Lucas Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Very possible and likely Edwards is just going for the classic "one for them, one for me" maneuver. But also I completely buy that he would drop everything for a chance to do Jurassic Park, like he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belakor Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 At least the VFX and CGI are going to be top notch, which is one of the selling points for this franchise, so it´s a good start for once. I also think Gareth has some passion about the franchise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 14 minutes ago, Lucas said: Very possible and likely Edwards is just going for the classic "one for them, one for me" maneuver. But also I completely buy that he would drop everything for a chance to do Jurassic Park, like he said. He could kill two birds with one stone here. I am sure that after what happeened with the last director, that Edwards and Uni are on the same page about what JP4 should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasNicole Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Honestly? Best choice possible Since Universal clearly doesn’t give a shit about the movie, just the release date, they really needed a studio guy, and they’re usually boring and awful and couldn’t create a single strong image even if their lives depend on it. Gareth is one of the few studio guys that can deliver scale and scope in mesmerizing ways visually, he actually knows how to shoot movies on a impressive technical level even if he doesn’t have a strong personality or narrative skills. If they give a very simple and functional script to him, Gareth can easily do the best of these movies since Spielberg just because he can create spectacular imagery and well, this is a franchise that lives and dies on spectacle. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire of Themyscira Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Maybe Gareth is the ONE SPARK this franchise needs. I have faith in him because I enjoyed Godzilla and loved Rogue One. ❤️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingLemon496 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 What will the budget of this movie be? Apparently Fallen Kingdom has a $449M budget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP1025 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 3 minutes ago, HummingLemon496 said: What will the budget of this movie be? Apparently Fallen Kingdom has a $449M budget Forbes has the exact figures after tax credits. Dominion I can understand due to the pandemic, but I have no idea why Fallen Kingdom needed to cost so much more than the first Jurassic World. Quote Perhaps the biggest driving force was the reimbursement from the UK government. The financial statements reveal that Fallen Kingdom received a $84.5 million (£68 million) tax credit with a further $64.1 million (£51.6 million) handed to Dominion. This gave Fallen Kingdom net spending of $431.6 million whilst Dominion's costs came to $264.5 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingLemon496 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) Fallen Kingdom made $222.8M profit according to Deadline with the $170M budget. If the budget is actually $449M, then subtracting the difference means it literally flopped with a $56.2M loss. I guess Fast X is no longer the highest grossing flop. Edited February 23 by HummingLemon496 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP1025 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 23 minutes ago, HummingLemon496 said: Fallen Kingdom made $222.8M profit according to Deadline with the $170M budget. If the budget is actually $449M, then subtracting the difference means it literally flopped with a $56.2M loss. I guess Fast X is no longer the highest grossing flop. Even with the actual budget being over $400 million, I would find it hard to believe Fallen Kingdom didn't turn a profit after tripling the budget. Deadline did estimate the participation fees were $200 million for Fallen Kingdom, which seems too high to me. They estimated the same category at $80 million for Dominion even though it was that film that had the big cast reunion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingLemon496 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) 6 minutes ago, KP1025 said: Even with the actual budget being over $400 million, I would find it hard to believe Fallen Kingdom didn't turn a profit after tripling the budget. Deadline did estimate the participation fees were $200 million for Fallen Kingdom, which seems too high to me. They estimated the same category at $80 million for Dominion even though it was that film that had the big cast reunion. Well even then it would suck to just get a small amount of profit out of a $1.3 billion grossing film just because of an insane budget I don't get it. . .how TF did it go from $170M to $450M Lmao??!? Edited February 23 by HummingLemon496 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP1025 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 17 minutes ago, HummingLemon496 said: Well even then it would suck to just get a small amount of profit out of a $1.3 billion grossing film just because of an insane budget I don't get it. . .how TF did it go from $170M to $450M Lmao??!? It's crazy. Though we never got an official number for Jurassic World, so I wouldn't be surprised if it actually cost more than $170 million. Speaking of inflated budgets, it was also recently revealed TFA cost even more than Fallen Kingdom with a cost of $446.6 million after tax credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainbug Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) 2 minutes ago, KP1025 said: It's crazy. Though we never got an official number for Jurassic World, so I wouldn't be surprised if it actually cost more than $170 million. Speaking of inflated budgets, it was also recently revealed TFA cost even more than Fallen Kingdom with a cost of $446.6 million after tax credit. You want to tell me Rise of Skywalker cost 416M?? That turd cost 416M?? What the actual donut is Hollywood doing?? Do they just like to throw money away? Edited February 23 by Brainbug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WittyUsername Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 We always hear conflicting reports about a movie’s budget. I imagine there’s some Hollywood accounting nonsense going on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkingonaName Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 6 hours ago, KP1025 said: It's crazy. Though we never got an official number for Jurassic World, so I wouldn't be surprised if it actually cost more than $170 million. The catering budget for a Dinosaur must be pretty hefty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlatnumRoyce Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) 13 hours ago, KP1025 said: It's crazy. Though we never got an official number for Jurassic World, so I wouldn't be surprised if it actually cost more than $170 million. Speaking of inflated budgets, it was also recently revealed TFA cost even more than Fallen Kingdom with a cost of $446.6 million after tax credit. these numbers are misleading because they include hefty backend payments so they're not "production budgets" especially when talking about big hits (e.g. PotC4, which we know had a small budget than PotC3). Take "Foodles Productions" (Force Awakens) if you include all payments made through November 2015, it had a net (uk) budget of ~181M million pounds or ~225M USD. NOT 446.6M as this article implies. You get 446.6M because one of the biggest hits of all time has massive backend payments. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08463295/filing-history?page=2 A similar problem exists for JW sequels. Quote No Jurassic World 1 Numbers No, but we still know it filed for ~40M of "QE" in Hawaii in 2014 https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/annuals/2016/2016-film-tax-credit.pdf and [___ missing Lousiana film credit] (it turns outInvertigo was a real Sony film that died pre-release) Neither of these say "Jurassic World" but we know it was a big budget film that filmed on Kauai in 2014 and one such film filed for tax breaks. There are presumably tens of millions worth of missing funds but I really don't think JW1 broke the bank given these reports. Edited February 23 by PlatnumRoyce removed "invertigo" 98M LA spending anecdote 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlatnumRoyce Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) 13 hours ago, HummingLemon496 said: Well even then it would suck to just get a small amount of profit out of a $1.3 billion grossing film just because of an insane budget I don't get it. . .how TF did it go from $170M to $450M Lmao??!? You don't. If JW was filmed in the UK, you'd have another 100M-200M of "costs" from the studio paying people their portion of the film's profits. Grab the film's budgets around the time of the film's theatrical release to get a more apples to apples comparison. Edited February 23 by PlatnumRoyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 16 hours ago, ThomasNicole said: Honestly? Best choice possible Since Universal clearly doesn’t give a shit about the movie, just the release date, they really needed a studio guy, and they’re usually boring and awful and couldn’t create a single strong image even if their lives depend on it. Gareth is one of the few studio guys that can deliver scale and scope in mesmerizing ways visually, he actually knows how to shoot movies on a impressive technical level even if he doesn’t have a strong personality or narrative skills. If they give a very simple and functional script to him, Gareth can easily do the best of these movies since Spielberg just because he can create spectacular imagery and well, this is a franchise that lives and dies on spectacle. I have nothing agianst Edwards, but when Uni decided on a Summer 2025 release, it became a case not of who is the best choice possible, but a case of who is the best choice we can get with that timeframe. A great many good choices were out because they had already signed the contracts for other films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMCTheater2000 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoviefan Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 4 minutes ago, AMCTheater2000 said: God that seems like a fast turn around for a vfx heavy movie like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 That's not even a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...