As Dreamers Do Part Deux

[OldNavy1988]

The Blue Beetle
Released by Universal Pictures through Peacock Releasing on Christmas Day 2006.

Produced in association with
Troublemaker Studios

Executive Producers
Kevin Feige
Gale Anne Hurd

Directed by
Robert Rodriguez

Written by
Robert Rodriguez
Ethan Krieger

Music by
Robert Rodriguez

Main Cast
Oscar Isaac as Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle
Ivan Sergei as Jarvis Kord
Danny Trejo as Conrad Carapax
Cheech Marin as Uncle Rudy Reyes
America Ferrera as Milgaro Reyes
Sonia Manzano as Rocio Reyes
Edward James Olmos as Alberto Reyes
Zoe Saldana as Penny
Rita Moreno as Nana​

 

[OldNavy1988]

NBA on Christmas Eve 2006-07

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks
TV: TNT
Announcers: Marv Albert and Mike Fratello

Classic Boston/NYC rivalry at MSG.

NBA Christmas Day Slate for 2006-07

Minnesota Timberwolves at Cleveland Cavaliers
TV: ABC
Announcers: Al Michaels and Bill Walton

Basically a rematch of the previous season's Finals.

Los Angeles Lakers at San Diego Clippers
TV: ABC
Announcers: Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy

With Donald Sterling out of the picture sooner than OTL, any barriers the Clippers may have had in trying to lure Kobe Bryant have been butterflied. During the 2006 offseason, Kobe signed with San Diego as a free agent after ten years and two rings with the purple and gold. Now, America's Finest City is home to probably one of the league's finest players as he takes on his former team who are now led by Dwyane Wade. The Lakers acquired Wade from the Spirits of St. Louis, where he languished in mediocrity for the past three years.​

 

[OldNavy1988]

Any questions, comments, etc. before we move forward to January 2007?

 

[Tacomaster]

little reminder on who owns what

 

[QTXAdsy]

Any questions, comments, etc. before we move forward to January 2007?

What is the release schedule for the animated films for the year?

 

[DucNguyen0131]

Any questions, comments, etc. before we move forward to January 2007?

We'll have the movies United Artists/MTV's Freedom Writers, Vanguard/Luxor's Happily N'Ever After, Luxor's Open Season, Peacock Releasing's Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Dimension Films' (OTL Universal made the film) Alpha Dog, Luxor's Primeval, Luxor Pictures' remake of The Hitcher, Destination Films' Blood & Chocolate and Miramax 2.0's Epic Movie. But sequels to Mean Girls and Prime will arrive this summer. As we move forward to 2007, we have a new direction for cable networks.

 

[Otakuninja2006]

As we move forward to 2007, we have a new direction for cable networks.

Whatcha mean by this?

 

[DucNguyen0131]

Whatcha mean by this?

Assumingly Warner Freeform will get a new show in town, Dirt (OTL this was on FX).

 

[OldNavy1988]

What is the release schedule for the animated films for the year?

This is only a rough schedule.

DISNEY
Meet the Robinsons (Walt Disney Classic Animation)
TMNT (Blue Sky)
The Simpsons Movie (20th Century-Fox Animaton)
Enchanted (Walt Disney Classic Animation)
Naruto Shippuden the Movie (Dual-branded English anime dub)

HENSON ANIMATION (HA!)
Ratatouille (Pixar)
Tales from Earthsea (Ghibli; English dub)

PEACOCK
Wicked (Universal Cartoon Studios)
Shrek The Third (PDI DreamWorks)

PARAMOUNT
Alvin and the Chipmunks (Live action/CGI hybrid)

COLUMBIA-TRISTAR
Superman Doomsday (Screen Gems)
Surf's Up (CT Imageworks)
Transformers (Live action/CGI hybrid; CT Imageworks)

WARNER BROS.
Bee Movie (Animal Logic)
Bleach: The Diamond Dust Rebellion (Carolco; English dub)

UNITED ARTISTS
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres (Adult Swim)
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcraker Tale: Original Movie (Ruby-Spears)

LUXOR
Garfield Gets Real (CGI)
Underdog (CGI)
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (Film Roman)

LIONSGATE
One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates (English dub)

 

[Otakuninja2006]

This is only a rough schedule.

DISNEY
Meet the Robinsons (Walt Disney Classic Animation)
TMNT (Blue Sky)
The Simpsons Movie (20th Century-Fox Animaton)
Enchanted (Walt Disney Classic Animation)

Love it, and what's Enchanted?

Naruto Shippuden the Movie (Dual-branded English anime dub)

WOAH!! They're already bringing Shippuden to America and it's not even ready for American importation yet? If I was them, I'd move Naruto exclusively to Toon Disney and air the rest of its episodes on weekdays in Nezumi throughout 2007 and 2008. Then I'd wait until 2008 to bring Shippuden.

And there's these Naruto movies that need to be brought over before all that:
Naruto: Ninja Clash In The Land Of Snow
Naruto: Legend Of The Stone Of Gelel
Naruto: Guardians Of The Crescent Moon Kingdom

HENSON ANIMATION (HA!)
Ratatouille (Pixar)
Tales from Earthsea (Ghibli; English dub)

PEACOCK
Wicked (Universal Cartoon Studios)
Shrek The Third (PDI DreamWorks)

PARAMOUNT
Alvin and the Chipmunks (Live action/CGI hybrid)

COLUMBIA-TRISTAR
Superman Doomsday (Screen Gems)
Surf's Up (CT Imageworks)
Transformers (Live action/CGI hybrid; CT Imageworks)

Nice.

WARNER BROS.
Bee Movie (Animal Logic)
Bleach: The Diamond Dust Rebellion (Carolco; English dub)

So, the Bee Movie is a part of WB ITTL? Interesting.

And it's great that WB has Bleach. Hopefully the show will be successful on Warner Freeform.

There is also Bleach: Memories Of Nobody that's before Diamond Dust Rebellion.

UNITED ARTISTS
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres (Adult Swim)
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcraker Tale: Original Movie (Ruby-Spears)

LUXOR
Garfield Gets Real (CGI)
Underdog (CGI)
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (Film Roman)

LIONSGATE
One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates (English dub)

Nice, and what's gonna be the fate of One Piece, considering how the Funimation dub premiered in 2007 IOTL?

Overall, great!

 

[TheFaultsofAlts]

DISNEY
Meet the Robinsons (Walt Disney Classic Animation)
TMNT (Blue Sky)
The Simpsons Movie (20th Century-Fox Animaton)
Enchanted (Walt Disney Classic Animation)
Naruto Shippuden the Movie (Dual-branded English anime dub)

Good lineup right here.

HENSON ANIMATION (HA!)
Ratatouille (Pixar)
Tales from Earthsea (Ghibli; English dub)

Glad that Ghibli is still part of Henson Animation.

PEACOCK
Wicked (Universal Cartoon Studios)
Shrek The Third (PDI DreamWorks)

At least Universal Cartoon Studios has something to do.

PARAMOUNT
Alvin and the Chipmunks (Live action/CGI hybrid)

Hopefully, this movie can be better received from Chipmunks fans.

COLUMBIA-TRISTAR
Superman Doomsday (Screen Gems)
Surf's Up (CT Imageworks)
Transformers (Live action/CGI hybrid; CT Imageworks)

Knowing what the Imageworks staff have done up until now, having them do the Transformers CGI is an improvement.

WARNER BROS.
Bee Movie (Animal Logic)
Bleach: The Diamond Dust Rebellion (Carolco; English dub)

Both of these are surprising parts of WB's docket. But at the same time, at least they have new animation content at all.

UNITED ARTISTS
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres (Adult Swim)
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcraker Tale: Original Movie (Ruby-Spears)

Will A Nutcracker Tale get a theatrical release ITTL?

LUXOR
Garfield Gets Real (CGI)
Underdog (CGI)
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (Film Roman)

Will the Underdog movie be all-animated in this timeline? If so, I approve of that.

LIONSGATE
One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates (English dub)

Okay. Not bad.

 

[OldNavy1988]

@TheFaultsofAlts

Yes, Tom and Jerry's Nutcracker movie will get a theatrical release. It'll likely be on Thanksgiving so that it's not too close to Christmas.

Imageworks does both visual effects and computer animation similar to OTL. For Transformers, I feel the story will need to be restructured so that the human characters don't push the titular robots in the background like OTL. I kinda want someone other than Shia LaBeouf if there needs to be a human subplot, because his character wasn't my cup of tea IOTL.

Another thing, I'm not sure if I want Lionsgate, Luxor, Dimension (Henson) or Golden Harvest (Saban) to release the Grindhouse Planet Terror/Death Proof double feature.

 

[OldNavy1988]

By the way, Grindhouse will likely be pushed back a few months or maybe until 2008 since Robert Rodriguez's Blue Beetle came out this past Christmas.

 

[TheFaultsofAlts]

@TheFaultsofAlts

Yes, Tom and Jerry's Nutcracker movie will get a theatrical release. It'll likely be on Thanksgiving so that it's not too close to Christmas.

Question: Do you like that movie, or is it because MGM/UA doesn't have that many locked release dates next year? I'm fine either way, as it's a Tom and Jerry theatrical film that's accurate to the source material.

Imageworks does both visual effects and computer animation similar to OTL. For Transformers, I feel the story will need to be restructured so that the human characters don't push the titular robots in the background like OTL. I kinda want someone other than Shia LaBeouf if there needs to be a human subplot, because his character wasn't my cup of tea IOTL.

Good point. How about we cast Ryan Gosling as a disheveled high school senior? That could at least provide a more nuanced juxtaposition against Optimus Prime and company.

Another thing, I'm not sure if I want Lionsgate, Luxor, Dimension (Henson) or Golden Harvest (Saban) to release the Grindhouse Planet Terror/Death Proof double feature.

If I was a horror/sci-fi fan, which I'm admittedly not, I'd go with Golden Harvest to distribute those films, since they sound like Japanese imports to me. I would go with Lionsgate, but only as a second choice, given their track record with anime in recent years.

 

[OldNavy1988]

Question: Do you like that movie, or is it because MGM/UA doesn't have that many locked release dates next year? I'm fine either way, as it's a Tom and Jerry theatrical film that's accurate to the source material.

Good point. How about we cast Ryan Gosling as a disheveled high school senior? That could at least provide a more nuanced juxtaposition against Optimus Prime and company.

If I was a horror/sci-fi fan, which I'm admittedly not, I'd go with Golden Harvest to distribute those films, since they sound like Japanese imports to me. I would go with Lionsgate, but only as a second choice, given their track record with anime in recent years.

Turner's slate for 2007:
Jackass Number Two (MTV Films)
Arthur and the Invisibles
Blood and Chocolate
Freedom Writers (MTV Films)
Mr. Brooks
Blades of Glory (MTV Films)
Who's Your Caddy
Legally Blonde 3
1408
Rescue Dawn
Death at a Funeral
The Nanny Diaries
Her Best Move
Feast of Love
Lions for Lambs
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (UA/MGM dualbrand)

For 2008 so far:
Charlie Bartlett
Picture This
The Longshots
Igor
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Soul Men
Quantum of Solace (Eon)
Valkyrie
How She Move (MTV Films)
Stop-Loss (MTV Films)
The Foot Fist Way (MTV Films)

 

[TheFaultsofAlts]

Turner's slate for 2007:
Arthur and the Invisibles
Blood and Chocolate
Mr. Brooks
Who's Your Caddy
Legally Blonde 3
1408
Rescue Dawn
Death at a Funeral
The Nanny Diaries
Her Best Move
Feast of Love
Lions for Lambs
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (UA/MGM dualbrand)
Charlie Bartlett

For 2008 so far:
Picture This
The Longshots
Igor
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Soul Men
Quantum of Solace (Eon)
Valkyrie

Ah, I see. Thanks.

 

[Marco Incognito]

Love it, and what's Enchanted?

This

 

[DucNguyen0131]

As 2007 is on the way, we'll wait and be excited for the Mean Girls sequel that sets up Nancy Drew, much in the same vein as OTL's 2014 when The Amazing Spider-Man 2 sets up The Sinister Six (and failed).

 

[OldNavy1988]

Ah, I see. Thanks.

Went back and added some MTV titles to the pipeline.

 

[OldNavy1988]

As 2007 is on the way, we'll wait and be excited for the Mean Girls sequel that sets up Nancy Drew, much in the same vein as OTL's 2014 when The Amazing Spider-Man 2 sets up The Sinister Six (and failed).

I feel like I need to fill the OTL MCU release dates somehow. Bob Zemeckis and Kevin Eastman both a huge decision to make to keep pace with the upcoming Peacock/King Features movie universe; Keep Fred Dekker on board to oversee Marvel's flicks or let him hand the reins to someone else, likely Kevin Smith, McG, Marc Webb, James Gunn, the Russo brothers, Rachel Stone-Abbott, Matt Vaughn, Simon Kinberg, Justin Lin, Sam Raimi or even Zack Snyder.

Meanwhile, Columbia-TriStar feels that DC is still in good hands under both Geoff Johns and Michael Uslan.