There were bits and pieces of news about but I was like, fuck it. And I’ve got a movie shooting in the desert in California in the coming weeks, but that’s pretty low budget, under $1 million.ĭid it all begin falling off a cliff in March, like the rest of the industry? It hasn’t been announced but a studio pre-bought it. That said, I’ve got something in Serbia that is still looking pretty good for September. But I’ve been doing deals with video games tax credits and bits and pieces of TV. We’ve heard a lot about how the crisis how hurt exhibition and production, but what’s the impact been on film financing?įilm financing has fallen off a fucking cliff. I’d been meaning to get one for a while, and put in on Facebook and dared six other people to do it as well. And because my pub is closed and I love ale, I’ve ordered a load of ales and try to have one each day at 5:30 in the garden. The new things are not baking, although my other half has been doing lots of bread. I’ll be announcing something later this year in the film space. I’m just looking into starting an internet radio station for my pub, Bohemia, and I’m planning to start another company. I’ve got six businesses, so there’s always been a backlog of stuff to sort out. But I am a bit of a workaholic who will make stuff to fill the time. ![]() ![]() But it hasn’t let up - I’ve been working flat out. It’s really nice to have a quieter world. Essentially, if insurance concerns mean that banks won’t back the producers he likes working with, then he will. venues, The Apple Tree has been shut for several months (and is currently hoping for a mid-July reopening, government guidelines permitting), while film financing, he explains, has “falling off a fucking cliff.” Just as the world entered lockdown, he was even forced to charter a 747 to extract the team of John Michael McDonagh’s The Forgiven - another film he’s financing- from Morocco (although Ralph Fiennes was apparently happy to stay).īut speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Hunt explains that, coming out of the pandemic into a very uncertain world also offers something of a “massive opportunity,” especially in the lower-budget film arena. With such a growing empire, the COVID-19 pandemic struck Hunt on several levels. 'Barbie' Trailer, Posters Give First Look at Star-Studded Cast of Humans and Dolls
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