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By Burbanked on Sep 22, 2007 in Movie Marketing 101, Movies, One-Sheetery | 2,643 views |

Chris at Movie Marketing Madness is, as usual, right - this Fred Claus one-sheet is better than the teaser poster, if only because we’re not subjected here to a massively creepy, all-seeing and perversely staring eyeball of Vince Vaughn. I think that we can all agree to be grateful for that.
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11.20.2008Dedicated screenwriting 101 here: From an interview with Harrison Ford on the MTV Movies Blog in which the inevitability of another Indiana Jones movie is mentioned:
MTV: Is the ball in George’s court at this point? Ford: It is. That’s the process. With some general input he goes off and searches for the MacGuffin and then stumbles into a story. And at some point we have a chance to take a look at and give some input.
Now granted this is Ford’s opinion of Lucas’ “creative process”, yet still: when one of the three principals of the Indiana Jones legacy classifies the story creation process as a haphazard, one-man effort that only superficially seeks outside input, it’s hard not to feel frustrated. Not surprised, just frustrated. Dear Mr. Spielberg: please put your foot down and either demand a coherent story or walk away. Just do us all a favor, could you? Maybe? (found via FilmDrunk)
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