Le Saboteur
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Moedred said:Any suggestions what to rename this thread of posts before and after the Disney/Paramount participation deal? 'Budgeting Indy 5'? Something cumbersome and wonky... Le Sab?
I had forgotten about this request. While I still find a fair amount of use for the original thread title, I have oft thought about starting a thread for finding a viable way forward; 'Indiana Jones: The Way Forward' if you will. Feel free to use it if you'd like.
Financials are obviously important, but they've been discussed at length. Other questions, for example, are of equal importance:
1.) The Question of "the Exotic". If exoticism is largely a matter of distance followed by ignorance how does one proceed in an inter-connected society?
2.) The term used eludes me at the moment, but there's a thought process in Hollywood that basically states that your production budget must be equal or greater than your competition to compete. At what point does throwing money at a Indiana Jones picture produce diminishing returns? In short, how much money is too much?
3.) Indiana Jones was created by and for a Western audience. With an increasingly focus on the international market how do you engage them (and sustain that interest) over a couple of movies? Actors? Locations? Macguffins?
And so on and so forth.