2024 Is The Year Cinematic Auteurs Overtake IP
I wrote recently that 2023 has beenan odd year for IP on the silver screen- theDCEUfaded with a whimper, while theMCU(andDisneyas a whole) stuttered to its most disappointing year yet that, combined withJonathan Majors' firing, could spell the end ofMarvel’sdecade and a half of box office domination. And yet some fresher IP has shone, withBarbieandMarioclearing one billion as two of the most recognisable mascots in existence, while Wonka overperformed and A24 (now something of an IP in its own right) had its second biggest hit ever with Talk to Me....