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Evan Skaggs @bige93.bsky.social · 14h

The review embargo for Wildwood lifts on Sunday at 6:15am PT/9:15am ET both social media reactions and full reviews. Looking great.

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It's still interesting how Zootopia 1 was a spring release, while Zootopia 2 got the traditional November release.

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And I would easily take Zootopia over The Good Dinosaur any day and at any time.

I'm glad for that as well. Having Inside Out and Zootopia coming out in the same year would've more than likely been a constant headache as they are both very well beloved. But thankfully, we live in a world where both of them and their sequels exist.

I feel like if Zootopia hadn't come out that year, Kubo would've won everything.

Not to mention, Kubo also didn't perform well at the box office and still got nominated for not only Animated Feature, but also for Visual Effects. Even at that and its BAFTA win, though, it was still no match for Zootopia.

As stacked as this year has been for animation, I got a feeling Wildwood is going to dominate especially if it delivers (which it will). Even in the most competitive years, there's always one film that emerges as the likely winner.

I gave Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Boy and the Heron both a 10/10. Although Spider-Verse was my personal favorite that year, I can't be bummed because Miyazaki also deserves to be rewarded.

As for Wish, I still think it would've been between Spider-Verse and Boy and the Heron even if that movie turned out great.

I think they might've blamed The Wild Robot for TWOR's failure and wanted to find something else to reward. I know that might sound crazy to say. It's just a random conspiracy theory I have. I'm sure that's not true at all, but I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case.

That's why it should've won. Same with the Oscars as well. It got 3 nominations there. So it should've been the winner for that as well.

Sometimes I wonder if they didn't wanna reward The Wild Robot because they all wanted to reward The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim, but couldn't because that movie didn't turn out very well both critically and financially.

Definitely. I was sure The Wild Robot was gonna take that one and gain the momentum from there to be honest.

I think The Boy and the Heron was always seen as a possible contender that could beat Spider-Verse at the time since, ya know, it's Miyazaki. Flow, however, I don't think was ever considered a likely rival to The Wild Robot until the season kicked in.

I don't know which year was harder to predict between 2024 and 2025.

That is, again, if Wildwood delivers on being the masterpiece that we expect it to be. I have a great feeling it's going to deliver, however.

If Wildwood turns out to be a masterpiece as we're all hoping, then the race will pretty much be over. I don't think we'll see any stiff competition for it like we did between The Wild Robot and Flow. Besides, I have a feeling Academy voters will want to award something made by hands in these times.

Potential spoilers: Tangles Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom In Waves The Violinist Ray Gunn (I know, I know)

I actually forgot about Elio being nominated. Lol Now that you mentioned it, maybe Forgotten Island could still be nominated after all. My current predictions are: 1.) Wildwood 2.) Toy Story 5 3.) Forgotten Island 4.) Iron Boy 5.) Hoppers

I hope the box office performance of Forgotten Island doesn't hurt its chances of being nominated for Best Animated Feature come awards season.

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Two of my childhood favorites.

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I remember watching this as a kid and found it awful then too.

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Yeah! I honestly think that even if Jonathan Majors didn't have any legal issues at all, Disney and Marvel still would've done away with the whole storyline around Kang and made Doctor Doom the villain because of Quantumania. That movie was horrible. Easily the worst MCU film to date.

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I'm afraid it's not going to happen with Brand New Day either. But the fact that it came close to doing so is certainly an impressive feat. In truth, Endgame should've done that back in 2019.

I personally don't believe in retconning things unless it's really necessary.

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I also forgot to mention that there's definitely no way it's going to make $1 billion domestically either.

Exactly. Not to mention there hasn't really been that much proper build up to either film compared to Infinity War and Endgame. Dune may not have the same box office impact as the MCU, but both films actually did really financially especially Part 2.

Doomsday and Secret Wars are likely to make big bucks for sure, but there's no way they'll be able to capture the hype and feel of when Infinity War and Endgame came out. It's time for major outlets to face the facts. The MCU is still big, but it's nowhere near the juggernaut it once was.

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And just for the record, no I am NOT rooting for Doomsday or even Secret Wars to fail. I would never root for ANY movie to fail no matter what. I'm just being more realistic and stating the likely facts. Will it make $1 billion? Yes. That's pretty much a guarantee. Will it be good! I hope so.

It is definitely not going to surpass Spider-Man: Brand New Day to become the highest grossing film of 2026. Heck, I don't if it'll even surpass The Odyssey either. Just because it's breaking records in pre-sales doesn't mean it's going to shatter every record out there. Why can't anyone see that?

I'm just gonna say this one more time... AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY IS NOT GOING TO MAKE $3 BILLION WORLDWIDE. It is not going to cross $1 billion on its opening weekend (even though it will get there eventually). It is not going to surpass Infinity War nor Endgame.

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Although, Clayface does look kinda cool!

And Wildwood too since it comes out the same day as Clayface.

GabeA113 @gabea113.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The sooner this merger splits, the better.

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Reposted by Evan Skaggs

Honor? Like how you cancelled most of the potential projects at the studio and even shelved fully completed features…including the now released Coyote vs. Acme. I hope you never return to Hollywood ever again.

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I just need to say one thing. YOU ALL BETTER SUPPORT WILDWOOD!!!

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We will never forget all the damage you've done to such a great studio and all the stupid decisions that you made through the years.

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Couldn't be more happier for Coyote vs. Acme's success. It truly deserved to see the light of day and it did and it really payed off. Zaslav was such a fool to believe it would flop.

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I'm so excited for Wildwood, I just can't hide it. As for Digger, I think I'm just gonna wait and stream that one.

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When a movie that almost got shelved for a tax write-off thrives at the worldwide box office while a movie that stars one of the most bankable actors in Hollywood flops, you know Warner Bros. really screwed up big time.

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If you have not seen Forgotten Island yet, get on it because it really is a great movie and originality deserves your money WAY more than IPs at this point.

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