October 28, 2005
Fantastic Four 2 To Open Same Day As The Transformers
Twentieth Century Fox has just pulled one of the stupidest "strategy" moves I've seen in a long long time. They've just announced that Fantastic Four 2 will be released on July 4th 2007. Why is that so stupid? Well because Dreamworks has already announced that they are going to be releasing The Transformers on that exact same day!
Are the people over at Fox totally insane?!?! Do they actually think that Fantastic Four 2 has ANY hope at all of standing up toe to toe against a Transformers movie?!?! Have they totally lost their minds?
Let's see... on one hand we have one of the most anticipated live film projects of my generations time (Transformers), and over on the other hand we have a sequel to a film that made $153 million (not exactly MASSIVE blockbuster numbers) and disappointed most people who saw it. Hmmm... who would win that weekend? Hmmmm.... it's almost a toss up... oh wait... no... no it's no toss up... Transformers will kick the crap out of Fantastic Four 2 if they open on the same day.Dear Good Folks at 20th Century Fox:
Do yourselves a favour and blink. Take Fantastic Four 2 off the July 4th 2007 date and move it 2 week earlier or later. You'll make money with this film... but if you go toe-to-toe with the Transformers you'll sink like Hoffa in a NY river.Maybe they're trying to play chicken with Dreamworks and think they can get them to move off the date first. If Dreamworks is smart they'll stay right where they are. They're going to make a crap load of money on that weekend with or without Fantastic Four Moving off it.
Posted by John Campea at October 28, 2005 11:31 AM
Comments
Posted by: Alter Ego Comics at October 28, 2005 12:38 PM
It's a tradition. Wasn't the first FF supposed to open with War of the Worlds, then backed off at the last minute to go against Bewitched instead?
Posted by: dRob at October 28, 2005 01:15 PM
Hey there dRob
Yes sir... you are correct. If they knew well enough not to go head to head with War of the Worlds... then what the hell are they thinking hitting the same date already picked by Transformer?!?!
Cheers!
Posted by: John Campea at October 28, 2005 01:19 PM
Riding the publicity? Not that they need to. That or they made some kind of 'we back off now, you back off later' deal with D'works.
Posted by: dRob at October 28, 2005 02:16 PM
Is Transformers really supposed to be that big? I grew up watching it and everything, but the movie sounds kinda lame personally. I would think that FF2 would win at the box office, but that's just me.
Posted by: Chris at October 28, 2005 03:35 PM
The only reason I'll be going to see FF2 is because I know my daughter will want to see it. Personally, I'd probably wait for the DVD unless it looks really good.
Transformers will definitely have my money on that opening weekend.
Posted by: Meli at October 28, 2005 03:56 PM
There's a Fantastic Four sequel now?
Posted by: James Russell at October 29, 2005 05:59 AM
Are you guys serious ?? Are you all really waiting to see a movie based on a lame toy line from the 1980s ??? Give me Jessica Alba and FF2 !!
Posted by: Bret at October 29, 2005 03:43 PM
Studios playing chicken has become a trademark of Hollywood stupidity. Please tell me that Tim Story is not coming back to direct FF2. If he is, that's just more motivation for me to see Transformers that weekend and not FF2.
I wonder if we're going to see any other comic movies besides Spidey 3 and FF2 the summer of 2007?