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http://www.avclub.com/articles/george-l … v_newswire
Can a person be both surprised and not surprised at the same time?
I'm a little worried about George becoming Howard Hughes. Or worse, Prince.
UPDATE: The original reports said that the 50 hours were "in the can," but our readers pointed us to where Lucasfilm clarified that he just has 50 hours of scripts he's written.
Journalism!
Clucking bell, this is awful reporting. Well done New York Post, you mistook "already shot" with "already written" even when you then explain that ...the series is awaiting the development of "a different type of technology we can use so it's economically feasible to shoot the shows."
To be fair, Lucas wasn't exactly clear in his statement. Starting at 3:40 on Attack of the Show, in response to "Where is the show now?"
It sits on the shelf. We have 50 hours and we're just waiting to figure out a different way of making movies; a different technology that we can use that will make it so that it's economically feasible to shoot the show. Right now it looks like the Star Wars features but we have to figure out a way of making it for about a 10th the cost of the features, because it's television. We're working towards that and we will get there at some point but it's just a very very difficult process. Obviously when we do figure this problem out it will dramatically affect a lot of movies, because a lot of features now that are costing 150 - 200 million dollars, will suddenly be able to make them for 50 or 60 million.
The face of the guy beside him is priceless. I thought it was James Cameron, but it's not. It would be funnier if it was.
Last edited by Phi (2011-05-31 21:39:41)
Having seen the making of stuff from Avatar, I'm sure a lot of the stuff Cameron funded the development of will be the basis of what Lucas wants. He's just willing to wait until the price is right.
As soon as we can figure out how to pay film crews a tenth of what they get paid now, you'll get 50 more hours of Star Wars!
Well, this was first proposed at the same time the animated Clone Wars series was (with the idea being they'd film the entire run and THEN find a home for the finished series). Lucas may be looking at the success of that and now having second thoughts about doing the live action thing at all given cost differences.
As soon as we can figure out how to pay film crews a tenth of what they get paid now, you'll get 50 more hours of Star Wars!
He just needs to replace most the film crew with computers!
Brian Finifter wrote:As soon as we can figure out how to pay film crews a tenth of what they get paid now, you'll get 50 more hours of Star Wars!
He just needs to replace most the film crew with computers!
Well, the director and writer tend to be the most expensive elements of a film crew; maybe he should start with them.
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