Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Mar 7, 2006 0:23:39 GMT -5
This was on FanForce and I was wondering what everyone else thought...
Hollywood Blockbuster Demise
George Lucas Predicts Hollywood Blockbuster Demise
Posted By Dustin on March 6, 2006
The New York Daily News reports:
"The market forces that exist today make it unrealistic to spend $200 million on a movie," said Lucas, a near-billionaire from his feverishly franchised outer-space epics. "Those movies can't make their money back anymore. Look at what happened with 'King Kong.'" The portly Lucas, whose "Star Wars" sequel was nominated for the Oscar in makeup, was clearly in Yoda mode at Saturday's Weinstein Co. party — Harvey Weinstein's first Oscar bash since he abandoned Miramax to Disney last year. "I think it's great that the major Oscar nominations have gone to independent films," Lucas told me, adding that it's no accident that the "small movies" outclassed the spectaculars in this year's Academy Awards. "Is that good for the business? No — it's bad for the business. But moviemaking isn't about business. It's about art!"
First, tt's a little catty of the reporter to put in that jab about Lucas's waistline (meeeeeeeoooowwww) but otherwise I hope something like that happens. I'm sick of big media and TV network. The pop culture market is fragmenting and I think that the price coming down will accelerate that. That's probably what Lucas really wants to work on with a SW TV show.
In the ROTS DVD extra, one clip is called 'Video Village' where they show how they were using big screen TVs to cut down on the number of takes and things they need to do to get the filming right without all the time-consuming delays that usually happen. I wonder if Lucas's buddy Steven Spielberg is checking out some of that equipment?
Hollywood Blockbuster Demise
George Lucas Predicts Hollywood Blockbuster Demise
Posted By Dustin on March 6, 2006
The New York Daily News reports:
"The market forces that exist today make it unrealistic to spend $200 million on a movie," said Lucas, a near-billionaire from his feverishly franchised outer-space epics. "Those movies can't make their money back anymore. Look at what happened with 'King Kong.'" The portly Lucas, whose "Star Wars" sequel was nominated for the Oscar in makeup, was clearly in Yoda mode at Saturday's Weinstein Co. party — Harvey Weinstein's first Oscar bash since he abandoned Miramax to Disney last year. "I think it's great that the major Oscar nominations have gone to independent films," Lucas told me, adding that it's no accident that the "small movies" outclassed the spectaculars in this year's Academy Awards. "Is that good for the business? No — it's bad for the business. But moviemaking isn't about business. It's about art!"
First, tt's a little catty of the reporter to put in that jab about Lucas's waistline (meeeeeeeoooowwww) but otherwise I hope something like that happens. I'm sick of big media and TV network. The pop culture market is fragmenting and I think that the price coming down will accelerate that. That's probably what Lucas really wants to work on with a SW TV show.
In the ROTS DVD extra, one clip is called 'Video Village' where they show how they were using big screen TVs to cut down on the number of takes and things they need to do to get the filming right without all the time-consuming delays that usually happen. I wonder if Lucas's buddy Steven Spielberg is checking out some of that equipment?