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Enda80
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
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 Posted - 07/04/2009 : 04:22:46 AM
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This post shows that Warner Bros. has started turning away from R-rated films.
I tried to think of some possible future R-rated film franchises. Mostly, these represent series of prose books that have lasted for a long time and that you occasionally hear news of an adaptation coming out. Most of them might get by on meager budgets-which R-rated films will have to content themselves with. The smaller companies such as Lion's Gate will probably fill the void for supplying R-rated flms, since they cannot raise the money for $150 million budgeted blockbusters.
Casca: Probably would get an R-rating
Mitch Rapp: some talk of a film, but the cultural sensitivity climate around the War on Terror makes putting money into a counterterrorist film problematic.
Matt Helm: supposedly a serious adaptation-see above
The Penetrator: Farmhouse Films in Roslindale, MA got the rights from Chet Cunningham, but do not expect an unironic interpretation
Nicholas Linnear, the ninja: probably leave out the blunt eroticism to a get a PG-13, but perhaps not
Did Shooter, an adaptation of Bob Lee Swagger from Stephen Hunter, do well?
Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels: some talk of an adaptation
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Greg Hurwitz's Tim Rackley: some film development talk |
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niccolom
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Canada
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Posted - 07/05/2009 : 07:25:14 AM
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Originally posted by Enda80
http://Jabootu.net/?p=2041
This post shows that Warner Bros. has started turning away from R-rated films.
I tried to think of some possible future R-rated film franchises. Mostly, these represent series of prose books that have lasted for a long time and that you occasionally hear news of an adaptation coming out. Most of them might get by on meager budgets-which R-rated films will have to content themselves with. The smaller companies such as Lion's Gate will probably fill the void for supplying R-rated flms, since they cannot raise the money for $150 million budgeted blockbusters.
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Matt Helm: supposedly a serious adaptation-see above
Well according to wikipedia Dreamworks has the film rights to the Matt Helm books and apparently have signed Michael Brandt and Derek Haas to write up a screenplay. Variety from Aug 2005 the [url="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117927253.html?cs=1&query=Matt+hElm"]reports [/url]the same thing. Another report quoting the Hollywood Reporter has [url="http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/L/Luketic_Robert/2002/01/29/759987.html"]some more[/url] info. Apparently, "DreamWorks is keen to make the new adaptations more serious and action-oriented" which I think bodes well if it ever goes through. However, this report is from 29 Jan 2002.
"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."
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niccolom
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Canada
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Posted - 07/05/2009 : 07:30:44 AM
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Continuing in the same vein, it appears that someone has also optioned the film rights to the [url="http://movies.ign.com/articles/360/360178p1.html"] series.[/url] Again, this report comes from 2002 and nothing has been heard since then.
"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."
Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez, aka "Tuco," aka "the Rat," aka "Ugly," aka "il Cattivo" |
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Danitsu
Minister of the Sacraments of Jabootu
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Posted - 07/05/2009 : 9:21:15 PM
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Hollywood would rather have most movie series as PG-13 so the DVDs can have the unrated versions come out. Excluding any of the horror series, I can only think of Crank and its sequel as the closest thing to an R-rated series in the past few years.
"If you get served and serve them back...Then IT'S ON!!!" |
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
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Posted - 07/06/2009 : 04:03:59 AM
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I keep hearing R-Rated action films, such as The international or The taking of Pelham 1-2-3 are not being as succesful as they should, so we may be seeing the end of the trend for a while.
I really hope it isn't. If Michael Bay and his followers are going to keep on delivering PG-rated crap, so be it, but at least there should be an alternative for adult moviegoers. |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 07/06/2009 : 08:13:10 AM
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The studios could actually experiment with showing two versions of a film in theaters now. With movies on hard drives and not film it would be easy to have daytime showings of a movie be PG-13 and shift to a late evening show that was an R on the same screen. I wonder if they've considered that...
You could get really crazy and use the polarized glasses and 3D digital projection equipment to show two different versions of a film at the same time on the same screen. Instead of left eye/right eye images you could have PG-13 sanitized/ R explicit sets of glasses for different movie-goers. Legally I imagine that would cause problems with how to sell tickets and no one would want to wear the glasses for a 2D film so it's obviously not practical. Fun idea though.
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Edited by - Sardu on 07/06/2009 08:14:14 AM |
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CDiehl
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 07/07/2009 : 12:27:46 PM
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but at least there should be an alternative for adult moviegoers.
I'm not sure what the studios get out of offering such an alternative, since they don't make much money for them. Maybe those movies will do better down the line on DVD or cable, but they aren't making money in the theatres. It might be a good idea if movies of this kind bypass the theatre and go direct to DVD and/or cable, since I imagine most of their audience prefers to wait for them to appear in those formats anyway.
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The studios could actually experiment with showing two versions of a film in theaters now. With movies on hard drives and not film it would be easy to have daytime showings of a movie be PG-13 and shift to a late evening show that was an R on the same screen. I wonder if they've considered that...
That sounds like a neat idea in theory. However, in practice, one version of each movie will be more successful, and that will be the one shown at every showing after a few days. The other version will be buried most of the time, especially the PG version if the R version does better. On the other hand, if the PG version does well, the R version will be put out on DVD later.
You know Grand Funk, don't you? The wild, shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner? The bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher? The ... adequate drumwork of Don Brewer? |
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Enda80
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
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Posted - 07/10/2009 : 6:26:49 PM
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I saw articles about the move away from R-rated adventure films as far back as 1995 and 1997. Even Tom Clancy adaptations only have had one R-rated entry (Patriot Games in 1992).
Interesting to see if R-rated adventure films regain their prominence in the next ten years or so. However, by the time they do, many stalwarts-Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris, Stallone, Snipes, and Van Damme-will have reached their sixties (Stallone and Norris already have) or their seventies. |
Edited by - Enda80 on 07/10/2009 6:29:41 PM |
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