Disney NUKED Willow Series As Budget Went OVER $150 Million ISANITY!
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2024
- Disney NUKED Willow Series As Budget Went OVER $150 Million ISANITY!
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150 million dollars?! With that budget we could of have 13 Godzilla Minus One films
I’m pretty convinced these days that either Disney is laundering money through these movies, or people are just flat out stealing money and that’s why the budgets are so bloated. I mean, it’s getting pretty ridiculous. Every movie and show spending like PowerBall money on EVERYTHING.
Daylight robbery. They need to be investigated by auditers or tax agency.
of course they are, and disney isn't the only one. but hey, it's done by the untouchable class in the US, so it's A-okay,
in fact if we start criticizing it, they might very well pass a law to outlaw it within a matter of days.
Disney is getting fleeced
hey, crypto dealers need to park their gains somewhere. but cash is king so watch the odd relationship between mega churches and drug money.
The series probably cost around 40m to make in actual fact, but then Disney would only get -at most- 10m back from the UK govt.
So instead what Disney did was spun off a bunch of shell companies to supply the production with materials, labour and creative and marketing services, then those arms length companies quadrupled the price of everything, so that Disney could fleece the UK government for 40m (i.e. the actual cost of the series). Congrats UK, you got pwn'd.
Wasn't this series mainly about 2 lesbian women and not Willow himself?
Exactly, oh with a side of effeminate men and failed legends.
That’s usually how it goes.
it's what they have all been about latelly strong female leads narcissistic if you unpack them, visibly not as many males in front and behind the camera is progression dont question it, and have to use the ip to get cash money cream n inbuilt fanbase to lower risk.
at least they were both white and decent looking, much rather see them than warwick davis tbh.
Its all like that cartoon about a closeup of an interracial kiss and how that will sell more cheeseburgers.
Warwick Davis. didn't give a commanding performance, he seemed uncomfortable, almost embarrassed and his acting felt stunted
I love it, bein sidelined by the cute redhead Ellie Bamber, and the princess story who rose up to be the greatest warrior!!
And yet, he simped for the show despite how disrespectful it was towards the original lore and its target audience, similar to what Ewan McGregor did for Obi-Wan Kenobi.
@@VALonRUclips Yeah, I'd love an actor or actress to just sh*t on modern sequels and call a spade a spade but too many are coward's.
@@Adam-sd2ow I assume they have a non disparagement clause if they are getting paid millions for little work, they are just giving their name to suck fans in.
@@Adam-sd2ow Sydney Sweeney comes to mind, who said recently that Madame Web was basically crap and she writes it of as a learning experience.
( she expressed it a little more diplomatically, but you get the point when you listen to her.)
The way they destroyed this classic IP is criminal. It gained almost nothing by having the Willow IP attached, being yet another generic ideology-pushing piece of activism. They even relegated the titular character to a minor supporting role. I couldn't help but feel they treated the character of Willow in almost the exact same way they did Luke Skywalker. Luke, Han, Willow, Thor, Indiana Jones... am I not allowed to retain even one childhood hero, or do they plan to emasculate and/or kill off all of them?
Classic IP? Willow? lol
@@BubbleBoyMTL yes, cause for those who watched it as a kid, it's everything the star wars OT was in a single movie.
willow is even arguably a greater hero than luke, as he half the man, has no powers, but twice the courage to do the right thing no matter what it might cost him.
he force the respect of everyone, warriors and wizards alike, and even of his enemies.
Willow is an absolute bad ass, and defenetly one of the greatest character lucas ever created.
the world was a much, MUCH better place when we had heroes like him.
@@BubbleBoyMTL a mgm ip
If Willow did this bad, can you imagine how awful the 'Acolyte' is going to be.
That's INSANE!!!!!! HOW did they possibly spend 150 million on that utter crap?
The catering was top notch. Very good sandwiches....quality costs....
Never forget in the inclusion of Freckle Jesus, the harbinger of franchises
evil
Disney can't seem to do ANYTHING for less than 100s of millions of dollars 🤗
Warms my cold black heart, really.
They’re greasing the DEI palms.
you shouldn't, it's clearly a money laundering scheme, and once used as tax write off, guess who end up footing the bill for this sludge/propaganda ? us, the tax payers.
in a scam, and it's a scheme, and make you wonder why the gooberment/IRS haven't cracked down on it yet.
oh, i guess i know why...
It's amazing how low budgets are when the creator is putting up their own money vs a soulless corporation where every exec needs to get a taste.
Imagine owning Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Willow and being so destructive and incompetent that you completely tank the franchises to the point where no one cares anymore.
I’m genuinely uncertain if Kathleen Kennedy is incompetent, or if she deliberately destroyed everything Lucasfilms had. All I am sure of is that she knows where the bodies are buried, it’s the only explanation for why she still has a job.
amazon owns willow now bitches
150M (or 120M) to be online for less than year, seems like a typical Disney rate of return
Insane... I remember when Terra Nova got cancelled as its budget was around 80 million which was considered insane for a TV series.... and that was actually good.
That special tax caused a ton of greed with the ESG funding being returned in cash back to Hollywood.
This can't be true??? Surely not.
It looked like it didn't even have a quarter of the budget season 1 of GOT and yet they're saying it had the budget of or bigger than the final season of GOT!!
I call bullshit.
Hey Disney, next time you make a show called Willow, try actually putting Willow in the damn show. If the show is named for a character, common sense would dictate that they are the star, the focus. And if you are going to race swap people into medieval Europe, don't give them a modern rap star accent. The one guy is like literally "Yo Yo Yo, Willow".
that's on mgm
Childish and selfish writing, Childish and selfish spending
Just think of all the kids Disney could’ve transitioned with that money🤔
Lots of grift and corruption. Tons of producers making big bucks, numerous 'consultants' and insane prices for mediocre CGI.
For some reason, I'm now thinking of money laundering...
Willow 2022 viewership went down like the Titan sub, then... it imploded at the bottom of the ocean. disney is still scratching it's collective head at how they got here, and us former fans are just here on the sidelines watching the disaster continue to unfold.
Everything at Disney costs at least $100m dollar to make, even a cup of coffee.
I wanted a Williow show ABOUT WILLIOW !!!
on mgm +
I'd love to see an audit of these productions. Where did that bloated budget really go?
They didn't just cancel it, they erased it out of existence, as it seems.
Shame they didn't do this with other movies/shows.
because amazon owns willow so amazon would call disney to erased it
Looks like Willow came in a little short..............il get my coat.
150? for that?
I really thing Disney execs should start checking those accounting books receipts.
Probably mostly spent on DEI
@@Adam-sd2ow or funneled to other greatest allies in the middle east more likely
Nobody asked for more Willow. Willow was a great cult classic.
Money laundering is all I can think of
Embezzlement at its finest
It could have been good, if they had done it on a shoestring. They would have needed to rely on a good script/acting/direction/cinematography etc. and simple, practical effects... like the original.
It would seem almost inconceivable that this subpar production could cost so much. If it has been used as a tax right off I think Disney have lied about how much they spent. Where did the money go? The star studded cast? The dazzling special effects? The costumes? The script? All clearly done on a budget.
I must admit I was surprised Disney decided to bring back “Willow”. I saw it at the theater back in 1988 and thought it was mediocre. With no Val Kilmer why bother bringing it back.
I can’t believe the budget was that big. The original film wasn’t even close to that and looked light years better in every aspect. I’m wondering if the bloated budget was from miscellaneous Union costs.
The Kraft food services bill should have been half price. I suspect hoarding by the height challenged.
In comparison, $35,000,000 in 1988 would be the equivalent of $77,000,000 in 2020.
And to go with the opposite.
A $150,000,000 budget in 2020 would be a budget of $67,500,000 in 1988.
It wasn't made in 2024, was shot in 2020 so even less than that
@@MrHReviews good point, ive changed the post to show the correct year. 👍
@@MrHReviews way before amazon bought mgm who owns willow
Wtf? No, Lucasfilm owns willow 😂 this has nothing to do with Amazon
Like what is the money spent on?? Is Disney washing money??
Is every Disney budget an embezzlement scheme?
I don’t care anymore - Phil Colins
Wow Kathleen Kennedy really must have had some serious dirt go get away with this.
The more money they lose the happier i am
Where did the money go towards....?
$150M tax write-off.
What happened to the mythical tranzweirdoaudience they kept on pandering to?🤣
Money laundering
Disney’s ruination oh Willow was one that really hurt, even more than Star Wars.
So they spwnt 150 million to end up removing it from Disney plus 😂
At this rate it'll be hard to take Disney's word when it comes to the amount they spend on these projects. They spend more money than I do on used games for previous consoles from my childhood.
It took me moment to stop laughing at the absurdity of this so I could actually write a comment. $150 million 😂😂😂 Jesus...they would've been better off lighting that money on fire or giving it to charity. Either would've been preferable. I grew up with Willow being one of my favorite movies and I still enjoy watching it, every now and then. I'm so glad I didn't watch that train wreck of a series but the fact that the viewership was so bad, they pulled it off their platform for a tax write down, just fills me with such joy.
if the quality of the show was amazing, this price tag wouldnt have been anything to complain about.
Who would've thought an unlikable character getting so much screen time, terrible writing and cheap effects wouldn't be popular.
You'll have to be more specific. Most of the characters were unlikable. 😂
@@AAjax Yeah but the lesbian Princess with the whiney California accent was the worst of all.
@@Adam-sd2ow for sure, and I agree.
I just thought your comment was funny, because my wife and I sat through three episodes and gave up because we were tired of watching annoying people.
@@Adam-sd2ow and now she is in the amazon vault forever
It took a while but people have finally caught on to how pervasive DEI is.
It’s not just casting black actors (which is what most dei means) it’s hiring them in every part of the production. So the writers, the accountants, the grips lol. Half of all the entertainment work force is skin hiring over quality of work.
I hope Warwick got a good payday from this, because they burned this iconic property to the ground
mgm will sue disney for this
Willw looked as if it'd been filmeddown thelcal woods.
Will they at least make it available for people who didn’t finish (because they thought it was bad) to have that option in the future ?
Probably still on streaming websites.
What a shame they didn't spend the money on a better script and better lighting. At least then you could tell what the hell was going on in some of the action sequences. Some acting lessons for Warwick would have helped too, his performance was terrible, I couldn't believe how wooden he was. I gave up watching after about 3 episodes, so it didn't surprise me that this piece of crap flopped so badly!!
This has to be fraud, there is no way new shows/movies cost this much.
Missing the point ….. Disney wrote off the majority of the Willow production costs filled with the IRS for 2022 - 2023, & by removing it completely from the Disney streaming platform completed a full tax write off process, it cost Disney virtually nothing to make Willow even following a limited streaming release.
Further more Disney use non preforming content on its streaming platform to file large tax write offs with the IRS, explains largely why lucas film are commissioned by Disney to continue turning out dreadful content, Lucas film are paid by Disney, while Disney write off the production costs as none preforming content deemed to have no commercial or resealable value…. Lucas film use UK tax incentives to reduce over all production costs by filming Willow in the UK.
This will continue as long as tax loophole remain intact by the IRS in the US , and tax incentives in the UK are kept in place to enable Disney and Lucas double write off overseas production cost , much like Disney and the BBC Coproduction of DR Who, & Lucas film with Willow and Live action Star Wars series and movies.
All a big tax write off ………
I love willow...trees. Great by a river, strongly recommend.
Wait, what show?
20m per show is only 2m less then She hulk....
From what I have seen from the show, it's garbage and the $156mil cost doesn't make sense when you compare to something like 'Godzilla -1' (>€15mil) or the sfx laiden 'the creator' ($80 mil). The only reason can be some shady stuff going on behind the scenes.
Well it costs so much because everything in the UK costs more. Studio costs, actors, employees, VFX, rent etc. Everything just costs more in UK pounds. They can shoot it for 2/3 that price in US and 1/2 that in Australia. But the fact UK is willing to give 25% kickback helps.
Next time you watch one of these mega budget streaming shows, count the # of executive producers in the credits. That's where the money goes.
Tbf there was 150 DEI executives working on Willow
Willow was the worst thing about the movie Willow.
The initial trailer with Warick introducing the cast was brilliant. Could have been a mocumentary of them making the show.
You're right, it is "isanity", 😅
They would lose less cash by turning the money they would spend on their DEI rubbish into toilet rolls and selling them in supermarkets. Plus less shite would be produced that way.
This had more views then the actual show
Shooting fantasy / period shows on location these days is outrageously expensive. You have to figure that the original cast are getting “MFN” status, so if Warwick is getting $8 million per, then so is everyone. And shooting on site in costume is costly.
The worst part about it is that people arent getting that money. The main cast cost maybe $200K per episode, and each episode was almost 20M? Where does the money go? The writers arent making money.
maybe there is some 'brewster millions' type game going on at disney
I was excited for this show since I loved the original movie but what destroyed it was its wokeness
How did they sink 150 million on it when it looked like they filmed it at the backyard of Birmingham????????
This smells like producers running away with truck loads filled with cash.
So all that money these American companies are getting back comes from the British taxpayers, same money that funds the BBC... and what are the taxpayers getting back from all these shenanigans?
Disney wanted to make a fantasy series with lesbians and used the Willow IP to frame it because they were scared it wouldn’t stand on its own merits. And even then it failed.
And here we see the real problem with Disney, they spend money like a drunken sailor. No one seems to be paying any attention to costs of production so 300 million dollar films are made. These films might breakeven if costs were a fourth what they spend, but there is no control.
:D I can't help but wonder is this because everyone with a brain left the industry in past 20 years?
150 mil is like 100-140 episodes of knightrider.
you know whats the problem with the current producers who spend investors money? absolutely no concept of "making do with what you got".
Disney can still F-up 'THX-1138' and 'American Graffiti.'
It takes a lot and I mean a metric shyt ton a lot of editing and reshoots to make 110 lbs girls fighting full grown men look terrible at best. 40 takes on one sword swing is gotta cost a pretty penny for every fight scene.
Add on... Love the spin on dropping titles from D+ for a tax right off, when Disney dropped them they themselves said it was because they couldn't afford having all these shows on their servers. So they were to broke to even keep much less air the shows and IPs they paid billions for to fill D+ programming.
in the past having a smaller budget or at least a maximum amount, made studios work harder to make best with what they had
same goes for videogames
I mean, there had to be some embezzling going on here there’s no way they used all that money for production costs
Serious question- Why doesn't Disney just pay us all to watch old shows on Disney+ instead of wasting all this money on new content?
150 MILLION??? count that in indonesia currency! that will be so many
I don't know, I kinda liked it? I wanted to see where a season 2 would go
Disney sounds like the NHS at this point.🤔
The mob needs to clean that money!! Or the cartel, to them that’s $100 million of crystal clean money.
Can't do this in the 21st century and without Kilmer. I'm surprised they haven't shit on Time Bandits yet.
Your title has a misspelling, good sir.
I think this price is highly suspicious...looks like laundering money...Them trying to recupe money they lost elsewhere
What the F was that money spent on … by look of production the total cost should have been about 5 million
150 millions.. 😯 thats like Godzilla Minus One plus nine sequels !!!
If you haven't kept track of the price of laundry, that's not my problem.
Don't they calculate inflation by saying it's roughly doubled every decade? Always seemed excessive to me.. it would mean the original Willow budget was roughly $250m by today's standards?🤔
That's some expensive scissoring.
Everything they touch...
For reference, $35 million in 1988 would be about $87 million in 2022. Also, multi-episode tv shows can quickly add up. So it being 50% more expensive is not really that unexpected viewed solely in a financial sense. The problems were really in how that money was spent and who/what ideology was being allowed to do it.
back then the movie did awesome in money 40+ years ago
Really?
Did they pulp down $100 bills to make all the paper mache props? 🤔
Disney are so stupid spending that kind of money really bad.