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proof that WB execs have been dummies for a long time: wanted Marty to leave some people alive at the end of The Departed so they could franchise it

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Sep 26 '23, 15:32

“What they wanted was a franchise. It wasn’t about a moral issue of a person living or dying,” Scorsese said, noting that test screening audiences loved his version of the film where both characters died. “And then the studio guys walked out [of the same test screening] and they were very sad, because they just didn’t want that movie. They wanted the franchise. Which means: I can’t work here anymore.”

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/martin-scorsese-warner-bros-the-departed-franchise-1235735509/ (variety.com)

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I mean, he should know there were already three Infernal Affairs films when he started adapting the first one. -- nm* - The Allfather Sep 26, 15:39 5
- oh wow have you told the namesake of NYU’s cinema program this? - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 15:55 4
  - Weird Flex: Scorsese and I had the same Faculty Advisor (many years apart) at NYU. - howie Sep 26, 16:38
  - He should, yes. After saying stupid shit about Marvel and the state of cinema, he’s now acting like he decides the fate of a story he didn’t create. -- (edited) - The Allfather Sep 26, 16:00 2
    - "No, it's Scorsese who's wrong" - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 16:06 1
      - Exactly. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 26, 16:07
Departeder -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 26, 15:33 4
- The Disembarked -- nm - Beryllium Sep 26, 15:36 3
  - The Deplaned -- nm - Beryllium Sep 26, 15:48 2
    - The Decapitated -- nm - budice Sep 26, 15:56 1
      - The Defenestrated -- nm - con_carne Sep 26, 16:54

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proof that WB execs have been dummies for a long time: wanted Marty to leave some people alive at the end of The Departed so they could franchise it

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