Post by politicidal on Sept 9, 2019 20:16:11 GMT
Namely at Marvel and other comic book inspired franchises, apparently making it more difficult for smaller films to get green-lit. It certainly hasn't made a dent in your career though, hasn't it J-Lo?
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. Speaking with Variety while promoting Hustlers this weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival, the actor says its tough on filmmakers looking to make people-centric movies.
"First of all, it's hard to make a movie, period," Lopez says about her leap into filmmaking. "It has to be a Marvel comic or some crazy franchise thing but the smaller movies about humanity and people and life and struggles, you don't get that as much unless you do that for nothing and there's no budget."
The initial question that prompted Lopez's response asked the star if she thought it was still tough making female-led movies in 2019. "We couldn't make this movie that way," the actor continued. "On top of the movies themselves, then when you have women characters at the front of it, it's a whole another battle. It's a whole new layer and it's hard to get them made."
comicbook.com/marvel/2019/09/08/jennifer-lopez-tough-making-movies-not-marvel/
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. Speaking with Variety while promoting Hustlers this weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival, the actor says its tough on filmmakers looking to make people-centric movies.
"First of all, it's hard to make a movie, period," Lopez says about her leap into filmmaking. "It has to be a Marvel comic or some crazy franchise thing but the smaller movies about humanity and people and life and struggles, you don't get that as much unless you do that for nothing and there's no budget."
The initial question that prompted Lopez's response asked the star if she thought it was still tough making female-led movies in 2019. "We couldn't make this movie that way," the actor continued. "On top of the movies themselves, then when you have women characters at the front of it, it's a whole another battle. It's a whole new layer and it's hard to get them made."
comicbook.com/marvel/2019/09/08/jennifer-lopez-tough-making-movies-not-marvel/
