Is anyone else excited about Disney’s next animated film, “Wish”? I’m pretty knowledgeable about Disney productions, and have worked with Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and classic live-action films. We know all about the upcoming projects for the franchise, including remakes. But there’s a big reason why this one didn’t catch my eye, and it wasn’t because it wasn’t part of a larger series.
Recently released independent Disney films like Elemental and Encanto piqued my interest, but Wish didn’t. In theory, the concept is interesting enough, too: When a 17-year-old girl named Asha senses a darkness in the Kingdom of Rosas that no one else does, she wishes on a star.
So, why was I the only one who missed this? And what do most other Disney fans think? The main trailer also reflects this, and it’s a good idea for Inside Head 2. The trailer received 11 million views in just seven days, compared to just 7.5 million views in a month.
Disney would find itself in a bind, and it would be a downward spiral for the empire. This all started the second time Disney started acquiring other franchises, and now they have so much content that they honestly don’t know what to do with it.
In my opinion, Pixar Animation Studios was one of Disney’s best investments, and with its acquisition in 2006 they acquired creative storytellers and incredibly skilled artists. The problem was that while Disney was ahead of them in terms of creative content, Disney wasn’t producing anything on the same level as Pixar.
“If you can’t win, buy it” must have been Disney’s motto as they continued to buy up some of the most creative content of our time. Disney acquired Marvel Entertainment in August 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012, making it the owner of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.
Disney has an overabundance of stories right now, and fan expectations are skyrocketing. Of course, all the different content will be created accordingly. How are you doing? Of course, let’s make a lot of TV series every week! Who needs the $1 million in box office revenue we get from making a feature film?
So where does your content go if you don’t release it in theaters? It’s simple. The streaming service we built for just $13.99 a month is the third most popular streaming service. This is one of Disney’s big problems. They don’t charge extra for these dozens of series they produce. If you do, you’ll get a lot of fun backlash from fans.
But the question is, where are they making this money? it’s not. We see it in all content these days, only the production, advertising, and fan excitement is of low quality.
This idea of using shows to fill the gaps between movie releases is incredibly flawed. Not only do they produce too many shows for the average fan to consume, but only so many people buy streaming services, so they don’t make as much money as theatrical releases. Spoiler: If they haven’t done it by now, they aren’t going to do it.
From a storytelling perspective, there are some shows that I think benefit from being a TV show. “Loki,” whose second season was just released, benefits from this because it’s such a big concept with an alternate timeline outside of the MCU than what we’ve seen so far. Yes, this has implications for the larger universe, but it has its own story.
A bad example of a Marvel movie not working well within the larger universe, especially inconsistent character development, is WandaVision and immediately followed by Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. will be broadcast. We watch Wanda make the same mistake in both, but what I hate even more is that the show did it better!
The show that I wish had been made into a movie is “Secret Invasion.” Disney has no defense against this. This was meant to be the biggest twist in MCU history, and having it as a side-story spy thriller show was truly awful.
Disney has proven that they can make a successful TV show, but the question they have to answer is, “Is it worth it to make a successful TV show at the expense of the movies?” The Marvels is currently in theaters and already has a 62% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but we hope Disney decides to invest more in quality over quantity.
My prediction is that either Sony or DreamWorks will take over the top spot in creative storytelling in animation. they have done a good job.
