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Netflix Buys ‘Knives Out’ Sequels for $450 Million
- Thread starter kalindana
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Says who?
This is from the press release:
And if he still wants to do it, why not let him?
These movies are also tapping on that mid budget level dramedy that do not get produced anymore. This can become an IP that targets an older audience and since actors seem to love being in these types of movies, it is possible to make event type movies with the greatest stars available while at the same only needing Rian and Daniel Craig's accent to create a cohesive universe. Even if the price is high, as an investment it seems like a safe bet.
Yeah these movies are a working holiday compared to what he goes through on a Bond movie.
Spend a few weeks in Greece and get to ham it up with a famous cast
I'd be chuffed.
The first one has that little extra oomph being a murder mystery involving a murder mystery author and being this very specific reintroduction of a bygone genre film. It'll be hard to catch that same kinda lightning again another 2 times in a row, but Knives Out was far and away my favorite film of 2019 and I'm happy to see RJ get the chance to try again with a no-holds-barred budget to boot. Craig's also easily got the chops to carry this series.
Holy shit at that amount of money. Rian getting paid. I really enjoyed Knives Out so I'm interested in any sequels.
Happy for Rian, I loved Knives Out.
Guess this means no Star Wars trilogy for him for a long time.. While I didn't like a lot of TLJ, I did feel that maybe a new story where he wasn't constrained by existing characters and storylines might have been interesting.
Guess this means no Star Wars trilogy for him for a long time.. While I didn't like a lot of TLJ, I did feel that maybe a new story where he wasn't constrained by existing characters and storylines might have been interesting.
Beyond being happy that more Knives Out is happening since I loved the first movie, I'm mostly just really curious to see what sort of directions they go in for other sequels, particularly with how active Blanc is or isn't. For as much as his odd personality helped to set the tone for a lot of the first movie's style, Blanc as a character was largely very passive as far as actually driving the plot forward (the character even seems to admit as much as far as his investigative style goes), and if that continues with mysteries unfolding around Blanc rather than us following his process of solving the case, keeping the scenarios fresh and distinct from each other will be a challenge.
The first movie already touched on a lot of common mystery themes: family squabble, the question of inheriting wealth vs. earning it, following a crime investigation from the perspective of the "criminal," houses with secret passages complete with "Clue" references, a character with a physical impediment to lying being forced to do so...they're going to have a hell of a time continuing with the theme of subverting a mystery while avoiding any thematic overlap.
The first movie already touched on a lot of common mystery themes: family squabble, the question of inheriting wealth vs. earning it, following a crime investigation from the perspective of the "criminal," houses with secret passages complete with "Clue" references, a character with a physical impediment to lying being forced to do so...they're going to have a hell of a time continuing with the theme of subverting a mystery while avoiding any thematic overlap.
Uhh no. More that Netflix is desperate for good creators and IPs, and is willing to pony up the big bucks.
Then why take away the biggest hit that wasn't a damn superhero movie?
I loved this movie, really glad it's getting sequels. Whodunits are some of my favorite movies, especially on the rewatch.
Those prices don't include actual production costs for the shows though so it's apples to oranges.
Because it's the biggest hit that's not a superhero movie? Why wouldn't Netflix want that??
Rian might be having problems getting a script approved by Lucasfilm new alt-right review board that they formed for TROS.
They'll never admit it, but I really would like to be a fly on the wall to see if those at Lucasfilm that reacted to The Last Jedi with what we got in ROS had a
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Holy crap at $450 million for the next two films though. RJ being extremely smart at business keeping all the rights and using his own company to produce on a film by film basis. He could triple the first film's $40 million budget for both sequels and still have $210 million left over.
I pretty much think Ana De Armas made the whole film. It was good, but it really hinged on her bringing it altogether. The film itself is clever and fun so I guess I'd like to see more of it, though I don't think it needed sequels.
i wonder how they're gonna do the naming on this to keep the franchise together. 'knives out' was very much a singular title/one-off but i suppose they could tack on 'benoit blanc's knives out' or something similar to keep consistency and togetherness of it all.
Thought the first movie was great.
But I have my suspicions about this guy. I don't like how he seems to have a limit on black characters per movie. And they're also somehow relegated to tertiary roles.
But I have my suspicions about this guy. I don't like how he seems to have a limit on black characters per movie. And they're also somehow relegated to tertiary roles.
I personally want each movie to star a different Blanc ancestor in a different time period.
Netflix is paying for two more KO movies. How are they taking it away? If anything, this shows filmmakers you can get a big pay day by making mid budget movies if they are clever and well received. Did Netflix take away Marriage Story by releasing it on their platform? I would say they exposed a massive audience to it.
Episode 4: Knives out
Episode 5: Ransom strikes back
Episode 6: Return of the Immigrant
Because Knives Out is a known property. Rather than their usual gamble *will this show about competitive checkers in a post-apocalyptic teen drama be successful?*, Knives out 2 and 3 are pretty well guaranteed to do good numbers for them.
Tbf I don't think most audiences even finished the existing hours of The Punisher, Jessica Jones or Luke Cage already on the platform.
Seems strange to shell out that much for those 2 movies. The first made 311 million at the world wide box office. Does Netflix see it as an IP that will get decent sub numbers or an ability to retain? Seems foolish IMO. But I guess Netflix has its reasons.
I have to assume that next movie will be even worse with how I though it was supposed to come out forever ago and its just sat completed for some reason.
at this point they're probably wondering if they can CGI-swap armie hammer out and replace him with some other actor and get away with it
It will be interesting to see the films, I'm sure they will be fun. That said, in all honesty, I found Craig's character to be the least interesting character in Knives. That movie belonged to Ana De Armas and the rest of the "family". Craig was just kinda there with the bad accent... (shrugs)
But I'm sure Johnson will write another fun caper with a new cast.
But I'm sure Johnson will write another fun caper with a new cast.
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