Nope, haven't spoken to any of them. I'm not saying anything you didn't say a few posts ago... Disney had opportunities to change course but decided to keep going down this road. The decision was made, and they doubled down on it after the fact. So yeah... I feel justified in saying Disney feels they made the right call. Again, they could have changed course and didn't so that's that.
They were criticized for firing Gunn. They received weeks/months of bad press. Wasted millions of dollars on pre-production only to put what looked to be a surefire hit on indefinite hiatus. The cast have verbalized their unhappiness (with one member even going as far as to almost outright mutiny). One of their rival studios hired the director they fired and were praised for it.
But saying "Disney feels they made the right call" makes everything alright.
Maybe, but it's not most peoples money and most peoples money. It's Disneys. Most people aren't in their shoes. It's not most people who have to deal with the press or pay for any of this, it's Disney and if they're cool with the decision then really its a non issue.
It's not like it's my money paying for Guaridans so if Disney is fine with their call, then I'm not sure anyone else needs to lose any sleep over it, ya know?
GOTG3 is not going to make a billion for Disney.
The first movies together didn’t make a billion.
GOTG 1 and 2 together:
Box office $1.3 billion
Budget. ~$360million
Marketing ~$150 million
Theater cut ~$650 million
Disney profited ~$440 for both movies together
That’s not counting any backend deals.
Sure. All I am saying is just because you consider it a mistake doesn't mean they do. There may be circumstances or consequences you and I are unaware of, and they may be judging the situation by an entirely different set of criteria than us.
Again, they made the call and they doubled down on it. To them, by whatever stardard they feel like using, it seems like the right call. And in this instance their opinon might be all that REALLY matters since it's their money and their movie.