Tema: Aniquilación (Annihilation, 2018, Alex Garland)

Bueno... por fin tenemos una explicación a este sinsentido: la “pelea” entre los dos productores del film: Scott Rudin y David Ellison...

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...x-deal-1065465

While the move is partly a reflection of the concern studios now bring to releasing challenging mid-budget movies, another reason behind the pending deal: a clash between two of the movie’s powerhouse producers.

In one corner is Scott Rudin, whose many credits include The Social Network and Lady Bird, and in the other sits David Ellison, the head of Skydance Productions, the company that made Geostorm and Terminator Genysis. Skydance is also a major co-financier of Paramount’s slate.

Annihilation is a post-apocalyptic adventure that sees Portman looking for her missing husband while leading an expedition into a territory cut off from civilization. A mysterious contamination, disappearing colleagues, a deadly animal and a being known as the Crawler figure into the story.

The movie, which wrapped shooting July 2016, had a poor test screening this summer that sources say was the root of the conflict. After the screening, Ellison became concerned that the movie was “too intellectual” and “too complicated” and wanted changes made to make it appeal to a wider audience. They included making Portman’s character more sympathetic as well as tweaking the ending.

Rudin, who executive produced Machina, sided with Garland, defending the movie and refused to take notes. Rudin was able to hold his line, according to a source, because he has final cut.

Things got testier from there, with Paramount caught in the middle. The studio ultimately decided that finding another distributor, preferably a streamer, could salvage the situation.

With Ellison not wanting to lose money after the poor performances of Geostorm, the billionaire producer is seeking to avoid a worldwide release and hopes that a digital release may be a better fit. The deal calls for Netflix to cover a good chunk of the production budget, which is in the $55 million range.

It’s also a win for Paramount, which limits its exposure in a deal made by a previous regime.

En esencia: el conflicto surge de un insatisfactorio test screening este verano. Al parecer Ellison (responsable de Skydance), le parecía que el corte era demasiado “intelectual” y “complicado”, y que había que aligerarlo para contentar a la audiencia, a la vez de hacer al personaje de Portman más “simpático” al espectador. Rudin, junto a Garland, ha estado defendiendo el montaje porque tiene derecho de corte final.

Al final, han tirado por el camino de enmedio, y Paramount ha decidido encontrar otro distribuidor. Netflix, al parecer, va a cubrir buena parte de los 55 millones de dólares que ha costado la peli...

Solo espero que el montaje final que veamos sea el “intelectual” y “ complicado”

En fin... veremos.