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Tom Cruise's ‘Digger’ Will Lose $250 Million | Exclusive (www.thewrap.com)
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[–] 24 points 1 week ago (1 child)

The Wile E. Coyote film gets held for a year then finally releases to tons of money. This gets blasted all over social media and bombs, it's almost like studio execs don't have a fucking clue.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    I think this one was Cruise trying to prove he is still a thespian, and not just the last relic of the monoculture movie star system. Also, this:

    It marked the first film in a new pact with Cruise — the biggest movie star in the world — to make original and franchise films with Warner Bros. Pairing him with Iñárritu, one of only three directors to win back-to-back Best Director Oscars, seemed like a no-brainer.

    They definitely over-committed financially on this Temu Kubrick movie (though from what I understand it's still half-decent), but I think what they're really banking on is whatever franchise or action fodder they extract from his aging bones and veneers.

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