Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon’ Aims to Be the Dad Movie(s) of Summer 2024, 'Bad Boys 4' Moves Up Against 'The Crow,' and More (02-27-24)

Hollywood now hopes the Will Smith backlash was mostly an online narrative, while 'Anyone But You' can remind Hollywood that movies for women belong in theaters

In this exciting episode of… uh… “I have too many stories to comment upon and don’t want to spam your inbox”…
- I’ll talk about Warner Bros. Discovery using precious pre-Dune Part Two trailer real estate for two non-tentpoles.
- I’ll note the grim irony of (not unlike Space Jam: A New Legacy opening in the summer of 2021) having that long-gestating remake of The Crow finally get released at a time when I have to root for it to succeed.
- As Bad Boys 4 moves up a week to June 7, I’ll again note that we still have no idea whether “the slap” did any real harm to Will Smith’s (franchise-dependent) bankability.
- Anyone but You has become the first modern Hollywood flick to top $200 million worldwide despite… well, find out that (and more) inside!