Fall 2023 preview: 14 burning questions about big TV shows, buzzy films—and the strikes
Will more movies be delayed? Can The Marvels save Marvel? How much reality TV is too much? We've got some pressing questions
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The arrival of fall means shorter days, cooler weather, and pumpkin spice back on the menu, but most importantly—at least as far as we’re concerned—it means a whole new crop of movies and TV shows coming to our screens. The circumstances this year are a little different, as Hot Labor Summer rolls into Chilly Labor Fall. Ongoing labor strikes involving the WGA and SAG-AFTRA continue to cause turmoil and uncertainty in Hollywood (as such actions are meant to do). The work stoppage has caused shuffling in release schedules and changes to the way projects are promoted. Because of a backlog of projects that were in the pipeline before the strike began, audiences haven’t felt the effects as directly as those in and around the industry, but that may soon change.
In our fall 2023 preview guides, we identified 60 new and returning TV shows and 26 films that we’re looking forward to in the coming months. These projects raised some specific burning questions for us—like whether Marvel can get its mojo back with The Marvels or whether anyone still cares about The Walking Dead. Read on as we indulge our curiosity and attempt to puzzle out some of the biggest queries of the season.
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I think Marvel’s financial woes have been greatly exaggerated. GoG 3, Wakanda Forever, Spider-Man NWH, and Dr Strange MoM all rank in their top 10 grossing movies. The real test of the Marvels is how well it does as relatively newer characters carrying a movie. They need to show the new characters can carry the franchise forward.
Marvel’s financial woes also pale in comparison to the financial woes of other studios. The box office is an issue, but it’s not an issue only for Marvel. As disappointing as Ant Man 3 might have been, it wasn’t Blue Beetle or Shazam: Fury of the Gods.
Right? It’s not like they made Morbius and then released it twice.
I mean technically that was Sony, but it still outgrossed Shazam…
I just meant similarity in terms of bad financial straits, not that it was the same studio. Although they did release Across the Spiderverse, so i guess I’m selling them short.
Gotch ya. I thought it was sarcasm 😉 my mistake!
Is that a behind the scenes image, or Marty making a cameo in the movie?
I get that Strange World didn’t perform well, but Encanto got fairly universal acclaim from audiences and critics. It’s low-box office was attributed pretty directly to Covid. It frankly makes Strange World seem more like the anomaly than anything else.