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October 11, 2005
DVDdon't: WB's Robinov on the spoils
Anne Thompson has an interesting talk with WB production president Jeff Robinov about what sort of diiversity and quality the studio aims toward, as well as whether the writters or directors will ever see more the DVD revenue: "That's never going to happen. For every company, the DVD was bailing them out and now the DVD revenue company by company are coming up so short that there's no way they're giving any of it away." That's why the dealmaking is going to change? "Yes. The economics are getting so difficult, and it's so hard to make a picture, that for movies to be profitable, the studios are capping the backend participation, they're hiatusing participations, they're asking people to take reductions up front. More actors are willing to do that now, depending on the material and the director. You can only spend so much, and each movie has a ceiling of participation."
Posted by pride at October 11, 2005 10:53 AM
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