KNIVES OUT -- dir. Rian Johnson; Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, etc. etc.

Yeah, the first one was such a success theatrically - a) financially, b) maintaining a long-tail extended run, and c) as a delight to hear audiences reacting to gags and twists - that even a "standard" Netflix two-week theatrical window would be a terrible letdown.

That much money for two murder mystery movies? And Rian Johnson has a spotty track record. I dislike his first two movies, and his Star Wars entry has some big problems.

and that's just for the rights aiui. throw in another $100M to actually make them.

If the first movie made $311M in worldwide box office, and that's before video/streaming sales, $450M for two sequels actually sounds kind of reasonable + basically acquiring Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig's goodwill and a legit franchise for Netflix. I am assuming the $450M includes production costs, though.

Yeah me too.

And Rian Johnson has a spotty track record. I dislike his first two movies, and his Star Wars entry has some big problems.

I love his first feature, and his Star Wars entry is the only good Star Wars film after 1983.

I will gladly watch any number of Benoit Blanc mysteries written and directed by Rian Johnson, director of the best Star Wars movie and the best Benoit Blanc movie.

I love his first feature, and his Star Wars entry is the only good Star Wars film after 1983.

afaic there are no star wars movies after 1983 but eh obligatory comic store guy rogue one actually

i have no energy for star wars and will not die on this hill lol

silby OTM

I won't watch his Star Wars movie either, but I definitely know it's the only not awful Star Wars film since 1980.

not watching it allows you to be perfectly impartial

c) as a delight to hear audiences reacting to gags and twists

Yeah, this was a really fun movie to watch in a packed movie theatre. I suspect that I would not have enjoyed it nearly as much if I just watched it at home. I am hoping I get a chance to watch the sequels in a theatre.

look I liked this movie a lot as well but the fact that Netflix is willing to throw half a billion dollars at the one recent movie that was A) actually good and B) not based on an existing property is kind of depressing

Did you dislike Parasite?

Or, speaking of Netflix, The Irishman?

tbf that one benefits heavily from knowledge of the Scorsese Cinematic Universe

forks out
spoons out

forks out

I hope this feature Insane Clown Posse

oh hey i finally just saw this the night before last. fun stuff, turns out i like woke agatha christie

not watching it allows you to be perfectly impartial

it's the only star war I've seen since 1985 but I'm also correct about the 1985 one

forks out
spoons out

I have been reading these all day and gotten zero writing done https://t.co/hx3740K76A

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) February 11, 2020

Or, speaking of Netflix, The Irishman?

tbf

https://i.imgur.com/uieWtsN.jpg

woke agatha christie

it’s been a while since i read christie but i always had the impression she intentionally wasn’t very subtle calling out misogyny and xenophobia in her books.

have you read the original version of And Then There Were None?

ok yes Parasite was good but I feel like big arty foreign films are kind of a different thing, what made Knives Out so unique is that it was a big budget film featuring a lot of recognizable actors playing characters that are not based on any existing IP which is for some reason very rare these days

$40 million counts as "mid-budget" these days

oh shiiiit, Scanner Darkly you are probably right about that

xp yeah i know she had her own share of things that would be considered problematic now (like poirot often being portrayed as a victim of xenophobia - while saying many xenophobic things himself - but maybe that was the point she was trying to make..). still, considering the time and the genre her mocking of stereotypes is an integral part of her writing imo.

And why not

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-out-sequels-the-whodunit-behind-netflixs-469-million-power-play

Sources say that Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman and Daniel Craig stand to walk away with upwards of $100 million each.

the REAL murder mystery was how they absolutely killed this fuckin deal bro

so that # didn't include production I guess? obscene

After expressing disgust with how arduous acting in James Bond movie is, but continuing to accept the part as they ramped up the pay scale, Craig has to be happy to get that money for walking around and doing a Foghorn Leghorn impersonation

What does someone even do with that kind of money

watch impotently as the help inherits it iirc

walking around and doing a Foghorn Leghorn impersonation

― mh

As I reported upthread from Rian Johnson's in-theater commentary track, it's a Shelby Foote impersonation

just watched this, enjoyed it a great deal, cannot imagine how a sequel could possibly work, so basically have nothing new to add to this thread, sorry.

do you want to know how though

KNIVES OUT -- dir. Rian Johnson; Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, etc. etc.

KNIVES OUT -- dir. Rian Johnson; Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, etc. etc.

feels appropriate that a self-contained movie extolled as an example of the commercial viability of non-franchise original screenplays at the time it came out is immediately given a billion dollars to make a trilogy

I want to see two more Benoit Blanc mysteries.

especially if they involve snooty rich people getting a well-written beatdown

how will they ever followup a murder mystery, can't be done

Next one will be a jaywalking mystery

STRIPES OUT

Yeah, I mean, turning Blanc into a Hercule Poirot guy who just shows up to signal "this is another twisty-turny mystery" isn't the worst thing in the world. If they try to make some Knives Out universe where you have to remember characters between each film then barf.

Benoit Blanc gritty origin story

Casino Knives

future thread state where it’s just sic recursively linking to his own posts in the thread

Quote tweeting for ilx

Twitter account where I only quote tweet my prior tweets about Danyo Craigo

why would i repeat or restate my thoughts when i can just link to them #thoughts

every film as a homage to different era murder mysteries
“WHO’S DOING THIS TO YOU, BOND!”

Andy Dick recast as Blanco