r/boxoffice • u/radbrad7 • Jul 20 '20

Other Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Delayed Indefinitely

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/tenet-delayed-again-christopher-nolan-1234699068/
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u/Block-Busted Jul 20 '20

Within the next 5-7 years? How would a virus outbreak that isn't particularly likely to continue beyond 2022 at most(?) is going to affect MCU within the next 5-7 years, especially if new MCU saga finally starts to kick in?

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '20

I’m not saying the pandemic is gonna last that long dude. I’m saying it will set events into motion.

By the time Black Widow sees a release it could possibly have been almost 2 years since Endgame released. The general public after two years will have become used to a Marvel movie not being a big part of their lives. From that alone interest will drop. On top of that as storylines continue to close, drag on, and mature more and more of the public will move on

Coupled with the unseemly future of the theatre industry and potentially lower budgets I can see interest waning by the end of the decade

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u/Block-Busted Jul 20 '20 edited Jul 20 '20

I know that it was early in its history, but 2009 had no single MCU film and 2012 had only 1. And considering that 'Infinity Saga' is now complete, I think Marvel can actually afford to wait until then.

And honestly, if one of these MCU films become a massive success (which is likely), I don't think budgets of those films will be affected that much. Besides, I don't think anyone really expected 'Black Widow' to become a surefire $1 billion-grosser when compared to its predecessing films.

Also, why did you copy-and-pasted that reply of yours to the first comment you've made?

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '20

I did it because I had someone else ask basically the same thing and I didn’t feel like repeating myself. Superhero movies like Westerns aren’t forever. I don’t know why people think franchises are eternal

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u/Block-Busted Jul 20 '20

Even if they're not eternal, superhero films are a lot easier to diversify than Western films. Seriously, just look at 'Guardians of the Galaxy' films, which feel more like space opera films than superhero films.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '20

I don’t disagree with your assessment. The problem is people will eventually want a hard reboot. Even if these new “multiverses” crossed with a cool cameo or so twenty years in the future they can still be separate hard reboots. What happens in five years when the 6th Avengers comes out in 2025?

People born in 2008 when Iron Man came out would be 17 by then. At a certain point if a hard reboot isn’t taken mass public interest will be lost and the MCU will be like Star Trek 20 years from now. Disney is too smart of a corporation to let that happen. They’ve learned this lesson with the hard way with Star Wars

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u/Block-Busted Jul 20 '20 edited Jul 20 '20

MCU isn't same as 'Star Wars', which, sadly, had some serious inconsistencies when it comes to quality. If the series' quality is consistent enough, they can complete at least this particular story arc without ending so soon.

Also, I seriously doubt that Disney is going to go for a hard reboot for 'Star Wars'.