Post by Vits on Nov 15, 2018 9:57:18 GMT
I'm not taking movies split into 2 parts after being filmed into consideration.
There are plenty of series where some installments are filmed back-to-back, but not all of them. I ask the question because there are so many movies that obviously try to start a new series. Things are set-up and left open-ended so, when the sequel isn't made, it feels unsatisfying. You'll probably tell me that they don't do this until there's evidence of a profit. Well, I think THE LORD OF THE RINGS is the only series completely filmed back-to-back. While it was based on a popular I.P. it was still seen as a financial risk. There have been other movies based on arguably more popular I.P.'s that should've done this. Movies that didn't spend enough time trying to work as a stand-alone story. I think that these things are more tolerable when it's a fact that a follow-up is coming, which is why I think the completely back-to-back approach would make more sense financially.
By the way, what if they had filmed all the DIVERGENT movies back-to-back but they had been released in the same dates? ALLEGIANT would've still flopped at the box office but the studio would've been forced to release ASCENDANT anyway, right?
There are plenty of series where some installments are filmed back-to-back, but not all of them. I ask the question because there are so many movies that obviously try to start a new series. Things are set-up and left open-ended so, when the sequel isn't made, it feels unsatisfying. You'll probably tell me that they don't do this until there's evidence of a profit. Well, I think THE LORD OF THE RINGS is the only series completely filmed back-to-back. While it was based on a popular I.P. it was still seen as a financial risk. There have been other movies based on arguably more popular I.P.'s that should've done this. Movies that didn't spend enough time trying to work as a stand-alone story. I think that these things are more tolerable when it's a fact that a follow-up is coming, which is why I think the completely back-to-back approach would make more sense financially.
By the way, what if they had filmed all the DIVERGENT movies back-to-back but they had been released in the same dates? ALLEGIANT would've still flopped at the box office but the studio would've been forced to release ASCENDANT anyway, right?