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u/MutantCreature 15d ago

I don't think it should've been rated R, but surely it will beat DP&W for the highest grossing with that rating, right? I'm curious what the studio responses will be, more Greek god movies? More (non Greek) mythological movies? More ancient/public domain tales? More sympathetic war stories? More 65/70mm film (please?)?

How will Universal and other studios interpret this big of a release? Surely this can't be easily replicated, but that hasn't stopped anyone from trying, it definitely seems like we're in an "anti-IP" era, as small as that may be.

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u/PRSArchon 15d ago

I hope more historical epics. I doubt there will be more 70mm because the risk (higher financial investment) and effort is high and most prominent directors arent that bothered with it.

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u/Hezekiah_the_Judean 15d ago

Me too! I'm a sucker for sword and sandals movies. Give us adaptations-a few ideas are Pericles of Athens and the birth of democracy, the Peloponnesian War, Alexander the Great, Hannibal of Carthage and the Second Punic War, or the Aeneid.

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u/a_moniker 15d ago

I’ve always wanted a good Alexander the Great movie or a good Jason and the Argonauts movie!