The studios are run by the risk adverse and the franchises make money. Stepping outside the comfort zone to try something new (or even new-ish) like John Carter, Jupiter Rising, or Bloodshot that could have led to new franchises has not gone well.
CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar 2 - Electric Boogaloo-Fanboys gone WILD-too many hyphens
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That's the problem because everyone knows Star Wars was a one and done shoestring film.3 million or 11 million in today's money.
I think it's something else. They worry that they are no longer in touch with their own audience anymore. Paramount went with this phase of creating films for a world market, after all the English speaking population is quite small compared the 7 billion worldwide. Sometimes when you try to be everything to all people, you end up becoming nothing to no one.
I don't see stockholders embracing a ceo who says "Here me out, why don't we scale back our operation and focus on movies for a regional audience?"
Indeed. Though, John Carter was a unique problem as the executive in charge thought Carter was way more popular than it was, and marketed it very incorrectly based upon that assumption.
But, yes, things like Jupiter RIsing, Bloodshot, and even something that could spin an interesting take on the superhero genre in Samaritan get pushed to smaller venues. It's nothing bigger than that, because something new is regarded as lesser.
That's very fair. But Disney was throwing a lot of stuff at the wall, at the time, prior to Star-Wars acquisition, to see what might. work. They'd managed to turn a pirate-themed dark ride into a multi-billion dollar franchise. Bringing back Tron seemed like a good idea. They tried (again) with an Oz film, and there was serious work being done on a The Black Hole movie for reasons I don't quite understand. Now they own MCU, Star Wars, and a re-validated Avatar franchise and can print megabucks until all of the current stockholders are fossilized.
Yes, and likely learned the long lesson from it.
Yep today is Pi Day
I also don't see stockholders embracing the new streaming service launch of "Popular is Paramount,"
to be honest with all the turmoil in the world nothing is going to work out so easy as finance a huge ad campaign and sell it to the masses.
This thread is in danger of going dormant. Is there really no fan film news?
They ran out of pie.
Nothing from the Axanar side. Which is amusing to me to no end. I thought they were going to replace Paramount with their Trek vision
And do Trek FASTER than the 'professionals' ever could too?Nothing from the Axanar side. Which is amusing to me to no end. I thought they were going to replace Paramount with their Trek vision
Huh. Looks like there hasn't even been an Axanar Confidential in three months. Must be hard to get the more narrowminded Trek fans wound up about "real Star Trek" when they're getting high grade fanwank from Picard season 3 and Strange New Worlds.
I wouldn't call SNW fanwank. Oh please.
would you accept "fan service" though?
People say that as if it's a bad thing.
I'm not sure I'd call it that either I have yet to watch SNW, am waiting on a set of season 1.. How is it fan service as well?
I like SNW, but it primarily exists for the people who want more of the same old same old instead of shows trying to do something different with Star Trek.