When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works.
Director Michael Bay has shared that he andJames Cameronhave been discussing the state of the movie industry.
“No one can greenlight anything anymore.
It’s just so slow.
It’s a very different business.
“During Armageddon, those were the days,” he continued, referring to his ‘98 disaster movie.
“We had Jonathan Hensleigh, the writer.
We sat down for two or three weeks.
We had the NASA guy come into my office.
We worked out this 20-minute pitch.
We go into [former WaltDisneyChairman] Joe Roth’s office.
This would be my third movie.
And Joe, he’s like a real old time, cool studio executive.
He goes, ‘That’s going to be my July 4th movie.
I want to name it Armageddon.’
We walk out and we’re looking at each other.
‘Did he just greenlight that movie?’
That doesn’t happen now.
But that’s how it used to happen.”
Avatar 3, titled Fire and Ash, arrives this December 19.
In the meantime, fill out your watchlist with our guide to the most excitingupcoming moviesof the year.
