Posted on 06/05/2019 8:31:45 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Ron Howard has said that online trolls were partly to blame for the lacklustre box office performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who is currently promoting upcoming documentary Pavarotti, told the Happy Sad Confused podcast that “aggressive trolling” was a crucial factor in the film’s financial under-performance but that he still greatly enjoyed the creative experience of making the film.
“I wish it could have lived up to the box office expectations,” Howard said. “That’s disappointing. Why didn’t it? Maybe that’s the release [date], maybe it was too nostalgic, maybe pushback from the previous movie…some trolling, definitely. It was especially noticeable in several algorithms such as Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes. There was an inordinate push down on the ‘Want to see’ [score on Rotten Tomatoes] and on the fan voting. There was a series of 0s and 1s on there…I didn’t take it pers
Solo: A Star Wars Story mustered $393M at the global box office off an estimated $275M budget. Released last May, the film arrived only six months after The Last Jedi. Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker, due for a December release this year, will be the fifth Star Wars universe film released since 2015. Meanwhile, web series The Mandalorian is set for a November release. Previous Star Wars spinoff Rogue One took more than $1BN in 2016.
Rotten Tomatoes has subsequently adjusted its audience participation parameters after a torrent of negative comments for Captain Marvel, prior to the film’s release.
During the audio interview, Howard also discussed the growing power of TV and questioned whether some of his previous movies – including multi-Oscar winner A Beautiful Mind — would have been made for the big screen today. Howard said he now watches more TV series than films.
Among the projects in early stages at his Imagine Entertainment is a series version of his fantasy feature Willow, which is being discussed for Disney’s upcoming VOD platform Disney +. Howard confirmed that the series is being imagined as a “continuation not a reboot”, that he hopes to direct some of the series and that he hopes Willow star Warwick Davis will return for it. Jon Kasdan, co-writer on Solo: A Star Wars Story, is another driving force behind the project’s script. “Jon has an inspired take on it,” Howard said. “There are some really serious discussions going on about it.”
The filmmaker also disclosed that he is developing an animated musical movie and is in development on several musical adaptations of films he has previously directed for Imagine.
Next up for Howard is Netflix movie Hillbilly Elegy, which will star Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Haley Bennett and Gabriel Basso.
The only movie I ever saw in theaters so
many times would be “Thunder Road.”
Riiiiiight...and some Russians trolls buying ads on Facebook were partly to blame for Hillary losing the election.
Just because your pathetic fan-base is unable to think for themselves and have to rely on social media for their opinions doesn’t mean the rest of us normal citizens can’t smell an obvious stinker.
LOL, so were the Italian guys really trying to make the black guys pay for their candy?
How about the story line sucked. . . . . .
Been watching the new Star Trek Discovery Show.
one semi-strong male (the awesome Anson Mount as Capt. Pike)
and something like 8 superior women. smarter, faster and better...oh yea also tougher than ever.
Admirals, doctors, top officers, brilliant scientists, decision makers etc.
The rest of the men are either emotionally weak, incompetent or evil.
pisses me off....whatever, the final season 2 episode was frigging EPIC.
There is very little that Hollywood products are worth wasting your time and money.
Exactly ... we are the final critics (who cares what somebody that makes a living being a critic thinks) ... and WE decided to spend our money elsewhere. Give us a good product, we MIGHT go see it, but with every “preview of [in]Coming attractions” the future looks dimmer for Hollywood.
Live by the Onlinen Troll, die by the Online Troll, Opie.
I only watched it because I was on a plane back from Denver. I didn’t expect much from it. Have to say, it didn’t suck like I thought it would.
Not blockbuster material, but a decent movie.
LOL! No, but during the fight scenes, the audience lost their minds! I have never seen anything like it... and that was for all of the originals I-IV
“Little Opie Cunningham.”
My high school tough guy/bully was so jacked up after leaving the theater after watching Rocky 3 he started sucker punching people waiting in line for the next showing...
Showcase Cinema Dedham, MA 1982
-PJ
That's too many Star Wars movies in a short time. They are competing with themselves. The original classic trilogy films were released 3 years apart. In the meantime, there were imitator space operas being released to try to capitalize on the Star Wars phenomenon.
Same was true of the James Bond films. When Bondmania was at its zenith, there were all kinds of imitative (and inferior) spy movies and TV shows being made, but the Bond films themselves were always more popular than the weaker imitations. The Star Wars people are making their own weaker imitations and diluting the cachet of the Star Wars name.
Frigging sociopath....i wonder if that d-bag is still alive....
With my luck probably living the life right now..
He did everything but blame the Russians. Pathetic.
Bookmarking
I agree with him it was better than the other crap SW movies.
Last Jedi TOTALLY sucked but made a fortune.
I’ve been watching it on Netflix over last couple of days.
It’s okay so far. good action, dialogue and effects.
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