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Author Topic: George Lucas: "The Blockbuster Is Dead" Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-07-2006 11:21 PM                     If any of us were in their shoes, I'm sure we'd be asking $30 mil if we had their kind of star power. No way would I want the studio to get all the money off my work!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-07-2006 11:48 PM                     Only an egomanical actor would think he deserves 1/3 of the film's entire budget, thinking the movie is "his work." What about the rest of the cast and the dozens of people in the crew? The only time an actor is "doing all the work" is when he is performing a one man show on the sidewalk. I sure don't see any of those guys making $30 million.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-08-2006 12:49 AM                     quote: Bobby Henderson Many of those outfits (Focus, Lions Gate, Fine Line, Miramax-Weinstein, etc.) are part or wholly owned by major studios and just as bound by corporate repackagings as anything. Which of the majors owns Lion's Gate? From what I know of the company, they went from indie art films and Z-grade crap movies (back when they were called CF/P) to being the newest 'mini-major', the Orion of the 2000s if you will... -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-08-2006 10:03 AM                     Unless something has changed, Universal Studios holds a big stake in Lions Gate. A decent number of Lions Gate releases have been later released on DVD under the Universal banner. Shadow of the Vampire is one that immediately comes to mind.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 03-08-2006 10:25 AM                     quote: Bobby Henderson Unless something has changed, Universal Studios holds a big stake in Lions Gate. That was a past video deal that Lion's Gate had with MCA for the USA market. A few years ago Lion's Gate merged with Artisan Entertainment. So Lion's Gate picked-up the entire catalog of Artisan which was Live video label. Universal Studios (MCA) has Focus and Rogue Films as their indie labels. I handle Focus and Rogue screenings here in NYC. Lion's Gate is a whole different company that is not a Universal holding at this time.  |  IP: Logged Joseph L. Kleiman Master Film Handler Posts: 380 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 03-08-2006 10:46 AM                     Universal used to distribute home videos for Lions Gate until a number of years ago, but I don't believe they held a major equity in the company. Currently, 2929 entertainment (everyone's favorite guy - Mark Cuban) owns a substantial stake in Lions Gate, along with 100% of Magnolia Pictures and Landmark Theaters. Focus features was the result of the merger of October Films with USA Films.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 03-08-2006 11:00 AM                        Mega salaries are what they are for three reasons: 1. Ego ("I make more money than Tome Cruise.") 2. They can't make a "points" deal with the film company since they don't trust the accounting of the profits to be honest. 3. Less money now is better than more money later. Louis  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-08-2006 07:13 PM                     Last night I watched "Back to the Future III". Ok, this is not a great movie, but after it was over, I felt like I had just seen a better movie than anything I have seen lately. I think that the reason is that this movie had a decent story line, with a few twists and turns. The special effects added to the movie, but did not overwhelm it. The "blookbuster" films I have seen lately have a very thin story line, and the movie seems to be more about the computer-crap effects, then about a real human story. This gets boring very quickly. Maybe the studios should look into making movies that have a good story line, instead of trying to see how many computer-crap effects they can string together.  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 03-08-2006 08:50 PM                        Oh, didn't you get the memo? All the good story-lines have been done already. That's why remakes and adaptations are blockbuster fodder these days. And remakes, of course, will bomb unless they have CG-everything. And since half-wit dweebs can render close to pseudo-realistic effects on home computers for the promise of pocket change and a pocket protector, the investment is a no-brainer. And after the fact, by calling the resulting cinematic "tour de force" a failure, regardless of any actual attendance figures or dollar amounts, you can get away with only paying the dweebs the pocket protector next time, thus pocketing the pocket change and coming out ahead. That said, Back To The Future III kicked ass! It was just okay, up until the CG flying train ... and then it was awesome!  |  IP: Logged Brad Allen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 688 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 03-09-2006 10:17 PM                     Where is John Hughes when you need him.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-10-2006 12:43 AM                        quote: Bruce Hansen "Back to the Future III". Ok, this is not a great movie That's where you're wrong....BTTF-III is a great movie. So was the origianl. #II wasn't all that great but was still pretty good.  |  IP: Logged Jason Miller Expert Film Handler Posts: 241 From: Little Rock, AR, Registered: Mar 2004 posted 03-10-2006 03:05 AM                    They ARE running out of stories... soon they will make more movies based off of Prime Time sit-coms... Will and Grace - The Movie Friends - the movie Sanford and Son - the movie Threes Company - the movie (although an R rated version might be fun...)  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 03-10-2006 06:18 AM                        The Three's Company movie would definitely end up a teen, gross-out comedy, in the vein of American Pie ... and it would star Jessica Simpson, Mandy Moore, and Jason Biggs.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-10-2006 06:23 PM                     I'd pay to see that.  |  IP: Logged

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