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Tron's box office failure reveals a bigger problem of Disney's own making — The series has symbolized Disney's inability to figure out what works in live-action across the ages (www.polygon.com)
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Disney has tried translate its animated magic to a lot of live-action fantasies over the years. The Tron movies are emblematic of their failures.

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[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

People don't give a shit who is in the next big blockbuster like they used to.

That is just not true. Star power sells.

[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Like when the Ballerina movie started putting Keeanu on the posters because it wasn't getting much hype.

It feels like Hollywood is 90% legacy actors at this point which is bullshit. Let new talent in!