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The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims

The Big Picture

CHAPTER

Is It True You Stand to Make No Money Off This Movie?

He gave up his profit participation. from Titanic as sort of like make up to Paramount and Fox to not pull the plug on him because it had gone so far over budget. He was at one point drug with PCP and just was like I ain't stopping directing as I was bloodshot. For 99 out of 100 people that obviously would be a terrible business decision. And also the likelihood of the film becoming what it became is virtually nil. In this case it's not only the biggest movie of all time but he has the famous victory at the Academy Awards in which he utters the line The King of the World.

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