunt performers. The latter of which is actually how Stahelski began his career before becoming a second unit director himself, which would later serve as the foundation for his work on The Matrix and ultimately, the John Wick series.

 

In most cases, though, second units are regularly and regrettably overlooked by most entertainment media coverage. We usually don’t hear about a particular set piece unless someone like Tom Cruise is scaling a skyscraper or jumping out of a plane. But since Stahelski has recently come into some popularity as Hollywood’s “it” director in the action world, his addition to Birds of Prey has created more suspicion than intrigue. Ignoring for a moment that Stahelski’s stunt company, 87 Eleven, has actually been involved since the very beginning of production, the story felt eerily similar to Joss Whedon replacing Zack Snyder on Justice League or the millions spent on additional photography for Suicide Squad, both of which were hacked away to a vestige of their former selves.  Ever since, the very mention of the word “reshoot” has been the source of fear for many of DC’s most passionate fans.

 

The reality is, reshoots happen all the time. Sometimes they’re relatively standard like the pickups I mentioned before. And sometimes they’re a bit more involved if a studio decides to order new scenes like the action sequences Stahelski will supervise in Birds of Prey. Less often are they the victims of the type of meddling made popular by Warner Bros. over the past decade. In fact, you’d be surprised to know just how many of your favorite movies were saved or made great by the experienced hand of another filmmaker or the studio itself. It’s just, that narrative isn’t quite as sexy as the one about a studio with a history of interference falling into old habits again. And that’s ultimately where the problem lies.

 

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On 9/6/2019 at 7:08 AM, Bosco685 said:

There was a time she was very reasonable and educational to watch and read. Her deep-dives on Hollywood and studios gave people insight into what goes into being a film creator, actor and even how studios financed and gauged films.

Now, she focuses much more on the negative content to bring in clicks and sponsors. It's very sad to see.

 

Unfortunately that approach is becoming ubiquitous across digital media. It's our fault for clicking on that garbage to begin with.

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1 hour ago, RedRaven said:

Unfortunately that approach is becoming ubiquitous across digital media. It's our fault for clicking on that garbage to begin with.

You are not kidding! Even with comicbook.com that used to always attempt to remain neutral, lately it is big on attention-grabbers. The other day it posted this article.

That's actually not what Todd Phillips talked to.

THE NY TIMES: Joaquin Phoenix, the Wild Card of ‘Joker’

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At the premiere of his 2016 crime caper, “War Dogs,” Phillips found himself anticipating its tepid reception while gazing at a billboard for a Marvel superhero juggernaut. He wondered how he could possibly compete. Warner Bros. had been having only intermittent success with its DC superhero movies — “Wonder Woman,” yes, “Suicide Squad,” no — but Phillips saw a potential solution to everyone’s problems.

 

“You can’t beat Marvel — it’s a giant behemoth,” he said. “Let’s do something they can’t do.”

Phillips was address how Disney/MCU can overwhelm films coming out in a parallel schedule. So how best not to allow your film to get lost in such massive marketing pushes was doing something different.

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So while waiting on the Birds of Prey trailer to drop, I was checking on the Batman and Harley Quinn bluray for the first time. There are featurettes on the disc not even advertised on the outside of the case. Once again, WB/DC Marketing landing a non-win.

The Harley Effect

I had no idea Harley Quinn was modeled on actress Paul Dini is friends with.

 

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Someone had inserted a $125M budget for this film to IMDb with no reference details. What they missed is a June 2019 interview with Margot Robbie and Vogue Magazine where they discussed the $75M figure.

Margot Robbie on Quentin Tarantino, Marriage, and the One Word She Hates Being Called

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The title’s more than a mouthful, but it points to at least part of the movie still focusing on Harley Quinn dealing with the aftermath of Suicide Squad—namely, the Joker more or less leaving her to die and or/be captured by Batman while he escaped.

 

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