I think big budget Hollywood Productions are done until a vaccine. Here's why.

[re'up]

Only smaller movies are shooting, and only in places like Georgia or Colorado. It's too costly for most movies to pause and re start production after a positive. Like The Batman shoot in England. Hollywood is basically on pause, I have friends in the business, don't pretend that they are high ranking execs or anything, but they know what's up. Reading Variety too, and you get a sense that this has essentially paused an already declining giant, like the big Hollywood studios have become.

As for theaters, my long offered take only high end places will remain, Regal and AMC will go down like Blockbuster, which will probably force studios to pivot more towards a Netflix model of content. Places where I will drop maybe $30, families esp. in the wake of COVID

a) can't afford and b)are too scared to go back to movies.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

A $100M investment has to make money somehow right away. I feel 2021 is when the governments are going to just .

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

That's never going to happen and likely isn't going to make that much money for the studio anyway unless it's a VOD style release.

That's what I said, do VOD release across ALL platforms - all of them have the ability for people to purchase rentals. Stop trying to do exclusive VOD releases on only certain platforms.

Nothing is going to make the same money as charging 12-20 per viewer (ie a ticket to a movie theater), but mid-tier movies can be successful (in the world of covid) as VOD if they're available to rent on every platform.

 

[BillBanneker]

That's what I said, do VOD release across ALL platforms - all of them have the ability for people to purchase rentals. Stop trying to do exclusive VOD releases on only certain platforms.

Nothing is going to make the same money as charging 12-20 per viewer (ie a ticket to a movie theater), but mid-tier movies can be successful (in the world of covid) as VOD if they're available to rent on every platform.

My bet, forgot to edit post. Giving out a VOD release (on all streaming) for your big or niche films isn't a good look for your streaming platform since they're all based on exclusivity now. You think WB would want to give Disney or Netflix their IP to stream when they just spent a bunch to set up hbo max. And vice versa for everyone else.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

My bet, forgot to edit post. Giving out a VOD release (on all streaming) for your big or niche films isn't a good look for your streaming platform since they're all based on exclusivity now. You think WB would want to give Disney or Netflix their IP to stream when they just spent a bunch to set up hbo max. And vice versa for everyone else.

there are certain platforms that wouldn't get it, that's why i didn't list the network specific platforms, those are also niche, more people will have prime or comcast than disney. i also didnt list Netflix because they don't do on-demand rentals. Hulu/Sling, Prime, Apple, Cable companies all do their numbers by offering content from everyone and/or their on-demand/rental offerings.

lastly, even if they did hit disney off with 15% or some shyt, it's the same as having to break off theaters

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Only smaller movies are shooting, and only in places like Georgia or Colorado. It's too costly for most movies to pause and re start production after a positive. Like The Batman shoot in England. Hollywood is basically on pause, I have friends in the business, don't pretend that they are high ranking execs or anything, but they know what's up. Reading Variety too, and you get a sense that this has essentially paused an already declining giant, like the big Hollywood studios have become.

As for theaters, my long offered take only high end places will remain, Regal and AMC will go down like Blockbuster, which will probably force studios to pivot more towards a Netflix model of content. Places where I will drop maybe $30, families esp. in the wake of COVID

a) can't afford and b)are too scared to go back to movies.

I don't see a movie studio shelling out $200M+ on a production budget in hopes that somehow VOD is going to make the same profits that a worldwide theater release would have made. That's the point..

Some people in here are like "oh well it was going this way..." No, it really wasn't.. it WAS for certain types of movies. It was in no way heading this way for Summer blockbusters.

A regular old Disney animated live action remake was doing anywhere between $800M to well over $1 billion at the theaters and that's before TV Rights/streaming rights/rentals/digital purchases etc..

You cannot recoup that on VOD right now. Mulan was an experiment. There's a reason why they won't put out Black Widow right now. I just don't see how they spend that kind of money and get a return on it.

For smaller movies it might make sense.

 

[DoubleClutch]

Movie studios and theater chains are in serious trouble period. Can't see anybody making a movie that cost over $20 million tops for a good while

Tyler perry studios the only one that won’t be affected