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Greta Gerwig Says She’s “Properly Scared” To Tackle Netflix ‘Narnia’ Films, Addresses Prospect Of Directing A ‘Bond’ Pic (deadline.com)

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Greta Gerwig has for the first time addressed her plans to write and direct multiple films based on The Chronicles of Narnia books from C.S. Lewis, admitting that the prospect is fairly unnerving. …

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I have read that sometimes the Star or director will negotiate a deal where they agree to do the derivative blockbuster/sequel/whatever in exchange for the studio backing their pet project. So in this case maybe Gerwig gets paid the big bucks to do a studio designed movie in exchange for studio backing for a more creative movie she really wants to do afterward.

[–] blivet@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I think it was Scorsese who said that he did “one for them, and one for me”.