Weekend Estimates: Minions - 115.2M; JW - 18.1M; Inside Out - 17.1M; Gallows - 10M; Self/Less - 5.4M; MMXXL - 9.6M; T5 - 13.7M

[dashrendar44]

Jurassic World's idea was all Trevorrow. 

 

Anyway, 1 hour until Rth and/or Gopher bring the news.

 

That's not cool for Mark Protosevich, John Sayles, Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa that actually wrote the script's drafts that Trevorrow made his own. Raptor training was already in John Sayles script as was the Indominus Rex on the loose, the functioning park was already there in Silver & Jaffa's script. Trevorrow is totally not at the origin of it all. He was a hired gun that hoped on the project and fiddled with what he was given.

Edited July 10, 2015 by MADash Rendar

[TServo2049]

Batman Returns was one of those "you made us a ton of money, so we'll trust you" deals, the final product scared the suits and didn't appeal to everyone, so we got Schumacher. History may not repeat, but it does rhyme.

[CJohn]

I don't even know how much power Abrams has. I remember he shot some of ST2 in IMAX and then the studio forced him to convert it to 3D. I'm sure he is more respected than a guy like Marc Webb, but I doubt he has the kind of power he would like to have.

3D is a thing. Changing his vision is another, and I fully believe Paramount gave him space to do Into Darkness, especially after the first movie was a hit.

[Dementeleus]

I don't even know how much power Abrams has. I remember he shot some of ST2 in IMAX and then the studio forced him to convert it to 3D. I'm sure he is more respected than a guy like Marc Webb, but I doubt he has the kind of power he would like to have.

 

He's successfully jump-started two franchises, you bet he's got more control than Webb (or pick whoever of your choice). The only person who apparently has enough clout to deny 3D is Nolan.

[TServo2049]

Into Darkness could well have been Abrams' Returns on a smaller scale. (Though Orci actually seems to be the Burton in this situation...)

[Chewy]

The SW7 doesn't even make much sense. I can't believe they didn't gave JJ Abrams what he wanted to make his vision a reality. 

 

Other way around. JJ Abrams made the producers' vision a reality. He tried to squeeze as much of himself into there as he could, and "himself" = nostalgic fanservice so I'm sure the producers were fine with that 

 

But these guys on major franchises all work within the confines of the studio's demands

[Dementeleus]

That's not cool for Mark Protosevich, John Sayles, Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa that actually wrote the script's drafts that Trevorrow made his own. Raptor training was already in John Sayles script as was the genetically modified Rex. Trevorrow is totally not at the origin of it all. He was a hired gun that hoped on the project and fiddled with what he was given.

 

Comparing those drafts would be very interesting.

[CJohn]

He's successfully jump-started two franchises, you bet he's got more control than Webb (or pick whoever of your choice). The only person who apparently has enough clout to deny 3D is Nolan.

Cinderella  ​ 

[redfirebird2008]

3D is a thing. Changing his vision is another, and I fully believe Paramount gave him space to do Into Darkness, especially after the first movie was a hit.

 

In my opinion, forcing someone who shot in 2D 70mm IMAX to convert that footage to 3D is changing the director's vision. I saw it in 3D IMAX too, so I know how it turned out. I also saw TDK, TDKR, and MI4 in 2D IMAX. All three of those had a more noticeable directorial stamp on them with the IMAX visuals.

[TServo2049]

Who wrote the draft with the human/raptor hybrids that got all the way to concept art?

Edited July 10, 2015 by TServo2049

[dashrendar44]

Who wrote the draft with the human/raptor hybrids that got all the way to concept art?

 

I think it was Sayles.

[grim22]

He's successfully jump-started two franchises, you bet he's got more control than Webb (or pick whoever of your choice). The only person who apparently has enough clout to deny 3D is Nolan.

And Brad Bird. Although Disney is probably regretting that big time right now.

[Chewy]

Who's responsible for

"No heat signature better run into the enclosure without double checking!"

?

[Dementeleus]

With all these 3D stuff, what we simply don't know is how hard each person pushed back against it. You're gonna fight a billion battles with the studio -- people pick different fights to make their stand.

[redfirebird2008]

And Brad Bird. Although Disney is probably regretting that big time right now.

 

Tomorrowland would have bombed with 3D too. It wasn't borderline. A bomb is a bomb in this particular case.

[TServo2049]

3D didn't save John Carter. (Has 3D saved anything?)

[Dementeleus]

3D didn't save John Carter. (Has 3D saved anything?)

 

Alice in Wonderland.

[redfirebird2008]

3D didn't save John Carter. (Has 3D saved anything?)

 

It certainly would have made Batman Begins' worldwide gross look a lot more attractive for a sequel. Luckily they still greenlit TDK even with the borderline box office of the first movie.

[CJohn]

3D didn't save John Carter. (Has 3D saved anything?)

[TServo2049]

Alice in Wonderland.

Did the 3D premium make the difference between being a flop and a hit? It made a billion with 3D, it surely would have done well without it. It was a timely hook, but a 2D version would still have been a success.