COMPLETEDAs of November 2015
POST-PRODUCTIONAs of November 2014
Completed principal photography.
PRODUCTIONAs of April 2014
Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn revealed on April 2 that the new Star Wars had already begun filming and most of the cast was set.
PRE-PRODUCTIONAs of October 2013
Producer Bryan Burk stated that principal photography will likely commence in Spring 2014.
DEVELOPMENTAs of November 2012
Toy Story 3 and Little Miss Sunshine screenwriter Michael Arndt will write the screenplay for the new Star Wars film. JJ Abrams will direct. Slated for a 2015 release.
ANNOUNCEDAs of October 2012
Upon purchase of Lucasfilm by Disney, the studio announced a targeted 2015 release date for Star Wars: Episode VII. Followed by additional Star Wars films every two to three years.
CONCEPTAs of October 2010
Representatives from Lucasfilm met with Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to agree to produce Episode VII in the UK. Osborne also committed £25 million ($37 million) of public money towards the film, claiming it was a boost for British culture and the film industry. The Falling Didn't even have that big of a budget just demonstrating how large conglomerate industries, their Budget was funded solely by BFI with £750,000 independent film producers cannot try to compete with these larger conglomerates just on the bases alone of how films are produced in industry.
production spaces at the Bad Robot facility were converted for shooting of Episode VII for the benefit of shooting a minor portion of the film in the United States
The Force awakens like any film had production risks, with the large budget spent can it make the money needed to make profit, The Falling didn't make a profit which raised the ideas of the 4 risk questions
What level of audience will it attract?
Level of Funding neccessary?
Is it Marketable?
Will the funding make a Proditable return?
Well, The falling was a 15 rated Drama mystery, and being a british independent film audiences obviously weren't as interested why it grossed a total £359,082
The film was set in an old mansion like grammer school with off set countryside shoots, this low budget makes sense as no special effects or expensive effects were used.
This Film wasn't marketable, only 1 trailer came out, the only aspect which was slightly marketable was the fact game of thrones Maise Williams was set to star, fans of the show may have been interested.
Will the inclusion of famous Maise Williams the film could have made profit, as well as the low budget Profit could have been made as it is a well organized well shot put together film
Differently,
The Force Awakens had a huge advantage on its side, Star wars being a massive influence in Pop culture and the Star wars trilogy revolutionizing the way film is made, as well the more recent prequels didn't receive well with fans, the original star wars came out almost 40 years ago so older audiences and newer younger audiences, fans of the ever growing merchandise and smaller franchises( Clone wars, Lego etc.) were attracted to this movie.
Star Wars originally was made great by its revolutionary practical effects, and the prequels were dubbed for bad CGI use, The force awakens filmed on 35mm IMAX supporting cameras de-constructed the originals by piece to remake what made the orginals so great and the prequels unloved: Practical Effects, Light humour, How it was shot, real sets and not green screen, Blue screen used instead of green, casting relatively unknown actors, crafting ships and props to life size as well as re hiring John Williams to score the movie. In December 2015, The Mail reported that Ford will be paid $25 million plus a 0.5% share of the revenue. Ridley and Boyega each will receive $460,000 plus a share if the movie grosses over $1 billion. Fisher received $1.5 million and Abrams was paid $5.1 million plus a 2% share of the revenue. For the original 1977 film, Ford was paid $10,000 (equivalent to $39,000 in 2016). The Budget was neccessary for the idea created by JJ. abrams.
Star Wars Episode I although unliked by fans, it grossed $1,027,044,677
| worldwide, and if in plateo with the idea of long awaited sequels first instalment grossing well Jurrassic World's $1,668,984,926 or The Hobbit's $1,021,103,568 or even Toy Story 3's $1,063,171,911 can prove this, it was almost inevitable that The Force awakens would make profit, infact the force awakens £200,000,000 budget was made profit of £45,000,000 in the opening weekend. |
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