Wednesday 4 September 2013

Hollywood Babble On & On #1065: Two Little Drips From My Brain Pan

FOX GOES SWEDISH

Fox TV has inked a deal with a Dutch company called Eyeworks to start a program designed to develop Scandinavian writing talent, like this guy...
Bjorn Borkborg writer of "Bork! Bork! Bork!"
Okay, just kidding.

But there's a very simple reason Fox is doing this.

Money.

Scandinavian thrillers and crime stories are hot right now from best-selling books, to successful TV formats. They are also, unless it's being directed by David Fincher, capable of being produced for under $100 million.

HE HAS A POINT

Michael Douglas says that the major studios are afraid of risk...


He has a point. Not a complete point, but a point nonetheless.

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