quote:If I'm not mistaken, that movie went straight to VOD.
What happened with Sandler's last movie The Cobbler?
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When I think of all the terrible movies I love, I find it hard to pass judgment on people that like movies like Paul Blart. I mean, what would Summer Rental get on Rotten Tomatoes?
quote:Thanks for the insight, had never heard that before. I'm a noob, but I wonder if sequels are decided before the first movie is ever released and studios completely alter their marketing strategy for the first if they plan on releasing a sequel. Obviously this is the case for trilogies and planned series. For instance, I feel like with Dredd it was a movie that got bigger than anticipated once the movie was actually released in theaters and DVD and the studio never planned on a sequel but then it was successful. Whereas movies like Blart, or Grown Ups are probably approved for sequels before they have any idea how they will be received.quote:quote:
The fact that Paul Blart gets a sequel but Dredd didn't is embarrassing
This. I feel like there are a ton of movies that people are begging for a sequel for or take years to get people on board, but then some movies like Blart get greenlit ASAP. But I did think Kevin James in King of Queens was hilarious, not a fan of his movies.
I might be completely wrong here, but I think in many cases (for example Paul Blart) you have to look at who made the movie (Adam Sandler's Happy Madison productions) and realize that there are deals in place for certain producers, etc. that a certain number of movies are pre-approved for them when they sign deals with a studio. Just read the leaked Sony emails that shows Sandler's movies are hated by most Sony employees themselves, but the deal they made with Sandler means he gets to make them regardless.
Steadi, TC, Simplebay and others can explain it much more elequently than I just did. But it boils down to clout and multi-picture deals a lot of times, unfortunately.
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I really liked Dredd but those horrible numbers are because of how bad the stallone movie was and people not understanding the new one wasn't a sequel.
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And to be fair I blame rob schneider too.
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2.5X the production budget usually recoups prod budget and P&A costs.
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I don't like toy story.
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I don't like toy story.
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I'm going again this afternoon with my other sons from my third marriage.
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I really liked Dredd but those horrible numbers are because of how bad the stallone movie was and people not understanding the new one wasn't a sequel.
quote:BTW, both movies are f-ing awesome, so I don't give a sh*t about their similarities. Dredd has Karl Urban. The Raid has Iko Uwais. Both kick ass in different ways.
The Raid has arrived in the last couple of months and Dredd is suddenly attracting a lot of comparisons to that, even though you were obviously already in production two years ago. Is that a problem for you?
Garland: I guess it's just unfortunate timing, and we'll see if it ends up mattering. At least what we've done though won't take away from the incredible achievements of that film. One thing that one can be aware of, having worked on a film with a very similar narrative, is that they've done something pretty extraordinary considering their resources. They've done something pretty extraordinary anyway! So all power to them.
