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RobertoOrtiz
07-14-2003, 02:56 PM
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"In their next round of choices, studios appear far less likely to follow up on a hit unless they can beat the vicious cost spiral that has become typical of the sequel game. Major stars and filmmakers routinely demand major salary increases for repeat performances, while executives try to buy some "insurance" by ramping up costly special effects and stunts. The escalated spending requires that the second or third film in a series beat the performance of the first — something that hasn't happened so far, at least in U.S. theaters, with this year's sequels such as "Charlie's Angels" and "2 Fast 2 Furious," among others.

"Certainly a lesson to be learned is: Don't make sequels that cost twice as much as the originals," said Nina Jacobson, production president of Walt Disney Studios. "You're basically betting double or nothing that twice as many people want to go see your movie."
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>>link<< (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-fi-sequels14jul14235424,1,5027924.story)
-R

PS Thanks to Animated Movies for the link
jeremybirn
07-14-2003, 04:48 PM
Thank God! It's rare to hear so many sensible quotes coming from Hollywood producers.

-jeremy
KolbyJukes
07-14-2003, 04:57 PM
"Charlie's Angels 2" and "2 Fast 2 Furious,"

It's not a matter of it being a sequel. It's a matter of the producer thinking they can slap together some shit story - and let it ride on the glory/popularity of the original.

the original Charlie's angels and Fast and Furious were, IMO, original and well executed films. the sequels however are not.
-Kol.
E.Z. Schwartz
07-14-2003, 07:23 PM
"Certainly a lesson to be learned is: Don't make sequels that cost twice as much as the originals,"

what a bunch of morons. Their lesson learned should be "don't make retarded, shitty movies"
moovieboy
07-15-2003, 12:17 AM
What a bunch of monkey points...

The only truism about Hollywood is William Goldman's "Nobody knows anything." i.e., Hollywood will NOT learn a thing about this or change anything.

Producers and studios want franchises, period. Some franchises work, some don't. Some overspend and get a billion dollars in return, some get burnt. And, just because of circumstance, you'll have more sequels one year, less the next. Nothing new under the California sun.

Reminds me of when the studios were suddenly "cutting back" on FX-driven movies and closing down shops... and now how many FX shots are there in this summer alone??? Again, nothing changes in the long run.

This idea of getting back the original stars and filmmakers and making a movie that HAS to be better than the original... but only if it costs the SAME? What naive idiot is going to actually suggest that at a production meeting? Hell, even based on union minimums and materials/rental costs, it's automatically more expensive four-ten years after the original!

You want Reese or Ahnuld or Will or the "Angels" back for something that could make oodles of dough for the same price? yeah, try getting that past their agents...

Y'know, the Times is usually more insightful than this. Oh well...:shrug:

-Tom
Chewey
07-15-2003, 12:56 AM
Originally posted by moovieboy
snip...

Y'know, the Times is usually more insightful than this. Oh well...:shrug:

-Tom

They were much better when Los Angeles wasn't a single newspaper town and the times had competition in the form of the Herald Examiner.
Peter Reynolds
07-15-2003, 04:53 PM
hey, lets start a hollywood 101 class...

Required reading:

Adventures in the Screen Trade
Just about any recent Terry Gilliam interview


Required Viewing:

The Player
Barton Fink


what else?
RobertoOrtiz
07-15-2003, 07:10 PM
HIT AND RUN
by Nancy Griffin
It tell the tale of Jon Peters, Barbara Streisand's former hairdresser, and how he almost destroyed Sony studios.

The scary part is that he guy is still wreaking havoc...
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