Exact same thing could be said for the Russo Brothers, and that worked out pretty darn well for Disney.
Before Disney gave them their break, their experience was almost exclusively TV comedy shows (though, admittedly, some great ones – like Arrested Development and Community - but still mixed in with a lot of forgettable sitcoms and comedy specials). Oh, yeah-and “You, Me and Dupree” with Owen Wilson.
Yet they gave us the two best Captain America films and now what appears to be both a blockbuster and a critical success in Avengers: Infinity War.
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It's a risk to give somebody a shot at aiming higher than their previous work. Sometimes it works. Other times it doesn't. I just think Disney should have been prepared and on the lookout for the problem. They clearly were not.
I'll bet many of the experienced film crew could have predicted what was coming within the 1st or 2nd week of shooting. Or they would have at least seen enough to warn the producers "we may be in trouble here."
When you get right down to it . . . I'll bet many people on this forum could have interviewed L & M for 15 minutes and predicted it before the shoot even started. So what's Lucasfilm's $200 million dollar excuse?
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