Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will be borne by hedge funds and other investment groups.
Talk to the corporate hierarchs and you quickly elicit the thinking behind this pullback: Too many movies have been crammed into a market whose appetite for new product has obviously leveled off. —Peter Bart —Hedge your bets (Variety)
Similar:
I studied philosophy and engineering at university: Here's my verdict on 'job relevant' ed...
She double-majored in engineering and ph...
Academia
The Galactically Hot Women of Star Trek TOS - a photoset on Flickr
I know what you're thinking, but my stor...
Aesthetics
The Darkness and the Light #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 11) A serial killer t...
Rewatching ST:DS9 In a cave (again wi...
Drama
Entire staff of Russian TV channel resigned during a live stream with last words: “no war”...
The Entire staff of the Russian TV chann...
Aesthetics
Here I am sketching spaceships like I’m 12 again. I feel like re-reading the novelization ...
Aesthetics
Blogging is NOT Analog Writing in Digital Spaces
Blogging in education is about quality a...
Cyberculture
They have it all wrong, as usual. Maybe they need to ask why rental companies are carrying more and more Asian films. I find myself watching mostly movies from independent companies, and a multitude of innovative and interesting films from Korea, China, and Japan. And these are not Kung Fu, chop socky films. It would be more accurate to say that “Too many clones, remakes, and formula movies have been crammed into a market whose appetite for the same old crap has obviously leveled off.