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Posted on 07/06/2026 6:29:56 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
James Gunn was supposed to revamp and revitalize DC Studios at Warner Bros. The director of "Guardians of the Galaxy" would, in theory, bring the type of overarching creative vision that Kevin Feige had so successfully demonstrated at Marvel Studios.
Two movies into Gunn's vision of DC Studios, it's safe to say that this reboot has been an unmitigated failure.
The 2025 edition of "Superman" was, at best, a moderate success. While hardly the type of franchise-changing success the studio and Gunn hoped for, box office results and reviews were acceptable, if not a bit underwhelming. Thanks in some part to Gunn's bewildering decision to tell audiences that the film was about politics, calling the Superman character an "immigrant."
But the real test for Gunn's reboot and the power of the DC Studios brand was the follow-up film, "Supergirl," starring Milly Alcock. And boy has it failed the test.
Alcock spent most of the press campaign making herself as unlikeable as possible, insulting potential moviegoers, bizarrely claiming that audiences felt "ownership" of her body, then doubling down after the inevitable backlash. The trailers looked awful, with a predictably sloppy anti-hero feel, atrocious visual effects, and an uninteresting plot and villain.
Still, as recently as May, hopes were that "Supergirl" could make as much as $65 million in its opening weekend. In actuality? It made just over $37 million.
With a production budget of $175 million, and a massive marketing campaign that likely cost Warner Bros. at least $100 million, the film needed to reach at least $450-500 million globally to break even. That opening weekend, and an anemic international debut, meant it was tracking towards a significant loss. The only hope? That positive word of mouth would overcome the apathy towards the film's plot and the off-putting remarks from Alcock.
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The sunrise seems a little more colorful today :)
It would help not hiring an Actress that looks like she has Downs Syndrome.
Like Snow White, Supergirl featured an actress who couldn’t keep her mouth shut about politics and woke nonsense. Alienating half your potential audience is never a wise move.
The more HollyWierd loses the less they can give to Communist candidates.
There are a million theories about why Supergirl bombed at the box office including some Woke statements that Millie Alcock made. But if you look at the big picture, the trend is simply that Hollywood is dead. Millie Alcock could have gone on every interview and said how much she loved the USA and sang the Star-Spangled Banner while waiving American flags and the movie still would have bombed. Is the movie horrible? Yes. Is the script horrible? Yes. Was James Gunn the wrong person to be the architect of the DCU? Yes. Was Millie Alcock the wrong actress to be Supergirl? Perhaps. Are superhero movies a dead genre? Yes. Are Hollywood movies just too expensive to be profitable anymore? Yes. Is Hollywood out of touch? Yes. Have foreign markets like China, Korea and the UK built up their own movie industries to compete and put out good product? Yes. It all means that Hollywood is dying if not already dead. Supergirl is simply evidence of that.
Are the rainbows upset?
They're all Woke Democrats.
They're still capable of producing entertaining movies (not that often).
And they can lose money. Especially Disney.
Actors don’t seem to realize they’re on the job while promoting their movie. They need to leave all their baggage and opinions at home and act their part. This is what separates progressions from hacks who lucked into a paycheck.
Exactly.
She does look like a teenage spoiled, entitled Valley Girl.
But not even that would compel me to see this movie. Not after what its director and star said in the lead-up to its release.
That's a shame, because I've heard Jason Momoa really does rock it as Lobo. He probably won't get a standalone film now.
It is not noted, but not until the movie is about 75% over is it reveled, that Super Girl is in fact Superman’s transvestite brother in drag.
Zero media training.
Typically athletes (except for basketball) have excellent media training. The media is always trying to catch them off guard with "gotcha" questions but usually they are prepared to respond with a diplomatic answer.
Not as Supergirl, but as the right character, Sophie C could fill the seats, IMHO.
https://swimsuit.si.com/swimsuit/model/sophie-cunningham-2026-si-swimsuit-photos
I really don’t understand why the studios don’t have media handlers to show these actors how to deal with the press.
Can somebody explain to me how $275m in costs requires $450-$500m in revenue to break even?
“Young Washington” is a very good movie.
All they make now are Training Films for the insane
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