Comments on: Wes Anderson’s ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ Downgraded To Fox Searchlight? https://staging2.theplaylist.net/wes-andersons-fantastic-mr-fox-20090511/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 10:00:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: Anonymous https://staging2.theplaylist.net/wes-andersons-fantastic-mr-fox-20090511/#comment-6989 Wed, 13 May 2009 12:42:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=7556#comment-6989 @Nick. Not shocked. Those guys do that type of shit all the time without sourcing. They’re really bad about it. Look at old /Film stories from like 2006 when they first started and you’ll see wholesale ripoffs.

]]> By: Nick Tinsley https://staging2.theplaylist.net/wes-andersons-fantastic-mr-fox-20090511/#comment-6982 Wed, 13 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=7556#comment-6982 Oh, and I was going to mention that Coraline was Focus Features, not Universal, and that didn’t stop its box office prospects. Searchlight can do the same with this, so long as they don’t ONLY target hipster/art house audiences.

]]> By: Nick Tinsley https://staging2.theplaylist.net/wes-andersons-fantastic-mr-fox-20090511/#comment-6981 Wed, 13 May 2009 10:29:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=7556#comment-6981 I forgot to mention they were both posted a day before the Slashfilm story. That was meant to be in the middle somewhere.

Irony: word verification for this comment, “cheat.”

]]> By: Nick Tinsley https://staging2.theplaylist.net/wes-andersons-fantastic-mr-fox-20090511/#comment-6980 Wed, 13 May 2009 10:28:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=7556#comment-6980 Slashfilm seems to have taken it upon themselves to repost the front page of Wes Anderson fan Site Rushmore Academy without sourcing.

Specifically these
http://www.rushmoreacademy.com/2009/05/08/confirmed-mr-fox-is-fox-searchlight

http://www.rushmoreacademy.com/2009/05/10/mr-fox-trailer-in-july

I know that because I wrote the second story, and it’s doubtful Slashfilm were just randomly looking at Wikipedia pages for the immense amount of films they cover. Dicks.

]]> By: rodrigoperez https://staging2.theplaylist.net/wes-andersons-fantastic-mr-fox-20090511/#comment-6910 Mon, 11 May 2009 14:59:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=7556#comment-6910 let’s say the average film at Fox Searchlight makes $20 milion to be generous and the average Fox film makes $50 million.

That’s how it’s downgraded. It’s not a diss at Searchlight. We love them, but it SUGGESTS that the picture is not in the mainstream Fox wheelhouse, where it was obvs originally scheduled to be. That is all.

]]> By: Anonymous https://staging2.theplaylist.net/wes-andersons-fantastic-mr-fox-20090511/#comment-6909 Mon, 11 May 2009 14:52:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=7556#comment-6909 how exactly is Fox Searchlight a downgrade?

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