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THB #369: It's Chicken Little Season Again

THB #369: It's Chicken Little Season Again

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Jul 30, 2023
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So with Sony’s schedule adjustments hitting the wires Friday, hysteria quickly became the thing to do for media the rest of the day and into today. It doesn’t take a lot to drive a lot of the folks to go from dressing up in Barbie drag to taking the fastest conveyance possible to the middle of a bridge to watch the industry leap to its death.

Here is the horror show… Kraven The Hunter won’t open this year. Those of you who don’t work at Sony and are claiming you care, you are probably exaggerating… which is kinda why they are moving. Gran Turismo moved 2 weeks later in August, giving them time to keep trying to social media the shit out of it (or into it). And the Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel to the film that grossed $204 million in November 2021 won’t make Christmas. pushing to Easter. That is it for the rest of 2023 and January 2024.

OH MY!!!! THE INDUSTRY IS COMMITTING SUICIDE!!!

Okay, sit down and relax. This is a lot less disturbing than the new Exorcist trailer (dear lord, I pr…

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