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Disney Studios stops theaters from screening Black Panther

77 points by supercopter 6y ago

xnyan 6y ago
I would assume it’s because the Mulan live action remake is also releasing that weekend. Black panther was extremely popular and they don’t wanna compete with themselves on the critical opening weekend.
- and0 6y ago
  My assumption was that they wanted to cash in on the renewed interest with Disney+.
- monocasa 6y ago
  It's not a first run theater. They don't typically block that segment based on the first run segment.
  - latortuga 6y ago
    Mulan is straight to streaming though, so it does compete in terms of eyeballs. If folks are preoccupied with a BP screening they may not have time or want to also watch Mulan in the same weekend.
chadlavi 6y ago
Read the room, Disney.
- AdmiralAsshat 6y ago
  When you own everything and everyone, like Disney, you don't have to read the room.
  - giancarlostoro 6y ago
    This reminds me of the protests in Reedy Creek in Florida I've heard about. My wife was driving near Downtown Disney (now called Disney Springs) and saw the signs of the protests. They basically held signs saying 'Reedy Creek IS DISNEY' which is basically true as far as anybody is concerned. They're not allowed to have their own police department, but they employ police officers from Orange County. So yeah, if you live in Florida, you'd definitely see how Disney owns more than they probably should. https://www.wesh.com/article/reedy-creek-firefighters-protest-benefits/3856409 https://www.wesh.com/article/reedy-creek-firefighters-protes...
- beatrobot 6y ago
  They do, their room is filled with shareholders.
- monadic2 6y ago
  To disney, they are the room.
gamblor956 6y ago
Disney didn't "stop" theaters from screening Black Panther this past/upcoming weekend. Like most Disney films, it's not available for second-run showings. It's long-standing Disney policy, and has effected films from the Fox film archives as well. (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2019-08-09/will-disney-let-theaters-screen-old-fox-movies https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/20...)
- hundchenkatze 6y ago
  Maybe so, but they could have made an exception.
- hinkley 6y ago
  I hate the term, "The Disney Vaults". Am I right in thinking this policy started under Eisner, or has it been going on longer? Nobody else locks their old content up like Fort Knox, Disney.
  - gamblor956 6y ago
    Disney has used the "vault" for theatrical showings since 1944, when they reissued Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, though the last film actually re-released in theaters was The Lion King almost a decade ago. (Nowadays, a film is "released" from the vault to a reissue of home media (like Bluray). Eisner was mostly responsible for changing vault releases to home media sales (like VHS or DVD) instead of theatrical releases.
    - hinkley 6y ago
      It's an interesting thing to me that I/we don't want to blame anything bad from Disney on Walt.
  - ykevinator 6y ago
    This is why there's pirating
- monadic2 6y ago
TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
I was hoping that they were reneging from their racist decision to have an almost entirely black cast and crew, but this makes more sense. (edit: I'm probably wrong here, see gamblor956's comment. Leaving it here so others can learn from it)
- tessierashpool 6y ago
  this is inflammatory/provocative nonsense which serves no purpose except to derail discussion. please delete it.
  - TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
    The content of a post affects the comments it brings. A post describing the technical and design decisions behind gab.com would bring tons of comments about how racist the site is, and would probably be flagged. I consider Black Panther to be racist, and I consider it important to bring that up(since nobody else does).
    - colejohnson66 6y ago
      A movie set in Africa is racist for having a majority black cast? That’s just having an accurate cast demographic; It would be racist to have a cast representative of the US population (ie. a majority white cast).
      - TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
        This would be a good point, except for the double standard that is being applied to most movies nowadays. Almost all big movies based sometime in the past are being cast with a cast that is not representative of the racial outlook of the times. New WW2 movies are extremely diverse(edit: er maybe not). This wasn't some small movie trying to be historically accurate. This was a massive big-budget movie that made the conscious decision to hire an almost entirely black cast(edit: and crew) for political reasons. Such racial discrimination needs to be pushed back against in my opinion, especially as the racial makeup of the country continues to change. Just as the cultural changes of the 70's echo through today, the cultural changes that we put in place now will have ramifications for decades. I don't want it to be a culture of racial discrimination.
nonbirithm 6y ago
I hadn't actually realized that Chadwick Boseman had passed away until yesterday. Rest in peace.

77 points by supercopter 6y ago

I would assume it’s because the Mulan live action remake is also releasing that weekend. Black panther was extremely popular and they don’t wanna compete with themselves on the critical opening weekend.

and0 6y ago
My assumption was that they wanted to cash in on the renewed interest with Disney+.
monocasa 6y ago
It's not a first run theater. They don't typically block that segment based on the first run segment.
- latortuga 6y ago
  Mulan is straight to streaming though, so it does compete in terms of eyeballs. If folks are preoccupied with a BP screening they may not have time or want to also watch Mulan in the same weekend.

chadlavi 6y ago

Read the room, Disney.

AdmiralAsshat 6y ago
When you own everything and everyone, like Disney, you don't have to read the room.
- giancarlostoro 6y ago
  This reminds me of the protests in Reedy Creek in Florida I've heard about. My wife was driving near Downtown Disney (now called Disney Springs) and saw the signs of the protests. They basically held signs saying 'Reedy Creek IS DISNEY' which is basically true as far as anybody is concerned. They're not allowed to have their own police department, but they employ police officers from Orange County. So yeah, if you live in Florida, you'd definitely see how Disney owns more than they probably should. https://www.wesh.com/article/reedy-creek-firefighters-protest-benefits/3856409 https://www.wesh.com/article/reedy-creek-firefighters-protes...
beatrobot 6y ago
They do, their room is filled with shareholders.
monadic2 6y ago
To disney, they are the room.

gamblor956 6y ago

Disney didn't "stop" theaters from screening Black Panther this past/upcoming weekend. Like most Disney films, it's not available for second-run showings. It's long-standing Disney policy, and has effected films from the Fox film archives as well. (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2019-08-09/will-disney-let-theaters-screen-old-fox-movies https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/20...)

hundchenkatze 6y ago
Maybe so, but they could have made an exception.
hinkley 6y ago
I hate the term, "The Disney Vaults". Am I right in thinking this policy started under Eisner, or has it been going on longer? Nobody else locks their old content up like Fort Knox, Disney.
- gamblor956 6y ago
  Disney has used the "vault" for theatrical showings since 1944, when they reissued Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, though the last film actually re-released in theaters was The Lion King almost a decade ago. (Nowadays, a film is "released" from the vault to a reissue of home media (like Bluray). Eisner was mostly responsible for changing vault releases to home media sales (like VHS or DVD) instead of theatrical releases.
  - hinkley 6y ago
    It's an interesting thing to me that I/we don't want to blame anything bad from Disney on Walt.
- ykevinator 6y ago
  This is why there's pirating
monadic2 6y ago

TheAdamAndChe 6y ago

I was hoping that they were reneging from their racist decision to have an almost entirely black cast and crew, but this makes more sense. (edit: I'm probably wrong here, see gamblor956's comment. Leaving it here so others can learn from it)

tessierashpool 6y ago
this is inflammatory/provocative nonsense which serves no purpose except to derail discussion. please delete it.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
  The content of a post affects the comments it brings. A post describing the technical and design decisions behind gab.com would bring tons of comments about how racist the site is, and would probably be flagged. I consider Black Panther to be racist, and I consider it important to bring that up(since nobody else does).
  - colejohnson66 6y ago
    A movie set in Africa is racist for having a majority black cast? That’s just having an accurate cast demographic; It would be racist to have a cast representative of the US population (ie. a majority white cast).
    - TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
      This would be a good point, except for the double standard that is being applied to most movies nowadays. Almost all big movies based sometime in the past are being cast with a cast that is not representative of the racial outlook of the times. New WW2 movies are extremely diverse(edit: er maybe not). This wasn't some small movie trying to be historically accurate. This was a massive big-budget movie that made the conscious decision to hire an almost entirely black cast(edit: and crew) for political reasons. Such racial discrimination needs to be pushed back against in my opinion, especially as the racial makeup of the country continues to change. Just as the cultural changes of the 70's echo through today, the cultural changes that we put in place now will have ramifications for decades. I don't want it to be a culture of racial discrimination.

nonbirithm 6y ago

I hadn't actually realized that Chadwick Boseman had passed away until yesterday. Rest in peace.