ayayrawn
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I guess I was thinking someone like Guillermo del Toro, for whom his Hellboy movies are every bit as much a personal labor of (unabashedly silly) love as his Criterion Collection-released films.
Definitely an exception, I wish we were still in a time where weird major studio shit like this was still the norm. GDT's Hellboys would be vetted and chopped to hell in 2021.
I don't know. I like cape shit and would definitely go see a movie about a female superhero magician if it's as well written as Promising Young Female. I don't think she's just doing it for a payday. Maybe she'd like to write a unique superhero story. Kind of like Phoebe Waller Bridge writing the screenplay for a Bond film.
I hope this is the case, but my cynicism tells me otherwise. PWB only did the rewrites on the Bond film, but I'm definitely excited to see how that turns out.
I dunno, I liken it to bands or musicians getting a major label deal. Sometimes (a lotta times) the music suffers because a bigger budget doesn't always mean better music. Too many cooks and all that. But you can't help but be happy for them because they've put in their dues and are getting noticed in a major way. Not to mention the money is better. I don't feel bad for these people, but yes sometimes the art suffers. Especially in a setting such as MCU, which is already super formulaic and keeps a certain tone, they have to know that their voices aren't going to completely translate into the film. But sometimes you gotta do a money project so you can afford to do more passion projects.
To a degree I think this is true, and it would definitely depend on the label/movie studio, but I feel like musicians have much more freedom than a director would. If an album's budget was 150 million, the producer would absolutely be coming in to twist their arm.