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I have a hunch about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice:
I believe casting Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman will turn out to be a big mistake. Gal Gadot (who is Israeli) is a very outspoken supporter of Israel and Israeli military actions, and Israel supporters are already using her casting as Wonder Woman for nationalistic propaganda. I predict people will call for an international boycott and even ban of the movie when it comes out. Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman will be the reason. The boycott will not have much of an impact inside the USA as Americans are very pro-Israel. However, outside the US in the rest of the world where people have increasingly unfavorable view of Israel in the Gaza conflicts, Gal Gadot will definitely hurt the movie.
The movie already suffers from an under-performance of the first movie (Man of Steel) and a series of bad press. People will bring up what Gal Gadot has said, and that will definitely have some impacts at the international box office. Many Muslim countries will likely straight out ban the movie. I conjecture the movie will end up earning less than $600 million: $200 to $300 mil in North America, and another $200 to $400 mil from overseas markets. Most likely, I think it will earn about $300 mil overseas. So my best guess for the total tally: closer to $500 mil. The boycott will likely cripple if not kill the DC movie franchises altogether.
Just remember: you hear it here from me first.
P.S. The box office outcome will definitely hurt Time Warner. Time Warner's share prices will drop as a result. Rupert Murdoch will use the opportunity to make another attempt to buy Time Warner, (if he does not already own Time Warner by then.) As much as I despise Rupert Murdoch, I think it will be difficult for Time Warner to say no. The company will be under tremendous shareholder pressure to rejuvenate its stock prices. Rupert Murdoch will own Time Warner and CNN. Damn.
The Superman shield and Batman logo transcend politics. I could go to the most secluded country parts of just about any nation show them those symbols and they'll immediately recognize them. The hate brewing for this movie by Marvel fanboys is getting so bad that they're going to Stretch Armstrong levels of reaching to try and bring it down. LMAO.
Oh and Time Warner's stock doubled after they told Disney to **** themselves.
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