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Netflix Buys ‘Knives Out’ Sequels for $450 Million
- Thread starter kalindana
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One of the sequels needs to be named "The Last Knives" just to piss off the Star Wars fans.
One of the best directors working today, deserves everything he gets. He never made a bad movie.
Craig's acting in the first movie is well worth the salary bump for the next movies
he earned that cheddar, dude is a natural at the shifting from serious to comedic
Does anyone still thinks that star wars trilogy is happening....? man just made a mint off of Daneil Craig doing a freaking Foghorn Leghorn impression
Part of me wonders if Craig wants to get into another franchise so soon considering some of his past comments, but you can tell he was having so much fun making KO - and I suspect another few movies in this franchise won't eat up all of his time the way Bond did.
First one made 311 million dollars at the boxoffice on a 40 mil budget + the critical acclaim and the all star casts these type of movies always have.
He's fucked up his body so many times doing Bond, and the press tour for that kind of franchise must just fucking suck. A Knives Out trilogy is prob a cake walk by comparison.
That's still a lot of scratch for some murder mystery sequels. Some creators are signing overall deals in that range.
And I highly enjoyed Knives Out.
Meanwhile, I saw a thread on a Star Wars fan site this morning with the following title:
"Will Rian Johnson's career ever recover?"
"Will Rian Johnson's career ever recover?"
Yeah, while Craig was great, he wasnt the main draw.
If the mystery is as satisfying to follow itll be decent, but it feels like one of those movies that doesnt need a sequel.
Damn, Rian making bank!
I hope they come out on physical Blu-Ray, too (some of Netflix's stuff does).
I hope they come out on physical Blu-Ray, too (some of Netflix's stuff does).
Oh wow thats a neat surprise! Really enjoyed Knives Out and has no idea they would be making more.
That's how these stories tend to go. See: Poirot. Even in the newer movies (err, maybe movie. Armie situation complicates the sequel) where Daisy Ridley was the companion character, she isn't come back.
I think that's part of that fun. No expectation with a new cast, aside from the lead, obviously.
The first film was a financial success and studios finally have their own streaming services which limits what heads to Netflix outside of their own films. They snagged content they believe will benefit them.
While I enjoyed Knives Out..is it really worth $450 million for 2 x 2.5 hr movies?
I mean, you could fund 11 seasons of Daredevil, The Punisher, Jessica Jones or Luke Cage for the same money. ..providing around 140 hrs of new content.
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I mean, you could fund 11 seasons of Daredevil, The Punisher, Jessica Jones or Luke Cage for the same money. ..providing around 140 hrs of new content.
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Star Wars fans:
If he is doing Knives Out 2 & 3, he isn't doing the SW trilogy. They should be happy!
I guess they could make it anthology-style and just cast the same people in different roles each time.
I thought RJ already made fun of toxic fans in the first movie with the nazi kid who masturbated all the time.
"The Last Jedi would have earnt a billion dollars even if Donald Trump had directed it."
lawdy lawdy, what a fun bunch
D&D signed a Netflix deal worth $200 million.
Shonda Rhimes signed a Netflix deal worth $150 million.
JJ Abrams signed a HBO deal worth $250 million.
I can see why Netflix would want to snag content like this. I just don't see why they'd want to shell out half a billion for these particular sequels, of all things they can try to snag.
thats not enough, he must also fail at everything else, that way they have sommit to point to and say "SEE I WAS RIGHT"
Normally I'm against unnecessary sequels, but we have not really had a nice detective serial following a single detective in a while and I am here for Craig just hamming it up on screen.
Star Wars fans:
I'm quite happy with Rian Johnson. I don't think he's made a bad movie yet. At least from what I've seen.
what, you dont wanna see kenneth branagh do one of the blandest poirot performances?
He just stands around, probably no big deal and quite fun.
Bond probably breaks his body at his age, quite the chore no doubt and all that comes with the franchise promotion but hey 100 million or whatever, one more time then.
Prediction based on nothing but wishful thinking: she does come back, but in the third one. RJ will make up some convoluted reason for her to play sidekick again and we'll all forgive him for it because she's just that awesome.
I'm assuming that price factors in what they believe the sequels will do for their long term subscriber count. Netflix is going to have to spend more for content now that Disney, WB, Universal, and Paramount can keep their content on their services going forward.
Does he even really need to bother with Star Wars any more? I kinda get the feeling he can just say "been there, done that" and do better work elsewhere. I wouldn't want him to waste, like, a decade of his life working with a franchise that wouldn't give him the kind of creative freedom it did last time.
To be fair, Shonda Rhimes would cut a better deal in 2020/2021 vs 2017. The other two were in 2019. The game had changed with Disney Plus and HBO Max and other stuff services popping up.
Reason this blew up was bidding against Amazon and Apple. Is it still overpaying? For sure. But it's in part to prevent the others from grabbing it. There are a couple other high profile bidding wars going on at the moment too. Streaming wars nonsense is here.
I love the first movie, but it's really hard to believe a Knives Out sequel will drive many new subscribers, especially when the competition is dropping Star Wars and Pixar stuff.
