• timbox129
    • 6 years 1 month ago
    • Posts: 404



    So, We all know that the most notorious failure in the Fantasy Film Renaissance involved the 2007 film adaptation of the Golden Compass. It is one of the most discussed, least seen films of recent years. It's also the watershed film of the late 2000's not only for its cinematic qualities, but also for its effect on the Fantasy Film Renaissance that started with Harry Potter and Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. For The Golden Compass did not merely fail but it did the unthinkable: it sank a studio. 2 months after the notorious 2007 film adaptation of The Golden Compass has a disastrous theatrical release, New Line Cinema, the studio founded in 1967, and responsible for hits like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Austin Powers, and Peter Jackson's the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, for all practical purposes, ceased to exist. What happened? Why? How? Does the notorious failure of The Golden Compass equal that of Michael Cimino's notorious flop, Heaven's Gate (1980), the movie that prompted MGM to snatch United Artists from the brink of bankruptcy? Well, Tell me.
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    • Mezase Master
      • 6 years 1 month ago
      • Posts: 7419
      		 It's because when the trailer started, everybody was led to believe it was the Hobbit. Bad marketing strategy.
      TMNT wrote:
      Movin` on up!! To the East side Blah blah Blah Movin on up Gaints lol.
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      • fistoflegend
        • 6 years 26 days ago
        • Posts: 948
        		 The picture made over 300 million worldwide. Unfortunately the over seas rights had been sold to finance the high 180 million dollar budget. This cost new line cinema 75% of the films return and pissed off time warner so they merged them with warner brothers pictures. The funny thing is the director never wanted to do such a costly movie,but something more story driven that would would have had less effects and a lower budget,but the studio pretty much forced his hand.
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        • System
          • 6 years 25 days ago
          • Posts: 74809
          		 Whoa, so New Line is gone now? I never even knew about it. Hopefully the live-action Evangelion won't be made now. Please, God, please!
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