Since when did the demand for mall cop movies become so high?

[Syringer]

First there was Paul Blart, then Seth Rogen is coming out with one? 😕

That's two more than the movie world needs.

 

[CKent]

Judd Apatow and crew need to die already.

 

[lupi]

i heard the first one was pretty decent, but was surprised to see another of a similar odd type coming so soon.

 

[OCGuy]

Another armageddon/deep impact?

 

[mxyzptlk]

Paul Blart was terrible. At least the Seth Rogen movie looks like it might be funny.


This shit happens in hollywood all the time, this can't be the first you've noticed of it.. Pixar's Finding Nemo and Dreamworks's Shark Tale came out around the same time. Superhero/comic boock movies tend to come out in clumps. It happens more often than that, but I'm really bad at thinking up examples on the spot.

edit: Of course, Armageddon/deep impact.. good one OCguy

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: CKent
Judd Apatow and crew need to die already.

 

[Newbian]

Because there is nothing better out there.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: mxyzptlk
Paul Blart was terrible. At least the Seth Rogen movie looks like it might be funny.


This shit happens in hollywood all the time, this can't be the first you've noticed of it.. Pixar's Finding Nemo and Dreamworks's Shark Tale came out around the same time. Superhero/comic boock movies tend to come out in clumps. It happens more often than that, but I'm really bad at thinking up examples on the spot.

edit: Of course, Armageddon/deep impact.. good one OCguy

Don't forget dante's peak and volcano.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: mxyzptlk
Paul Blart was terrible. At least the Seth Rogen movie looks like it might be funny.


This shit happens in hollywood all the time, this can't be the first you've noticed of it.. Pixar's Finding Nemo and Dreamworks's Shark Tale came out around the same time. Superhero/comic boock movies tend to come out in clumps. It happens more often than that, but I'm really bad at thinking up examples on the spot.

edit: Of course, Armageddon/deep impact.. good one OCguy

True, A Bug's Life and Antz came out pretty close to each other too.

 

[Bulk Beef]

Tornado/Twister

 

[KeithTalent]

K-9 and Turner & Hooch, The Illusionist and The Prestige!

Paul Blart was a piece of shit by the way.

KT

 

[darkxshade]

I bet no one is gonna complain about Iron Man & TDK in that regard 😛

 

[mallik]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: mxyzptlk
Paul Blart was terrible. At least the Seth Rogen movie looks like it might be funny.


This shit happens in hollywood all the time, this can't be the first you've noticed of it.. Pixar's Finding Nemo and Dreamworks's Shark Tale came out around the same time. Superhero/comic boock movies tend to come out in clumps. It happens more often than that, but I'm really bad at thinking up examples on the spot.

edit: Of course, Armageddon/deep impact.. good one OCguy

Don't forget dante's peak and volcano.

Or Mr. Skin and Flesh of the Stars.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Syringer
First there was Paul Blart, then Seth Rogen is coming out with one? 😕

That's two more than the movie world needs.

I was thinking the same thing when I saw the preview: "didn't I just watch this?"

I may watch this anyway because Paul Blart was so damn funny.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug

Originally posted by: Syringer
First there was Paul Blart, then Seth Rogen is coming out with one? 😕

That's two more than the movie world needs.

I was thinking the same thing when I saw the preview: "didn't I just watch this?"

I may watch this anyway because Paul Blart was so damn funny.

You have horrible, horrible taste in movies.

KT

 

[ScottyB]

Here is how Hollywood works. Studios and agencies hire aspiring writers to read scripts for them. Those readers come across about 10 in 100 scripts that aren't pure shit. Those scripts are then sent to a higher-up who reads them and then decides to send the other script to his higher up (about 1 in 10) of those. Then the next higher-up decides whether or not to option the script. They give some amount of money to the writer to option the film (from $1 to $ several million). These films then get bought if a studio thinks they can make it into a film at some point.

This is where the duplicates come in. A studio sends out spies to find out what the other studios are doing. If they find out another studio is putting a lot of backing into a film (say a mall cop comedy) they send some people out to look through their library to find similar script. They then make this competing film hoping to bank of the success of the other film.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Armageddon/Deep Impact


At least it's not as bad as the Penguin-movie craze.

 

[Kwatt]

Originally posted by: ScottyB
Here is how Hollywood works. Studios and agencies hire aspiring writers to read scripts for them. Those readers come across about 10 in 100 scripts that aren't pure shit. Those scripts are then sent to a higher-up who reads them and then decides to send the other script to his higher up (about 1 in 10) of those. Then the next higher-up decides whether or not to option the script. They give some amount of money to the writer to option the film (from $1 to $ several million). These films then get bought if a studio thinks they can make it into a film at some point.

This is where the duplicates come in. A studio sends out spies to find out what the other studios are doing. If they find out another studio is putting a lot of backing into a film (say a mall cop comedy) they send some people out to look through their library to find similar script. They then make this competing film hoping to bank of the success of the other film.

This seems logical to me.

I was thinking that sense the housing bubble burst and no one was shopping they were just making use of the empty space...:laugh:

...

 

[acheron]

Dueling Movies