We know that 3D AOTC and ROTS will both be out this year, but we haven't heard anything about the Original Trilogy. Are they scrapped now that sequels are coming out? I really wanted to take my niece and nephew to see those in the theater.
So what happens to the 3D Star Wars OT now?
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Timmythekid
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Again, Fox isn't 'in control', they have a deal which says they get distribution rights. LFL is still in control of the actual property.
As far as the OT, it makes sense that we'll see them now that the chairman of the board isn't vetoing the idea. It also jives with what the source who first broke the early rumour about the aquisition, and about the writer selected has said. Maybe not in the next couple of years (that would really be pissing all over George, and I don't think Disney will do that until the new trilogy is entrenched and launched), but we'll see them.
As far as the OT, it makes sense that we'll see them now that the chairman of the board isn't vetoing the idea. It also jives with what the source who first broke the early rumour about the aquisition, and about the writer selected has said. Maybe not in the next couple of years (that would really be pissing all over George, and I don't think Disney will do that until the new trilogy is entrenched and launched), but we'll see them.
So then is Fox still distributing the new movies or will Disney do that? It would be weird without the Fox fanfare at the beginning!
cboath
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In the spring the announcement that TPM did so well in 3D that they accelerated the releases so that both AOTC and ROTS would be out in 2013 (not this year
) was, as we know, a bit of bs. They knew at the time 7-9 were a go, hence the increase in release dates.Follow the pattern:
2 and 3: 2013
4 and 5: 2014
6: Early 2015 (feb would be my guess)
7 in May 2015.
It fits very well giving 7 the mother of all lead-ups. It's not definite, it's my take on it, but I can't see them going dark after August 2013 until 7 release in may 2015.
Timmythekid
Sr Member
Oh, I'm positive we'll see the magic castle in front of 7-9; we already saw something similar with the Clone Wars movie, which was Warners, wasn't it? Yeah, it feels totally wrong, obscene, distracting and repugnant, but I'll say right now my money is on not having 'Fox fanfare with cinemascope extension' in front of the new movies (until the inevitable fanedits which will just restore the Fox logo to its rightful home ). Disney owns the franchise, there's zero reason to go through Fox for the future films.
). Disney owns the franchise, there's zero reason to go through Fox for the future films.
Timmythekid
Sr Member
But why? I really wasn't the biggest Avengers fan, so I might be misrememberin, but wasn't the budget on that thing so obscene that they split costs with Paramount? There's still no reason it would be Fox, and again, there's even precedence for some other distributor. In this scenario, it's just as likely we'd see Parmount, or Universal, or Warners, as Fox. Best case I can imagine is just the LFL credit, then straight into ALTA and the crawl. Actually, if Disney handles the distribution, I can see that happening.
cboath
Master Member
Disney isn't dictating terms to LFL - at least not that anyone knows. They own the company, but it's a subsidiary, not a direct entity. The subsidiary conducts business as usual. It's CEO is on the hook for it's profit line and expenditures, etc.
To balance the books, just because disney owns LFL, it isn't a free write off to distribute the film themselves. Disney would still have to pay LFL for the rights to distribute the film in return for whatever percentage of the gate or however those deals work. Disney COULD underbid everyone, but that would only be because they can go low knowing they'll make it all back plus since they get a percent of the gate as the owner of LFL. I don't know how that works in the movie industry, but in a lot of other industry's you can get in big trouble for doing business like that.
To balance the books, just because disney owns LFL, it isn't a free write off to distribute the film themselves. Disney would still have to pay LFL for the rights to distribute the film in return for whatever percentage of the gate or however those deals work. Disney COULD underbid everyone, but that would only be because they can go low knowing they'll make it all back plus since they get a percent of the gate as the owner of LFL. I don't know how that works in the movie industry, but in a lot of other industry's you can get in big trouble for doing business like that.
cboath
Master Member
That's what I said in my first post. The original plan was one a year starting with E1 in 2012 and ending with E6 in 2017. In may(ish) of this year, LFL came out and said that TPM did so well in 3D they were escalating the release cycle so AOTC and ROTS would hit in 2013. Typically, they spread isn't to avoid saturation, but to allow time to complete the transfers.
Unbeknownst to us at the time LFL knew that 7, 8, and 9 were a go. Holding to the original time schedule would intersperse the 3D OT with the new trilogy. Who'd want that? It's confusing to the average person, and probably to managers at LFL. So, you speed up the 3D releases so they're complete before the ST starts in 2015. Just turns out it makes the perfect lead in as well.
Unbeknownst to us at the time LFL knew that 7, 8, and 9 were a go. Holding to the original time schedule would intersperse the 3D OT with the new trilogy. Who'd want that? It's confusing to the average person, and probably to managers at LFL. So, you speed up the 3D releases so they're complete before the ST starts in 2015. Just turns out it makes the perfect lead in as well.
Timmythekid
Sr Member
Or this is coincidental and LFL realized how utterly moronic spreading these re-re-releases one year apart was. They buid a marketing climax, get the crowds out for the show and then....**** it all away and have to start again the next year. What genious came up with that release schedule? They have to do three times the amount of work getting the public aware and hyped. Why not start with the release schedule of the SE, where we had a new movie in the theater every month for three months - the wave of excitement just carried through as people thought "well, just saw SW, can't wait to come back in two weeks for ESB! Can't believe I have to wait a whole month to finish the trilogy!".
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