Sequels The Official Mike Dougherty & Dan Harris Thread

[Retroman]

Shame that Trick R Treat was dropped. What i've seen so far looks decent and the buzz has been good so this decision is somewhat surprising.

I hope Sony picks it up for this Halloween. They do know how to market movies. And I hope it makes 80 million to show the WB how stupid they were.

They shouldn't have a hard time finding a distributor.Lionsgate or Sony would be good.

 

[Showtime]

I can picture it at Sony.

 

[Nightwing1977]

They shouldn't have a hard time finding a distributor.Lionsgate or Sony would be good.

I think Lionsgate would be a great choice from your list. They're known for releasing many horror films. Especially several that Trick 'n' Treats would be another good one for them.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

You know...why didn't they just move it to New Line (i.e. once again, an outlet for genre fare...like Trick R Treat?!?)

 

[DoctorJones]

New Line has been merged into WB now.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

New Line has been merged into WB now.

I know. My point is that New Line is now turned back into an outlet for genre films...and Trick R Treat would have been perfect to put there.

 

[Retroman]

Dan Harris's followup to SR -I, Lucifer- which he wrote and was going to direct doesn't look like it's going to happen....at least not soon.

Transcript from a recent Total Film magazine interview Ewan McGregor courtesy of anika1 from the imdb boards.

One project now unlikely to go ahead is I, Lucifer with Daniel Craig. "It was something I was going to do," says McGregor, "but the truth is it's been a long time that the film has been in limbo. Over two years now, so as far as I know it's not happening. Shame, because it was a great script."

 

[Lighthouse]

Man, after WB dumped Dougherty's Trick 'R Treat, those two can't get a break.

 

[Matt]

Dan Harris's followup to SR -I, Lucifer- which he wrote and was going to direct doesn't look like it's going to happen....at least not soon.

Transcript from a recent Total Film magazine interview Ewan McGregor courtesy of anika1 from the imdb boards.

Its really no suprise. I do not see how any studio could think a movie that romanticizes Satan could be profitable in any way.

 

[epc11223]

Its really no suprise. I do not see how any studio could think a movie that romanticizes Satan could be profitable in any way.

there are so many movies that are bad that get made with the thought that it can be a profit. look at the saw franchises or the comedy bedazzled. bedazzled had liz hurley as the devil. look at interview with a vampire. that was a disgusting movie but because it had brad pitt and tom cruise, there was a profit. i think there was a profit, didnt really do much research on the film, but it was made nonetheless.

 

[Lighthouse]

Heh. I really liked Interview With A Vampire.

 

[turtlefocker]

Interview with a Vampire is a fantastic movie - "The world changes, we do not, there lies the irony that finally kills us." -

"I'm going to give you the choice I never had."

 

[Matt]

As did I. Bedazzled is a different scenario. Satan was the antagonist. You can't make a movie with Satan as the protagonist and expect Middle America to respond well to that. It would've bombed.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Interview with the Vampire is a pretty good film. Shame The Queen of the Damned was more or less a horrible movie, although I did like the guy who played Lestat. (Guess they couldn't get Cruise again) I love The Vampire Chronicles!

 

[epc11223]

you really never know. there are a ton of movies that you would think would bomb but end up doing well and vice a versa. snakes on a plane was supposed to do extremely well in the box office and look at that mess. people didn't expect spider-man to do so well and look how that turned out. to say it would have bombed is simply just a guess.

 

[I Am The Knight]

It could have bombed, but not because of the romanticizing Satan thingy...A lot of good movies bomb.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

you really never know. there are a ton of movies that you would think would bomb but end up doing well and vice a versa. snakes on a plane was supposed to do extremely well in the box office and look at that mess. people didn't expect spider-man to do so well and look how that turned out. to say it would have bombed is simply just a guess.

I don't know one person who expected the first ever live action Spider-Man movie to bomb.

 

[Retroman]

Man, after WB dumped Dougherty's Trick 'R Treat, those two can't get a break.

That's Hollywood for you. I'm surprised though that that movie hasn't found a new studio yet.

Dougherty is also doing a new animated film at Disney with Robert Zemeckis producing.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982959.html?categoryid=1050&cs=1

Its really no suprise. I do not see how any studio could think a movie that romanticizes Satan could be profitable in any way.

Even so...surely there must be someone out there with money willing to take a chance on a dark comedy with Daniel Craig and Ewan McGregor.I'd rather that than another lame spoof film.

It could have bombed, but not because of the romanticizing Satan thingy...A lot of good movies bomb.

Yeah, there's many good movies that don't make a lot of money at the box office.

 

[epc11223]

I don't know one person who expected the first ever live action Spider-Man movie to bomb.

i never said people thought spider-man would bomb, just not do nearly as well as it did. spider-man had a comic book fan base, but the general audience is who fell in love with the character, making it such a huge success at the box office. i don't think anyone ever imagined it to make the amount of money that it did. it broke a lot of records, and so did the sequels. the third movie in that franchise was not received well at all and it still made alot of money and broke records. thats the thing with movies, you never really can tell if a movie is going to be a bomb or not and to say that the movie that a movie about satan being the protagonist is going to fail without really knowing the story is just ignorant. it could tell a really good story and that is what people are interested in. hell, people can sometimes be into bad stories lol. thats all i meant, you really cant predict whats going to bomb.

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

I easily imagined Spidey doing the big numbers and I'm a much bigger Supes fan

 

[dark_b]

I easily imagined Spidey doing the big numbers and I'm a much bigger Supes fan

i dont belive you. you are now thinking completely different then in 2002 IMO.
noone knew that this would happen.

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

i dont belive you. you are now thinking completely different then in 2002 IMO.
noone knew that this would happen.

It was always my take that people moved on from Superman but were ready for new superhero movies. When I heard Spidey was happening I was damned sure it would dominate box office.

 

[epc11223]

It was always my take that people moved on from Superman but were ready for new superhero movies. When I heard Spidey was happening I was damned sure it would dominate box office.

dominate is different than pulverize. maybe you thought this (which i dont really believe), but most others didn't lol. spider-man for the most part, really came out from nowhere.

 

[SatEL]

there are so many movies that are bad that get made with the thought that it can be a profit. look at the saw franchises or the comedy bedazzled. bedazzled had liz hurley as the devil. look at interview with a vampire. that was a disgusting movie but because it had brad pitt and tom cruise, there was a profit. i think there was a profit, didnt really do much research on the film, but it was made nonetheless.

No it bloody was not, I guess you really have to understand the story I recommend all of Anne Rice books kick ass to the end.

 

[SatEL]

there are so many movies that are bad that get made with the thought that it can be a profit. look at the saw franchises or the comedy bedazzled. bedazzled had liz hurley as the devil. look at interview with a vampire. that was a disgusting movie but because it had brad pitt and tom cruise, there was a profit. i think there was a profit, didnt really do much research on the film, but it was made nonetheless.

Double post.