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Peter Molyneux's The Movies
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no one wants to see A list actors anymore
[quote name="Weyoun Voidbringer"]<a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/15/death-of-the-movie-star-hollywood-rethinks-use-of-a-list-actors/">http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/15/death-of-the-movie-star-hollywood-rethinks-use-of-a-list-actors/</a> “‘The (major movie) machine didn’t fly last summer, if you look at the movies and the names, they were not star-driven movies, they really weren’t,’ said Peter Guber, chairman of Mandalay Entertainment and former head of Sony Pictures. “Hollywood insiders say A-listers currently are having trouble with salary demands in the $15 million range or participation approaching 20 percent of gross profits — deals that were once somewhat common for top talent. Instead, they are being asked to take less money upfront and greater compensation only if a film breaks even.”[/quote]