Filmmaking is a very different business now than back in the ‘80s. Nowadays, if you have a film that does really well and leads to a franchise, it’s most likely that the original filmmaker will get paid a lot of money to keep it going.
But decades ago, that just wasn’t the case, which explains why Ridley Scott is still upset. Speaking to Vanity Fair, while promoting his long-awaited “Gladiator” sequel, the filmmaker talked about the real reason why he wasn’t the filmmaker for any of the ‘Alien’ sequels until decades later.
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