Movie Tycoon 1.0

Ayden · August 14, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Goliath764" data-cite="Goliath764" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36553" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I am very sorry. All are accepted and the only new response I would need to do is: Andy Samberg - I counter with $1m ($500k before and after production) and his group The Lonely Island can do the theme song for the film Andy Samberg is delighted with this offer, he will take it and even do 1 extra OST for the movie along with the theme song if you are fine with it.</div></blockquote> Deal!

Goliath764 · August 14, 2013

<div style="text-align:center;">The Good Men

Review by: Mr.G</div>

This is Mr.G...no, I am not Kenny G; yes, I am better than him. No, I am not gay; yes, I am single. No...now stop asking questions! Mr.G is here to breakdown The Good Men, not to listen to your bullshit questions that are nothing but insult to my ears. Alright, The Good Men comes from True Bright Pictures, a newly acquired studio, yet they decided to shoot a film so far away, in the land of Arabian Peninsula. That's a bold move because I assume it takes a reasonable amount of money to shoot there.

The movie has a pretty small scope, focused on a few characters more than the war. There's not too much of background details either as the cut hits the main protagonist right out of the gate. No bombardment, no war buildup or some background, just BAM, straight into the protagonist. Then, the background. The film starts up pretty slow until the raid and that's some good moments there but a little bit too short for my taste before they cut to General Paul Stone.

The middle part ultimately discusses the meaning of war and "good men" seems to be the central theme of this movie starting from this point. One major problem I have with the full prison scene is the Arabian soldier seems to trust the general too easily. It's hard enough to trust someone on the opposite side in life and in war, it should be even tougher.

After a brief introduction to each other, it's about time for the final showdown. For a film of lower budget, the bombardment are actually pretty well done, huge focus on the effects and sounds rather than the actual showing of planes bombing the place because well, budget is an issue here. Good decision by Ridley Scott to film it this way.

The movie ends with a twist as Kaalim isn't as simple as he should be. After a very well put "Because we are the good men.", more explosions and credit rolls...with a final quote of "There was never a good war, or a bad peace. - Benjamin Franklin."

The overall execution of this film is pretty decent but there are some flaws ultimately. First, genre premise, there's no doubt that this movie is of the war genre but I don't really see the thriller at all. It's a pretty forward plot without too many suspense along that way and to be considered a "thriller", suspense is a huge deal. The overall story just doesn't feel like thriller so this ends up being some sort of false advertising. Second, the duration is pretty long for the plot because it's pretty simple: General Paul Stone gets caught -> jailbreak -> day of Operation Swiftforce. I think it could be done within 100-115 minutes to cut out the amount of slow shots.

Of course, it could work with 135 minutes but there should be more scenes. To me, a mature movie like this one could use more character development. By adding the interactions between General Paul Stone and Kaalim Saba within the two days of waiting instead of instantly jumping into Operation Swiftforce would really help the final scene. First, we get to know more about their character, so eventually we invest more into the story and secondly, their developed connection will make the ending twist even more significant. One minor picking, some more war scenes would be good. Or maybe show more about the suffering of Arab people. Another minor picking, the dialogue could also be more deep, especially for General Paul Stone.

Overall, it lacks a little bit more in some aspects but it's still a pretty decent film. I rate this 3.25 out of 5 stars.

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Misc. Information

- Filming in Arabian Peninsula takes a good amount of production cost so the film ultimately looks a little bit amateurish when it comes to overall production value.

- Despite the strong 400,000 marketing, a film of this type doesn't really draw a ton of crowd. Perhaps the studio should spend a little bit more on production and marketing.

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Revenue: 12,500,000

Budget: 5,000,000

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Gross Profit: 7,500,000

Post-Release: 3,350,000

30% Bonus: 2,250,000

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Net Profit: 1,900,000

True Bright Pictures' New Capital = 5,000,000 + 1,900,000 = 6,900,000

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Impact

- Daniel Day-Lewis decided to stay and enjoy his life in Arabian Peninsula. He will be out of contact for 3 days.

- Kaalim Saba's performance in this movie garners a fair amount of attention. His character has good depth and some are amazed that he can handle himself in the same scene with Daniel Day-Lewis. Now, he's getting recognized as more than a villain in Far Cry 3. Michael Mando's SP increased from 0.95 to 1.10.

- Other talents have no adjustment on their SP because their performance are equal to their status or that they are not really significant to the movie.

- BONUS: The beautiful scenary of your film has attract more tourists to Arabian Peninsula. The government there has decided that they will help your future projects. You will get a 30% discount(paid by said sponsor) when you use a talent of Arab descent(Arab-Americans are fine too) in your future projects. Works for 1 talent and within the next 10 movies.

Ayden · August 14, 2013

FAUNTLEROY JONES: SPECIAL BOUNTY HUNTER

A Ninja Pirate Bear Studios production

Starring: Andy Samberg, Bob Saget, Eric Stonestreet, Aubrey Plaza and featuring Ben Affleck

Directed by: Kevin Smith

Genre: Comedy/Action

The movie starts with The Lonely Islands new song "Ain't nuttin but a tard thang" banging through the speakers as we have a birds eye view of the town which the movie is set in; Backwoods, South Carolina.

Once the song stops, we have Wolfgang Jones (Bob Saget) recapping all his glorious bounty hunter tales. Basically, when it comes to the hunting of bounties, Wolfgang Jones is the tits! However, Jones goes on to talk about the "one that got away". A portly man who goes only by Porkchop (Eric Stonestreet) has constantly eluded capture; the one tarnish on Wolfgangs record.

Back to present day, we have an extreme close-up of somebody getting dressed into a bounty hunting uniform. It is revealed to be Fauntleroy (Andy Samberg), who, along with assistant/receptionist Petunia Flower (Aubrey Plaza) help out with small bounties to help out his famous dad, who is just one day from retirement. Little does he know that these are guys that Wolfgang has paid off to pretend to be bad guys, just to boost Fauntleroys very special ego. When it becomes known that evil bad guy Porkchop is heading back to town for what can only be described as "the biggest heist in Backwoods, SC history" by robbing the Backwoods casino, Backwoods Mayor Michael T Huddersfield (Ben Affleck) enlists Wolfgang to bring in "the fattest villian in South Carolina and possibly the world". Wolfgang accepts, hoping to rid himself of the one mark against him and cement himself as the greatest bounty hunter in history.

Things go wrong when, against his fathers wishes, Fauntleroy sneaks along on the mission of his life. After a showdown between Porkchop and Wolfgang ensues, Fauntleroy tries to help but gets shot at for his trouble, only being spared by a diving Wolfgang, saving his son but ending up in a coma for his troubles.

At his fathers bedside, Fauntleroy promises, with the help of Petunia Flower, to catch Porkchop and bring him in in honour of his father. (There is a particular scene-stealing moment by Affleck where he goes off on a expletive-filled tirade aimed at Fauntleroy but would be found offensive by mentally handicapped people, along with asians, jews, native americans and pretty much everybody else)

Fauntleroy finds out (the hard way) that he isn't as good a bounty hunter as he thought, getting himself caught in many a precarious situation, only to be saved time and time again by the ever-resourceful Petunia.

The final showdown has Petunia taking out all of Porkchops henchmen with Fauntleroy none-the-wiser, but decides to leave the final showdown and the chance for vengeance for Fauntleroy. Before he goes they share arguably one of the most awkward movie kisses, due to Fauntleroy only ever having made out with his pet bunny "Buttercup".

Fauntleroy finally catches up to Porkchop, who is tired from running up two flights of stairs and an "epic" fight scene breaks out between the two. Highlights include Fauntleroy farting uncontrollably and laughing mid-fight and Porkchop taking a timeout to inject his insulin, due to his diabetes. The climax comes when Porkchop has a heart attack, his final quote being "I should've taken cardio seriously at evil villain camp".

The movie ends with Wolfgang waking up from his coma, Fauntleroy being honoured with an official Bounty Hunter title and the family business and the girl as he gets married to Petunia...happy endings for all!

Location: South Carolina

Budget: $3m

Talent cost: $2.85m

Production: $100k

Marketing: $50k

Duration: 95mins

dakydaky · August 14, 2013

Title: Back to Bussines.

Rating PG

Genre: Comedy

Brief summary of the movie:

<div style="text-align:center;">Back in their day, Tommy Pazzi, Paulie Palazzoni, Frankie Uno, and Pete Fingers led the most powerful and feared mafia family in New York. The streets were clean of the rival mafia’s cockroaches and scum. But even for mobsters, time is every man’s ultimate boss… And it’s not their day anymore.</div>

Amount you plan to spend on marketing: 500,000

Staff list:

Robert DeNiro as Tommy Pazzi - Lead Actor

Al Pacino as Paulie Pallazoni - Lead Actor

Christopher Walken as Pete Fingers - Lead Actor

Joe Pesci as Frankie Uno - Lead Actor

Benjamin Bratt as Vincent Domingo - Support

Hayden Penettiere as Nurse Jenny - Cameo

Directed by: Joel Coen

Goliath764 · August 15, 2013

<div style="text-align:center;">Wrong Place, Right Time

Review by: Mr.G</div>

Yo, this is Mr.G back to review Wrong Place, Right Time, which kinds of remind me of my college day. I have been at the wrong place at the right time for a whole lot of time and it's always rewarding. Before I dwell into my own past, let's get this review going. The movie is pretty simple actually and definitely has a small production vibe on it as the script cleverly using only a few locations throughout the movie yet the story is still effective and engrossing.

The story is mainly about how the protagonist, Joseph Katton, a desk job police who really isn't that good of a police officer, explained in a brief flashback, raises on occasion. The antagonist pretty much leave Joseph Katton with no choice, they are all trapped in the White House, no one can come in and no one can go out, so Joseph Katton has to be a true police officer, not much of option.

Joseph Katton turns out to be pretty good, forced by the environment but still, he manhandled the enemies like a boss throughout the movie. The movie only needs a brief introduction period to set up everything and then it's all action from there. Dude is like John McClane of Die Hard, a one man army that take out the ton of terrorists. Of course, to put some realism into this situation, Joseph Katton utilizes his wit to take out the terrorists bit by bit. There's no rambo style of 1 vs 10 here, just clever maneuvers throughout the place and looking for the weak spot of the enemy.

The ending is a little lackluster though as the final showdown isn't as exciting as it could be. Some background of the antagonist, Rick Porter will be good actually to at least give his plan some reason and the audience some extra understanding of the story. The ending also comes pretty abruptly as the credit rolls right after Rick Porter is arrested. I am curious to see whether Joseph Katton can go back to the street or not after this incident, perhaps a promotion? We don't know. I even stay until the end of the credit to see if it's after the credit but no. That's too bad, it lacks the 5% of completion at the end -- wrapping things up.

Speaking of backstory, the only one we know about is Joseph Katton with the flashback but that scene, in my opinion, isn't executed as good as it should be. A police officer is down to desk job because he lets one criminal gets away? Sounds "too heavy" of a punishment as I think criminals getting away isn't too rare. I am also curious what's his wife's job actually since she is invited to the White House, some basic information will help, albeit not truly necessary.

Some people say this should be PG-13 but I disagree and since I am Mr.G, I am always right. ALWAYS. It's a fine movie for the younger moviegoers to watch, not too high level of violence and the good guy is very strong in this movie so no chance of "mis-taught" for children -- they would want to be the good guy growing up.

Talent-wise, I think Carl Frankling handles this movie very well, he has been working in low budget movies all the time so he actually handle this one with ease. Timothy Hutton puts up one heck of performance in this one and I am pretty sure he is happy with his performance in this film.

With all that said, I give this one a 3.5 stars, out of 5.

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Misc. Information

- Carl Franklin's in-the-zone directing improves the quality of the film and thus, securing a 3.5 stars for it.

- The film is a little tough to sell without huge star power. However, Grand, Inc has a marketing team that can sell sand to Arab, and eventually they find effective ways to market the product. Action is also a genre in the hot zone at this moment, so people are wlling to go watch it anyway even though they don't really know the talents too well.

- Production value is solid for this one.

- Good duration of 98 minutes, definitely the right amount of time for this content.

- GM's Note: Budget adjustment is fine, the marketing on step 1 is mainly to gauge the reaction from the stars. Some stars would be delighted to see they are in movie with high marketing. Hence, if you change the figure too much(like from 1,000,000 to 250,000), those stars will feel cheated and might not work with you cheaply in future.

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Revenue: 15,000,000

Budget: 3,000,000

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Gross Profit: 12,000,000

15% Bonus: 1,800,000

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Net Profit: 10,200,000

Grant, Inc's New Capital = 3,000,000 + 10,200,000 = 13,200,000

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Impact

- Timothy Hutton's "like a boss" character and performance has earns him respect and praise all over the globe. Timothy Hutton's SP increased from 1.20 to 1.45.

- Peter Stormare has a solid performance too. Not everyone will remember him but some did. Peter Stormare's SP increased from 0.75 to 0.80.

- Movie buffs and analysts find Carl Franklin to be the true saviour of this film. They are impressed by his directing of this movie. Peter Stormare's SP increased from 1.00 to 1.10.

- the owner of Grand Theft Auto and Battle Royale now know what you are capable of, they will send you their offer pretty soon.

Russelrules44 · August 15, 2013

Not bad Grand. Pretty good start. (Still waiting for results of his movie)

Goliath764 · August 15, 2013

<div style="text-align:center;">Tribal Survival

Review by: Mr.G</div>

Let me just say it upfront that RKO Productions seem to be trying to do too much with their first release, Tribal Survival. Still, let's go over the entire movie before I start pointing things out. The movie starts out fine, a solid introduction is given to every characters out there, not too shabby. Then, they are put into a deserted island, still fine, still fine and then there's too much soap opera going out of nowhere. Character A blaming B, B blaming C and so on. That doesn't really click with the movie so far in my opinion, but more about that later.

Finally, there's some action scenes by the middle of the film. Well, about time right? The best fight is probably the the one between the tribe leader and Victor Kevin although it's actually a bit too long as it takes away 1/10 of the movie's duration. Still, seeing Rampage(as the tribe leader) pulling the Rampagebomb on Kevin Smith(Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is nothing but awesome...although I think Dwayne actually goes back to The Rock mode and sell that move in a wrestling way, a bit out of character for the movie but it's still a good fight overall.

Some extra fight scenes between the tribe members and the others and at the heat of the moment, suddenly the movie gets a little...too romantic. Oh come on, I expect epic fight to close the deal and I get is this? I am not impressed. The 4-6 weeks premise also seems too long of a time as the movie is forced to skip 4-6 weeks, I think 1 week is more than enough since they did all the fighting in the first few days anyway so there's no need for such a long waiting, especially when there's no story among that period. The ending is pretty fine as every character gets their own ending at the end.

Okay, now that I get the rundown finished, let's talk more about the flaws. Flaw no.1, John Travolta is a 59 playing a 25 years old. How in the world did that happened? It's pretty much true that John Travolta has problem with role picking throughout his career but man, trying to play a 25 years old is just wrong, as wrong as him choosing to star in Battlefield Earth. Not to mention he just doesn't click with the rest of the crew as he's not a brawler type of action star, he's more about gun and hitman. Ultimately, a bad pick as lead actor.

I said about trying to do too much just now, as I don't think this movie should be Action/Drama. The core concept of getting captured into an island and has to fight to survive has "action" all over it but none of "drama". The movie does try to be dramatic at points but action can be dramatic like that so there's no need to put "drama" to the genre. Also, those dramatic parts don't really help the film too much. I heard that RKO Productions possess a solid stunt team, they should utilize them more, more fighting scenes, less other bullshits. There's nothing that fits into the drama genre here, false advertisment. For clarification, drama is all about realistic, life-like story that usually focus on the characters. Tribal Survival isn't really that logical at all in terms of story -- captured into an island out of nowhere, no explanation on various things like why they are there and the tribe itself isn't really realistic anyway.

This movie is R-rated but I don't see it needs that level of rating. The studio should consider intensify the violence to take advantage of the R rating and even better, kill some of the characters. I like it when films kill some of the characters off, especially when it's R-rated, you don't really have to keep everyone to the end, it's not a fairy tale, just be gruesome and harsh. I think this fits more into the PG-13 rating.

In conclusion, I think this is 1.5 stars out of 5. It could have been 2 stars if they didn't make some silly mistakes like casting John Travolta as a 25 years old and bad genre choice.

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Misc. Information

- This could get a slightly higher rating if it's genre is "action". Because of the "drama" genre, the movie is rated a little bit more on the storyline, which is sadly, not so good.

- Could use more marketing, it's an action film after all, it's on the trend and you should take advantage.

- Good amount of production value.

- Good duration for an action, probably too short if you are going for a drama film, but I try to see this on the action side so still good.

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Revenue: 5,600,000

Budget: 2,590,000

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Gross Profit: 3,010,000

Post-release: 3,250,000

10% Bonus: 301,000

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Net Loss: 541,000

RKO Productions' New Capital = 3,000,000 - 541,000 = 2,459,000

GM's Note: You could have earn a little bit if the film gets 2 star. The trend also helps you in minimizing losses.

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Impact

- People are commenting that Oliver Stone doesn't really help the film. Oliver Stone's SP decreased from 2.50 to 2.40.

- John Travolta received a lot of insults on the internet for his role in this film. The famous topic in various movie boards are "Battlefield Earth vs 25 years old role". John Travolta is furious and refused to work with anyone in Tribal Survival until he has done 2 more films(or a month later). Also, his SP dropped from 4.00 to 3.60.

- Quinton Jackson's Rampagebomb is the highlight of the film, this earns him a SP boost, from 0.80 to 0.90. He is also happy with RKO Productions because he is receiving contact from WWE, wanting him to appear on some of their shows.

- Justin Timberlake's theme song gets average reception so nothing has really changed for him.

- Some of the wrestling/MMA fans e-mailed the studio: "Hey there RKO Productions, good job using athletes as stars for your movie. We will be following your next movie and hopefully you all can do a better job with it."

Russelrules44 · August 15, 2013

So John Travolta apperently hates me now?.........Dang.......Definatly using Justin Timberlake and The Rock for a sequal....and next film will NOT and I repeat, WILL NOT make the same mistakes.

Goliath764 · August 15, 2013

He hates the other talents, he will still work with you(I am not blocking a talent from any studio, I think that's not fun) if you want, just don't screw him up again. And everyone makes mistake, just don't repeat them and you will be fine. Also, I agree with Grand that John Travolta just doesn't fit Tribal Survival, you would want someone like Stallone or Arnold for that kind of film.

Russelrules44 · August 15, 2013

I just got me a new idea.

Title: The Chaperone

Rating (i.e. G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17): PG

Genre: (Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Sci-Fi, Arthouse, War, Western, etc) Romantic Comedy.

Brief summary of the movie: After Lindsey's boyfriend stood her up just 2 weeks before the big dance, Lindsey finds an unlikely friend in Eric Sanderson.

Main Lead

Eric Sanderson- The 17 year old who befriends Lindsey after her boyfriend breaks up with her. (I'm thinking Zac Efron, no nudity, don't get your hopes up, there's not gonna be a sequal)

Lindsay Carino- The 16 year old who is stood up by her man and befriends Eric Sanderson. (Hillary Duff. Definatly, no nudity and no perks)

*Supporting Characters*

Eric's Conscience- Basically Eric's conscience, Kinda like Jimminy Cricket......Oh and uh, he can kick ass too. (Neil Patrick Harris, No nudity, no perks)

Darren Cohan- Lindsay's jealous ex-boyfriend who broke up with her 2 weeks before prom. (Justin Timberlake, no nudity, If I make sing the theme for the movie will that work?)

Jennifer Con- Lindsay's BFFFL, basically like Eric's conscience, but in real life. (Lindsay Lohan, no nudity and no perks)

*The Antognigists*

Molly Greens- Mistress of Bob Lucifer (Gail Kim, cause, duh!, No nudity, no perks)

Bob Lucifer- The main antagnigist in the movie. Will do anything, And I damn mean ANYTHING to ruin Eric's big date. (Eddie Murphy cause I feel bad for him, no nudity, no perks)

THE REST

Charlie Sheen as himself will also star as.....A busdriver! No nudity, Leading role for next movie)

Mr. Shwartz- The teacher in Eric's class. (Tito Ortiz, no nudity and as an added bonus, next movie, you can play lead)

Amount you plan to spend on marketing: $300,000

Director: Chris Colombus (Cause, Why not?, If Steven Speilburg can do Pinky and The Brain, I'm sure Chris Colombus can do a comedy action flick)

I just hope it does better, Cause Tribal Survival.....not my best work.

EddieFnG · August 15, 2013

Glad my movie did well.. still waiting for offers from GTA and Battle Royale, I wanna hopefully get one of them on the silver screen asap.

EDIT: The flashback was supposed to show he got shot just below the knee, therefore he was deemed physically unable to work the street. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> But I agree with all your other points.

Ayden · August 15, 2013

We would like to inquire on purchasing the rights to the Mass Effect universe

EddieFnG · August 15, 2013

Grant, Inc has just received a script they'd like to produce..

However, they are aware of the clause in Peter Stormare's Wrong Place, Right Time contract, stating he should star in this movie.. however, we'd like to offer him a small supporting role (it will be a comedy film, but his role will be a serious one so as to not take away any of his credibility), and guarantee the next movie will be his to star in, as well as a 2% cut of profit of 3 future Grant, Inc movies, regardless of if he plays in it, he can claim the 2% pre or post production.

Goliath764 · August 15, 2013

I will do the others after the 2nd round of review, and sorry Jingo cuz I am being very slow with your movie.

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Grand Theft Auto

Rockstar considers GTA to be their biggest franchise so the price is definitely going to be harsh.

- Rockstar would like 70% of the profit but you could use everything of the franchise.(GM's Note: Profit adjustment is in place. However, 70% is harsh, you could do better)

- If you choose to take only 1 game of the franchise, then they would like 2,000,000 upfront payment + 60% of the profit(Still harsh)

- Rockstar would like the production value to be at least 1,500,000 and the marketing to be at least 1,500,000.

- Rockstar would want the film to have a combined star power of 10 SP(Cameo not included). The main lead should possess at least the 2nd highest SP among the cast.(Cameo not included)

- The right is for 1 movie.

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Battle Royale

Koushun Takami is happy to see that Hollywood is interested in doing Battle Royale but at the same time, he is also worried whether if Hollywood would destroy his franchise.

- Koushun would like 2,000,000 upfront payment + 20% of the film(Minor profit adjustment in place)

- Koushun wants to retain the style, so he would like the film to be NC-17 and you should embrace it.

- Koushun would like to see at least 2 Japanese talents in the movie. Cameo not included.

- Koushun would like the film to have professional Japanese dub and so the studio have to pay 500,000 for professional Japanese voice actors for this. Your studio's planning team think that this might help in the foreign box office in Japan but you never know.

- The right is for 1 movie.

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Metro 2033

Dmitry Glukhovsky is happy for Metro 2033 to land on the big screen. However, he expect some good deal out of it because he has a reputation to uphold. It's a good book that eventually turns into a franchise and then it gets video game adaptation too. Surely the movie has to be freaking good as well:

- Dmitry Glukhovsky would like 1,000,000 upfront payment + 50% of the profit(GM's Note: Profit adjustment is in place, you will still earn a reasonable amount out of the 50% you get, but you can try to get a better deal if you want to)

- Dmitry would like to see at least 3 talents with Russian descent in this movie. Cameo not included.

- Dmitry would like the story to be at least a little bit different from the book. Feel free to add your creativity, he trust you to do whatever adjustment needed.

- Dmitry will get full right to use the movie's story on some other media, like perhaps another video game adaptation based on the movie.

- The right is for 1 movie.

dakydaky · August 15, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Goliath764" data-cite="Goliath764" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36553" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> Metro 2033 Dmitry Glukhovsky is happy for Metro 2033 to land on the big screen. However, he expect some good deal out of it because he has a reputation to uphold. It's a good book that eventually turns into a franchise and then it gets video game adaptation too. Surely the movie has to be freaking good as well: - Dmitry Glukhovsky would like 1,000,000 upfront payment + 50% of the profit(GM's Note: Profit adjustment is in place, you will still earn a reasonable amount out of the 50% you get, but you can try to get a better deal if you want to) - Dmitry would like to see at least 3 talents with Russian descent in this movie. Cameo not included. - Dmitry would like the story to be at least a little bit different from the book. Feel free to add your creativity, he trust you to do whatever adjustment needed. - Dmitry will get full right to use the movie's story on some other media, like perhaps another video game adaptation based on the movie. - The right is for 1 movie.</div></blockquote> We are happy with your offer, but would like to work it out in the best interest of both of the sides, so we counter-offer: - We will definitely use as many Russian descent actors as possible - We will write completely new plot for the movie, but we expect it to be split in two parts due to the rich story. - Because of the popularity we think our successful flick will bring to you and your franchise, we can offer you either: 35% of the profit and 1,000,000 upfront or 50% of the profit and 350,000 upfront

Goliath764 · August 15, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="EddieFnG" data-cite="EddieFnG" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36553" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Grant, Inc has just received a script they'd like to produce.. However, they are aware of the clause in Peter Stormare's Wrong Place, Right Time contract, stating he should star in this movie.. however, we'd like to offer him a small supporting role (it will be a comedy film, but his role will be a serious one so as to not take away any of his credibility), and guarantee the next movie will be his to star in, as well as a 2% cut of profit of 3 future Grant, Inc movies, regardless of if he plays in it, he can claim the 2% pre or post production.</div></blockquote> Peter Stomare has no problem with your offer but he wonder if you could make his character to have a tiny bit of comedy element. He wanted to see if he could handle himself in a comedy without being completely serious. Since it's a small role, he doesn't think he will hurt the movie even if he isn't too good in it.

Goliath764 · August 15, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="dakydaky" data-cite="dakydaky" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36553" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>We are happy with your offer, but would like to work it out in the best interest of both of the sides, so we counter-offer: - We will definitely use as many Russian descent actors as possible - We will write completely new plot for the movie, but we expect it to be split in two parts due to the rich story. - Because of the popularity we think our successful flick will bring to you and your franchise, we can offer you either: 35% of the profit and 1,000,000 upfront or 50% of the profit and 350,000 upfront</div></blockquote> - Split into two parts, huh? In this case, Dmitry would like the right to deny the second part from being made if the movie is a just bad or a flop. Also, he would like the first part to have a convincing ending part so the second part can be there or not there. - If you are fine with that, he will be fine with 50% + 350,000 upfront. But since the upfront fee is now lower, he expect you to use them to improve the quality of the film, be it to find bigger stars, marketing and so on.

dakydaky · August 15, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Goliath764" data-cite="Goliath764" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36553" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>- Split into two parts, huh? In this case, Dmitry would like the right to deny the second part from being made if the movie is a just bad or a flop. Also, he would like the first part to have a convincing ending part so the second part can be there or not there. - If you are fine with that, he will be fine with 50% + 350,000 upfront. But since the upfront fee is now lower, he expect you to use them to improve the quality of the film, be it to find bigger stars, marketing and so on.</div></blockquote> Rest of the money will be used for improving the movie quality, and we agree to the deal. EDIT: However, should I wait for you to make an offer for my other movie still waiting before making an app for this one?

EddieFnG · August 15, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Goliath764" data-cite="Goliath764" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36553" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Peter Stomare has no problem with your offer but he wonder if you could make his character to have a tiny bit of comedy element. He wanted to see if he could handle himself in a comedy without being completely serious. Since it's a small role, he doesn't think he will hurt the movie even if he isn't too good in it.</div></blockquote> Got a deal.

Goliath764 · August 15, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="dakydaky" data-cite="dakydaky" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36553" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Rest of the money will be used for improving the movie quality, and we agree to the deal. EDIT: However, should I wait for you to make an offer for my other movie still waiting before making an app for this one?</div></blockquote> It's your pick. You can go ahead and post your Metro 2033's pre-production post OR you can continue your previous one. I haven't offer anything yet so it's cool. Edit: Actually, even I had offered anything yet, it's still cool to change as long as the product doesn't go into release phase.

dakydaky · August 15, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Goliath764" data-cite="Goliath764" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36553" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>It's your pick. You can go ahead and post your Metro 2033's pre-production post OR you can continue your previous one. I haven't offer anything yet so it's cool.</div></blockquote> I think I will release the other one first. It's a comedy so it will not need such a big budget for production as this would, here's hoping the comedy will garner me some income before I release the Metro movie.

EddieFnG · August 15, 2013

Title: The Exchange

Rating: PG

Genre: Comedy

Summary: The Exchange follows 6 college students, 3 of them American, from a small town in the Southern United States, and 3 English/British students, from London.

They all signed up to a student exchange program, the Americans, hoping to learn more about culture in other countries, the Brits, having seen all the Hollywood movies, and New York TV shows, for the exciting American life!

The twist of course, is the Brits being unpleasantly surprised, being stuck in a small town with a population of 20.000, and the Americans, getting more than they bargained for, ending up in a city with a population of 15 million.

In London, we add an American who lives there, and is in the "know-how" of exactly how London works (which he comically doesn't), as well as a lunatic, who does know his way around London, and more importantly, the people.

In the US, the boys are bored, with no way out in sight for a whole school year.. until an opportunity creeps up in the form of a finder's fee.. for a former mafia member in the witness protection program.

Marketing: 600.000

This movie will be shot on location in London, and a small desert town in the Southern United States, with 2 different production teams.

British cast

Director: John Oliver

Student #1: Alan Ritchson [No nudity; no perks]

Student #2: Jordan Masterson [No nudity; no perks]

Student #3: Lauren Lupkus [body double for sex scene; no perks]

Exchange Student Program Boss: John Oliver [No nudity; no perks]

American ex-pat: Chris Pratt [Lead in a future movie; no nudity; no perks]

Helpful brit: Robert Carlyle [No nudity; no perks]

American cast

Director: Dan Harmon

Student #1: Richard Ayoada [No nudity; no perks]

Student #2: James Corden [No nudity; no perks]

Student #3: Jamie Borthwick [No nudity; no perks]

American student who hates the British: Dave Franco [No nudity; no perks]

Former mafioso in witness protection: Peter Stormare

Mafia hitman sent to take out Stormare's character: Frank Vincent

EddieFnG · August 15, 2013

Rockstar.. I'll get back to you later. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Koushun, I will do whatever it takes to make the best production I can, and not some cheap Hunger Games version. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

I will give you the 2.000.000 + 20% .. if I can have the rights for a possible sequel for 1.000.000, no %.

NC-17, you got it.

I guarantee at least 1 Japanese talent, I can't guarantee another one now, although I would definitely attempt to get Takeshi Kitano on board, possibly as a cameo however.

The Japanese dub is no problem.

Jingo · August 15, 2013

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Goliath764" data-cite="Goliath764" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36553" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I will do the others after the 2nd round of review, and sorry Jingo cuz I am being very slow with your movie.</div></blockquote> No worries, i'll just keep on writing and re-writing the script <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> ... I have already spent over 2 hours just coming up with who i wanted playing the roles, checking out youtube vids of the actors/actress' etc. Once i get those actor costs i'll get the movie straight up ..... As long as it's sometime today, i go away for a week Saturday and may be pretty busy Friday.

Goliath764 · August 15, 2013

<div style="text-align:center;">Serendipity

Review by: Mr.G</div>

Serendipity is such a weird film, it's drama yet it's hard to view it as a drama. A drama is supposed to be realistic at the very least but there's a lot of illogical plot holes in this one. The entire movie is just bad so I guess I will just go straight into the pointing phase. The first major problem of this film is that it's flat out unrealistic to begin with. The one million dollar needs a better reason to pop out on the table than just...appears out of nowhere on the table. The kill scenes throughout the movie are also more comedic than realistic to be honest, we have Marra stabbing Philla with a fork...I don't think that is enough to stop someone. Then, we have Marra(Selea Gomez) choking Luke Walker(Tom Selleck) to death with her bare hands. No offense to Selena Gomez but I am pretty sure one punch of Tom Selleck could put her down on the floor.

There's also a lot of conflicts throughout this film and the most obvious one would be Marra and Enia's relationship. At first, they were friends, good friends actually and yet Marra just kicked Enia out of the apartment after she gets the money. Did the money change her? We don't know, there's no clear transaction of personalities at all. Marra just kicks Enia and Enia doesn't even react. Is that how an ordinary person would react to such situation? You tell me. Enia then forgives Marra and get back with Marra and died before the film ends. What about Ryan Froggy then? At first, she dumps Marra because she's rich, then he "did this for Marra" at the very end. Every character just go left and right in this movie and they never stay on one side. It's just bad storytelling. There's no process at all on why A changed, they just simply change because of a reason out of nowhere. Marra is the most insane character out there though, you just can't predict what she thinks or what she's going to do, there's no sense in her action and thinking.

The plot also doesn't have that much of a central concept. There's the money yet the movie also spent quite some time on the relationships of Marra and the various characters. Both things don't really match in a good way and that put the movie on a bad step from the get go. No amount of work could help to save a bad story and that is pretty much the case here. Story construction is the first step to making a good movie and that is really needed for Nitrous Acid Films because I doubt they will be in this business for long without improvement.

Also, this movie has a duration fo 170 minutes. Wow, I don't even sure if great movies can sustain that huge amount of time, for a movie of this standard, I expect many among the audience would just leave the cinema in the middle of the movie or just take a nap right there. It also doesn't help that the movie is done under such short budget and yet try to be extremely long.

There's not much of redemption in this film but perverts out there would probably like the partial nudity of Selena Gomez and Lindsay Lohan.

With all factors considered, I give this film 0.5 star out of 5.

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Misc. Information

- Drama is in the trend and with 100,000 marketing plus Eddie Murphy and Anne Hathaway in the cast, the movie did garner some hype pre-release. The small flash game also help a little but after the first week and the reviews are out there(both people and critic), the film's gross drops flatly to the bottom.

- The correct figure of marketing should be 100,000 so I use that amount.

- GM's Note: Always try to renegotiate if possible, the talents are selfish persons and they would open up bad deals initially(despite I already try to be easier on you all). You need more initial funds to make a good film, leaving yourself with 100K+ fund for production and marketing is a bad move.

- GM's Note: I just realized you haven't pick a studio specialty, please pick one from the list.

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Revenue: 2,000,000

Budget: 3,000,000

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Gross Loss: 1,000,000

Post-release: 3,800,000

Trailer Cost: 150,000

20% Bonus: N/A for film at a loss

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Net Loss: 4,950,000

Nitrous Acid Films went bankrupt. HOWEVER, American Film Institute decided to give new studio another chance. Nitrous Acid Films is given 2,000,000 to start their next film and a chance to earn back some money. Nitrous Acid Films are required to pay off the debts of 4,950,000 after they have made 5 films.

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Impact

- Jude Law was initially furious when you promise him a supporting role yet he didn't get it, but eventually, he's happy to not get any role in this movie so he decided to let it go. As he doesn't appear in the film, his SP is safe.

- Eddie Murphy and Anne Hathaway are only at supporting roles but they did appear in such a bad film, and that is enough for their reputation to take hits. Eddie Murphy is especially furious as he is a laughing stock right now. Anne Hathaway's SP decreased from 3.40 to 3.00. Eddie Murphy's SP decreased from 4.00 to 3.50.

- Selena Gomez and Lindsay Lohan aren't famous for their acting skill and for them to do nudity, they actually get a slight boost on their SP. Selena Gomez's SP increased from 0.90 to 0.95. Lindsay Lohan's SP increased from 1.15 to 1.20.

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