Henry Jones VII
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take with the usual grain of salt:
http://latino-review.com/2014/03/exclusive-indiana-jones-taking-james-bond-path/
http://latino-review.com/2014/03/exclusive-indiana-jones-taking-james-bond-path/
inky_skin said:Disney must want Indiana Jones to continue to generate income otherwise the purchase seems ill-conceived.
inky_skin said:I'm sad about it - I'm sure we all are -
Grizzlor said:Neither TV nor Netflix offer Disney enough $$ to satisfy the production, marketing, and actor costs on a Harrison Ford-Indy project.
Lance Quazar said:Exactly.
Indy? On Netflix? Absurd. Unless it's animation, forget about it.
AndyLGR said:...they don't look like they've looked after themselves physically and I think their appearance may come as a shock.
Le Saboteur said:That's not why I singled you out, though. The two of you are aware that Netflix dropped $100-million on House of Cards? Yes, 100-million dollars. They're going to drop another hundred million bucks on the forthcoming Marco Polo series, and they want to get to a point where they're doing eight or nine* of these shows a year.
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A co-production between Disney & Netflix isn't out of the question. For example, Netflix & Disney split production costs. Netflix keeps the proceeds of new subscribers, because it's "Must See Tee Vee" and Disney retains distribution, syndication, and merchandising rights. Netflix controls it exclusively for, say, four years and Disney can then turn around and sell it elsewhere.
That's just one example of The Way Forward.
Le Saboteur said:Disney didn't purchase Indiana Jones. Disney didn't buy Lucasfilm either. Disney bought Star Wars, and all this other stuff happened to come along with it.
Lance Quazar said:Not entirely accurate. The Star Wars deal came first. They then had to make a separate deal with Paramount in order to gain full control of the Indy franchise.
Lance Quazar said:They could have just left it in legal limbo...
Lance Quazar said:But there have had to have been conversations at least....
Lance Quazar said:Bob Iger recently said he wants Disney to be making the kinds of movies you can't wait to see and that demand that you see them on the big screen.
Indy definitely fits that category.
I for one loved Darabont's screenplay. However, he clearly gave it his all with that one. I'd be surprised if he really had a completely different Indy script in him.IndyForever said:http://www.aintitcool.com/node/66683
http://latino-review.com/2014/03/exclusive-indiana-jones-taking-james-bond-path/
Also Frank Darabont would be terrible his rejected Indy 4 concept was really poor so keep him far away I hope Lucas veto's him like he vetoed his Indy 4 fanboy effort.
This may sound crazy but I've often thought that Bradley Cooper may be able to make the leap from comic idiot to action star like Bruce Willis did. I think he has the look of Indy.IndyForever said:Let it go Indiana
Please let this not be true Bradley Cooper as Indy would be terrible only Ford can play him anyone else would be another character Ford is Indy.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/66683
http://latino-review.com/2014/03/exclusive-indiana-jones-taking-james-bond-path/
Also Frank Darabont would be terrible his rejected Indy 4 concept was really poor so keep him far away I hope Lucas veto's him like he vetoed his Indy 4 fanboy effort.
Le Saboteur said:Disney didn't purchase Indiana Jones. Disney didn't buy Lucasfilm either. Disney bought Star Wars, and all this other stuff happened to come along with it.
Pale Horse said:Why do you say that? Netflix is killing it with House of Cards...and they have a miniscule budget compared to the House of Mouse.
Le Saboteur said:Neither does a movie, but Grizzlor seems to still be suffering under the delusion that Paramount banked $600-million after all the receipts were tallied.
AndyLGR said:This may sound crazy but I've often thought that Bradley Cooper may be able to make the leap from comic idiot to action star like Bruce Willis did. I think he has the look of Indy..
Le Saboteur said:It's entirely accurate. For a couple of reasons, but primarily because zero valuation was ascribed to Dr. Jones by Disney in their initial overture. You're otherwise putting too much emphasis on a deal that was rather routine housekeeping. It, as Pale noted, put all of the family jewels in one place.
Not really. It's a potentially lucrative asset, and some stock analyst or three somewhere would complain about Disney not capitalizing on that asset and the stock price would take a tumble. This is why you're finally getting a sequel to Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and why you'll eventually see a sequel to Frozen. Disney doesn't want to see any under performing assets.
A very high-level conversation. Anything more is wishful thinking.
That was Alan Horn and you won't be surprised to learn that The Raven is an echo chamber, but the consensus seems to be "No, we don't want to see another Indiana Jones movie." My favorite quote, amended to be more family friendly, "I wish Gen X-ers would stop fellating Harrison Ford and put [Indiana Jones] to bed already."
I might get around to the rest of your thoughts tomorrow (technically, today), but I don't know. I've been posting too much as it is.
Source?Le Saboteur said:My favorite quote, amended to be more family friendly, "I wish Gen X-ers would stop fellating Harrison Ford and put [Indiana Jones] to bed already."
Túrin Turambar said:Bradley Cooper?? He's not right for Indy.