Sunday, October 17, 2021

"No Time to Die" and "Black Widow" Comparison

James Bond and Black Widow comparison

James Bond - "No Time to Die"

< official "No Time to Die" poster 

Marketing and production facts:
Release date of no time to die - 30th September 2021 (UK), 8th October (US), Autumn time
Production - MGM eon productions
Distributed by - Universal pictures (worldwide), united artists releasing (North America)
Marketing budget - approx $100 mil
Production budget - approx $250 mil 
How much has it made - globally, the film has collected $313 million
26% of the movie was filmed in IMAX
Was released in cinema only, will most likely be on streaming platforms and DVD
A high concept blockbuster, and was this company's "tent-pole" strategy movie as it already had a massive following and audience guaranteed to watch
release date postponed costs - £30 - 50 million wasted marketing

Trailers and adverts:
Nokia advert with Lashana Lynch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMQ7JEk-Ydw
Heineken beer advert "worth the wait" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51iNsTs9jMM

 Cast, crew and cost facts:
Director (1) - Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writers (5) - Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Scott Z. Burns, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Phoebe Waller-Bridge
A list cast - Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Wishaw, Lea Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ana De Armes, etc.
Above the line costs: Daniel Craig was payed approximately $25 million before the film even started filming. This is most likely because this was his 5th and final James Bond film as the leading Bond man himself. This is also his 14th year playing James Bond since Casino Royale in 2006

Merchandise/Marketing and pre-sold elements:
Originally books about the character "James Bond" written by Ian Flemming
"No time to die" is actually the 25th Bond movie made overall, however it is 5th in the Daniel Craig franchise, before then it had movies dating back to 1962, with Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan all playing the James Bond character.
Locations in the movie - Italy (Matera, Gravina in Puglia, Sapri), Jamaica (Port Antonio), Norway (Nittedal, North Atlantic road), London (Pinewood studios, city centre), Kalsoy (Faroe Islands), Scotland (Aviemore)
Merchandise includes: 007 advent calendar, prop replicas, Ashton Martin DB5 book which is about the                         official relationship between James Bond and his Ashton Martin DB5, “no time to die” making for the film book, character funko pops. 


Marvel - "Black Widow"

Marketing and production facts:
Release date - 9th July 2021 (US + UK), summer time 
Production - Marvel studios 
Distributed by - Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Marketing budget - $150 mil                   
Production budget - $200 mil              official black widow poster > 
26% of Black Widow is in IMAX also 
How much has it made - worldwide with $371 million 
Was released in cinema as well as Disney+ on a preview for $29.99 in the US, £19.99 in the UK, Disney's new streaming platform, and will most likely be out on DVD soon 
Release date also postponed from July 9th 2020 - May 7th 2021, then again to July 9th 2021
Also a high concept blockbuster and was one of Disney's "tent-pole" strategy movies for 2021 as black widow as a character has gained a massive following in the past 20 years
Marvel has an instagram page where they uploaded frequent clips from the film, which were mainly action sequences and comedic lines from the lead characters 
she is the first female marvel character who is capable with self defence without super powers who has now got a solo film.
                                                                          
Cast, crew and cost facts:                                                                   
Director (1) - Cate Shortland 
Writers (3) - Jac Schaeffer, Eric Pearson, Ned Benson
A list cast - Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, Ray Winstone, etc.
Above the line costs: Scarlett Johansson was payed approx $15 million before the movie even started shooting
This is most likely because she is a massive name and has been playing Black Widow for 10 movies, it is her last marvel movie as black widow

Trailers and Adverts: 
Team liquid x Black widow sponsorship - https://store.teamliquid.com/pages/black-widow

< Black widow teaser poster with original release date 

Merchandise/Marketing and pre-sold elements:
originally a comic character from the marvel franchise written by Stan Lee, who died November 2018
The first black widow comic was released in 1964
Black widow as a character was the first female avenger and is an extremely inspirational female role model, we have seen her in 9 other films before this one, and this explains and portrays the back story of black widow that we have only heard snippets about. 
Scarlett Johansson is the only black widow and is the first person to play her character, there is now talk of Florence Pugh's character, Yelena Belovia, is going to become the next black widow now that Natasha Romanoff is dead
Locations in movie - Norway, Morocco (Tangier), Hungary (Budapest, Etyek), Russia (St. Petersburg), Georgia (starts and ends in same place) 
Merchandise includes: Disney store, clothing with black widow logo, black widow action figures and funko pops, mugs, golf balls, pendants, necklaces and keyrings with logo, cosplay costumes, posters, antidote replica
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