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Matt Salter

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Jul 11, 2026
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  1. Article · Jul 11, 2026 · Matt Salter

    Disney's Live-Action Moana Is Already Underperforming & Could Struggle to Top Supergirl's Opening Weekend Box Office (opens the original)

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    The world’s biggest film studios can’t seem to catch a break. Despite increasing anxiety over finding a formula for the next blockbuster tentpole genre, major hitters like DC Studios and Disney are seeing reliable cash cows like superhero epics and family releases fail to meet revenue goals. It’s getting so a studio executive can’t count on a nice reasonable ten-digit profit anymore. What’s an Executive Vice President of Media Relations to do? Moana and Supergirl are the latest casualties of a p

  2. Article · Jul 11, 2026 · Matt Salter

    Backrooms is Still a Top 10 Box Office Hit, But it's Already Coming to Digital This Week (opens the original)

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    After huge success in theaters, Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is bringing its unique vision of surreal, inescapable liminal horror to home audiences sooner than expected. Inspired by creepypasta, born of a YouTube series Parsons started when he was a teenager, Backrooms has been a remarkable success even in the midst of several high-performing horror releases. The property started its life as a spooky invocation of indoor-kid solitude and alienation. A quick release for home audiences suits the film’s

  3. Article · Jul 11, 2026 · Matt Salter

    Christopher Nolan Responds to Obsession & Backrooms Success (With Two Warnings for Hollywood) (opens the original)

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    Christopher Nolan’s reputation may be built on blockbusters like The Dark Knight Trilogy and his upcoming take on The Odyssey, but he cut his teeth on low-budget arthouse fare like Following, Memento, and Insomnia. In a recent talk, he shouted out two fellow auteurs enjoying indie success, holding them up as a blueprint for post-blockbuster filmmaking in Hollywood. As most hardcore movie nerds no doubt realized, the directors in question were Curry Barker and Kane Parsons, whose Obsession and Ba

  4. Article · Jul 10, 2026 · Matt Salter

    Marvel's Iman Vellani Reveals MCU Character She Wants to Team Up With (A Post-Credit Scene Sets It Up) (opens the original)

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    After several rounds of MCU misfires and qualified successes, one of the actors who shaped the Marvel film universe has a fresh idea on where it should go next. In a recent AMA, Iman Vellani offered a new take on the future of Ms. Marvel, pitching a partnership with a popular comic character who has yet to star in a major MCU film. In an AMA on her own new comic project, Chaco at League of Comic Geeks, Vellani enthused about a fan-suggested team-up between her own Ms. Marvel and Joe Locke’s Wicc

  5. Article · Jul 10, 2026 · Matt Salter

    Disney+ Could Launch a Free Version After Years of Raising Prices (But Not for the Reason You Think) (opens the original)

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    Disney has never been shy about making money. Between the company’s enormous global revenue and its commitment to monetizing every halfway-beloved IP in the pop culture cosmos, it can safely be said that Disney has a thing for business. So why are company insiders considering making some Disney+ streaming content available free, gratis, and for nothing? The short answer is “somebody else did it first, and they’re eating Disney’s lunch.” Streaming services across the marketplace are losing a stea

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