Akila Ranasinghe

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[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@GraceRandolph Grace, what about the Avatar Season 2 review? Was waiting for that, especially your thoughts on Toph!

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@GraceRandolph Avatar season 2 review?

[Matt Jarbo @mjarbo]

Ana Nogueira is about to become the scapegoat for SUPERGIRL.

The movie has debuted rotten, the screenplay is one of the biggest targets in the reviews, and people are already calling for her to be removed from WONDER WOMAN and TEEN TITANS.

That was always going to happen.

James Gunn spent years telling everyone DC Studios would not greenlight a movie until the script was finished and strong enough to shoot. Then he publicly praised SUPERGIRL’s screenplay as being “so fucking good off the bat.”

So when the movie lands and critics complain about thin storytelling, weak character arcs and safe writing, somebody has to absorb that failure.

It probably will not be Gunn.

It will be the first-time feature screenwriter whose name is on the script.

Never mind that executives approved it. Never mind that Gunn praised it. Never mind that scripts change during production, reshoots and editing.

Her name is still on the finished movie, and Hollywood loves a convenient person to blame when an expensive project misses.

Nogueira may have earned the trust to write three DC films, but SUPERGIRL could easily become the reason she only gets to make one.

Will DC Studios stand behind Ana Nogueira, or quietly let her take the fall?

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

💯 accurate!

[Matt Jarbo @mjarbo]

James Gunn once promised that DC Studios would not greenlight a movie until the script was finished and good enough to shoot.

That quote is going to haunt him.

Because SUPERGIRL has debuted rotten, and one of the most consistent complaints is the screenplay: generic plotting, weak character arcs, safe dialogue and another superhero story that never finds its own identity.

Gunn did not merely approve this script.

He publicly called it “so fucking good off the bat.”

That is the danger of selling yourself as the studio head who finally cracked Hollywood’s quality-control problem. The moment one of your movies stumbles, your own promise becomes the measuring stick people beat you with.

A finished screenplay is not automatically a great screenplay. A studio chief praising it does not make it one either.

Gunn is not just the fan-friendly filmmaker on social media anymore. He runs DC Studios, and part of that job is selling confidence in every movie carrying the brand.

Sometimes the movie backs up the sales pitch.

Sometimes the quote comes back and bites you square in the ass.

Did James Gunn set an impossible standard for DC Studios, or did SUPERGIRL simply fail his own test?

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@GraceRandolph One word that could describe how the movie felt to you?

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@GraceRandolph Grace, what's your thoughts on Netflix's 'Meet Toph" featurette?

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@kat_alx1855 @GraceRandolph True, but the new trailer's got many cool new shots. It looks more like a final trailer, and so far the best one for me...

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@GraceRandolph His comedic reactions are so subtle, but they hit the right point! 😂

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@GraceRandolph I had hoped they would focus on the after effects of the boys series finale in Gen V season 3 and that would end the series... Well goodbye to that...

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@GraceRandolph Zendaya looks so much like Kirsten Dunst here, I mean look at the hair and eyes, even the face. And the colors? It's like a poster from Sam Raimi's Spiderman 🤔

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@ImStillDissin Why can't Nickelodeon accidentally email me? WHY???😒😒😒

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@GraceRandolph The new Harry Potter documentary?

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@DanielRPK So what? I'm sure he'll do a great job as Dumbledore.

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@GraceRandolph Aaaah it's here Grace! 🥹

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@DiscussingFilm Oh, hilarious! 😂

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@GraceRandolph Netflix Scooby Doo casting?

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@netflix @GraceRandolph

[Akila Ranasinghe @AkilaRanasingha]

@GraceRandolph Grace will you be talking about Scooby Doo casting, now that all leads are casted and done?