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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:25 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner Principal to start early Feb and I'll head to Berlin to start selling for EFM.
Investment banker client wants to set up a film fund.
The band might make it in 25. |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 2:05 PM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner Foundation for the film fund is being set up - after this film will have access to cash needed for 3-5 films. Never thought it would ride on Al Pacino...I will encourage him to rest. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48540130) |
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Date: January 15th, 2025 10:49 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner Paperwork signed - funds being transferred. Production starts Monday in Italy.
Working on a deal for the UK, my upfront fee for that sale will wind up being b/w $50-65k. |
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Date: April 2nd, 2025 7:44 PM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner Agreed the final $200k in equity after we had investor drop.
Two days ago, it looked like I was gonna lose the film. I might’ve just pulled a rabbit out of a hat. |
Date: January 4th, 2025 7:26 AM Author: orange chapel OOOH AAAH Pacino seems a good get |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:28 AM Author: Talented slap-happy double fault Yeah
I'm not sure what the last non-shtick role of his was--it's gotta be like 30 years by now. De Niro mostly just does shtick now too but he still has some great work in him like Silver Linings Playbook
Regardless, it's 180 that one of ARE POASTERS will be working with a Hollywood icon |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 12:07 PM Author: Concupiscible Slate Stage Silver Linings Playbook was 13 years ago and feels like 26 years ago. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517583) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 11:19 AM Author: Exciting Hall Boltzmann maybe insomnia 2002?
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:28 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner I'm stoked.
Katie Holmes too. |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:29 AM Author: Talented slap-happy double fault ur gonna maek it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48516998) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:29 AM Author: wonderful selfie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517001) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:30 AM Author: orange chapel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517002) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 12:02 PM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner thanks friend. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517569) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 12:10 PM Author: Drunken marvelous sweet tailpipe she got blown out by scientology and then jamie foxx's BBC, gross (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517589) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:27 AM Author: Talented slap-happy double fault 18000000000000000000000000000000000000
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:29 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48516997) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:27 AM Author: wonderful selfie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48516990) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:30 AM Author: Talented slap-happy double fault What's your strategy when you're selling the film? I know a lot of the time the producers basically sell the whole thing off at the film markets beforehand, so you've got downside protection but a capped upside. Is that what you do, or is there more variability to it? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517005) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:51 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner Fuck platforms and streamers, and I've worked with enough majors to know that if I sell to them in a WW deal the film will get a solid release but it will be 7 years before I see any more money from the film (they'll drown us out in fees), and we'll lose control of the film. I'm trying to help save film / cinema, so I prioritise international sales to local distributors who will release in cinemas.
We've pre-sold a few key territories before production to help finance the production budget. Those folks put up an advance or a minimum guarantee that we can bank and take out a production loan against. So the upside is a bit capped in that before we make more money in those territories the distributor has to recoup their advance / MG.
We have 5 or 6 secured sales. Now that I'm closing the last $500k of the budget in equity to finance the rest, we're good, so I'll go to EFM and have more leverage selling out the remaining territories. Buyers will be easier to deal with as their risk is diffused and each secured territory means a more meaningful international marketing campaign which helps them all. So they'll begin to all fall into place and hopefully we have at least 3/4 of the world sold by the US launch. The rest usually sell shortly after. |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:51 AM Author: wonderful selfie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517038) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:53 AM Author: orange chapel I enjoyed reading this post and learning a little about this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517048) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:55 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517053) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:56 AM Author: wonderful selfie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517055) |
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Date: January 5th, 2025 1:22 AM Author: blathering famous landscape painting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48519600) |
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Date: January 15th, 2025 11:18 AM Author: 180 copper roast beef station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48554856) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 7:53 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner Will say that, if I could finance a film 100% in cash, I would. I can't do a full negative pickup style deal where Mubi buys me out for $25m after I've already made it because I need to use some of the pre-sales I make as collateral for my production loan. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517049) |
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Date: January 6th, 2025 7:28 AM Author: Fishy Indian Lodge Brethren A triumph. Did you ace OCR for this? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48523021) |
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Date: January 6th, 2025 8:25 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner SQE more like it. But this is US work so relying on my scholarship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48523083) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 12:04 PM Author: Drunken marvelous sweet tailpipe pacino is 100 years old (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517574) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 12:08 PM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner I need him alive until about June. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517584) |
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Date: January 4th, 2025 12:09 PM Author: Drunken marvelous sweet tailpipe seriously though, unless he's playing a character in a nursing home on the verge of death, what good is he? you'll market the film using his name in big bold font, people will pay to see him in a diaper? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48517588) |
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Date: January 6th, 2025 6:52 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner I think if we had Pacino in the diaper people would be more likely to see it tbh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48522964) |
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Date: January 5th, 2025 1:29 AM Author: balding swashbuckling rigor meetinghouse Al Pacino to star as mafia boss in Captivated Al Pacino is to play a mafia boss in the new thriller 'Captivated'.The 84-year-old actor is to feature alongside Katie Holmes and Toby Kebbell in the film that is billed as a new take on the infamous kidnapping of John Paul Getty III in 1973.The picture centres on Calabrian mafia boss Saro (played by Kebbell and Pacino at different stages of his life) who kidnaps the grandson of one of the richest men in the world, Jean Paul Getty, and puts his organisation in danger when he develops romantic feelings for his victim's mother (Holmes) during the ransom negotiations.Michael Benaroya, Michael Mammoliti and Manasvi Mamgai are producing the movie for 32Red Entertainment and it is being launched for sales in Cannes by International Film Trust.Mammoliti is the nephew of one of the main kidnappers Saro Mammoliti and has spent years working on the project – even taking issue... |
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Date: January 5th, 2025 1:34 AM Author: Ivory Ape So the movie is about Balthazar Getty's dad? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48519614) |
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Date: January 6th, 2025 7:04 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner Getty estate signed off on the script at least. They didn't request any changes. Made one change for Al. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48522981) |
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Date: January 6th, 2025 11:38 AM Author: Ivory Ape That's amazing! Was Getty signing off the biggest hurdle to getting paid? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48523540) |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 6:11 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner the producer's biggest hurdle was Al Pacino's schedule (he's cranking them out this year apparently) and finding the last $4m of the budget - they came to me for the last bit. Getty was apparently easy, and they didn't have any notes on the script. Amazed me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48539231) |
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Date: January 6th, 2025 6:58 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner They funded half the budget and came to me to help with equity / gap financing for the rest to get the film into production :) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48522971) |
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Date: January 6th, 2025 7:24 AM Author: Spectacular rebellious parlour (Christopher Moltisanti tp) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48523013) |
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Date: January 6th, 2025 8:21 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner That press release was from before I joined the project (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48523078) |
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Date: January 6th, 2025 8:22 AM Author: fear-inspiring emerald library mediation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48523080) |
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Date: January 6th, 2025 7:27 AM Author: Talented slap-happy double fault (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48523018) |
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Date: January 6th, 2025 7:28 AM Author: Talented slap-happy double fault 180
xo pulling the hidden strings as always |
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Date: January 6th, 2025 8:25 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48523085) |
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Date: January 6th, 2025 11:43 AM Author: Laughsome canary tank have you dealt with brian o'shea / nat mccormick at all? thoughts?
i hear the international film sales world is BRUTAL these days |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 6:04 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner Back in their IM Global days we had a few touch points I believe. They make movies every year consistently and seem to make decent money at it - but they've never really made it into the 'real' conversation in Hollywood, so it seems. I think they found their money-making system and are happily sticking with it. No judgement, they consistently get shit done and that says a hell of a lot, but I'm pushing for films with a bit more substance than what they roll out.
Int'l film sales is brutal if your film goes straight to platform/streamer in the US. If I REALLY have to, I can self-release domestically in the US and in the UK so can guarantee it will play on a few hundred screens at least...basically the bare minimum to justify a foreign distributor doing their own theatrical release. I won't take a streamer deal out of principle. |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 7:59 AM Author: Cerebral bistre skinny woman What’s the budget for film? Or all in cost? What does film need to make to be profitable? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48539298) |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 8:57 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner Budget between $7.5m - 10m.
Need $15m internationally to breakeven and get into black, full profitability (meaning when US domestic P&A is recouped by the big studio) likely $17m or so.
If theatrical doesn't have a strong showing, I have a dvd/est/home entertainment network I can eke out a few million in profit 12-18 months after initial release from.
Worst worst case scenario by year 3 I can grind away at license deals and force profitability if it's a total bomb (unlikely). Most producers tend to lose rights to their films, and after a few years those films' distribution aren't being managed as closely as they should be and those producers then tend to be distracted by their new projects so don't do anything about it. Since distribution is my thing, I get to make sure that doesn't happen. |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 10:52 AM Author: Cerebral bistre skinny woman Interesting. Thanks. Seems like the story itself is solid enough to make a profit. People still want to see Pacino in a mafia movie. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48548612) |
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Date: January 13th, 2025 1:04 PM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner that's exactly what a big UK film exec said to me today. Might make b/w 30-50k upfront sales fee for that sale. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48548921) |
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Date: January 15th, 2025 11:07 AM Author: Boyish burgundy deer antler windowlicker IIRC this film will be about xo?
who’s Pacino gonna be playing? |
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Date: January 15th, 2025 11:17 AM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner The Getty kidnapping in the 70's. A Calabrian mafia boss kidnaps the grandson of the world's richest man and endangers his entire organization when he falls in love with his victim's mother during ransom negotiations.
Pacino plays the mob kidnapper in his older years.
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Date: January 15th, 2025 12:58 PM Author: Exciting Hall Boltzmann the terrible terrible Scott/Plumer/Wahlberg movie didn't scare everyone away from the subject? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48555106) |
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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:09 PM Author: Multi-colored Cheese-eating Corner this one is approved by the Getty estate. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48555509) |
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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:29 PM Author: fear-inspiring emerald library mediation Too racist to cast Djimon Hounsou? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5658981&forum_id=2#48555544) |