Blade Runner 2049 - Part 4

[Marvolo]

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Weta is so ****ing awesome!

 

[TheVileOne]

The immersion into the world of this film was fantastic.

 

[Faora]

Concept arts from Weta Workshop.

 

[Faora]

Concept arts from Framestore.

 

[:eek:]

“Blade Runner 2049” Could Lose Studio $80M

By
Garth Franklin -

Wednesday, November 8th 2017 12:35 pm
http://cdn2.darkhorizons.com/wp-con...ade-runner-gets-an-animated-prequel-short.jpg
Despite the critical acclaim, Denis Villeneuve’s “Blade Runner 2049” notably underwhelmed at the box-office with an opening soft enough that theatrical exhibition stocks plummeted.
Since then there’s been much debate about potential causes for the film’s failure from its long runtime, its marketing approach which played things very vague, and just the general opinion of the “Blade Runner” franchise which has always been a niche movie embraced by cinephiles as opposed to the public at large.
Now, THR reports that Alcon Entertainment and the investors who put their money into the movie are set to lose as much as $80 million on the film. The project had a production budget of $155 million before marketing, which means it needed to earn $400 million worldwide to break even. At present, it stands at just over $240 million in box-office revenue.
Sony is ultimately expected to recoup its $110 million investment in the Alcon production because of the agreement brokered by Sony Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman. It’s thought the film’s losses could be minimized over time if ancillary revenues are particularly strong.
How this will impact Villeneuve’s ambition to adapt “Dune” is unclear at this point.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I hope Villaneuve doesn’t lose Dune over this. Blade Runner lost money because the original is a cult film that has a loyal but not particularly large following. Dune has mass more mass appeal; it could be at LOTR or maybe even Star Wars level if they market it well. And Denis would do an amazing job.

 

[Iceman]

I hope Villaneuve doesn’t lose Dune over this. Blade Runner lost money because the original is a cult film that has a loyal but not particularly large following. Dune has mass more mass appeal; it could be at LOTR or maybe even Star Wars level if they market it well. And Denis would do an amazing job.

Yeah, that would be terrible if he lost that opportunity. (terrible for us)

 

[-JKR-]

I hope Villaneuve doesn’t lose Dune over this. Blade Runner lost money because the original is a cult film that has a loyal but not particularly large following. Dune has mass more mass appeal; it could be at LOTR or maybe even Star Wars level if they market it well. And Denis would do an amazing job.

I hope so, too. I really want to see a Denis Villeneuve directed Dune!

 

[Deck Rickard]

Yeah, that would be terrible if he lost that opportunity. (terrible for us)

Indeed. Because then they’d probably give the job to some studio shill who will make it mind-numbingly stupid and with a 90-minute runtime. Just look at what happened to The Dark Tower.

 

[Iceman]

Indeed. Because then they’d probably give the job to some studio shill who will make it mind-numbingly stupid and with a 90-minute runtime. Just look at what happened to The Dark Tower.

Yeah that has been a total disaster for me.

A whole franchise based on such an important set of books absolutely wasted.

 

[-JKR-]

Indeed. Because then they’d probably give the job to some studio shill who will make it mind-numbingly stupid and with a 90-minute runtime. Just look at what happened to The Dark Tower.

Yup, or they'd give it to a good director, who would be overwhelmed by such a huge project (Duncan Jones - Warcraft).

If there is one current director who would be able to make an amazing Dune movie, it's Villeneuve.

 

[Iceman]

“Blade Runner 2049” Could Lose Studio $80M

By
Garth Franklin -

Wednesday, November 8th 2017 12:35 pm
http://cdn2.darkhorizons.com/wp-con...ade-runner-gets-an-animated-prequel-short.jpg
Despite the critical acclaim, Denis Villeneuve’s “Blade Runner 2049” notably underwhelmed at the box-office with an opening soft enough that theatrical exhibition stocks plummeted.
Since then there’s been much debate about potential causes for the film’s failure from its long runtime, its marketing approach which played things very vague, and just the general opinion of the “Blade Runner” franchise which has always been a niche movie embraced by cinephiles as opposed to the public at large.
Now, THR reports that Alcon Entertainment and the investors who put their money into the movie are set to lose as much as $80 million on the film. The project had a production budget of $155 million before marketing, which means it needed to earn $400 million worldwide to break even. At present, it stands at just over $240 million in box-office revenue.
Sony is ultimately expected to recoup its $110 million investment in the Alcon production because of the agreement brokered by Sony Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman. It’s thought the film’s losses could be minimized over time if ancillary revenues are particularly strong.
How this will impact Villeneuve’s ambition to adapt “Dune” is unclear at this point.

I expected it would be something like that. Sad to hear that you can make such a good film and still be bad news to the studio that funded the whole thing.

 

[redhawk23]

There's is an audience for this type of movie, and for r rated films in general but its just never going to be enough to carry a 150 million dollar budget. I'm glad we got the movie we did but from a proper standpoint, it was just never a particularly smart move. The saving grace here is that the risk and now the fallout is divided up between someling like 7 different companies. That was a long logo reel at the start

There's a different version of this movie in a parallel universe made for a budget closer to that of Arrival that is being mailed for grossing 4 times its budget.

 

[David H.]

This movie was a steal!

 

[Doctor Jones]

I saw this for a third time on Tuesday. Only five of us in the theater. Perfect.

I'm debating whether to see it again next week. Moviepass has been great. I have a fever. And the only prescription is more Blade Runner 2049.

 

[Link]

It's kind of depressing to me that the second utterly mediocre Spider-Man reboot is doing close to 900 million, and this once in a lifetime epic is not breaking even. I'm still thankful for this film. While I don't care about further Blade Runner sequels I hope this doesn't hurt Villeneuve's career.

 

[Doctor Jones]

He'll be fine. It's more worrisome that we won't get big budget risky high concept films anymore where the brand isn't the point of it.

If we see another movie like this, it won't be for a long, long time. They just become more far apart.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[lime]

Sometimes I get sick of the world we live in. Trash like Fast and Furious 213548 make over a billion, yet great films such as Blade Runner are...

 

[Frankeh]

That is fantastic work by WETA.

 

[Faora]

Concept arts by Jon McCoy.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Finally saw it today, it's a worthy sequel to the iconic first movie, I felt they did a great job in capturing the atmosphere and mood of the world Blade Runner exists in, while furthering the story and expanding on the ideas put in place, it's such an immersive movie to experience.

Visually the city scapes are impressive and match up with the ones we all know while broadening the scope, it's a perfect marriage of compatibility and forward thinking. The ground locations showcase a scorched earth with harsh, post apocalyptic style environments with the Orphange junk city and the old Casino type building where K finds Deckard being the stand-out's.

The tech in the movie doesn't veer too far from the past (Loved the music holograms of Sinatra and Elvis) but one particular piece leads to the films most enchanting character played by Ana de Armas, I was not expecting her to be a holographic girlfriend program, but the relationship between her and K is beautifully played, with understated moments and genuine heart, how she interacts with him on his investigation is a neat storytelling device from Villeneuve.

Speaking of the investigation, I found it to be stronger than in the first movie, following K as he pieces together the mystery is gripping and there's a couple of twists in there that I didn't see coming, there's an almost 70's cop thriller feel to the investigative part of the movie.

The performances are all good, I've mentioned Ana de Armas already and Gosling provides a strong anchor for the film, inbuing K with the right blend of stoic Blade Runner and soulful searcher with a dash of humour. Harrison Ford's role isn't huge but he's as raw as he's been in decades as a world weary Deckard, while Sylvia Hoeks is the most fearsome Terminator since Robert Patrick melted onto the screen 25 years ago, kinda like a hot Rosa Klebb.

The film is a little self indulgent at times and is fairly slow, but it's never not engaging and if it is to be the final Blade Runner chapter, it's a fitting one.

8/10

 

[Visceral]

I guess even snowflakes melt and disappear like tears in the rain.

Best movie I have seen in a long time. The saving grace of 2017.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Heading out to see this again.

 

[Visceral]

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/10/9/16433088/blade-runner-2049-spoilers-review

subverting a generation of films?