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George Lucas: No More Big Movies
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/737/737407p1.html
George Lucas: No More Big Movies Talks Star Wars, Indy, Red Tails and more. by IGN Staff October 5, 2006 - George Lucas appears to be out of the big-budget movie business for good. The semi-retired Star Wars filmmaker recently granted an interview with industry insider mag Variety in which he reveals that he and his company Lucasfilm are finished making movies where a large financial investment is involved. "We don't want to make movies," explains Lucas. "We're about to get into television. As far as Lucasfilm is concerned, we've moved away from the feature film thing because it's too expensive and it's too risky. I think the secret to the future is quantity." He adds that he would rather spend $200 million making 50-60 smaller movies than one big-budget film. "That's 120 hours as opposed to two hours. In the future market, that's where it's going to land, because it's going to be all pay-per-view and downloadable." But Lucasfilm isn't getting out of the features game all together just yet. Lucas confirms that he still has Indiana Jones 4 in the pipeline. "Steve (Spielberg) and I are still working away, trying to come up with something we're happy with," he says. "Hopefully, in a short time, we will come to an agreement. Or something." At least he can't be accused of being overly optimistic. Lucas is also working on Red Tails, his long-in-development film about the Tuskegee airmen of WWII. Lucas says he plans to serve as executive producer on both pictures as well as the forthcoming live-action Star Wars TV series. Once those projects are launched, the frequently-flanneled filmmaker revealed that he intends to focus on making "small movies, esoteric in nature." Lucas also referred to the planned Star Wars animated TV series and hints that Lucas Animation may eventually make a feature film. "Right now we're doing television, which looks great. I'm very, very happy with it," he said. "And out of doing the animation, we're getting the skill set and the people and putting the studio in place so we can do a feature. But it's probably going to be another year before we have the people and the systems in place to do a feature film." |
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10-05-2006, 08:11 AM | #3 |
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I heard his next space-opera will explore the mystical universe that exists in his neck fat.
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10-05-2006, 12:27 PM | #4 |
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Dont do us any favors George.
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No kidding. Take away the grand scope, special effects, and childhood nostalgia of the SW series, and you're left with some really bad dialogue and poor acting (sorry GoChiefs).
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His last few movies LOOKED like TV quality special effects-so that seems to be a good move.
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The newest 3 star wars movies were garbage.
If it weren't for the nostalgia attached to the older 3 movies, those would be rightly regarded as unadulterated dreck. |
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They should just leave Indy 4 alone. Please don't screw up something else...please.
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Harrison Ford needs Indy 4 bad.....he's dropped off the A-list.
I'm for it if it's quality....Indy 3 was still a lot of fun. Too bad river phoenix died...he could have carried on the young Indy story pretty well...
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I would rather see George re-release the Star Wars series for the 187th time, all the better to soak up more cash. He's gonna need that extra kwan to keep his chin well fed.
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