‘JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION’ is the most expensive movie of all time.
Recent filings revealed the film cost $658.8M to make, surpassing ‘THE FORCE AWAKENS’ ($638.9M).
(Source: https://t.co/6fuTj2ZI2V)
Assume the movie had flopped and the director lost his entire $750,000 investment. How many crew members would have voluntarily returned their fees to help offset his loss?
This is the fundamental asymmetry in risk and reward. When someone puts up their own capital and shoulders the real financial risk especially in a high-failure industry like entertainment they alone bear the downside.
Yet the moment the project succeeds, suddenly everyone who was paid upfront wants a bigger piece of the pie. The same people who would not have shared in the loss now feel entitled to share disproportionately in the upside.
If you accept payment for your work regardless of outcome, you’ve already been compensated for your risk (or lack thereof). Why should the person who risked everything not be allowed to reap the rewards when their gamble pays off?
Using a kids walkie-talkie during a getaway chase... but they’ve got a much bigger problem waiting outside 😳
A clip from "Drop Car." My newest short horror film now available on YouTube.
@scottdoesno@DiscussingFilm I will reserve judgment until I see it (I'm quietly hopeful), but if I were in charge— it would've been animated like this trailer
I want to work with talented people, absolutely. But they also must have good values, be professional, reliable, truly care about the project (that's the nature of film), and be willing to go on the journey.
Making a movie is always harder than you think it is going to be. Make sure the story is worth telling. Make sure you have more incredible supportive people on your team than the unreliable ones (it happens, again and again, no matter how much you vet). Know you're not alone.
seeing mortal kombat as a 14-year-old
when scorpion and sub-zero had their character introduction moments that was the most alive i ever felt in my life
Absolutely wild that we actually have real footage of John Williams composing Duel of the Fates from The Phantom Menace for the first time back in 1999.
Lethal Weapon was released 39 years ago.
An early cut had a darker introduction for Martin Riggs. In the deleted scene, he confronts a sniper targeting kids, calmly answering the phone with: “Hello? Mister Sniper, sir.”