What Does ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’s Box Office Performance Mean for the Franchise’s Future?

Posted on Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 by Ben Pearson

Full disclosure: I have not seen Transformers: The Last Knight. (I’m currently listening to the /Filmcast’s highly entertaining review of it.) But just because I haven’t seen the movie yet, that doesn’t preclude me from exploring its box office performance and attempting to draw some conclusions about where the Transformers franchise might go from here.
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Warner Bros. Reportedly Wants to Avoid Working With ‘Auteur Directors Who Want Final Cut’

Posted on Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 by Hoai-Tran Bui

The Hollywood winds have been blowing in the direction of franchises and cinematic universe for a while, but it’s still surprising to see a studio make such a transparent move towards them and away from the creative forces that helped build the backbone of its modern era.

A regime change at Warner Bros. may spell trouble for any movie that’s not under the DC Films, Harry Potter, or Lego Movie flagships. The studio, which has admittedly been struggling to find the balance between director control and franchise loyalty, will reportedly avoid working with auteur directors “who want final cut” altogether. Yeah, it sounds like a bad idea to me too.

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