“Ryan Coogler will have the rights of the movie, although I have not paid to do so” wrote The New York Times by reporting the box office of “Sinners”, the new film by the director of “Creed” (2015) and “Panther Black” (2018).
The agreement closed by Coogler and Warner Bros. It has been given something to say, because it goes against the modus operandi of the film industry. While some call “revolutionary “Others point out as“dangerous “.
When selling the project of “sinners” to Warner Bros., Ryan Coogler imposed some terms: he would have the Final Cut of the Movie – rare privilege that allows it to have full creative control of production; one percentage of the box office on debut week – The most common is that the transfer happens after the studio made profit; and 25 years after the launch, the Director will have the rights of the title .
In an interview with Vulture, an executive of a Warner Bros. competitor. that was not identified classified the agreement as a precedent “very dangerous” which can start the “End of the studio system” .
“Studios exist for a simple reason: to build a library. The lifetime and long -term value of our film properties is what makes a studio a studio. Things like license and display these movies generate millions of dollars a year around the world. So, the whole idea of building your library – and you lose it in 25 years? Wait a second, you just gave up your entire recipe in the future, ”he argued.
Is this the first time such an agreement has been made?
In 2017, Quentin Tarantino made a “unique” and “unprecedented” agreement with Sony Pictures, demanding the rights to “Once Upon a Time… Hollywood” after a specific period – that was not revealed.
Names like Richard Linklater and Mel Gibson have also made similar agreements – resort to justice – but both cases imply copyright – unlike Tarantino and Coogler’s cases.
In an interview with Business Insider, Ryan Coogler stressed the importance for a black director to have a film that is “basically about black culture.”
What do you say “sinners”?
The viewer is taken to the Mississippi Delta region in 1932, a few decades after the end of slavery in the United States, where the black community is segregated and oppressed by hate groups like Ku Klux Klan.
In the plot, Michael B. Jordan lives the twin brothers Smoke and Stack, who have just returned to town and buy a sawmill with the idea of turning into a blues bar.
They recruit many acquaintances and the younger cousin, Sammie (Miles Caton), a talented musician repressed by her pastor father. At the opening, they are surprised by three white people wanting to enter the scene.
This trio proves to be a group of vampires who is determined to turn night into chaos.
Watch the trailer for “sinners”
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This content was originally published in Understand the controversial agreement between the director of “sinners” and Warner Bros. on the CNN Brazil website.
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