Raziel Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, BrianS81177 said: Admittedly I'm no economic expert, but if you've spent that much money making a film wouldn't you be better off to release it and at least try to recoup SOME of the losses? Or does it all wind up being a tax write off? Tax write off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) Oh man if I would have known I could write off doing shitty, half-assed work on my taxes I'd never have paid a dime in my life. Edited April 25, 2019 by CSC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Releasing a film costs money. Lots of films are made without a distribution deal on the assumption that once you screen it at a festival, there'll be a bidding war for distribution rights (nb: Most movie projects that go into production do so because everyone involved in making them are convinced it's a genius idea and will make billions). If nobody buys distribution, they get shelved until one of the stars gets famous or if westerns make a comeback or something. Like Cabin in the Woods not coming out until after Thor and the Avengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) I think for Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Warner Bros, the tax write off is a viable option. If you're EuropaCorp, you've had bomb after bomb,and then put out Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (they didn't even spend much on it and funded mostly via pre sales fwiw), you're on the brink of closing your doors. No amount of tax write offs is going to save you. Going back to the original point, I doubt these major film studios are sitting on films that wrapped principal photography years ago. It's going to be one of these smaller distributors or production companies who really need the money, hence, waiting for an opportune time when you can cash out on a budding star. Edited April 25, 2019 by Elsalvajeloco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 13 minutes ago, AxB said: Releasing a film costs money. Lots of films are made without a distribution deal on the assumption that once you screen it at a festival, there'll be a bidding war for distribution rights (nb: Most movie projects that go into production do so because everyone involved in making them are convinced it's a genius idea and will make billions). If nobody buys distribution, they get shelved until one of the stars gets famous or if westerns make a comeback or something. Like Cabin in the Woods not coming out until after Thor and the Avengers. Then there's Neil Breen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Tommy Wiseau kept The Room in theatres to make sure it would be eligible for the Oscars. He legit thought it was a masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 Murder Mystery An Adam Sandler Netflix movie where he somehow cons Jennifer Aniston into working with him again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 (edited) On 4/25/2019 at 4:29 PM, AxB said: Releasing a film costs money. Lots of films are made without a distribution deal on the assumption that once you screen it at a festival, there'll be a bidding war for distribution rights (nb: Most movie projects that go into production do so because everyone involved in making them are convinced it's a genius idea and will make billions). If nobody buys distribution, they get shelved until one of the stars gets famous or if westerns make a comeback or something. Like Cabin in the Woods not coming out until after Thor and the Avengers. Your general point is correct, but that was never the situation with Cabin. It was funded by a distributor and had a release date. Then MGM went bankrupt. And nobody could buy it until the bankruptcy proceedings ran their course. It also hit theaters about a month before The Avengers. It and the Red Dawn remake both starring Hemsworth apparently had little to do with it, they were the last two projects MGM made before the shit hit the fan as it were. (There was also the weird delay when MGM decided to post-convert it to 3D, and during that delay is when the bankruptcy happened.) Edited April 27, 2019 by Brian Fowler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 There was a whole gameplan though, to move Hemsworth up slowly so he'd go from a small role (Star Trek) to a supporting role (Perfect Getaway) to a low budget lead in a movie with two Sean Beans (Ca$h) to Cabin to Red Dawn, and then by the time Thor came out people would be ready to see him in a lead role. But Cabin and Dawn didn't come out, and Perfect Getaway sunk without a trace (it's pretty good. Olyphant's in it), so when Thor came out, there was a lot of Chris who? From Star Trek? Chris Pine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 John Cena is going to be in Fast 9. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 YEEEEEEESSSSSSSS Just have him replace the lifeless husk that is Scott Eastwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 Chloë Grace Moretz will play the lead human in the live action Tom and Jerry movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 8 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Chloë Grace Moretz will play the lead human in the live action Tom and Jerry movie Mammy Two Shoes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 oh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 I somehow expected worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 So did I. I am pleasantly surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, odessasteps said: Mammy Two Shoes? Quiet, you! I am trying to purge the cartoon's blatantly racist origins by watching some of the Chuck Jones joints. I have The Mouse From HUNGER and O Solar Meow! queued up on my Vimeo viewer for later. Edited April 29, 2019 by J.T. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 11 hours ago, J.T. said: Quiet, you! I am trying to purge the cartoon's blatantly racist origins by watching some of the Chuck Jones joints. I have The Mouse From HUNGER and O Solar Meow! queued up on my Vimeo viewer for later. Man, even Chuck Jones admitted that the Chuck Jones Tom & Jerry cartoons weren't good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 Fantastic Beasts 3 has been delayed a year It will now be released on November 12, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Austin Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 Hoo Boy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I'm not mad at it. Jim Carrey looks like he'll make the movie into a fun trainwreck, instead of just a trainwreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Remember when Coolio got mad at Weird Al for not taking Gangsta’s Paradise seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 All you Sega kids are going to finally know the pain all of us Nintendo kids did when Super Mario Bros came out. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 24 minutes ago, EVA said: Remember when Coolio got mad at Weird Al for not taking Gangsta’s Paradise seriously? Yeah, well that mortgage doesn't just pay itself. And lord almighty does that look bad. Jim's going to try his best, but I can just feel the pandering to "90's kids who are now parents." Plus, that song is completely out of place, like jarringly so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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