‘The Color Purple’ Lost Warner Bros $40 Million

[Family Man]

But but but the bigger picture, it’s bad for black movies, they’re going to stop funding black movies. So now black people are obligated to support movies they don’t want to see. Out of fear that future black projects will stop being funded lol. Nobody told Oprah to make a 100 million dollar budget. Color Purple remake that’s also a musical in 2023. I’m sure black people are going to support the next Jordan Peele, Ryan Coolger, and black superhero movie.

Right. And that argument is coming from the supposedly militant and anti-capitalist coli-negros. That's what stakeholder capitalism is boiling down to. Be obligated and shamed into supporting some bullshyt because your identity group is in it just to fatten some corporation's coffers. Nevermind if the product is trash or you don't fukk with the way your people are portrayed - just give them your time and your money cause the movie got nikkas in it.

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

It's really weird. I heard for years how the original was anti-man then I watched it and it was how one black man was abusive, and he even regretted how he behaved by the end. The amount of insecurity online about it is embarrassing. As if there werent a ton of abusive men in the community especially back then. Telling one woman's story is suddenly off limits

This.

 

[Neuromancer]

Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s Original Genre Film Lands at Warner Bros. After Bidding War

After a heated bidding war, Warner Bros. won the rights to the upcoming original genre film from Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan.

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Ya'll think this will get canned because of the loss?

 

[GR13]

This movie was going to flop regardless don’t blame Taraji lol. The Color Purple doesn’t resonate with this generation of women. Nobody wanted to see this sad ass movie during the holidays, and new year’s season. Black men wasn’t interested in this bs, and the movie’s budget was too high. Much respect to all the black talent in this movie tho. But some black people just aren’t interested in these kinds of stories anymore.

They forgot to update the remake to appeal to modern black women by having Celie and Shug Avery ride off into the sunset at the end with Chris Evan's and Ryan Gosling

 

[AnonymityX1000]

@daemonova Warner Discovery L niqqa.

 

[Tasha And]

Of course everyone wants to get their hot take off but hollywood is struggling in general with figuring out the appetite of the viewing audience post pandemic. West Side Story flopped a few years ago despite rave reviews and Spielberg directing. Certain movies, like musicals, Hollywood doesn't even know how to market them anymore, since market research suggests people don't want to watch musicals in the theater if they know beforehand it's a musical. It's led to slights of hand in the marketing of musicals of late.

Musicals, animated films, straight comedies, and now even comic book and remakes/sequels to popular IP are all seeing flops where conventional wisdom would have predicted success. Between that and the complete collapse of the dvd/blu ray market, it's just one more death nail in the future of the mid budget blockbuster.

 

[daemonova]

@daemonova Warner Discovery L niqqa.

You know Wonka did 600 million, right?

You get ya Dune tickets yet?

 

[AnonymityX1000]

You know Wonka did 600 million, right?

You get ya Dune tickets yet?

This is neither of those threads sir. Speak on the topic at hand. lol

 

[daemonova]

This is neither of those threads sir. Speak on the topic at hand. lol

Spielberg made an Oscar nominated classic that launched several careers

 

[Voice of Reason]

Good. Stop pushing these old, “we struggling”, negro movies. And no more Black slave movies either.

This is a stupid way of thinking.


People should be reminded of slavery.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Regarding Black trauma movies. Get introspective on why Jewish people say, 'never forget' while it seems we can't wait to forget our past unfortunate history.

 

[Marlo Barksdale]

True, but, they had to remake The Color Purple in this climate.

I would ask to remake a more positive black movie like Boomerang...but, Eddie's character prolly would be trying to get at Lady Eloise and ignoring Robin Givens.

They did a remake series on BET a few years ago and they had the Marcus character from the movie being Me Too’d and his son having homo fantasies.

Lena Waithe produced it so you already know the agenda.


I had to fast.

 

[Marlo Barksdale]

Regarding Black trauma movies. Get introspective on why Jewish people say, 'never forget' while it seems we can't wait to forget our past unfortunate history.

The problem is all they show id us being slaves and mistreated as if that’s where our history on Earth begins.

Plus we hold no behind the scenes power like them.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

The problem is all they show id us being slaves and mistreated as if that’s where our history on Earth begins.

Plus we hold no behind the scenes power like them.

That's a lie dude. The 2 majority Black cast movies out right now are Bob Marley: One Love and American Fiction. Did you support those non slave movies?

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

How much did Madame Web lose Sony? Where are the think pieces?

Those think pieces exist from major websites, but just weren’t posted on this site and posters didn’t bother to look.