It's interesting how many people are commenting on this as if Marty is the one determining the budget and has delusions of grandeur. Aviator, Gangs (where he had to make big concessions in the third act), The Irishman, Vinyl, Boardwalk Empire, all the money is there on the screen.
Yeah, it seems insanely high but there has to be a reason, Tillinger Koskoff and co know what they're doing. If this is the price tag to do it right, then that's what it is.
I asked someone who's read it out of curiosity if it was an epic: "Pretty big scale from roughly 1870s to @DavidGrann & Osage families finding new facts a few years ago. But most of it happens in 20s. If @netflix is smelling profits again, give Marty a free reign--that's what I say, anyways. And people should know. Won't be a normal Western."
So it's possible there's an element none of us are seeing or are aware of. I've also seen someone (although I can't find Scorsese mentioning it) that the film would be different from the book. But a lot of location shooting, probably heavy VFX component in terms of extensions, reconstituting the period, lots of lavish sets, a big scale. Eric Roth describes it as possibly one of the great last westerns.
Paramount clearly still wants to stay on, so sharing the cost with Netflix could be acceptable for them. And yes, it's 200M, but considering how happy Netflix seems (and Marty) with the experience on The Irishman, I'd be surprised if they missed out on this.
Apple seems like a stretch, they're still really green. Universal and MGM could be interesting and obviously, there's the Bond experience.
Yeah, it seems insanely high but there has to be a reason, Tillinger Koskoff and co know what they're doing. If this is the price tag to do it right, then that's what it is.
I asked someone who's read it out of curiosity if it was an epic: "Pretty big scale from roughly 1870s to @DavidGrann & Osage families finding new facts a few years ago. But most of it happens in 20s. If @netflix is smelling profits again, give Marty a free reign--that's what I say, anyways. And people should know. Won't be a normal Western."
So it's possible there's an element none of us are seeing or are aware of. I've also seen someone (although I can't find Scorsese mentioning it) that the film would be different from the book. But a lot of location shooting, probably heavy VFX component in terms of extensions, reconstituting the period, lots of lavish sets, a big scale. Eric Roth describes it as possibly one of the great last westerns.
Paramount clearly still wants to stay on, so sharing the cost with Netflix could be acceptable for them. And yes, it's 200M, but considering how happy Netflix seems (and Marty) with the experience on The Irishman, I'd be surprised if they missed out on this.
Apple seems like a stretch, they're still really green. Universal and MGM could be interesting and obviously, there's the Bond experience.