Stockholders would. Disney execs didn't pay half of every dollar the company made last year to make low-budget network TV margins.
I didn't say low budget. I just said not super high budget. I'm looking for a middle ground somewhere in there. And I'm not thinking this would be completely instead of movies. I just feel that three movies a year is excessive and that the story would be better served through a different medium, such as a TV show and then punctuated with movies occasionally.
I wonder if maybe some of those three films a year will be ILM computer animated films, but distributed through Lucasfilm (instead of outside studios like Nickelodeon in the case of Rango).
I wonder if maybe some of those three films a year will be ILM computer animated films, but distributed through Lucasfilm (instead of outside studios like Nickelodeon in the case of Rango).
That would make sense. Not to mention new IPs like Red Tails.
Wouldn't be surprised to see Disney stretch the LucasFilm name to cover some of the stuff they'd release as a Touchstone film. Leave Touchstone to be more directly mature/dramatic movie territory and use LucasFilm for big family adventure films that don't quite fit under the Walt Disney Pictures label. That'd be a fast way to do nothing but still "pump out" a few "LucasFilm" movies per year.
Wouldn't be surprised to see Disney stretch the LucasFilm name to cover some of the stuff they'd release as a Touchstone film. Leave Touchstone to be more directly mature/dramatic movie territory and use LucasFilm for big family adventure films that don't quite fit under the Walt Disney Pictures label. That'd be a fast way to do nothing but still "pump out" a few "LucasFilm" movies per year.
Nobody wants to touch Star Wars because if they screw it up they know their career will be over. heh... Also, the likelihood of pleasing the fans is next to nil unless they use an already established story line, which they said they would not do.
Nobody wants to touch Star Wars because if they screw it up they know their career will be over. heh... Also, the likelihood of pleasing the fans is next to nil unless they use an already established story line, which they said they would not do.
If they used an already 'established' storyline, the new movies were BOUND to be crap. I don't want to hear anything about the empire again. The new republic has beaten them (and assimilated their technology, note to the designers). Need new enemies and Jedi Leia, and I've had entirely enough of R2D2 and C3PO (sorry Kenny and Anthony!). An aged kickass shoot-first version of Han Solo however... hey, there might still be time for Harrison Ford to beat Malcom Reynolds' ass. :cool:
Disney did a lot right which Lucas did REALLY wrong in his last triology. Less digital crap, more of the real stuff this time (aka first PotC movie). Less of the eternally new stuff, less of the uber-bright colors. We need rust.
I don't care at all about the director. Who conceives the story and writes the SCRIPT, who is in command of art direction? Those are the important ones.
Get Shane Black on this.
And NOTHING goes without Drew Struzan, you hear me Disney?!?
I've had entirely enough of R2D2 and C3PO (sorry Kenny and Anthony!).
But R2D2 has been the only consistently good actor in Star Wars! And just imagine that he's a sarcastic bastard (which he actually kinda is) and he becomes the best character in the series.
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I didn't say low budget. I just said not super high budget. I'm looking for a middle ground somewhere in there. And I'm not thinking this would be completely instead of movies. I just feel that three movies a year is excessive and that the story would be better served through a different medium, such as a TV show and then punctuated with movies occasionally.
...uh...
Maniac Mansion: The Movie.
The Dig: The Movie.
Zak McKracken: The Movie.
Loom: The Musical.
Howard The Duck: The Movie: The Game (by TTG).
I would play the hell out of that game.
That would make sense. Not to mention new IPs like Red Tails.
Squeee.
Sparkly Jedi?
He'd be a perfect whiny-farmboy-esque Jedi.
Depends on the size of the company.
It sounds like LucasFilms wants to go from being a boutique to a big time studio like Time Warner or Paramount.
Well that one's a shame. On to Johnston!
Who Framed Roger Rabbit comes to mind.
guys look at his face
look at his face
that poor man.
Hopefully, we don't get a Princess Leia and Skywalker duet.
I swear, this still feels like he totally knows he's going to die soon or something.
Well, hopefully he will make the best out of the money he earned from Disney buying his company.
50th post, whoooo!
It's one star wars movie every 2-3 years, with the first one out in 2015.
If they used an already 'established' storyline, the new movies were BOUND to be crap. I don't want to hear anything about the empire again. The new republic has beaten them (and assimilated their technology, note to the designers). Need new enemies and Jedi Leia, and I've had entirely enough of R2D2 and C3PO (sorry Kenny and Anthony!). An aged kickass shoot-first version of Han Solo however... hey, there might still be time for Harrison Ford to beat Malcom Reynolds' ass. :cool:
Disney did a lot right which Lucas did REALLY wrong in his last triology. Less digital crap, more of the real stuff this time (aka first PotC movie). Less of the eternally new stuff, less of the uber-bright colors. We need rust.
I don't care at all about the director. Who conceives the story and writes the SCRIPT, who is in command of art direction? Those are the important ones.
Get Shane Black on this.
And NOTHING goes without Drew Struzan, you hear me Disney?!?
Exactly. Do a google image search of "george lucas smiling" and see how many of the pictures he's actually smiling in.
In that photo he looks more like he wants to say "what the hell have I done??"
I don't feel for the man, though. Disney can't really make Star Wars worse off than it was.
But R2D2 has been the only consistently good actor in Star Wars! And just imagine that he's a sarcastic bastard (which he actually kinda is) and he becomes the best character in the series.
Yes, probably.
Just had a mild stroke.
Good gods they've actually got good people working on this.
What is this feeling in my chest? I believe you hoo-mans call it, "hope".
A New Hope...
...heh.
Seriously though, this deal is getting better and better all the time.
Now watch, they are gonna get Uwe Boll to direct it.