Industry Insight from WriteMovies CEO ALEX ROSS who is interviewed about the importance & composition of Hollywood Blockbusters in the prestigious “Independent” of London. Read More Here…
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Audiences watching Peter Berg’s Battleship, the film based on the Hasbro game (yes, really), could be forgiven for thinking for a moment that they had walked into a screening of Transformers instead. A few million-dollar explosions here, an apocalyptic alien invasion there… Battleship, out now and receiving lukewarm reviews at best, and scathing ones at worst, is chock-a-block with eerily familiar special effects, from extraterrestrial battle scenes to a ship-sinking that James Cameron would be proud of…
…the real success of a film is not gaining critical, or even audience appeal, says Alexander Ross, a film producer. It is getting bums on seats. If the effects in the trailer, along with a star lead, known director and a “presold”…