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Kevin Feige Met with THE CREATOR Team to Learn How to Cut MCU VFX Costs — GeekTyrant
Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige is on a mission to revitalize the MCU, and part of that strategy involves making movies smarter, not just bigger. One surprising source of inspiration? Gareth Edwards' sci-fi epic The Creator . In an interview with Deadline, Feige revealed he met with the team behind The Creator to learn how they pulled off such a visually stunning film on a fraction of a typical blockbuster budget. Feige explained: 'The movies made over the last two years have been upwards of a third cheaper than they were two years before that. Deadpool & Wolverine, Captain America, Thunderbolts and Fantastic Four are all significantly cheaper than films from 2022 and 2023, and they would have been even cheaper if it wasn't for the strikes.' Considering The Creator cost just $80 million but looked like a $200 million spectacle, Feige clearly sees value in that approach. Edwards and his team shot extensively in Thailand, using real-world environments and enhancing them with VFX rather than relying on massive soundstage builds. That's a sharp contrast to recent MCU outings like Thunderbolts* and Captain America: Brave New World , each with reported budgets of around $180 million. While Marvel has scaled back spending on most projects, the studio isn't holding back when it comes to the big guns. Forbes reports that Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars are shaping up to cost even more than Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame combined, films that together nearly hit the $1 billion mark in production costs. But with Endgame earning $2.8 billion, Marvel is betting big that lightning can strike twice. Before we get to the multiverse madness, the next major MCU release is The Fantastic Four: First Steps , starring Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm. Reportedly costing $200 million, the film is projected to open strong with $100 million to $110 million domestically, according to Deadline. Feige's renewed focus on cost efficiency, and lessons learned from The Creator could be a game-changer for Marvel moving forward. The question now is whether these leaner, smarter productions can reignite excitement for the MCU.
Pink Villa
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Box Office: Jurassic World: Rebirth set to cross Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning in India; Collects Rs 82 crore in 17 days
Jurassic World Rebirth is among the latest releases which are running at the box office. Starring Scarlett Johansson, the film serves as the seventh installment of the Jurassic Park franchise. Directed by Gareth Edwards, the science fiction action film has earned Rs 82.1 crore in India in 17 days. Co-produced by Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, Jurassic World Rebirth collected Rs 50.45 crore in the first week of its release in India. The Scarlett Johansson starrer recorded Rs 22.30 crore in the second week. Jurassic World Rebirth fetched Rs 1.85 crore on the third Friday and Rs 3.50 crore on the third Saturday. It earned Rs 4 crore on the third Sunday, bringing its third weekend collection to Rs 9.35 crore. Now, the cume collection of Gareth Edwards' directorial stands at Rs 82.1 crore in 17 days. Jurassic World Rebirth to cross Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning in India Jurassic World Rebirth will soon surpass the lifetime collection of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning at the Indian box office. The Tom Cruise starrer earned Rs 92 crore in India. The plot shows that most dinasaurs are now confined to isolated equatorial regions in order to survive due to inhospitable climate on the Earth. Led by Zora Bennett, a covert operation expert, the team travels to a former island research facility where the three largest prehistoric animals reside. In the film, Scarlett Johansson plays the role of Zora. Mahersha Ali is cast as her team leader, Duncan Kincaid. Jurassic World Rebirth is a standalone sequel to Jurassic World Dominion, which was released in 2022. Jurassic World: Rebirth In Theatres Jurassic World: Rebirth plays in theatres now. Stay tuned to Pinkvilla for more updates.
Pink Villa
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Jurassic World Rebirth Day 16 India Box Office: Scarlett Johansson's movie grows by excellent 85 percent on 3rd Saturday; Nets Rs 3.50 crore
Jurassic World: Rebirth, directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, Mahershala Ali and others, had an excellent 85 percent growth on 3rd Saturday at the India box office, as it collected Rs 3.50 crore. Clubbed with its collections over the first 15 days, the total collections of Rebirth stand at Rs 78.10 crore and it should be standing at little around Rs 82 crore net by the end of the weekend. The Day Wise India Net Collections Of Jurassic World: Rebirth Are As Under Particulars India Net Collections Week 1 Rs 50.45 crore Week 2 Rs 22.30 crore 3rd Friday Rs 1.85 crore 3rd Saturday Rs 3.50 crore Total Rs 78.10 crore net in 16 days Note: The collections don't include the 3D handling charges Jurassic World: Rebirth Is A Hit In India; However, It Is Not The Franchise's Prime While Jurassic World: Rebirth is not the best performing Jurassic film in India, it is atleast better than Dominion. It may most likely also go past Fallen Kingdom, though it may likely fall short of Jurassic World (2015). The franchise is past its prime in India, but the perfornance of Rebirth atleast assures that it is alive and kicking. Jurassic Park's adjusted net India collections may be close to Rs 250 crore, and thus one would expect atleast Rs 150 crore from new films of this franchise, if not more. Rebirth will fall around 40 percent short of the mark, but that doesn't absolve it of a hit verdict. Hopefully, if there is a major revamp to the franchise with higher stakes and conflicts, we may get back the prime days of the franchise. Jurassic World: Rebirth Chases Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning To Be Hollywood's Highest Grossing Indian Film Jurassic World: Rebirth heads to be the highest grossing Hollywood movie of 2025 so far in India, chasing Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. F1 is also chasing Tom Cruise's action-thriller in India, but Rebirth will likely take the first spot. Jurassic World: Rebirth In Theatres
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jurassic World Rebirth review: like the Jurassic Park itself, it's a promising experiment that goes wrong
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. I've been a stalwart fan of the Jurassic World revival of the Jurassic Park franchise, even if the quality took a tumble towards the end. So when visionary director Gareth Edwards was announced to helm a continuation of the franchise, one which would double down on the horrifying concept of mutant dinos, I was fully in. Unfortunately, the resulting movie Jurassic World Rebirth doesn't live up to the hype. It's overlong, frustrating and lacking in thrills, so much so that I look back at the widely-panned Jurassic World Dominion fondly in comparison. Jurassic World Rebirth is set several years on from Dominion, and sees an expedition of mercenaries travel to a remote island to collect DNA from isolated dinos, only to have their plans scuppered when the dinosaurs start to attack them. Who would've thought that would happen? Here's how to watch the Jurassic Park movies in order At the same time we follow a family on a sailing trip who likewise are attacked by a dinosaur, and have to find refuge on this dangerous island. In its opening text crawl, the movie sweeps under the rug the Fallen Kingdom-introduced idea of dinos joining the Earth's ecosystem in a permanent and disappointingly-limiting way, keeping action limited to one island. The team consists of Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend and some future dino fodder, while Manuel Garcia-Rulfo is the patriarch of the family. None of the characters are given much to work with, but props go to Audrina Miranda for playing perhaps the most convincing child of the Jurassic Park franchise. The plot is driven along by a series of coincidences, contrivances and bizarre logic, and you'll want to scream at the screen for how infuriatingly little sense any of it makes. The premise for the island, the reason the original base there shut down, the relationship between the stranded family members, an unending string of hair-pullingly idiotic decisions by characters; all of these make it impossible to get engaged with the movie, though serve as fodder to complain about to friends over a beer later. The more you think about it, the more you wonder: "why is there a gas station selling tourist tat on a remote island which ever only housed a scientific research base, and has no roads?" There's a lot more that's frustrating for how it's not addressed. Two of the main characters have traumas they describe during one laborious conversation scene and barely bring up again; most of the other characters have "arc"' that are either resolved the scene after they're brought up or are completely forgotten. You don't watch Jurassic movies for their characters, but at least you get a sense of who Ian Malcolm, Ellie Sattler, Alan Grant, or the World characers actually are. Clocking in at 2 hours and 14 minutes, Rebirth is the second-longest movie of the franchise, despite its simple plot. It feels long too, with a sluggish first half that spends far too much time at sea, and a stop-start pace once characters get to the island; the story rarely instills a sense of excitement or danger. A few punchier scenes, like the brief appearance of a T-Rex and an attack by the aquatic Mosasaurus, are so prevalent in the trailers that they lose their impact, too. The movie is surprisingly bloodless and kid-friendly, more so than past entries. Almost all dino kills are out of view, with the creatures dragging victims off-camera at every opportunity (maybe they're just shy eaters), and the child character befriends a baby dinosaur that proceeds to travel around in her backpack like we're watching a Disney film (admittedly this dino, Dolores, was the highlight of the movie to some people I spoke to). Fans who loved the harrowing dino disaster and brutality of past Jurassic World movies will find it toothless. This is despite Rebirth being marketed as a horror movie. The new big bad Distortus Rex is only creepy in its first scene, then disappears for the vast majority of the movie, and when it re-enters at the eleventh hour it's nonthreatening and looks daft. In fact the premise of the island being home to an ecosystem of mutant dinos only manifests in the D-Rex and one other creature, which you'd think was just a normal dino if not for a quick dialogue aside. Instead of blood, Rebirth is chock-full of "jokes", however, the vast majority land with a resounding 'thud' (more of a 'thud' than the footsteps of the lumbering behemoths, that characters inexplicably fail to hear throughout the movie). I smiled at one line near the beginning, but the further the film goes on, the more the incessant attempts at humor deflate any atmosphere the movie has created. Dino fans will appreciate the appearance of some big-name debuts to the franchise like Quetzalcoatlus and Titanosaurus, but if you don't know your Stegasaurus from your Triceratops, then all these new dinos will do is remind you of scenes from the original trilogy, which Rebirth is clearly aping. Despite not following Dominion's footsteps by bringing back the original cast, Rebirth plays on nostalgia even more than the reboot trilogy. I liked the use of Jurassic Park's color scheme, but there are too many shots lifted wholesale from the original, and the classic score is dropped in at baffling points. The original theme, evoking wonder and excitement, is used when one character is telling another of their PTSD! Universal has dubbed Jurassic World Rebirth a stand-alone movie, rather than the start of a new trilogy, but it's hard to see where the franchise can go from here given the status of dinos within the movie. Out of the movie, Rebirth has squandered my enthusiasm for future installments, and it feels like a hiatus is well due (reports suggest a new movie will come in 2028, but one can dream!). Watch Jurassic World Rebirth exclusively in movie theaters; it releases on Wednesday, July 2. Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
16-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Sir Clive Woodward: These are my 50 greatest Lions players of all time - who claims top spot?
The first memory I have of the British & Irish Lions is watching the 1971 Tests with New Zealand, games which featured true greats like Sir Gareth Edwards, Willie John McBride and JPR Williams, among others. I was hooked straight away. As they were then, the Lions remain rugby's greatest team. I love everything it represents, with players from the four Home Nations coming together to form a common bond once every four years against the best of the southern hemisphere. Your browser does not support iframes.
