James Bond’s Spectre is going to be the most expensive movie in history.
The upcoming James Bond movie, SPECTRE, is working hard on trying to build upon the critical and box office successes of Skyfall. Skyfall was produced on a $200 million budget and it was essentially worth it since the movie made $1.1 billion worldwide at the box office. Consequently, movie studios are working hard to land another huge payday. According to the recent leaks, SPECTRE is on track to become one of the most expensive movies ever made, if not THE most expensive movie ever made.
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According to emails and memos written by MGM President Jonathan Glickman, the budget for SPECTRE is already at $300 million, and everyone involved in making the new James Bond movie is expected to save money during the actual filming process.
He says the current budget “sits in the mid $300Ms,” but the studio has to drastically cut back to $250 million. And the shooting period already costs $50 million more than the previous film, “Skyfall.”
His suggestions show some Hollywood tricks:
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.)
“We recognize that this movie needs to build on the past few films – and there are expectations we must meet for the audience. Still, we must find further cuts,” Glickman says. “This is not about ‘nickel and diming’ the production.” (Via CNN)
Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal, pointed out how quickly this movie is going to be insanely expensive, “It’s insane and you know with no script this movie is gonna go overbudget.”
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It is hard to understand why a movie requires $300 million to film. Filmmakers must be using real bullets and paying for real hospital treatments and funeral services. Or, maybe it’s the million dollar Aston Martin DB10, that was customized especially for SPECTRE. But, it also doesn’t help that the movie had several Land Rovers stolen.
Customized Range Rovers due to be used in the new James Bond movie “Spectre” starring Daniel Craig were stolen from a parking lot in western Germany, according to the auto maker. The cars were filched, along with other high-end Land Rover models, in October before being shipped to the movie shoot in the Alps although the news only came to light this week. [via]
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