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Dakota Johnson Says the Failure of 'Madame Web ''Wasn't My Fault'
Dakota Johnson is explaining what went wrong with her 2024 superhero movie Madame Web, which was a notable flop at the box office "I think unfortunately with Madame Web, it started out as something and turned into something else. And I was just sort of along for the ride at that point," Johnson said Johnson, whose latest movie Materialists releases in theaters June 13, was named Worst Performance by the Razzie Awards for her role in Madame WebMore than one year after Dakota Johnson's 2024 superhero movie Madame Web flopped at the box office, the actress is looking back on why the movie didn't work out. 'It wasn't my fault," Johnson, 35, said with a laugh, as she and her Materialists director Celine Song spoke with the Los Angeles Times for an article published Wednesday, June 4. Johnson had been asked whether she was focused on making smaller, indie movies like her new romantic comedy with Song and recent movies like Daddio and Splitsville, which Johnson's company TeaTime Pictures produced. 'There's this thing that happens now where a lot of creative decisions are made by committee. Or made by people who don't have a creative bone in their body," Johnson said of Madame Web. "And it's really hard to make art that way. Or to make something entertaining that way. And I think unfortunately with Madame Web, it started out as something and turned into something else. And I was just sort of along for the ride at that point. But that happens. Bigger-budget movies fail all the time." Johnson starred alongside Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O'Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, Adam Scott and Emma Roberts in Madame Web, one of Sony Pictures' Spider-Man spinoff movies. The movie follows Johnson's character Cassandra Webb as she gains clairvoyant abilities that allow her to see the future of characters portrayed by Sweeney, O'Connor and Merced. While the film never directly connects to Tom Holland's Spider-Man movies, the characters are closely associated with Spider-Man and Peter Parker in many Marvel comic book stories. Madame Web received negative reviews from critics and audiences alike and won the 2025 Razzie Awards' awards for Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay and Worst Actress for Johnson back in February. Despite all the negative attention the movie received, Johnson did not appear concerned with the long-term impact of Madame Web while speaking with the L.A. Times. 'I don't have a Band-Aid over it,' she said. 'There's no part of me that's like, 'Oh, I'll never do that again' to anything. I've done even tiny movies that didn't do well. Who cares?' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. In Materialists, Johnson strays far from superhero fare and instead portrays a New York City matchmaker whose love life becomes caught between two men: an ex named John (Chris Evans) who she reconnects with on the same night she meets a new man named Harry (Pedro Pascal). 'I think a lot of what I read these days is void of soul and heart, and [writer-director Song] is all soul and heart," Johnson told the L.A. Times of the movie, when asked why she has not made more romantic comedies. "I really love a rom-com if it feels like I can connect to the people in it. And I think I've found it hard to connect to the people in some of the ones that I've been offered.' Materialists is in theaters June 13. Read the original article on People
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Dakota Johnson Says the Failure of 'Madame Web ''Wasn't My Fault'
Dakota Johnson is explaining what went wrong with her 2024 superhero movie Madame Web, which was a notable flop at the box office "I think unfortunately with Madame Web, it started out as something and turned into something else. And I was just sort of along for the ride at that point," Johnson said Johnson, whose latest movie Materialists releases in theaters June 13, was named Worst Performance by the Razzie Awards for her role in Madame WebMore than one year after Dakota Johnson's 2024 superhero movie Madame Web flopped at the box office, the actress is looking back on why the movie didn't work out. 'It wasn't my fault," Johnson, 35, said with a laugh, as she and her Materialists director Celine Song spoke with the Los Angeles Times for an article published Wednesday, June 4. Johnson had been asked whether she was focused on making smaller, indie movies like her new romantic comedy with Song and recent movies like Daddio and Splitsville, which Johnson's company TeaTime Pictures produced. 'There's this thing that happens now where a lot of creative decisions are made by committee. Or made by people who don't have a creative bone in their body," Johnson said of Madame Web. "And it's really hard to make art that way. Or to make something entertaining that way. And I think unfortunately with Madame Web, it started out as something and turned into something else. And I was just sort of along for the ride at that point. But that happens. Bigger-budget movies fail all the time." Johnson starred alongside Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O'Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, Adam Scott and Emma Roberts in Madame Web, one of Sony Pictures' Spider-Man spinoff movies. The movie follows Johnson's character Cassandra Webb as she gains clairvoyant abilities that allow her to see the future of characters portrayed by Sweeney, O'Connor and Merced. While the film never directly connects to Tom Holland's Spider-Man movies, the characters are closely associated with Spider-Man and Peter Parker in many Marvel comic book stories. Madame Web received negative reviews from critics and audiences alike and won the 2025 Razzie Awards' awards for Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay and Worst Actress for Johnson back in February. Despite all the negative attention the movie received, Johnson did not appear concerned with the long-term impact of Madame Web while speaking with the L.A. Times. 'I don't have a Band-Aid over it,' she said. 'There's no part of me that's like, 'Oh, I'll never do that again' to anything. I've done even tiny movies that didn't do well. Who cares?' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. In Materialists, Johnson strays far from superhero fare and instead portrays a New York City matchmaker whose love life becomes caught between two men: an ex named John (Chris Evans) who she reconnects with on the same night she meets a new man named Harry (Pedro Pascal). 'I think a lot of what I read these days is void of soul and heart, and [writer-director Song] is all soul and heart," Johnson told the L.A. Times of the movie, when asked why she has not made more romantic comedies. "I really love a rom-com if it feels like I can connect to the people in it. And I think I've found it hard to connect to the people in some of the ones that I've been offered.' Materialists is in theaters June 13. Read the original article on People
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Dakota Johnson Says the Failure of 'Madame Web ''Wasn't My Fault'
Dakota Johnson is explaining what went wrong with her 2024 superhero movie Madame Web, which was a notable flop at the box office "I think unfortunately with Madame Web, it started out as something and turned into something else. And I was just sort of along for the ride at that point," Johnson said Johnson, whose latest movie Materialists releases in theaters June 13, was named Worst Performance by the Razzie Awards for her role in Madame WebMore than one year after Dakota Johnson's 2024 superhero movie Madame Web flopped at the box office, the actress is looking back on why the movie didn't work out. 'It wasn't my fault," Johnson, 35, said with a laugh, as she and her Materialists director Celine Song spoke with the Los Angeles Times for an article published Wednesday, June 4. Johnson had been asked whether she was focused on making smaller, indie movies like her new romantic comedy with Song and recent movies like Daddio and Splitsville, which Johnson's company TeaTime Pictures produced. 'There's this thing that happens now where a lot of creative decisions are made by committee. Or made by people who don't have a creative bone in their body," Johnson said of Madame Web. "And it's really hard to make art that way. Or to make something entertaining that way. And I think unfortunately with Madame Web, it started out as something and turned into something else. And I was just sort of along for the ride at that point. But that happens. Bigger-budget movies fail all the time." Johnson starred alongside Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O'Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, Adam Scott and Emma Roberts in Madame Web, one of Sony Pictures' Spider-Man spinoff movies. The movie follows Johnson's character Cassandra Webb as she gains clairvoyant abilities that allow her to see the future of characters portrayed by Sweeney, O'Connor and Merced. While the film never directly connects to Tom Holland's Spider-Man movies, the characters are closely associated with Spider-Man and Peter Parker in many Marvel comic book stories. Madame Web received negative reviews from critics and audiences alike and won the 2025 Razzie Awards' awards for Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay and Worst Actress for Johnson back in February. Despite all the negative attention the movie received, Johnson did not appear concerned with the long-term impact of Madame Web while speaking with the L.A. Times. 'I don't have a Band-Aid over it,' she said. 'There's no part of me that's like, 'Oh, I'll never do that again' to anything. I've done even tiny movies that didn't do well. Who cares?' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. In Materialists, Johnson strays far from superhero fare and instead portrays a New York City matchmaker whose love life becomes caught between two men: an ex named John (Chris Evans) who she reconnects with on the same night she meets a new man named Harry (Pedro Pascal). 'I think a lot of what I read these days is void of soul and heart, and [writer-director Song] is all soul and heart," Johnson told the L.A. Times of the movie, when asked why she has not made more romantic comedies. "I really love a rom-com if it feels like I can connect to the people in it. And I think I've found it hard to connect to the people in some of the ones that I've been offered.' Materialists is in theaters June 13. Read the original article on People
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28-02-2025
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‘Megalopolis' director Francis Ford Coppola ‘accepts' Razzie by slamming ‘gutless' industry
Francis Ford Coppola "won" Worst Director at the Razzie Awards for his ambitious, self-financed epic Megalopolis. And he actually accepted the "honor," letting the Razzies and Hollywood know what he thinks about them in an unfiltered social media post. "I am thrilled to accept the Razzie Award," he stated, "when so few have the courage to go against the prevailing trends of contemporary moviemaking!" Coppola, a five-time Oscar winner, continued, "In this wreck of a world today, where ART is given scores as if it were professional wrestling, I chose to NOT follow the gutless rules laid down by an industry so terrified of risk that despite the enormous pool of young talent at its disposal, may not create pictures that will be relevant and alive 50 years from now." He said it was an honor to "stand alongside a great and courageous filmmaker like Jacques Tati who impoverished himself completely to make one of cinema's most beloved failures, Playtime! My sincere thanks to all my brilliant colleagues who joined me to make our work of art, Megalopolis, and let us remind ourselves that box-office is only about money, and like war, stupidity and politics has no true place in our future." More from GoldDerby Oscars 2025: How to watch and stream live and everything to know about this year's ceremony 2025 Oscars: Gold Derby's final winner predictions and odds in all 23 categories Experts slugfest: Debating the 4 Oscar acting races - and whether Isabella Rossellini will really pull off 'an upset' He's in good company. The list of Worst Director champs at the Razzies runs the gamut from right-wing propagandist Dinesh D'Souza (Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party) to gross-out comedian Tom Green (Freddie Got Fingered), but it has also gone to Oscar nominees and winners like Gus Van Sant (the Psycho remake), Kevin Costner (The Postman), Bill Condon (Twilight: Breaking Dawn — Part 2), and Tom Hooper (Cats). Now commenters on his Instagram are calling Coppola a "boss" and the "GOAT" for his response to the Razzie recognition. But the more than 1,200 cineastes who decide the Razzies spared Coppola the indignity of winning Worst Picture. That went instead to Madame Web, the notorious Marvel comics offshoot from Feb. 2024 that bombed with critics and audiences. It also received Worst Actress for Dakota Johnson, a previous winner for the critically drubbed erotic drama Fifty Shades of Grey, and Worst Screenplay. Elsewhere, the Emmy-nominated film Unfrosted claimed a pair of $4.97 trophies for Worst Actor (Jerry Seinfeld) and Worst Supporting Actress (Amy Schumer). The unsuccessful sequel Joker: Folie à Deux, which followed up the Oscar-winning Joker, also prevailed twice: Worst Screen Combo for Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off, or Sequel. But the Razzies gave out one positive prize. The Redeemer Award, decided by the Razzie Board of Governors, goes to a notorious Razzie favorite who turned things around to produce acclaimed work. This year that award went to Pamela Anderson, who recently earned Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations for the indie film The Last Showgirl. Perhaps surprisingly, the Redeemer Award didn't go to two-time Worst Actress winner Demi Moore, who this year is a Best Actress Oscar nominee for The Substance. You can't win 'em all. SIGN UPfor Gold Derby's free newsletter with latest predictions // Worst Picture Borderlands Joker: Folie à Deux [winner] Megalopolis Reagan Worst Actor Jack Black, Dear Santa Zachary Levi, Harold and the Purple Crayon Joaquin Phoenix, Joker: Folie à Deux Dennis Quaid, Reagan [winner] Jerry Seinfeld, Worst Actress Cate Blanchett, Borderlands Lady Gaga, Joker: Folie à Deux Bryce Dallas Howard, Argylle [winner] Dakota Johnson, Jennifer Lopez, Atlas Worst Supporting Actor Jack Black, Borderlands Kevin Hart, Borderlands Shia LaBeouf, Megalopolis Tahar Rahim, Madame Web [winner] Jon Voight, /// Worst Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose, Argylle/Kraven the Hunter Leslie Anne Down, Reagan Emma Roberts, Madame Web [winner] Amy Schumer, FKA Twigs, The Crow Worst Director S.J. Clarkson, Madame Web [winner] Francis Ford Coppola, Todd Phillips, Joker: Folie à Deux Eli Roth, Borderlands Jerry Seinfeld, Unfrosted Worst Screen Combo Any Two Obnoxious Characters (But Especially Jack Black), Borderlands Any Two Unfunny "Comedic Actors," Unfrosted The Entire Cast of Megalopolis [winner] Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, Dennis Quaid and Penelope Ann Miller, Reagan Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel The Crow [winner] Kraven the Hunter Mufasa: The Lion King Rebel Moon 2: The Scargiver Worst Screenplay Joker: Folie à Deux Kraven the Hunter [winner] Megalopolis Reagan Best of GoldDerby Oscars 2025: How to watch and stream live and everything to know about this year's ceremony Rachel Weisz movies: 12 greatest films ranked worst to best Rob Reiner movies: 12 greatest films ranked worst to best Click here to read the full article.
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28-01-2025
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Lady Gaga Responds to Poor ‘Joker 2' Reviews: ‘People Just Sometimes Do Not Like Some Things'
Lady Gaga responded to the onslaught of negative 'Joker: Folie à Deux' reviews in a new interview, saying you cannot impress everyone. 'People just sometimes do n0t like some things. It's that simple,' Gaga told Elle in an interview published Tuesday. 'And I think to be an artist, you have to be willing for people to sometimes not like it. And you keep going even if something did not connect in the way that you intended.' 'Joker: Folie à Deux,' the sequel to Todd Phillips' critically acclaimed 'Joker,' premiered for the first time globally at the Venice Film Festival back in September 2024. The second time around, the movie was turned into a musical that told the early beginnings of Joker and Harleen 'Lee' Quinzel, whom Gaga played. While highly anticipated, the sequel garnered mixed reviews. Some were upset over it being converted into a musical while others just flat-out thought it was bad. 'The emergency axe thus came out, and despite everything, Phillips & Co. smashed back into the self-contained world, shook all the contents out on to the carpet and, against their own advice, had another go,' The Times' Kevin Maher previously wrote of the film. 'The result? Messy, lifeless, derivative and exactly what you would expect from a film that simply does not want, or need, to exist.' In addition, Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie a 31% rating and the 2025 Razzie Awards called it one of the 'worst' movies from 2024. Nevertheless, Gaga said hits and misses among fans comes with creating art, and she will not be internalizing it. 'When that makes its way into your life, that can be hard to get control of. It is part of the mayhem,' Gaga said. But the Grammy and Oscar-winning artist has many more projects in store, including her upcoming album, 'Mayhem,' which drops March 7. She said the album will be a mix of sounds and genres that have a 'happy apocalyptic tune' while some of songs will have ''90s alternative, electro-grunge, Prince and Bowie melodies, guitar and attitude, funky bass lines, French electronic dance, and analog synths.' To put it simply, Gaga said, ''Mayhem is utter chaos!'The post Lady Gaga Responds to Poor 'Joker 2' Reviews: 'People Just Sometimes Do Not Like Some Things' appeared first on TheWrap.
