Director and producer James Wan says he’s been scouting filmmakers on YouTube for his production company Atomic Monster.
“Technology makes it so easy today to just go out there and shoot something,” Wan said during Variety’s Entertainment & Technology Summit presented by @EY_US . “If you make something great, no matter how big or small it is, people will find it.”
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Jason Blum says Hollywood’s box office slump came from “making the wrong movies” for younger audiences, relying on aging IP that appealed more to their parents’ generation:
“The audience was out there; it’s just that we were making the wrong movies for them,” says Blum, whose company Blumhouse Atomic Monster produced “Obsession” and “Backrooms.” “It’s not just about finding people who are popular on YouTube or TikTok and throwing a bunch of money at them. The directors of ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ toiled over their scripts for years. You can’t rush things. The movies have to be good, and that takes time and effort.”
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I've covered box office results literally hundreds of times in my career. The mind-blowing success of "Backrooms" and "Obsession" this weekend easily ranks in the top 1% as far as long-term significance for the movie business. My story w/ @johnjurg: https://t.co/rknlAhFvbG
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FWIW, I haven't seen the current level of excitement in the marketplace for feature spec material since at least 2022.
There is a real hunger out there for great, unique material. Especially scripts can attract top-tier actors, as packaging is often still key in selling it.