A suit's eye view on Serenity and sequels

POSTED BY: tiredoldreaver
UPDATED: Sunday, October 30, 2005 18:03
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SIMYLEE

Monday, October 24, 2005 3:43 AM

Very well put. Here's my thoughts about sequels.

We have Cruel Intentions, didn't do too bad from what I can remember in theatres, and wasn't too bad a movie. Then! There's an unecessary prequel/sequel thing, which is pretty much the same premise of the first movie and THEN! That one there spawns another sequel. If that series can spawn 2 sequels, who's to say we can't have more Serenity?

MARLOW

Monday, October 24, 2005 4:15 AM

I have one word Leprechaun.

It was a godawful film that made less than 9 million in theaters. It gets a sequel the very next year, it makes less than 3 million. No less than 4 addition sequels have been made to date.

Need I say more?

GOSHDARNSTUD

Monday, October 24, 2005 4:17 AM

Don't forget they kept making Highlander stuff. Did ANY of the movies turn a profit(yeah I'm sure I could look it up, but I'm lazy)

SIMYLEE

Monday, October 24, 2005 4:24 AM

SEE!!! ALL of these movies spawned more offspring, I think if the fan base pushes enough and has enough backing from us, (like pitching our money in to help even) We could possibly make this work.

TUDYKRAWKS

Monday, October 24, 2005 4:31 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by marlow:
I have one word Leprechaun.

It was a godawful film that made less than 9 million in theaters. It gets a sequel the very next year, it makes less than 3 million. No less than 4 addition sequels have been made to date.

Need I say more?

u have to remember 1 thing though.... how much did those crappy movies cost to make? it's all about the ratio of cost:profit. don't think that i disagreew/you b'c i don't it's just something that i noticed.

"mine is an evil laugh"

SADLITTLEKING

Monday, October 24, 2005 5:28 AM

I think the original poster has a point. As long as Serenity has a chance at making at least a small profit, there's hope that Universal will greenlight a sequel. Even if it gets a smaller budget.

Hey, it can't be worse than Doom, another Universal film. That movie cost $60 million to make and only brought in $15 million the first weekend. Ouch.

STAKETHELURK

Monday, October 24, 2005 5:28 AM

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u have to remember 1 thing though.... how much did those crappy movies cost to make? it's all about the ratio of cost:profit. don't think that i disagreew/you b'c i don't it's just something that i noticed.

Yeah, that's always the problem. I've seen "Leprechaun" mentioned before, so I looked it up. The flick only had a budget of $900,000! No wonder they made a sequel. Don't know about the franchise beyond that.

Still, it would make sense for Universal to continue it, especially if our BDM does well on DVD (keep spreading the word, folks). I remain optimistic.

But, on the downside, it would've made sense for FOX to actually support the series they were pouring millions of dollars into.

HJERMSTED

Monday, October 24, 2005 6:34 AM

Never fear!

Serenity was not a "bomb". It had great reviews and has very nearly earned back its budget when one counts all of the worldwide markets.

More than likely, three years will pass anyway between now and a Serenity sequel of any kind. In that timeframe:

* Joss writes and directs his first summer blockbuster, Wonder Woman (Joss' profile goes up)

* Joss writes and directs the horror film Goners for Universal (horror genre cheap to produce and very popular... Joss' profile goes up further)

* The Firefly dvd set and the Serenity dvd will have plenty of time to find brand new fans. 500,000 sets sold now... why not 750,000 to 1 million by the time Goners wraps and Joss is free again?

* It's even likely that during the next three years one of the nine Serenity cast members will become a household name (in film or on TV) giving a potential Serenity sequel some star appeal.

So don't fret, Browncoats!
There are many possibilities.

mattro

JIDIOT

Monday, October 24, 2005 7:27 AM

It is just going to take time for people to get to know Serenity/Firefly.

I've been pushing the movie on another bulletin board I belong to. A fellow BB member just told me she took her her teenage daughter to see Serenity. The Mum likes "good" movies and wouldn't even go to see LOTR or Star Wars. However she wanted to "bond" with her daughter after a fight about school last week, so offered to take her to the movie. Daughter didn't want to go and see it, as she had never heard of it (and didn't trust her Mum's tastes). However the daughter loved it and the Mum thought it was OK (but preferred Pride and Prejudice).

I have suggested that the Firefly DVD might be a suitable Christmas present for the family...

Hopefully now the daughter will spread the word to her friends.

MARLOW

Monday, October 24, 2005 7:30 AM

i agree with you about the first leprechaun's budget but what about the second. I'm pretty sure it had a budget of over 900,000, plus that film had a strong advertising push. It made only 2million and some change, and STILL got 4 more sequels.

Not to mention the fact that those films sucked and was pretty much hated by everyone but a extremely small group of gore fans.

Unlike Leprechaun Serenity is one of the best reviewed films of year, and is loved by 90% of the people who saw it. (Not just hardcore Browncoats)

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