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Re:Netflix Is Now Available Around the World by jmathai on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @04:05PM (#10853760)
There are 2 sides to the transaction and it comes down to margins. If the margins don't exist to pay Harrison Ford $40M then either he takes less $ or another actor is found.
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Re:Netflix Is Now Available Around the World by kbutler on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @08:59PM (#10855470)
>Or the movie doesn't happen and we will see movies of lower quality because of that in coming years?

Hard to imagine how that would be possible...

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Re:Netflix Is Now Available Around the World by ponyous on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @05:57PM (#10854568)
Or the movie doesn't happen and we will see movies of lower quality because of that in coming years?
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Re:Netflix Is Now Available Around the World by qbrass on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @07:22PM (#10855037)
The original Star Wars did okay using no-name actors instead of paying Harrison Ford $10 million just to show up.
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Re:Netflix Is Now Available Around the World by cageface on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @08:20PM (#10855296)
But they paid Alec Guinness very handsomely for his role.
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Re:Netflix Is Now Available Around the World by davidgay on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @09:27PM (#10855560)
Though it did do ok paying Harrison Ford to (not just) show up.
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Re:Netflix Is Now Available Around the World by corin_ on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @07:08PM (#10854969)
If the industry shifts to paying its top stars smaller but still large sums of money then maybe Harrison Ford won't accept that, but the best actors in the next generation who weren't used to getting paid todays rates will.
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Re:Netflix Is Now Available Around the World by marcosdumay on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @08:07PM (#10855227)
Well, I wouldn't jump so fast to the conclusion that those movies would be of lower quality.
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Re:Netflix Is Now Available Around the World by knicholes on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @06:26PM (#10854748)
We end up with YouTube?
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