To be fair, the Trolls number is probably heavily influenced by the 'sneak preview' screening last weekend and presale of 1st-run streaming rights to the 'Cock.
Honestly, tho...how does any student OTHER than WB release a Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote movie? ("Roger Rabbit" not withstanding.) On Monday, November 13, 2023 at 4:52:14 AM UTC-5 Adam Bowie wrote: > According to Matt Belamy at Puck, the film is now going to get shopped > around, so not necessarily locked into the vault. Aside from anything else, > I guess there are some relationships to maintain. > > He also has a bit of a discussion about exactly how much you really save > by taking a tax write off on a film that has already cost millions. > Basically, the main gain is that you can account for it sooner, rather than > waiting months or years for the movie to play through the various windows > and the accounting to be mostly calculated. So take the loss now rather > than a year or two down the line. And WBD does have an enormous debt pile > to pay down. > > I've got to think that with the likely paucity of movies in theatres in > spring/summer next year, someone will bite on this. I mean "Trolls Band > Together" which hasn't even opened in the US yet, has earned nearly $60m. > (OK - I know film economics mean you basically need to double your > production budget to hit the black, and this movie is said to have cost > $70m). > > > Adam > > On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 8:35 PM Tom Wolper <two...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> There’s a biased reasoning that if the movie is getting shelved it must >> be a terrible movie. It’s entirely possible that these movies are fine, >> even better than some which have been released, but there’s some accounting >> or tax benefit to shelving them. If it’s saving them money one way or >> another it doesn’t have to make sense. >> >> On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 2:27 PM M-D November <mdnov...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> He released the new Space Jam movie, but this is getting shelved? Come >>> on. >>> >>> On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 11:40:52 AM UTC-5 Kevin M. wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> As others indicated, I’m not versed in studio accountancy, but nobody >>>> seemed interested in the tax write off by NOT releasing the Cindy >>>> Crawford/Baldwin brother film Fair Game, despite it being theatrical >>>> malaise. The studio that gave us Kangaroo Jack is claiming a Wile E Coyote >>>> movie is somehow lacking?! The studio said “yes” to the cinematic flotsam >>>> and jetsam that was the Arthur remake, Battlefield Earth, and Cop Out, but >>>> a film about a female caped crusader gets buried in a shallow grave? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 5:36 AM Tom Wolper <two...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Producers, directors, writers, and some technical people have to take >>>>> years out of their lives to make movies like this happen. To go through >>>>> all >>>>> that and then find out nobody will get a chance to watch them must be >>>>> heartbreaking. >>>>> >>>>> It’s like a Renaissance prince was a patron to a master artist. He >>>>> asks the artist for a painting on a specific subject, and when the artist >>>>> shows him the final work he burns it. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 8:02 AM Doug Eastick <eas...@eastick.ca> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I would have liked to watch this. >>>>>> >>>>>> Resilience, anvils, trains, fake light at the end of the tunnel.... >>>>>> So many metaphors for this story. >>>>>> >>>>>> I still don't really Get the idea of spending $70M+ and canning it >>>>>> and getting a tax write-off. I guess that's why I'm not an accountant. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> /Doug >>>>>> eas...@mcd.on.ca >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Nov 9, 2023, 7:05 p.m. Kevin M. <drunkba...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> It’s a clever premise. Sort of like Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law >>>>>>> but for the WB animated characters >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 3:03 PM Mark Jeffries <spotl...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The live-action/CGI film made originally for Max (when it was HBO >>>>>>>> Max) in which Wile E. Coyote sues the maker of all of those devices >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> did not help him catch the Road-Runner, in which John Cena played the >>>>>>>> attorney representing ACME, wrapped last year, was moved to theatrical >>>>>>>> release in July but got postponed in favor of, hi "Barbie"!, and now >>>>>>>> Daddy >>>>>>>> Zaslav, Super Genius, has decided that it will jon "Batgirl" and >>>>>>>> "Scoob! >>>>>>>> Holiday Haunt" in the Land of Tax Write-offs--understandably, the >>>>>>>> film's >>>>>>>> director is pissed: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-cena-coyote-vs-acme-movie-shelved-1235643235/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>> send an email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/fdb91dae-81bf-4686-bcf6-1ee5e29d1d62n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/fdb91dae-81bf-4686-bcf6-1ee5e29d1d62n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CH0%2B6P%3D4yGR1yVtP684yadi1n9pW5w7Q1cA_jbPCTDXQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CH0%2B6P%3D4yGR1yVtP684yadi1n9pW5w7Q1cA_jbPCTDXQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BoE-WqJOfxxWFc3TA6gFZiZHHTYEwOE4qN8sXKa-6oFZg%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BoE-WqJOfxxWFc3TA6gFZiZHHTYEwOE4qN8sXKa-6oFZg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGh3gdA6Ygw7Bgyvqqsee4m89p0v6e9M%2BEJNfY-eiHDUg%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGh3gdA6Ygw7Bgyvqqsee4m89p0v6e9M%2BEJNfY-eiHDUg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ac17df66-03cb-4137-a65e-fab15d9134b0n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ac17df66-03cb-4137-a65e-fab15d9134b0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiG4hizbA21WJ2zC1B_3%2B4kN07kGzHPvuuU-9zYQ8k%3DPBg%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiG4hizbA21WJ2zC1B_3%2B4kN07kGzHPvuuU-9zYQ8k%3DPBg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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