Cheap movies coming soon
By Dale Roberts / August 22, 2008 edition
With production costs rising, Hollywood is looking for ways to make cheaper movies. One tried-and-true method is to remake classic films. But even these can be expensive. So studios are trying a new genre – the budget sequel. Here are some movies currently in production:
Dances with Coyotes
A Tale of Two Townships
Most of the President’s Men
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Film Festival
The Amityville Unpleasantness
The Sound of Muzak
20,000 Leagues Under Lake Superior
The Maltese Chicken Hawk
The Bridge Over Kwai Creek
The Moped Diaries
Apocalypse Soon
Larry of Arabia
• Dale Roberts, a college career counselor, lives in Asheville, N.C.
2. Michelle Cabral | 08.24.08
LOVE it! We need to maintain our sense of humor in these trying times. And after getting a medical misdiagnosis and suffering all kinds of stress, then receiving (with relief) great news, I can use ALL the laughs I can get!
Thanks Dale Roberts!
3. Medical Supplies | 11.25.08
What about Redbox, available at your local drugstores, retailers, & fast food joints. When I can rent a new release movie for $1 per day theaters seem pointless with tickets now costing $10 a pop (before food & drink).
Holywood needs medical help to figure out what works again. The last big movie I truly loved with my kids was “The Incredibles”. I would still enjoy watching now it except my kids watched it probably over 50x and burned me out on it. In a few more years I can enjoy it again I’m sure.
The other things Hollywood does is make sure their is at least 2 sequels to any movie that does half way decent. It’s now the norm instead of a surprise.
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1. Jim Soudriette CMC FIMC | 08.22.08
You have got to be kidding!
At my age (80) the origional titles are meaningful to me, as to the impact on younger movie goers. well, I do not know. If this is to be pulled off, the first one has to be absolutely smashingly good so good it gets far more free publicity than it deserves