Producers Roundtable: Charlize Theron, David Heyman, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Dan Lin | Close Up 

You should see the roundtables with Stacey Wilson-- she was just amazing!

Jib M - as if theaters doesn’t want to screen Disney/TFA more than other films. TFA is the biggest domestic movie, there was a demand for it. Any business would go for it than other movie that wasn’t selling as much. I’m sure they would do the same even if Disney did not asked them to. Yes, there are a lot of small films that are really good but if the money are on the blockbusters the theaters would screen them more. Domestic gross are dwindling if not for these blockbusters a lot of theaters would’ve close by now. With how expensive it is now to go to movies many people would rather wait to watch these smaller films in streaming and only go for those blockbusters or event movies, that’s just the truth. I’m not defending Disney here, I’m just merely saying the obvious. Businesses like theaters would always go where the money is.

Completely agree! Glad there’s still filmmakers out there who are making outstanding films and maintaining the quality of great cinema

Studios green light movies and let the box office do what it does. Independent Producers need to know that their picture can be distributed, know there will be a return, know that their movie will be seen. If you remove the possibility of screening in a main theatre, the Indie is doomed.

I want her to read me bed time stories

Same. I was least interested in listening to the producers table but it was very informative and uplifting. I learned a lot and I'm happy I didn't skip it.

This moderator has always been my favorite

when you realize ,he also produced all of harry potter movies

@@akhilrana8112 And he produced a great film called Paddington (and the sequel). A great family film with a CGI animal character.

two of the most over-hyped films of year!

Carmichael K. I like your sense of humor, it’s really something else.

@@colepitt2184 The Irishman was made at least a decade too late and Joker is art house lite for the comic book crowd, a vapid piece of cinema.

Carmichael K. Okay say we go with your statement “The Irishman was made a decade too late”, that still doesn’t take away from the beautiful direction by Scorsese, the class A acting by Pesci, Pacino, Graham (just to name a few), the dynamite screenplay by Zaillian who’s dialogue is so witty it becomes Tarantino like at some points and the amazing production design. The whole picture plays like an elegy. People have mixed opinions about the CGI and cool it’s your opinion. You can also say it’s not Goodfellas or Casino but it’s not supposed to be. It’s a politics and gangster milleur. It’s not supposed to be flashy or fast. It’s more somber and poignant. As far as the Joker, most people think it’s brilliant and the whole movie is not supposed to be a typical superhero movie. Todd Phillips didn’t want to make superhero fluff. At the end of the day you’re entitled to your opinion.

Once Upon A Time🖕🏻

Thr 33 I know right... it’s like where’s the trust especially in such great talent

Kim Townsel I’ve heard several actors state this. Amy Adams for one...really inspiring ❤️

I love how positive everyone is to Netflix. It seems their game plan of attracting top talents are paying off. That's why I stay subscribing too, they support great contents that would've otherwise stayed unmade.

i agree but this still ain’t aged well 😂

The way I see it, on one hand you have the artists (directors, writers, actors, DPs, etc.) who should and do try to create a piece of art, and on the other hand you have the people who put in the money (studios, etc) whose main concern is the profitability. Producers fall somewhere in the middle, trying to keep a delicate balance, managing a million little things. Much in the way that the saying for actors ("there are no small parts") goes, when it comes to making a movie, every aspect and every person in the production play their important role.

Next Monday perhaps?

aljanat5 did you write marriage story? That was a good one.

aljanat5 I see my bad. What part of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood did you write?

They're busy writing.

because harry potter is a piece of shit

@@FoodforThought12345678dsds your life is a piece of shit.

@@FoodforThought12345678dsds I wouldn't say it's shit, there was a lot of effort put into those movies. The only things I consider bad is some sections of the story and maybe the pacing at times but everything is very solid

Because he already talked about Harry Potter at the producers roundtable he was on in 2013

Nobody cares about HP anymore, JK Rowling saw to that with her tweets and shitty scripts for Fantastic beasts.

I LOVE GALLOWAY.

@@mudslynger2109 Me Too GOD Bless Galloway ❤️

She sucks in my opinion- very boring

seriously hahaha

Okay, Galloway, enough with the posting from multiple accounts.

REALLY hope it happens!! They need to start filming it like.......now though, like this year

No se, verlos a todos viejitos como que va a ser deprimente creo.

Variety makes similar roundtables focused on tv. They're great. Look it up.

There is already a director's roundtable with Martin Scorsese, Todd Philips, Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig, Lulu Wang and Fernando Meirelles.

Too late. They already did a director roundtable.

It’s already out, Bong was out of the country when they recorded it unfortunately.

Małgorzata Dziekońska there’s no one way on how a story is developed. You could be a writer who writes a script and then teams up with a producer to get it made. You could be a producer/writer who then brings a director on board or you could be a director/writer who teams up with a producer to develop it. David Hayman for example as a producer read the Harry Potter book before it came a global hit and then developed it into the film series.

being extremely rich

@@swantonist That's not entirely true. A lot of it can be about asking or pleading to get financing.

amart Produce. Find a great script and make it happen. Even if it’s a short. Get funding, budget, schedule, finding crew, etc.

Of course not! You’re here watching it, so now you know who the others are. You clicked, so you have an interest. :)

No, most producers aren't known. We only know her cause she's an actress.

She totally gave up her accent and talks with the American accent now, isn't that crazy? I love to hear her speak Afrikaans though from time to time 😍

Because it's stupid socialist propaganda.

The creators are not all that fluent in english. Would disrupt the flow.

Language barriers

Señor Poodles smoothbrain take

@@senorpoodles1755 ok

krzysio53a Charlize Theron has never been a “puts butts in seats” type star

6.8 on IMDB doesn't mark it as trash. He said the problem was that people don't go to the cinema for small movies anymore, only blockbusters, which is obviously true. People go to the cinema for a ride. Is your problem the subject matter, or you just didn't like the movie?

@@Darfaultner He does have a point I just don't like he's calling out Marvel and other Disney movies a cheap buck. Some of them are but most come because of the reputation Disney has built over the years, that reputation is the quality of their movies. Even something as okayish as Aladdin live-action can dominate the box-office and that's because the classic is so refined. Tolkien is not a proven series so the film had to have been better if it intended to do more financially.

@@OlafLesniak The need Disney and the other big studios have for their projects to be part of a franchise is what has killed the originality of big-budget movies. Studios will only spend the big bucks on a story that already has an audience, which means that the most original scripts just won't get made if they need a big budget, which is THE problem in Hollywood right now. Maybe Tolkien has nothing to do with this, but I thought I'd mention it. I think it's a real frustration for all writers, producers, directors, actors and film lovers everywhere. I do like Marvel movies, they are genuinely good movies, but I'd much sooner see something with an original concept and story with a budget that big any day. Do we always have to watch men with superpowers fighting each other? I'd love a surprise like the way the Matrix or the original Star Wars or Alien surprised us. Those films are less likely to get made these days, simply because they weren't a known brand at the time.

Its cause she watched her mother kill her father one time.