Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Chloë Sevigny (Cocorico), Luca Guadagnino’s new movie, Luca Guadagnino’s new movie (Call Me By Your Name, Challengers) has some great people in the cast. A”Premium movie for adultsAccording to the American producers, who had every chance in the Oscar race, which is about to begin.
The film, which tentatively opened in theaters on October 10th in the US, will finally be released here on Amazon Prime, with no date announced yet. But what happens on film?
what are you talking about
The life of a respected professor at a prestigious university, Alma Olson (Julia Roberts), is turned upside down when a student, Maggie Price, accuses a close colleague of “crossing the line” after a late-night study session.
As rumors spread and the university community becomes polarized, Alma is faced with a moral dilemma: defend her authority or listen to the voice of a brave student, despite the faculty’s initial misgivings.
Big failure in the United States
Then The Hunt had a comfortable budget of more than $70 million for a “proprietary film,” as our colleagues revealed. term. Already poorly received by critics, its limited release (and almost no promotion) grossed just $1.5 million in US theaters. An amount that is very low, especially since word of mouth among viewers is very mixed, which does not bode well for the future.
But Deadline journalists reveal that of this 70 million, the actress Julia Roberts swallowed 20 million dollars just for her salary, that is, almost a third of the total budget of the film! A demand that raises questions when we know that the economy of “premium cinema” is in great danger of being completely absorbed by the big blockbusters.
Should an actor demand the same salary because he is a “star” regardless of the movie he is in? If there’s no obvious answer to that question, the precarious status of “premium films for adults” in American cinema requires some quick (very quick) thinking about it.
Source: Allocine
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