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You're making a movie. Who is going to ensure you make the most money and will ensure that backers will throw cash at you to be part of the project?

Posted by zork Jul 5 '11, 13:42

The first, say, 10 people you can name are today's A-Listers.

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- yes. -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 13:55
Hugo Weaving (I kid, but look at his projects). Will Smith, Depp, DiCaprio, Downey Je -- nm - MDH Jul 5, 13:49 1
- Weaving is one of those guys that if he attaches himself to something makes me think it's going to be quality -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 13:56
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- how badly would JDawson, the producer, want him in the project? -- nm - zork Jul 5, 13:48 1
  - let -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 5, 14:05
- He's a solid choice...not sure how much faith I have in him outside Iron Man but he's opened a few biggies in a row -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 5, 13:47 17
  - "We're making a movie and RDJ has shown interest in it. How much do you want to invest?" will bring in 100x the same thing with Vin or most anyone. -- nm - zork Jul 5, 14:05
  - He has two franchises (with Holmes) and Due Date opened to $30M -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 13:48 8
    - due date is a franchise? -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 5, 13:57 1
      - My original post needed a comma. Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes are the franchises. -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 13:59
    - What about the one he did with Jamie Foxx? Was that wide release open? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 5, 13:49 5
      - That's the only one of his last 6 movies that hasn't made $100M domestic -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 13:54 1
        
        And three of the remaining five are based on properties as much as star. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 5, 14:08
      - heh, the one I thought was a spoof cause I first saw the trailer before Tropic Thunder -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 13:50 1
        
        Satan's Alley had a better premise -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 13:51
      - 9mil -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 5, 13:49
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    - he can do anything, make anything, get press for anything. A List. -- nm - Andie Jul 5, 13:50
    - Cameron is the pinnacle of A-List imo. He can walk into any studio at this point with an idea and walk out with a massive check. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 5, 13:49 3
      - this. I think he might be the only who an do that now. Lucas finances his own stuff, but Spielberg has problems getting money. -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 13:57
      - Massive cheque and minimal studio interferrance on the project. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 5, 13:50
      - This. -- nm - MDH Jul 5, 13:50
    - Aliens, T2, Titanic, Avatar. easy yes -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 13:49
I hadn't actually intended for this to be a poll, but OK. -- nm - zork Jul 5, 13:46
David Yates -- nm - Max Jul 5, 13:44
AJolie -- nm - lileve Jul 5, 13:44
George Clooney -- nm - znufrii Jul 5, 13:44 4
- hasn't had a $100M grosser since 2007 (Oceans 13) -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 13:49 3
  - has he done any of the promotional tours since then? -- nm - zork Jul 5, 13:52 2
    - He's done a lot of smaller, more personal projects, so I'm guessing yes - Roger More Jul 5, 13:57 1
      - right, but if he does the tour then it probably at least doubles the opening w/e -- nm - zork Jul 5, 13:59
Will Smith --- Johnny Depp --- Chris Nolan - Will Hunting Jul 5, 13:43 1
- Pitt, Clooney. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:44
Batman. -- nm - Amy Jul 5, 13:43

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