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Red Dwarf Feature Shot Down for Being “Too Marketable”

on June 6, 2012June 6, 2012

This is old news, but the subject is relevant since we just returned from Cannes and got a wake-up call on how European film financing works. Turns out the Red Dwarf creators once got that same wake-up call: Series co-creator and the film's scriptwriter/producer Doug Naylor attempted to shed some light on his plight in [...]

by Eric Jacobus

Navigating the Action Film Industry of the Future

on May 28, 2012May 28, 2012

In my last post I used Cannes and AFM to take a snapshot of the action industry and predict what the climate will be like in a couple years. Impossible? Maybe, but using some basic principles I think we can be pretty accurate, within fifty percent. So how does it relate to us as indie [...]

by Eric Jacobus

Final Thoughts from An Action Filmmaker In Cannes – European Film Financing

on May 27, 2012May 28, 2012

The journey home from Cannes was long, but it gave me some time to evaluate the whole trip. The most shocking realization was how little we knew about the European film industry simply because we live in the USA. Even attending the American Film Market didn't prepare us for what Cannes was all about. The [...]

by Eric Jacobus
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