> Wish, Disney's latest animated movie, has a reported budget of $200 million and is one of the most expensive animated films of all time. It's a bit of a gamble for Disney given their recent box office failures.
>$200 million
How in the frick? Why are all Disney’s movies so expensive now? Where the frick are they spending this? Animated Disney movies used to cost like 30 million. What the frick is this company doing?
It's that Disney ego.
>minimum wage practically doubles
>prices go up
durrrrr
Disney does pays above minimum wage.
The reasons the budget is so high are:
>No overseas animation
>Lots of extra work due to late-production "notes" by executives in CG films
>Disney & Pixar pride themselves on cutting edge animation. Money goes into R&D to improve their animation software around what they want to do in the movie. (may have not been a factor for Wish lol)
>Expanding hardware for faster and more advanced renders.
>Also I think they include some executive pay in the budgets of their films.
Oh yeah they also spend ridiculous amounts on casting.
It starts with M- and ends with -oney laundering.
This is the only logical explanation, because there's no way, with all their problems recently, that they'd spend so much money on a new IP for no reason.
well that and thefact that banks can basically print all the money they want and they are going to keep investing in to it as long it has high ESG rating
Ooh, ooh, I love this game! My favorite part is when [insert recap of most socially acceptable and diverse part from forementioned media here]
It doesn’t work like that. You can’t print more money without lowering the value of the dollar. The more dollar bills there are in circulation, the less value there is in it.
heh not if the government implements price controls chud
>implying the people running the federal government care
They are beyond incompetent. The only reason they haven't been voted out, or in the case of the appointed/hired, fired and replaced, is because way too many people still believe the msm.
This was in production before shit started going south for them.
You underestimate the stupidity of the average studio executive. Need I remind you of the leaked Sony emails?
Wish is hardly a “New IP” it’s just another Disney Princess musical. In fact it’s even less of a “New IP” because it’s filled with a bunch of shit from old Disney movies
I think it's between these. People involved just get paid way more than their worth, probably puts up their rent too for reimbursement.
Weren’t the Moors white? Why is the MC not?
She's not a Moor else she would be fully garbed.
>and is one of the most expensive animated films of all time
Fricking how? The film is not that visually impressive.
You all cried that they have to strike to get more income, how do you think they get that added income?
Why the frick does she look black?
She’s part North African, but the designers assume all native Africans are sub-saharan
No way it’s 200 million.
>Where the frick are they spending this?
Marketing and talentless petty-executive diversity hires.
Why is effective marketing so expensive now compared to before?
Just the talentless petty-executive diversity hires.
No one watches this shit, they do it cause they get paid by black rock for ESG
The frick is Black Rock?
Intentional ignorance is all you leftoBlack folk have now, isn't it.
Tbf, he could be a newbie.
The Great Satan.
The rock that's inside the Kaaba, of course!
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's blacked production studio
If you actually don't know.
Blackrock is an investment company that specializes in investment, finance, and asset management for other companies, they are often the top shareholders.
It's part of a conspiracy where it pressures companies and corporations to push a woke agenda, using the ability to gain finance as leverage. These campaigns are often costly and push away regular customers since it's so blatant and divisive, but companies do it anyway since Blackrock controls their finances.
>one of the most expensive animated films of all time
How? If anything, the film looks like it's been cheaply made compared to some of their other 3D films.
wtf, i thought that 3d offset costs, what happened to 2d?
It can offset costs if you’re smart. Disney isn’t.
3d can offset costs over the long run, to an extent, through asset reuse. The main issue with films is that unless you have another film in the production pipeline that can use the assets it doesn't matter. Plus after a few years you might not be able to use them any more due to advances in technology.
They got very used to that China money not realizing Pooh has been waiting a long time for his revenge
I want that bankruptcy that was supposed to occur in the 70's to happen.
I don't want a "New Renaissance".
I don't want them to learn any lessons.
My wish is for them to die.
They'll live longer than you and be remembered/loved by more people too.
I'd be dead and thus feel nothing.
Also I'm aware Disney's death is a long shot but it's nice to dream.
Shut up ruski. Not that your country offers a better alternative.
How fricking dare you, slavs are the only group of people I have hate in my heart for you fricker.
How full was your theater when you saw this movie?
I caught a 3pm showing near me and mine was basically empty and I know the local schools are closed for the holiday already.
I watched a cam rip and got bored 20 minutes in and went to fap to Digital Circus porn instead.
Frozen from 2013 cost $150 million. $200 million is not completely out of line with inflation.
However, we are also seeing bloat. When the average animator is less productive, the more animators you need to finish the job, or a longer production time is required. Both add to cost.
I'm not suggesting the artists are necessarily worse. There could be a multitude of causes. Younger animators cycling in while experienced ones cycle out, greater complexity in software, these things bring down average productivity.
The animation isn't the problem. The technical staff at Disney is still among the best. The issue has always come down to the creative decisions.
Someone wanted Wish to look like it did, and it's not good. Puss in Boots TLW achieved the aesthetic that Wish was trying to go for a lot better, because the creatives aren't a bunch of hacks.
>Someone wanted Wish to look like it did, and it's not good.
I didn't make any judgements on the quality. I have not and will not see it. Just discussing cost.
How fricking new are you if you don't know that animation teams have consistently downsized over time with more tasks rolled into fewer positions?
That's not true at all. You're thinking of 2D.
For 3D films, the number of workers has increased, but it isn't reflected in the credits. 3D work is moving in the opposite direction, of larger staff working on very specialized tasks. But many of those jobs may be done externally.
The TV commercial for this was advertising pop music singers. That's a hard red flag against any movie.
Part of it’s inflation but it’s mostly just useless corporate bloat. All these companies are spending more each year on absolutely nothing, and cannibalizing themselves to keep their stockholders happy. Creative storytelling and corporate delusions of infinite profits do not mix.
but their stockholders aren't happy
Wish, Elementals, Lightyear: 200 mil
Puss in Boots 2: 90-110 mil
Spider-Verse 2: 100 mil
Super fricking Mario: 100 mil
The Bad Guys: 69-80 mil
Hotel Transylvania 4: 75 mil
Disney dying is nothing but a net positive