Will Peter Pan sink the Firefly movie?

POSTED BY: mojoeca
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 20:44
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HUMBLE

Saturday, January 3, 2004 4:41 AM

i liked peter pan best when it was a Disney cartoon. the concept has been beaten to death already! no, i don't think THIS peter pan's flop will negatively impact firefly movie any more than sunspots will! (but i have been wrong before)

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SLEESTACK

Saturday, January 3, 2004 4:42 AM

Sick puppy, Succa. :lol:

The new Peter Pan is a strange twist from what I've read. It doesn't seem suitable for small kids and bigger ones probably have no interest. Adults also would likely care less as there's plenty of other fare to watch (Samurai, LotR, etc). So who the heck is it aimed at?

Hopefully no one will confuse Tinkerbell with Serenity!

CALHOUN

Saturday, January 3, 2004 6:51 AM

Maybe Peter Pan could be an extra in the Firefly movie.

CALHOUN

Saturday, January 3, 2004 6:55 AM

Seriously though, how could one possibly compare a Peter Pan movie to Firefly?

I and no one I know would be the slightest bit interested in seeing Peter Pan but EVERYONE I know will be seeing the Firefly movie. Hell, i'll be seeing it multiple times cause its ya'know the big screen'n all and its FIREFLY!

GAIJIN

Saturday, January 3, 2004 10:54 AM

The only Peter Pan story that made sense as a live action motion picture was Hook.

Firefly will do just fine....better than fine in fact.

FAHQ

Saturday, January 3, 2004 5:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Calhoun:
Maybe Peter Pan could be an extra in the Firefly movie.

Maybe as a splat on the windshield of Serenity's cockpit as it lands........

"My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."

CAPTAINMAL

Sunday, January 4, 2004 3:46 PM

One quibble,

don't underestimate the "family friendly" factor. As a rule, family movies are far more profitable than R rated films, despite the fact that Hollywood insists on contenually pouring money into big budget "adult" films.

PP failed in SPITE of being family oreinted, not because of it.

That said, it's the cost that matters. Joss could make a Firefly film for 1/3 what PP cost and that makes all the difference.

"Why we still discussin' this?"

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, January 5, 2004 3:59 PM

I honestly doubt the Peter Pan flopping at the box office would effect Firefly in any way.

I still don't understand why they thought a movie like Peter Pan would work, even coming out during the holidays. The tale has been redone to death, and should have stopped w/ Robin William's horrible version of the story. $100 million dollars to produce seems awful steep, even for a movie with as much CGI and special effects as the trailer for Peter Pan implies.

I would say that the $45 million estimate to produce Firefly is a safe estimate, and should see that much in box office sales in the first month. Include a rental and DVD sales and they should double their money without a problem.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

LTNOWIS

Thursday, January 8, 2004 8:59 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:

I would say that the $45 million estimate to produce Firefly is a safe estimate, and should see that much in box office sales in the first month. Include a rental and DVD sales and they should double their money without a problem.

I heard somewhere that Joss was gonna spend 100+ million dollars on the movie. Of course, I can't find the website, so maybe I'm just insane. But yeah, your math is quite plausible, considering that in 2002 something like 23 movies earned more than $100 million.

DAVEB

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:44 PM

To be honest my Firefly film will not cost much. The cast and crew have expressed their love for the show so many times, how much fun they had had and how egger they are to work on it again so I doubt they will ask for a lot of money. Also Firefly doesn't contain many special effects (for a series it did but not for a major Blockbuster). And if the sets are still intact they won't have to fork out for that. The total cost should be between $30-$60 million.

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