For the first time in, actually,not that long, Hollywood is scared out of its mind.
Alas, that doesn’t mean the folks up in LA are having a good time… “Its whyDavid Ellisonwants tobuy Paramount.
Its howMGM soldfor $8 billion.
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Things like licensing and windowing these films throw off hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars a year globally.
So the whole idea of building up your library and you lose it in 25 years?
Wait a second, you just gave up all your revenue down the line.
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Or are execs overreacting a bit?
Well, for starters, asVultureexplains, Coogler’s deal isn’t the first one of its kind.
Furthermore,Warner Bros.
Discovery’s acquiescence to Coogler’s demands was born specifically out of the studio’s past turmoil.
And that is why the movie is so personal,” he explained.
The Master of Horror would be proud.
So, while clauses like the one that appears in Coogler’s deal with Warner Bros. Yeah, the studio system doesn’t seem like it’s going anywhere.
Movies just aren’t what they used to be.
Combined with that, the over-reliance on franchises hasfor many spelled the death of the movie star.
Names likeBrad PittandJennifer Lawrencedon’t attract audiences like they once did.
Captain America, on the other hand, does.
And how is there supposed to be any trust in a system that does that to its workers?
Directors won’t have their movies erased from the face of the Earth silently forever.
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