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Dear John: how New Line made the original deal then killed the project -- (link)
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mr. reliable (aka chris)
Feb 8 '10, 10:11
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Probably almost every hit movie was passed up by one studio or another before being made. -- nm
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Cuzzin Todd
Feb 8, 10:17
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some are, some aren't. if you have a known quantity, like a Sparks novel, that you buy the rights to, usually you're going to make the pic yourself -- nm
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mr. reliable
Feb 8, 10:19
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But plenty of "known quality" projects are thought to be sure-fire-hits that end up flopping.
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Cuzzin Todd
Feb 8, 10:53
I don't think anyone saw this coming, but these kinds of projects are basically risk free, aren't they?
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Reagen
Feb 8, 10:16
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the last Sparks one, Nights In Rodanthe kind of bombed. but the risk there was spending for talent with Gere and Diane Lane -- nm
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mr. reliable
Feb 8, 10:18
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although I see now that the Rodanthe budget was reported at 20 mil. So even then they came out OK. -- nm
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Reagen
Feb 8, 10:22
Right, I mean specifically with the cheap cast. -- nm
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Reagen
Feb 8, 10:20
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