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Alfonso Cuarón shook up The Hollywood Reporter's Directors Roundtable a week back (and drew a baffled look from Steve McQueen) when he said that television is more interesting than mainstream cinema nowadays --

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this coming from the man whose "Gravity" is arguably the most audaciously cinematic studio effort of the year.

"I enjoyed the directors talk," Cuarón told Indiewire this morning at a "Gravity" reception hosted by Warner Bros. in New York. "There's not enough time to get into real disagreements. I disagree with them about TV vs. mainstream cinema, but I was not going to get into it because it would have turned into a thing."


Still, for anyone following Cuarón closely, his viewpoint shouldn't come as a huge surprise. As his follow-up to "Gravity," Cuaron is heading to the small screen with "Believe," the NBC drama that he co-created and that J.J. Abrams is executive producing. The show is set for a mid-season premiere in 2014 with a pilot Cuarón directed himself.


"Mainstream TV offers better variety than most mainstream cinema.""I enjoyed doing it," Cuarón said of shooting the pilot (you can watch the trailer here). "After doing people floating in space, everything seemed easy. So I had a blast."

Given Cuarón was cut short from discussing in detail why he feels TV trumps mainstream film at the moment during the THR discussion, Indiewire asked him to elaborate.

"I feel that mainstream TV offers better variety than most mainstream cinema," he said. "Cinema is a cinematic experience, there's no question about that, but it's a small percentage compared to TV. TV offers you narrative; better narrative than cinema. Some shows they even have good cinematic moments, like 'Breaking Bad.' But it's not the norm."

Citing "Broadchurch" and "Mad Men" as two other shows he admires, he went on to stress that TV is where the good dramas are. "There's a complexity to the characters; you miss that in most mainstream cinema.

"Sometimes my kids get upset when I say this. I'm not putting cinema down. But the thematics you can explore in mainstream TV, film studios don't dare touch."

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BurtReynolds wrote:

McParadigm wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

Well, about half of all movies these days are based on picture books anyway, so.

McParadigm wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

Well, about half of all movies these days are based on picture books anyway, so.

McParadigm wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

Well, about half of all movies these days are based on picture books anyway, so.

theplatypus wrote:

McParadigm wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

Well, about half of all movies these days are based on picture books anyway, so.

Just half of the ones you watch

Protest all you want, but I know you have at least a Boba Fett somewhere in your house.

BurtReynolds wrote:http://juanluisgarcia.com/dear-spike-lee/

working for "exposure". lol. I've gotten a few of those "job" offers.

Disney Cracks The Whip, Nabs Rights To Future 'Indiana Jones' Films

"I would do it in a New York minute, yes," Harrison Ford said earlier this year about returning for another "Indiana Jones" sequel. "I don’t think there is any barrier to Indiana Jones being an old fart. I’m old enough that we don’t need (Sean) Connery any more. I’m old enough to play my own father!" And, he might just get his chance to put on the hat and crack the whip one more time.


Last year, when Disney made the monumental deal for Lucasfilm, the focus at the time was on the "Star Wars" brand, resulting in a wave of sequels and spinoffs on the way, starting with J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars: Episode 7" dropping on December 18, 2015. In fact, the studio went out of their way to say they had no plans for Indiana Jones. But Disney has reassessed, it seems, and taken a moment away from star-gazing to focus on the other properties in the Lucasfilm catalog and have struck a deal, obtaining the rights to all future "Indiana Jones" movies. Well, don't they own them already? Not exactly.

Since Paramount produced and distributed the first four movies, they'll be hanging on to those. Moreover, Paramount will also get a cut of any future "Indiana Jones" movies. A small price to pay perhaps for Disney, but they'll more than make up for it as it's a huge property, a still very viable brand with lots of opportunities for them to utilize it via their theme parks and more. In short, it's not a complete surprise they're making this move.

As for whether or not "Indiana Jones 5" is happening anytime soon or has a date on the calendar, that's not clear just yet. But given that shortly following the purchase of Lucasfilm last year, the plans for sequels and spinoffs quickly followed, we wouldn't be shocked if Disney already has a tentative gameplan

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