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Published on Wednesday, June 2, 1999 - 2:11am |
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UNIVERSAL cancels the ILM FRANKENSTEIN Flick'!'!
Ya know.... Sometimes I just don't get it. You make THE MUMMY... It's well on it's way to being the most successful UNIVERSAL movie in quite some time. It's a Horror/Adventure film, and you guys and gals cancel FRANKENSTEIN at ILM?
As a result ILM ends up letting go of 500 most excellent talented folks. Some of these folks will head for New Zealand, and Peter Jackson is licking his chops going, "Goody goody goody" at the latest batch of talented people let go of because a buncha suits don't have the vision to see real success... right over the hump. ARGH!
Now I'm sitting here thinking... "Hmmmmm, I wonder if they got their test footage back from the happier children friendly version of FRANKY and noticed that it'd be horrible, so instead of going back and hiring the director you fired and going back to the earlier, superior script, you toss the whole project cause... well you don't remember that older script, the better test.... OR (more likely) you can't admit you made a mistake and get back on track... thus proving to the other execs that you made a mistake, but proving to everyone else that you had the SENSE TO RIGHT A WRONG!"
HMMMMM...
At the same time that you guys cancel FRANKENSTEIN, word reaches me that you passed on HELLBOY too.
Ya know, perhaps you missed the memo but... THE MUMMY is well on it's way to making $150 Million domestically and ya know what? It wasn't even a really good movie! That's right.... A pretty mediocre Horror film can make $150 million domestic!!!! Wow.... Holy Shit! Imagine that!
NOW.... Close your eyes and have your assistant read the next paragraph...
Imagine making a really really good horror adventure type of movie. Like the 'earlier draft' of FRANKENSTEIN and the existing draft of HELLBOY. These were not prohibitively expensive films. In fact... Compared to THE MUMMY they were quite a bit cheaper. Now imagine... Cheaper to make, Better Movie, lower cost, better product, happier audience, movie seen a lot, money in coffers, job retained. Wow... Did that get ya stiff or what? I mean. Think of it. Better Movies, Lower Costs, Higher Profits.
And that's not even taking into account the benefits of the new math your accountants are working up! Get with the program Universal. Stop stamping out everything Brian Glazer tells you to make, and stamp yes on FRANKENSTEIN and HELLBOY. It's a long time till Summer 2001 nets you JURASSIC PARK 3... You better start getting a line up together soon!
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Reader Talkback
Universal by Mathias | Jun 2nd, 1999 03:40:00 AM | Stick to theme parks Universal by Nordling | Jun 2nd, 1999 03:53:10 AM | Gun Shy by Anton_Sirius | Jun 2nd, 1999 04:47:28 AM | This is so frustrating! by Prankster | Jun 2nd, 1999 05:22:37 AM | Harry, listen to me... by Ilvenshang | Jun 2nd, 1999 06:14:19 AM | To Ilvenshang... by Pope Buck 1 | Jun 2nd, 1999 06:48:57 AM | bitchin by Bud | Jun 2nd, 1999 07:11:54 AM | It's just easier... by POl | Jun 2nd, 1999 07:42:12 AM | new age of gods and morons by m2298 | Jun 2nd, 1999 08:50:27 AM | No One Gets Out Of Here Alive by Anton_Sirius | Jun 2nd, 1999 08:56:56 AM | HARRY forget Frankenstien by mckracken | Jun 2nd, 1999 09:18:16 AM | JP3, no one's gonna see. by Drath | Jun 2nd, 1999 09:30:43 AM | This movie sounds like it was
gonna suck! by Cineman | Jun 2nd, 1999 11:54:44 AM | Cool Your Jets by HeyLeland | Jun 2nd, 1999 12:56:31 PM | Thank God - not another bad
Frankenstein movie by Omega | Jun 2nd, 1999 01:28:01 PM | Typical Universal by Garbo | Jun 2nd, 1999 08:38:16 PM | ILM, for crying out loud! by anakin78z | Jun 2nd, 1999 10:15:43 PM | Why do the good always die so
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