By Ben Miller
If you haven’t heard already, Netflix will continue their quest for world domination with a tentpole feature film, Bright, in December. Directed by David Ayer (End of Watch, Fury), the film stars Will Smith as a Los Angeles police officer who is teamed up with an orc cop (Joel Edgerton) to fight crime and try to make sense of whatever the hell is happening in the trailer. There are fairies, magic wands, elves, swords, Noomi Rapace, and all sorts of other fantastical elements involved.
Let’s talk money. Bright cost $90 million for Netflix to pick up. Half of that cost went in to the film to shoot, while the other half goes to the talent (mostly Smith, Ayer and screenwriter Max Landis). These days, $90 million seems pretty reasonable for a fantasy film starring an A-List “Movie Star”. Suicide Squad, the most recent Smith-Ayer fantasy foray, cost $175 million. [More...]
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