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Major tentpoles are the most vulnerable should the strike drag on. Warner Bros. execs are nervous about how to proceed with Justice League of America, which is still uncast and is a crucial potential franchise boasting popular DC Comics characters. While WB expects to move ahead on most of its projects, if the strike extends past February, the studio will have some reevaluating to do. Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins will face issues if the strike goes past April. The Jetsons has a locked script, but it is uncast.
Paramount, on the other hand, threw four pricey A-list scribes at would-be $100-million franchise "G.I. Joe", which is scheduled to start shooting in February, and swears that the move paid off. Stuart Beattie (3:10 to Yuma), John Lee Hancock ("A Perfect World") and Brian Koppleman and David Levien ("Ocean's Thirteen") teamed up in an intense collaboration that yielded, according to di Bonaventura, a shootable script. But will the studio be willing to take a chance on shooting such an important, costly tentpole? The studio insists it will, partly because it isn't chasing big-name stars.
"We have to make sure the actors are not only good but perfectly suited to their roles," says di Bonaventura.
DreamWorks/Par's Transformers 2 is far enough along to proceed with pre-production, location scouting and advance VFX work, but will face serious issues if the strike continues for several months. Michael Bay's megabudget sequel isn't set to start filming until June. Di Bonaventura's "Edwin A. Salt" will likely be pushed back, too.
Fox is moving full speed ahead with its X-Men spin-off "Wolverine," even though many roles are still uncast. Unlike X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine rests solidly on Hugh Jackman's shoulders.
On X-Men pics, Parker admits, writers Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn were making adjustments throughout production. X-Men Origins: Wolverine will have no such luxury. Most action sequences will be handled in f/x animation.
The X-Files sequel, while casting supporting roles, is to start in December, Parker says. Pulling the plug now would be prohibitively expensive.
The Day the Earth Stood Still will also go forward, as no script invention is required. "That's a helpful discipline, to be forced to lock these scripts instead of going into production with scripts in flux," Parker says. "But we could run into little snags ahead."
Paramount, on the other hand, threw four pricey A-list scribes at would-be $100-million franchise "G.I. Joe", which is scheduled to start shooting in February, and swears that the move paid off. Stuart Beattie (3:10 to Yuma), John Lee Hancock ("A Perfect World") and Brian Koppleman and David Levien ("Ocean's Thirteen") teamed up in an intense collaboration that yielded, according to di Bonaventura, a shootable script. But will the studio be willing to take a chance on shooting such an important, costly tentpole? The studio insists it will, partly because it isn't chasing big-name stars.
"We have to make sure the actors are not only good but perfectly suited to their roles," says di Bonaventura.
DreamWorks/Par's Transformers 2 is far enough along to proceed with pre-production, location scouting and advance VFX work, but will face serious issues if the strike continues for several months. Michael Bay's megabudget sequel isn't set to start filming until June. Di Bonaventura's "Edwin A. Salt" will likely be pushed back, too.
Fox is moving full speed ahead with its X-Men spin-off "Wolverine," even though many roles are still uncast. Unlike X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine rests solidly on Hugh Jackman's shoulders.
On X-Men pics, Parker admits, writers Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn were making adjustments throughout production. X-Men Origins: Wolverine will have no such luxury. Most action sequences will be handled in f/x animation.
The X-Files sequel, while casting supporting roles, is to start in December, Parker says. Pulling the plug now would be prohibitively expensive.
The Day the Earth Stood Still will also go forward, as no script invention is required. "That's a helpful discipline, to be forced to lock these scripts instead of going into production with scripts in flux," Parker says. "But we could run into little snags ahead."
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THE JOKER
well there are aa number of films in there i would be happy to see get post-poned. Justice League especially. I hate the idea of them making that movie now. But oh well. This is actually kind of good news to me to see some of the worst films out there being post-poned.
4 years agoby @mcleve02Flag
CUPID
Transformers 2,The Day the Earth Stood Still,Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,The X-Files and maybe X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Justice League of America,but f*ck x men 4 they will nevre get it right.
4 years agoby @cupidFlag
btrobinson
thats a lot of movies. justice league of america: BOO!!! g.i. joe should do well as well as transformers 2. wolverine will prolly bomb. x-files should be good, but too much time inbetween films. the day the earth stood still....dont know to much on that one.
4 years agoby @btrobinsonFlag