George Lucas To Quit Movie Business

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday October 5, 2006 @03:56AM from the may-the-force-be-with-you dept.

CaroKann writes, "Variety is reporting that George Lucas is getting out of the movie business. Mr. Lucas laments that today's big-budget franchise films are too expensive and too risky. He believes American audiences are deserting their movie going habits permanently. Instead of making major films, Lucasfilm will instead focus on television. Lucas states that for the price of one $200 million feature movie, 'I can make 50-60 two hour movies' that are 'pay-per-view and downloadable.' Notably, he does not plan on distributing movies online, calling online distribution a 'rathole.'"

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Re:Ho Hum by MobileTatsu-NJG · 2006-10-05 04:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"Everyone retires or downgrades thier career. Most of us even change gears once or twice. Nothing to see, move along."

This means he won't be making more Star Wars movies. You and some former owner of a mod-point have a funny definition of "nothing to see here.

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