When hackers broke into Sony's computer system, they stole a ton of information including emails from MGM president Jonathan Glickman, as MGM is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Those internal memos contain some juicy information regarding the next James Bond film, Spectre . Most alarming, is that Glickman is worried about the film's budget. He says it currently "sits in the mid $300Ms," and wants the producers to cute it down to $250 million. CNN came across this emails adds, "The shooting period already costs $50 million more than the previous film, Skyfall. "
Glickman provided some suggestions to bring down the budget:
- Villa in Rome? It's a nighttime scene, so try doing it in London instead.
- There's fighting on a train! Again! But use fewer carriages -- three instead of four.
- Forget the dramatic finale in the rain. It'll lower the cost of visual/special effects.
- Earn an extra $6 million by showing "the more modern aspects" of Mexico to maximize "the Mexican incentive." (The makers of Spectre are getting paid to film there.)
Glickman comes off fairly sensible as he recognizes that fans of the series expect a big-budget spectacular, but he has to do way he can to reign in the spending. "This is not about 'nickel and diming' the production," Glickman wrote to producer Barbara Broccoli. She wrote back, "cannot find the cemetery or villa in the UK," and refused to back down on four train carraiges.Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal jumped into the discussion with, "It's insane and you know with no script this movie is gonna go overbudget."
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