Licorice Pizza - Speculation & General Reactions

[wilberfan]

If we're heading that direction, then it has to be "Gary", changed to "Hard 17" by MGM.

[wilberfan]

https://twitter.com/awards_watch/status/1429952784254660608

[Drill]

https://twitter.com/akstanwyck/status/1429958143572799488

That tweet you posted was what the previous deleted tweet basically said. MGM presents at CinemaCon tomorrow. They better just confirm what the title is then because this is getting obnoxious.

[wilberfan]

Advantage, Anne.

(Rats.)

[Yes]

Wasn't that the same issue with Phantom Thread, too?

Whatever. This is annoying. Genuinely don't understand all this privacy anymore, you'd think they want as much early buzz as possible. Maybe PTA is still burned by the early Scientology discourse and refuses to play his cards until game time

[wilberfan]

Whatever. This is annoying.

https://giphy.com/gifs/ksVugU85LoBk4

At least we've gone from "Nothing's happening!" to "Wait, what's happening?!"

(Apologies to @dudewithsign)

[Yes]

Nothing happening is why it's getting annoying

[RudyBlatnoyd]

Do we think that the continuing ambiguity over the title has something to do with PTA wanting to call the movie 'Soggy Bottom' but MGM having serious reservations about releasing a potential awards contender with such a comical, 'unserious' name? There are still a lot of old fuddy-duddy Academy voters out there.

[pynchonikon]

Do we think that the continuing ambiguity over the title has something to do with PTA wanting to call the movie 'Soggy Bottom' but MGM having serious reservations about releasing a potential awards contender with such a comical, 'unserious' name? There are still a lot of old fuddy-duddy Academy voters out there.

Either that or the man is just having a HARD time finding a title for his movies nowadays.

[Drenk]

Hard 8, Hard 9, Hard 10, Hard 11, Hard 11—and so on...

Not that hard, Paul!

[Alethia]

Hard 7 (Origins)

[Drenk]

The Hard 8 Rises.

[wilberfan]

This is now, as I submit this...

https://twitter.com/JohnnySobczak/status/1430019882771492864

[DAPPLE]

probably tying into the footage they'll show afterwards..?

https://twitter.com/flickdirect/status/1430221851108597762?s=12

[RudyBlatnoyd]

PTA literally refusing to come up with an alternative title, right up to the line, in order to force MGM's hand and ensure that it is called Soggy Bottom after all. The hardcore auteurist in me hopes this is what is actually happening (the reality is probably more mundane).