Most of those SyFy "originals" are independent movies that went direct to dvd
or had a very limited theatrical release. SyFy buys the rights and gives them
airtime. Most of the folks that produce them love the system because it gives
them exposure and allows them to finance their next project. I don't think
Sci-Fi produces very much of their movie content in house anymore.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle Lockhart <dar...@...> wrote:
>
> Haha, yeah that SF fan therapy is quite lucrative!
>
> Let's also not forget the many Sci-Fi Originals that are made with
> NBC/GE Money that probably never make their money back in
> advertising, hence they are shown a billion times.
>
>
> On Jul 6, 2009, at 7:54 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
> > Great points made there, Mr Worf. And those two WotW movies are
> > making money.
> >
> > For therapists treating severely depressed SF fans, that is.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]----------
> >
> > Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] In the Name of the King: A Dungeon
> > Siege Tale
> >
> > Date : Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:42:38 -0700
> >
> > From : "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...>
> >
> > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> >
> >
> > There may be something like that already going on in Hollywood.
> > There are a
> > number of films that they know as soon as they are green lit that
> > they will
> > fail. Frankenhood and Soulplane come to mind. There are also others
> > with
> > white casts that also are made to loose money too. I suspect that
> > they are
> > being used as a write off. At least I hope that they are. There are
> > way too
> > many really bad films making it to the scifi channel that have
> > moderate
> > sized budgets that should have never been made. Like HG Wells War
> > of the
> > Worlds 1 and 2! (Yes. You read that right. They made two!)
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:23 AM, Daryle Lockhart
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> "Obsessed" is a Black film, actually.
> >> This loophole in finance Uwe has been riding is something Black
> >> filmmakers could/should use to make larger budget films in other
> >> countries.
> >> There are so many horror scripts that don' t get made in Hollywood
> >> that
> >> could be getting done in Europe!
> >>
> >> On Jul 5, 2009, at 11:05 AM, ravenadal wrote:
> >>
> >> I am watching something called "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon
> >> Siege
> >> Tale" on Showtime. The movie stars Jason Statham and the cast
> >> includes such
> >> stellar actors as Ron ("Hellboy") Perlman, Ray ("Goodfellas")
> >> Liotta -
> >> shamelessly chewing up scenery as Gallion, the prolific John Rhys-
> >> Davies,
> >> Burt "Smokey and the Bandit" Reynolds, Claire "Meet Joe Black"
> >> Forlani,
> >> Leelee ("Deep Impact") Sobieski and Brian J. White ("The Shield,"
> >> "Moonlight") wearing a nasty looking scar as Commander Tarish.
> >>
> >> The movie is directed by German born schlockmiester Uwe Boll, best
> >> known
> >> for his "BloodRayne" movies.
> >>
> >> I had never heard of this movie so I went to IMDB, Box Office Mojo
> >> and
> >> Wikipedia and discovered "In the Name of the King" cost $60
> >> million and
> >> grossed a robust $13 million worldwide. Then I discoverd the first
> >> "BloodRayne" cost $25 million and grossed a whopping $2.42
> >> million. WTF!!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >> Then I discovered that Boll is very successfully manipulating a
> >> lucrative
> >> loophole in German tax laws. Boll is able to acquire funding
> >> thanks to
> >> German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allows
> >> investors in
> >> German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax
> >> deduction;
> >> it also allows them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees
> >> associated with the loan. The investor is then only required to
> >> pay taxes on
> >> the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the
> >> investor gets a
> >> tax writeoff.
> >>
> >> Imagine, thought I, if black filmmakers were able to exploit such a
> >> loophole? Everybody KNOWS black films don't make money. What an
> >> excellent
> >> opportunity to make all the black epics everyone dreams of but
> >> nobody dares
> >> risk the money to make.
> >>
> >> What a bonanza! You could hire all the known but under utilized black
> >> actors and actresses - pay them top dollar - WTF? We are TRYING to
> >> lose
> >> money after all!
> >>
> >> Let Vin Diesel make his "Hannibal." Let Spike Lee make his "Tuskegee
> >> Airmen." Let the Hughes Brothers make whatever they want. Hell,
> >> let me film
> >> "The World Ebon." Shoot, I could burn through a coupla hundred
> >> million
> >> dollars real quick!
> >>
> >> Imagine the mishmash of casts you could come up with! What would
> >> be your
> >> dream project?
> >>
> >> ~rave!
> >>
> >> http://twitter.com/ravenadal
> >> http://theworldebon.blogspot.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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