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[duckroll]

What the fuck? 200 million? I thought this was Nolan's "small movie" between Batman sequels. :lol

 

[ezekial45]

Damn. Thats more than TDK cost, right?

EDIT: Yup, TDK cost 150. I hope this movie will do alright.

 

[alterno69]

Kinda OT but to all the DiCaprio fans, were you always fans or is it a recent love based on films like Catch me if you can or The Departed, i have to say i love the guy but i used to hate him based on movies like Titanic and Romeo and Juliet, it kinda started growing on me in Catch me if you can and he's been making awesome roles ever since so i oficially love him noe :lol

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

What the fuck? 200 million? I thought this was Nolan's "small movie" between Batman sequels. :lol

When you make a billion, $200 million is small time.

 

[Skiptastic]

Maybe $200 million is his limit? He can choose not to spend that much...

But knowing how things work in the real world, if he's given 200 million bucks, he's gonna spend it, fo sho.

 

[ezekial45]

Interview with JGL:

“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” star Joseph Gordon-Levitt took some time out of his busy schedule last week to speak with MTV’s Josh Horowitz. The focus of the chat was the actor’s next project, Spencer Susser’s family drama “Hesher.” Gordon-Levitt also spoke up a little bit on what he’s doing after “Hesher,” with “Batman Begins”/”The Dark Knight” director Christopher Nolan. It was really more of a non-comment, but we’ll take what we can get!

“Here’s the thing,” Gordon-Levitt told MTV. “I cant wait to talk to you about ["Inception"] but I’ve been very specifically asked not to talk about it. I want to respect [director Chris Nolan's wishes] because I love his movies and I’m so honored and grateful to be working with him.” Very mysterious, eh? But wait! There’s more!

There’s apparently a very specific reason for Nolan’s insistence on maintaining the silence for now. “He’s got a really specific idea and way he wants people to be presented with this thing,” Gordon-Levitt said of the director’s plans. You readers may or may not remember, but Nolan first established himself on the Hollywood radar with his smart memory loss thriller “Memento,” a film which is all the more effective when the mystery is upheld going into it.

Variety has previously reported that “Inception” is “a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind,” so it sounds as though we may be in store for a similar sort of head-scratcher.

Regardless, we know that Gordon-Levitt will play a role of some significance within the film. He wouldn’t go into any specifics of course, but he offered a sly response to the question of his role’s size. “I’m going to be working on it for awhile,” he said, laughing.

 

[DMczaf]

Christopher Nolan's Reverse Avatar.

Photo-Realistic CGI? Pfft. Nolan is going to make everything 100% real just like that truck stunt and the hospital explosion! See that Viperwolf? He made it. In his garage!

 

[wRATH2x]

Holy shit 200 fucking million!! Looks like Nolan is taking advantage of WB's trust :lol . Can't wait for this movie yet I'm pretty sure it wont make back its budget. It needs Bale I tellz you!!!!

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

“He’s got a really specific idea and way he wants people to be presented with this thing,” Gordon-Levitt said of the director’s plans.

Instaboner.

 

[DMczaf]

“He’s got a really specific idea and way he wants people to be presented with this thing,” Gordon-Levitt said of the director’s plans.

This really is his Avatar. WTF. Is this my karma for clowning on Sculli?!

 

[Akia]

Holy shit 200 fucking million!! Looks like Nolan is taking advantage of WB's trust :lol . Can't wait for this movie yet I'm pretty sure it wont make back its budget. It needs Bale I tellz you!!!!

"From the director of The Dark Knight..."

Bam! 100 million opening weekend.

 

[Solo]

Sounds like this movie will have a twist ala The Prestige.

 

[duckroll]

It might not be a "twist" so much as a unique sort of narrative/worldview which would be more effective if we're introduced to it the way he wants us to be. It worked very well for the original Matrix imo. There was very little actually spoiled about the movie in the trailers, and it made the entire experience the first time pretty awesome.

 

[Striker]

Uh........ then this movie will be a piece of shit! Next please

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Jesus!

That's $5 million more than the starting budget of AVATAR!

He really is like Bizzaro Cameron. Can't wait.

 

[Costanza]

holy shit @ the budget. this movie will be incredible.

 

[Solo]

With those budgets, either Inception or Avatar could end up being this generation's Heaven's Gate if either flops.

 

[Guzim]

Holy fuck, a $200 million dollar budget? I expect Nolan to be wearing suits made of gold while filming this movie.

 

[wRATH2x]

With those budgets, either Inception or Avatar could end up being this generation's Heaven's Gate if either flops.

Whats Heaven's Gate?

And Duckroll I didn't recognize without PH Link.

 

[Zeliard]

Holy fuck, a $200 million dollar budget? I expect Nolan to be wearing suits made of gold while filming this movie.

He doesn't have to pay a lot of money for that. He can just buy a nice suit and then touch it.

 

[Solo]

Whats Heaven's Gate?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven's_Gate_(film)#Controversy

 

[wRATH2x]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven's_Gate_(film)#Controversy

:lol :lol For some reason I find this to be really funny.

 

[Skiptastic]

With those budgets, either Inception or Avatar could end up being this generation's Heaven's Gate if either flops.

Except all Nolan has to do is make Batman 3 and all is forgiven.

 

[DMczaf]

Except all Nolan has to do is make Batman 3 and all is forgiven.

If WB is giving him this much for a new movie that's not based on any franchise or IP, I'm guessing they probably locked him up for more than just one more Batman movie.

 

[Lakitu]

Well he has The Exec I believe in the pipeline for Warner, another sci-fi action but I can't see him doing that anytime soon after Inception. He also wants to do a Horror in the vain of Alien and Jaws and also a Western movie. Maybe these are projects he'll set up at Warner. He also has The Prisoner with Universal. Also he's expressed interest to return to do the Howard Hughes biopic that he wrote, he said it was the best script he ever wrote.

I can't see him doing yet another big budget movie after Inception and The Dark Knight Returns, he'll probably do something smaller like Insomnia and Prestige. Which is nice, because he is fucking awesome. Best director, confirmed.

 

[Wollan]

I'm actually feeling spoiled right now. There's so much good coming on both the movie side and video games.

 

[charsace]

With those budgets, either Inception or Avatar could end up being this generation's Heaven's Gate if either flops.

haha oh shit. I didn't like deerhunter either.

 

[jon bones]

Will be awesome.

He doesn't have to pay a lot of money for that. He can just buy a nice suit and then touch it.

:lol :lol

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Well he has The Exec I believe in the pipeline for Warner, another sci-fi action but I can't see him doing that anytime soon after Inception. He also wants to do a Horror in the vain of Alien and Jaws and also a Western movie. Maybe these are projects he'll set up at Warner. He also has The Prisoner with Universal. Also he's expressed interest to return to do the Howard Hughes biopic that he wrote, he said it was the best script he ever wrote.

I can't see him doing yet another big budget movie after Inception and The Dark Knight Returns, he'll probably do something smaller like Insomnia and Prestige. Which is nice, because he is fucking awesome. Best director, confirmed.

I like this post.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Would any studio really be interested in a Howard Hughes biopic when The Aviator isn't that old?

 

[DMczaf]

Holy fuck, a $200 million dollar budget? I expect Nolan to be wearing vests made of gold while filming this movie.

Shame on you, Guzim

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

With those budgets, either Inception or Avatar could end up being this generation's Heaven's Gate if either flops.

I'd say its still not as risky as AVATAR. Inception at least has DiCaprio headlining it and will surely be marketed a lot earlier than AVATAR has been through its production. :lol Also its not 3D.

 

[Spire]

A bunch of great directors making expensive sci-fi films? I'm in heaven.

Also, JGL is the man. And also the best person to play the Joker in the future Batman films.

 

[harSon]

Does Nolan even have that kind of box office pull without the Batman licence? The Prestige barely cracked $100 million worldwide and the science fiction genre as a whole (There's exceptions obviously) hasn't been doing all that well.

 

[dmshaposv]

Plus all they need to publicize Inception in trailers and posters is with "From The director of Dark Knight..." It will get a lot of attention.

Avatar also needs to be publicized with the "From the director of the multiple academy-award winning and highest grossing motion picture of all time", and Cameron is set.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Does Nolan even have that kind of box office pull without the Batman licence? The Prestige barely cracked $100 million worldwide and the science fiction genre as a whole (There's exceptions obviously) hasn't been doing all that well.

Here is the trailer bits that will give enough pull:

'From the Director of THE DARK KNIGHT'

'Leonardo Dicaprio'

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I'm going to see this movie without knowing ANYTHING about the movie. Should be fun (and hard to resist considering the massive TDK GAF thread )

 

[Spire]

Does Nolan even have that kind of box office pull without the Batman licence? The Prestige barely cracked $100 million worldwide and the science fiction genre as a whole (There's exceptions obviously) hasn't been doing all that well.

The Prestige came out before Nolan was the director of the second highest-grossing movie of all time.

 

[dmshaposv]

Here is the trailer bits that will give enough pull:

'From the Director of THE DARK KNIGHT'

'Leonardo Dicaprio'

You forgot "This Summer..."

 

[Solo]

Does Nolan even have that kind of box office pull without the Batman licence?

No. Hell, GAF wouldnt be all over his nuts had has filmography jumped from Insomnia to The Prestige to Inception. Your average joe doesnt know Chris Nolan - he isnt a Spielbergesque household name yet.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Plus all they need to publicize Inception in trailers and posters is with "From The director of Dark Knight..." It will get a lot of attention.

Avatar also needs to be publicized with the "From the director of the multiple academy-award winning and highest motion grossing picture of all time", and Cameron is set.

Please, you know most people look back on the time of Titanic with disdain.

They need to say 'From the director of Aliens, Terminator 2 and Titanic'. So there its appealing to all crowds and not turning the male audience away.

 

[harSon]

Here is the trailer bits that will give enough pull:

'From the Director of THE DARK KNIGHT'

'Leonardo Dicaprio'

"From the director of Batman Begins"

and

"Starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, and Scarlett Johansson" isn't something to sneeze at.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

"From the director of Batman Begins"

and

"Starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, and Scarlett Johansson" isn't something to sneeze at.

Of course not. But Batman Begins didn't set the world on fire and DiCaprio has more pull than any of them.

 

[dmshaposv]

Please, you know most people look back on the time of Titanic with disdain.

They need to say 'From the director of Aliens, Terminator 2 and Titanic'. So there its appealing to all crowds and not turning the male audience away.

I personally think Fox is going to cash in on Titanic alone - as much as GAF hates it -Titanic is a landmark film that is known throughout the world.

Even the smallest kids in the obscure slums of india will identify with Titanic and Celine Dion's song.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

No. Hell, GAF wouldnt be all over his nuts had has filmography jumped from Insomnia to The Prestige to Inception. Your average joe doesnt know Chris Nolan - he isnt a Spielbergesque household name yet.

I don't know, my dad never saw either Batman movie until after he saw The Prestige, and he LOVED that movie. Always would ask me "What's Nolan working on?"

Purely anecdotal though.

 

[DMczaf]

Hell, David Goyer has been living off "FROM THE CO-WRITER OF THE DARK KNIGHT/BATMAN BEGINS"

When will we get FROM THE DIRECTOR OF BLADE TRINITY!

 

[dmshaposv]

So wait, Nolan is going to do Batman 3 after inception, right? Or does he plan to do something in between the two? What is this talk of a Universal film?

 

[DMczaf]

So wait, Nolan is going to do Batman 3 after inception, right? Or does he plan to do something in between the two?

No one knows what he's doing after Inception "officially", most people figure WB bought the script and gave him the budget because he agreed to do Batman 3 next.

They might announce Batman 3 officially soon though to lock in a date.

 

[charsace]

Hell, David Goyer has been living off "FROM THE CO-WRITER OF THE DARK KNIGHT/BATMAN BEGINS"

When will we get FROM THE DIRECTOR OF BLADE TRINITY!

Goyer's publicist denies any knowledge of other works that are not Batman Begins.

 

[BootlegSnackz]

did I get in before "DiCaprio for Riddler!"??