‘The Color Purple’ Lost Warner Bros $40 Million

[IslandG]

What’s wrong with having to drive a rental car to a movie set?

 

[NinoBrown]

That was for Zach Zaslov!!!

But seriously, musicals ain't it, unless it is a Disney remake or original, not gonna be a money machine...

Be nice to see a Black film without dysfunction, but we will see Jurassic Park 15: Raptors in Paris before that happens...

 

[J-MIL]

Shouldn't of tried to make it a musical

Shyt was trash

 

[ThrobbingHood]

oh we gotta support bulshyt otherwise

“You ain’t black. ”

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

This is a stupid way of thinking.


People should be reminded of slavery.

Especially since a certain demographic is trying to scrub it from the history books and pretend that it never happened.

 

[ThrobbingHood]

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.

The same argument used to vote only for the Democratic Party. shyt is condescending as if we have zero autonomy or understanding.

 

[ThrobbingHood]

This is a stupid way of thinking.


People should be reminded of slavery.

Whilst Jews remind people of their Holocaust, they also have contemporary films showing their culture in a positive light.

We don’t have that same luxury. There isn’t a balance. For every Black Panther or Dope, there are 10 hood/slave movies.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Black ppl are fatigued from these type of movies and white ppl don't need a movie to see how bad things are for us.

 

[Black Hans]

 

[Black Hans]

And other studios will look at this and say "nope..." as well. These posters in here aren't understanding that.

If they're going to make garbage like this, the studios should say "nope".

 

[UpNext]

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

What's the upcoming black female equivalent 100 million dollar remake nobody asked for? They greenlighting a Precious remake or something

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Black ppl are fatigued from these type of movies and white ppl don't need a movie to see how bad things are for us.

We need to continue to document how bad things are for us for historical context in the future. As we see groups try and erase the bad things they did in the past from history. Despite the fatigue we have to press on and that fatigue isn't even universally felt.

 

[Mcroyale]

Warner Brothers is doing horrible in the movie and video games department

 

[Hey_zeus]

Fukk Oprah.

 

[UnQuantized]

What were Warner Bros and others involved (Oprah, Spielberg) thinkingTerrible foresight from industry veterans at the top. Nobody was asking for this. Big studios better read the room and focus on fresh stories and new talent. We in the embryonic stage of a new era.