Marvel’s Thunderbolts deflected by the power of the WGA strike
Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan's Thunderbolts has become the second Marvel film project to be delayed by the strike
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Another delay in the clockwork world of Marvel movies tonight, as Deadline reports that Florence Pugh’s Thunderbolts has become the latest film to have its production delayed by the ongoing Writers Guild Of America strike. The supervillain-focused film is the second Marvel movie to officially get hit with delays due to the strike, after Marvel previously announced that the Blade movie was being put in stasis until the strike concluded. (Deadpool 3, meanwhile, is moving forward with filming this week, although it’ll reportedly have to stick tightly to its script in order to do so.)
Thunderbolts, which was set to start filming in mid-June it Atlanta, has been a pretty big question mark on the schedule ever since the strike began; Marvel had previously suggested it wasn’t worried about the film, but that was way back in the distant past of two weeks ago. As is, it feels like the studio’s aggressive Phase Five push has left it especially susceptible to pressure from the strike; even if Thunderbolts has a completed script, the WGA has been extremely savvy about using public pressure and picket lines to make it more difficult for studios like Disney to make operating during the strike more difficult.
Thunderbolts has been in development since last June; the film will serve as a sort of grab-bag of popular characters from various other Marvel movies and shows, including Sebastian Stan’s Winter Soldier, Pugh’s Black Widow, David Harbour’s Red Guardian, Wyatt Russell’s John Walker, Hannah John-Kamen’s Ghost, and Olga Kurylenko’s Taskmaster. The Thunderbolts concept has mutated and changed a lot in the comics over the years, although the original incarnation was a group of villains masquerading as heroes; more recent versions have made it a lot more similar to D.C.’s Suicide Squad.
Crew on the film were reportedly notified of the delay earlier today; the current plan is apparently to resume filming as soon as the strike eventually ends.
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“…to make it more difficult for studios like Disney to make operating during the strike more difficult.”*chef’s kiss*
Reads like poetry, stunning.
This is all fully in accordance with the editorial guidelines set out in the Style Manual of Style published by the United States Department of Redundancy Department of America.
Headquartered it Atlanta
This is why we need writers, folks.
Technically I’d say this is why we need editors/proofreaders. But yes, ensuring writers actually have the time and inclination to give what they wrote a quick read-through before publishing instead of feeling pressure to just publish and get on to the next article would also help.Mistakes like the above example don’t happen because the writers are bad, they happen when corporate overlords who clearly don’t respect their writers keep piling on increasingly unreasonable demands that inevitably force writers to publish sloppy rush jobs.It’s an infuriating reality that in today’s SEO/clickbait-driven editorial world, writers often have to choose between publishing work they’re actually proud of and ensuring they keep their job by meeting whatever insane quotas/mandates are set upon them.
Right? The actual writing style of the current crop of A.V. Club writers is perfectly adequate, and if they had time to reread their pieces once or twice, we’d probably see far fewer errors. (That wouldn’t necessarily change the crappiness of their ideas, though.)
It’s still just like yes hey their job is stressful but they also chose a job a lot of people consider a hobby so like…. idk what you want from me, empathy?
God I hope we still live in a world where I can wish someone else was better at their job. Sure it’s stressful, they willingly rejected Math and Science to go into that field. Suck it up is all I say. If they have those very human errors than they simply aren’t good enough to hold what is considered a higher echelon of jobs…
god stfu man.
dude you sound crazy bitter about these people not doing STEM
I went to school for theatre and then I realized making my hobby my job makes me hates it. I’m so sorry they can’t submit their best art. Poor them. I guess they should have put more effort into a skill that isn’t about to become irrelevant with the rise of ChatGPT. Like…. I’m sorry I just can’t be empathetic in that way. Sure I’m all for pay increases but feeling bad for an artist because “their job is hard” is extremely rich. They went out of their way to pursue that. They can suck that aspect up they already work a cushy job that a tonne of people (and half the commentariat here) wish they had.
Anyone working in the arts and actually feeding themselves…. I don’t wanna hear how stressful your job was. You didn’t wanna do Math this badly so…. no pity here.
*chief’s kiss*
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The studio heads make as much as the staff combined; why don’t they just make the movie themselves? 10 people making a billion dollars do as much work as 10,000 averaging a million each, right?
‘”The studio heads make as much as the staff combined; why don’t they just make the movie themselves? 10 people making a billion dollars do as much work as 10,000 averaging a million each, right?”‘They’ve still got to pay the actors, advertisers, distributers, and etc. out of that financial waterfall.
Maybe they can use this time to fundamentally rethink aspects of the movie. Like the lineup. Ya know. Things like that.
Have you seen Volume 3 yet? It sounds like you haven’t. You sound like the tone of Quantumania. You my friend should get to the theatre.
I’m actually in the theater for it RIGHT NOW.
“Crew on the film were reportedly notified of the delay earlier today; the current plan is apparently to resume filming as soon as the strike eventually ends.”
So, the plan is that when the strike is over they’re going to “resume filming” on this movie that isn’t scheduled to start filming for over two weeks?
How did the last writer’s strike can resolved?
I’m pretty sure they’re not going to get everything they want, but will come to a comprise….which honestly makes my ponder why so many execs are happy to be wasting all this time just getting to the table?
They said they were spacing things out to give audiences more time to watch (see Secret Invasion moving from spring to summer, etc.), but it sure seems like they’re spacing things out to allow them time on the back end to overcome the effects of this strike…
Oh you mean the MCU first film*
Kevin Feige didn’t realize you can’t showcase pools of blood with a PG-13 rating.
It’s extremely rich that The A.V. Club has anything to say about the Writer’s Strike meanwhile nothing in the slightest gets edited here.
Good, i guess?
Also-Marvel movies need writers? They cant/dont have an AI do it?