Given that most movies can hardly stumble past $400-500 million in today Bo.dirtybenny wrote:I completely agree Kris, I think a restrained EON would work in the fandom's favor, having to concentrate on story and inventive filmmaking rather than just slapping a gazillion dollar veneer over the top of a maudlin "romance."Kristatos wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:51 pm Just read that the latest Fast & Furious movie is having its budget trimmed quite substantially. I did say that we can expect to see more big movies budgeted at $100-150 million in the near future, and this seems to bear my prediction out. Will EON be able to restrain themselves from spending like drunken sailors on shore leave if Bond 26 ever happens?
I think this however may be why they are dragging their feet on the next film, I imagine Amazon aren't playing as fast and loose with the purse strings as the previous MGM handlers have, so Babz et.al. are stamping their feet and sucking their thumbs until daddy Bezos gives them their cookie? Just one of many possibilities as to why they're so slow to get moving.
Realistically they have to cut budgets, it was insane they (bond) were allowed to grow past $200 million. Close to $500 million with prints and advertising . Babs and Craig scooped up at a minimum $30 of production money just to start production. That’s 2002 numbers , when producers fees were last published. By nttd it was probably much more than that.
It maybe why Babs isn’t interested in make more movies, she probably feels she can did her heels in and hold her breath until Amazon agrees to pay her exorbitant fees from the golden era back in 2010. Cubby knew better, he knew when to fight and when to keep production going to keep the audience hooked.
I still feel that Amazon has the upper hand, if the only remake thunderball and casino royal or base a new series on those two book they own the rights to alone. Interesting that mcclory had a point a lot of what eon put in the bond series came from thunderball a property they had no rights to. But shopped the script around for the first bond move , then based the bond world on a lot of that script. If mcclory had a fair hearing without the weight of studio support for eon he might have won a huge settlement.
I think if Babs continues to drag her feet Amazon will go around her , she’ll sue them , then lose. If she’d play nice she pretty get what she wants from Amazon .
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