Universal Won’t Renew Kennedy/Marshall

COMMENTS (8)

• Very surprised to hear that such a successful duo who have brought highly praised films will be let go. Any information if this situation will impact the proposed fourth installment of the Jason Bourne franchise?
  Thank you.

  Comment by Michael Murphy — Saturday December 6, 2008 @ 11:59am PST  Reply to this post

• Gobsmacked by this. They must have been very costly to keep. Otherwise, can’t imagine why Universal would make such a boneheaded move.

  Comment by totally stumped — Saturday December 6, 2008 @ 3:50pm PST  Reply to this post

• I think that they were the reason why M. Knight’s first 3 movies were watchable.

  Comment by seanH — Saturday December 6, 2008 @ 6:04pm PST  Reply to this post

• I’m surprised that Uni would have done this…current economy aside, I’m surprised they wouldnt have kept them on nonetheless.

  I agree with Nikki that DW 2.0 is likely.

  Comment by Charlotte A. Cavatica — Saturday December 6, 2008 @ 7:37pm PST  Reply to this post

• This seems like a foolish move from U., unless the cost was waaay too much for the overhead. But K/M will most assuredly wind up at DW2.0 – they’ve made too many successful films w. Steven et al for K/M simply to go on their own.

  Comment by F. — Saturday December 6, 2008 @ 10:18pm PST  Reply to this post

• Talk about cutting off your nose….I am shorting Uni immediately..

  Comment by Jerryc — Saturday December 6, 2008 @ 10:34pm PST  Reply to this post

• A shocking move, even if tighter times.

  Comment by Harold — Sunday December 7, 2008 @ 1:48pm PST  Reply to this post

• Well, think about it. If K-M goes to Dreamworks 2.0, Uni will still have them, in a way, because of the distribution deal DW has with Uni. And Uni won’t have to pay their overhead. But how will DW support all their deals — Parkes-McDonald, Red Hour, Kurtzman & Orci, etc. — with no money yet? It means a cage match for producers for money and distribution slots. (And yeah, I read the chipper post about how the rest of the DW deal will be funded by April…we’ll see…who really is going to want to buy those bonds in this market?)

  Comment by justathought — Monday December 8, 2008 @ 10:41am PST  Reply to this post