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The tightrope dance between red and black.

Posted by free.ranger on February 3, 2019 at 12:45:47:
Its a precarious place, but seems to always be where movie production sits. Any movie.

Persuading actors with name-draw that people are familiar with, the "stars", to participate is part of the strategy to pull in viewers, helping to make a profit. But this handful of folks is small, and they get huge sums to join in. So the dance into the black isn't guaranteed by including marquee stardom.

The story/script part seems really tricky to pull off, so the same trick is employed as with adding the big-name actors. Use a story, or previous film theme, that was successful before. Example: the A Star is Born retreads. Or go the infinite sequel route.