I can put up $25. Who's with me?
Movie maverick Terry Gilliam is amazed that a planned movie starring Johnny Depp and Robin Williams is still on the shelf - because American investors can't raise $15 million. The former Monty Python member was thrilled when international money men offered him $45 million to make the film Good Omens with Depp as a demon and Williams as an angel. But he was shocked to discover that Americans didn't have the same sort of faith in the project, and they failed to raise the extra cash he needed to start work on the project - an adaptation of fantasy writers Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's book. Gilliam tells US magazine Entertainment Weekly, "I couldn't get 15 with Johnny and Robin... These two guys, who would have been brilliant were not worth $15 million in America. That was the moment where I went, 'I don't understand this game. I don't understand this town (Hollywood). I don't understand any of the rules. All I know is I don't like it.'"
Damn it! How could this not raise a hundred million bilion dollars?! I wish I was a movie exec. I'd stop fucking around with poor Terry Gilliam.
posted by Phinneas Q Jacksmith @ 1:32 p.m.
4 comments
4 Comments:
I'll match your $25.
I don't know if Gilliam will be too keen to make us a movie for $50, but at least WE wouldn't force him to make changes in the cutting room to make the movie more Hollywood-friendly.
This is a really funny
Roger Ebert movie review, that talks about studios financing terrible movies.
He should offer to direct Deuce Bigalow 3: Armenian Gigolo in Space and mysteriously recast Rob Schneider with Johnny Depp, gradually transforming it into Good Omens as he goes along.
Angelo, that's actually a totally brilliant idea. If you'll excuse me I'm off to Hollywood.
How can we get in touch with Terry Gilliam to tell him that we're independantly raising funds?
I bet he'd send us a form letter!
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