@EmpireCityBO@disclosureday@UniversalPics Universal has already had multiple wins this year?
Super Mario Galaxy ($1B), Michael (international dist. $500M +), Obsession & now hopefully Disclosure Day does well
$CMCSA shares are VERY cheap right now too (look for Roberts to either spinoff Universal or outright sell it)
@EmpireCityBO@FocusFeatures It seems Universal Pictures (NBCU) has an extremely hot ๐ฅhand this year, being involved in mega hits like Super Mario Bros, MICHAEL and now Obsession?
Sci-fi thriller Disclosure Day upcoming too!
@citrinowicz In summary:
If ๐บ๐ธ hits ๐ฎ๐ท civil infrastructure, ๐ฎ๐ท fires back at regional O&G + LNG production facilities and the world ๐ will suffer immense economic pain.
@MaMoMVPY Itโs eerily similar to ๐ฏ๐ต in 1945, in that ๐บ๐ธ kept relentlessly bombing, yet the Japanese refused to surrender until the grim course of human history changed forever.
@MalcolmNance Think back & compare to the Vietnam War with then ๐บ๐ธSec. of Defense Robert McNamara (an exceptionally intelligent mind) & how badly things turned out.
War is one of those things that even the best & brightest can't wrap their heads around given the immense complexity.
@Quote31490249 Marketing deficiencies aside, MICHAEL ๐บ๐ชฉ simply being a great, superbly acted biopic ๐ฅ will hopefully carry the day (with strong legs).
Corporately, LIONSGATE has positioned this film to coincide with a potential auction of the company (its poison pill lapses in May).
@PhillipsRelic While we know of $LION upcoming film slate (MICHAEL, Hunger Games, Passion of Christ 2), its TV future, which was probably lesser known, is nicely noted here
In other words, a potential acquirer not only gets its cash rich IP library, but tentpoles on both the big & small screen
@PARKERSFlLMS Hoping that Universal's worldwide (excluding N. America) marketing of MICHAEL๐บwill cascade through social media to boost the domestic effort by LIONSGATE.
$LION ($2.6B market cap company) simply does not have the marketing heft of $CMCSA ($101B).
@EmpireCityBO@michaelmovie@Lionsgate $CMCSA never wanted to be lead.
It's also obvious that $LION ($2.6B market cap company) does not have the marketing heft of $CMCSA ($101B)?
$155M production cost (which includes the already made sequel) were split 50/50, with MJ Estate picking up the tab for the re-shoots.
@FurkanGozukara It really becomes a cost analysis now.
Cost of continuing the war & subsequent economic fallout (also the human cost as well)
Vs.
Paying ๐ฎ๐ท's their demanded reparations
There is a history too...Trump stuck a deal with the Taliban in 2020 & I think he'll do the same here.
@PhillipsRelic For Dubai, even in the midst of a neighboring war, cinema attendance is still thriving (I hear LIONSGATE has a pretty special biopic ๐บ๐ชฉcoming out soon).
@HowieFelter420 @TweetRepeater01 @SkyNews What's factually incorrect about this?
That's why auto insurance is purchased. And if physical damage wasn't purchased, that's on the owner.
@najam_ali I believe the only (very difficult) way to calm this situation down is:
1) ๐บ๐ธ & ๐ฎ๐ฑ to immediately stop attacking ๐ฎ๐ท
2) ๐บ๐ธ POTUS to send in the only person from the West who has credibility with ๐ฎ๐ท, former SOS John Kerry (who negotiated the 2015 ๐ฎ๐ท deal) to seek an off-ramp.
@MalcolmNance Let's say ๐บ๐ธ POTUS was ready to make a deal with ๐ฎ๐ท. Who would the point of contact even be at this point, after all of the killing of the top ๐ฎ๐ท officials?
This is how incredibly thick the fog of war is right now.