After Hollywood entered the streaming era, some fans of science fiction films worried that they would not see science fiction movies because of the high cost of shooting such works, and the funds of various films were tight when the theaters were not open. Disney already owns the rights to Star Wars, but the studio has no plans to shoot the third season of The Mandalorian in the coming years, illustrating how difficult it is for big companies to shoot sci-fi series in a special period. However, in the period when Hollywood theaters were not open, there were also science fiction movies that went upstream into the release process - in the Nielsen list in July, everyone saw that the ratings of the science fiction film "Future War" were very good, and in order to avoid the delay of "Rocky" for half a month, Sky Dance Productions changed the decision of the release date, which promoted the ratings of "Future War".
"Borat 2" and "Cold-Blooded" also achieved good results in Nielsen's statistics, and "Battle of the Future" screenwriter Zach Dean analyzed Hollywood summer films or episodes. The screenwriter first acknowledged the fact that Disney and Warner-produced episodes are more likely to get high ratings, because the two studios are too strong in publicity, so in the streaming era, Marvel and DC comic book series are still in the lead. Zach Dean said: "I wanted Future Wars to go to theaters, and we didn't give up the theater part, so the director team put a lot of effort into special effects. In the screenwriter's view, many works with excellent data on the Nelson list still need to be promoted by large companies to be among the popular series. Zach Dean also said that other film and television dramas are planned: "Borat 2" can join Marvel.
Zach Dean said that after watching "Borat 2", it was as if he had seen the prequel to "Wanda Vision". It seems that insiders think that "Wanda Vision" is a sitcom, and MCU's development of such superhero series during the theater closure period is a good way out. As a more traditional American drama, the original film of "Laporte" was launched in the early 21st century, when it was in the trough period of American dramas: "Growing Pains" and "Friends" and other classic American dramas of the 1980s and 1990s have faded, and fans in the new century have high requirements for watching movies, and there is no market for sitcoms with fixed scenes, so the original version of "Laporte" has not become popular. At the time of the special period in Hollywood, I remember that some filmmakers predicted that American dramas would once again become the mainstream of Hollywood.
Because the audience could not feel the style of the blockbuster from the theater, everyone turned the main viewing channel to network television, and the fans' requirements for special effects and picture impact were reduced, and sitcoms were naturally welcomed. When Writing Scripts for Wanda Visions and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Kevin Feige said that the two series had created scripts in the film format. However, the era of online platforms arrived early, so the Marvel working group made "Wanda Vision" into a sitcom, which coincided with the form of "Borat 2". Zach Dean, as a sharp-eyed screenwriter, is also aware of this - MCU will have a large proportion of sitcoms in future episodes, so Zach Dean believes that "Borat 2" can join Marvel. With Disney's promotional channels, "Borat 2" will gain a wider audience.
Marvel's fourth phase of the plan is performing well, all the films or episodes launched by the MCU can be ranked at the top of the ratings, "Rocky" has become the ratings king of the summer 2021 slot, and then the popularity of "Shangqi" is very high, and it is not surprising that "Borat 2" wants to join Marvel. So did "Battle for the Future" consider going to a certain big film industry? Zach Dean said he and the director of the work, Chris McKay, didn't have that idea, because The Battle of the Future also has a translation of the "Battle of Tomorrow" series, which is obviously a film to be created into a series. If the theater part of the work is eliminated, the future war sequel will be difficult to appear, and in order to let the entire series see the development prospects, Zach Dean does not calculate the immediate gains and losses, so he hopes that the work will enter the theater.
Fans feel this way when they watch "The Mandalorian" and "X-Men" on the Disney Channel — the special effects of these films can't be shown on streaming platforms, which is what science fiction movies and superhero series have in common. In terms of plot, there is nothing special about science fiction movies, and the popularity of such works mainly lies in the strong visual impact. "Tomorrow's War" is a typical science fiction film, because director Chris McKay also admitted that the storyline of this work is not complicated, and many fans with strong logical thinking think that the film is very simple. In order to make more audiences feel the essence of this work, the film entering the theater is almost the only way, so Zach Dean hopes that "Battle for the Future" will enter the theater.