Make a Movie Draft: Signups

UPDATE:
Draft Log:
1. (Ursa) - Wes Anderson - director/writer
2. (Daniel) - Quentin Tarantino - director/writer
3. (Gatsby) - Wong Kar Wai - director/writer
4. (Cole) - Paul Thomas Anderson - director/writer
5. (DrSoup) - Alexander Payne - director/writer
6. (CiCi) - Zhang Yimou - director/writer
7. (Nabby) - Richard Ayoade - director/writer
8. (Adam) - Benedict Cumberbatch - actor
9. (Sean) - Coen Brothers - director/writer

10. (Sean) - Kyle Chandler - actor
11. (Adam) - Jennifer Lawrence - actress
12. (Nabby) - Kate Winslet - actress
13. (CiCi) - Katharine Isabelle - actress
14. (DrSoup) - Mark Ruffalo - actor
15. (Cole) - Michael Fassbender - actor
16. (Gatsby) - Charlize Theron - actress
17. (Daniel) - Al Pacino - actor
18. (Ursa) - Ed Norton - actor

Ursa - Matthew McConaughey - actor
Daniel - Oscar Isaac - actor
Gatsby - Chun Yow-Fat - actor
Cole - Ralph Fiennes - actor
DrSoup - Naomi Watts - actress
CiCi - Glenn Close - actress
Nabby - Ethan Hawke - actor
Adam - Sam Rockwell - actor
Sean - JK Simmons - actor

Sean - Frances McDormand - actress
Adam - Matthew Vaughn - director
Nabby - Craig Roberts - actor
CiCi -
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Cole -
Gatsby -
Daniel -
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Thank you Doctor Soup for (unintentionally) reminding me to post this!

I've done this on another forum and thought it would be really cool to try here.

The only flaw I can think of for this forum is that there would be more interest in foreign actors that are not on the list. I don't really know a solution for this, but if anyone has an idea just let me know.

(copy pasted description from other forum)
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As we all know, Hollywood is a scary place with money hungry producers and scummy talent agents and overpaid movie star actors and actresses. This "Make a Movie Draft" is not just about creating a movie you would enjoy - its also about creating a movie others will watch and finding cast and crew who will work for you within your budget.

Your goal in this Make a Movie Draft is up to you, as always. You may want to create a big budget superhero movie or a small arthouse film or an Oscar bait period piece. But the decisions you make will effect other decisions you can make in the areas of casting, budgeting, writing, etc.

Signups

1. Cole
2. DrSoup007
3. CiCi
4. Daniel M
5. Seanc
6. Ursaguy
7. Nabby
8. Gatsby
9. AdamUpBxtch

Awards: Films will be judged in the following categories (by the rest of the forum members).

-Box office flop/success (each film)

- Best film
- Highest grossing film
- Most entertaining film
- Favorite performance

- Most likely to win the Academy Award for Best Picture
- Most likely to win the Academy Award for Best Director
- Most likely to win the Academy Award for Best Actor
- Most likely to win the Academy Award for Best Actress
- Most likely to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Most likely to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Draft: You will draft the following cast and crew members.

1 Director
1 Writer
1 Executive Producer (if you can't think of producers here is a helpful list)
1 Composer (optional)
8 Actors (minimum)

In addition, you may draft the adaptation rights to a series, book, or real life event. There will be 12 rounds.

Budget: You will have $45 million to spend on your cast and crew. If your producer has had a film gross over $500 million in the past decade, or has been nominated for multiple Best Pictures, you get an additional $5 million in budget. If your director has been nominated for an Academy Award and has never produced a big budget (budget over $50 million) film, Tier 1 and Tier 2 stars will work for $10 million. If you are adapting a major film franchise (film in this franchise has grossed over $100 million) you have an additional $5 million in budget. Your expenses are:

-- $2 million per actor unless the actor is listed below, in which case you pay the salary listed below. After the draft you may sign additional undrafted actors for $500,000 per actor.

-- $2 million for a writer (if your director has writing credits on a feature film, this is optional)

-- $1 million for a composer, unless that composer has won an Academy Award for Best Original Score, in which case s/he will cost $2 million. If you choose not to draft a composer, you will pay $1 million for a popular music score.

Producers and directors work for free, as they get a sizable cut of the box office receipts.

*Note: Director must have had atleast 1 feature length film in the past 5 years (and be alive) to be eligible for drafting.

Actors salaries are based on the Vulture 100 movie stars list, which I broke into four tiers (first 20, next 30, next 30, final 20).



Tier 1 ($15 million)
Jennifer Lawrence
Robert Downey Jr.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Sandra Bullock
Denzel Washington
Angelina Jolie
Tom Hanks
Johnny Depp
Brad Pitt
Bradley Cooper
Channing Tatum
Matt Damon
George Clooney
Hugh Jackman
Will Smith
Ben Affleck
Matthew McConaughey
Christian Bale
Tom Cruise
Amy Adams

Tier 2 ($10 million)
Chris Hemsworth
Liam Neeson
Mark Wahlberg
Shailene Woodley
Vin Diesel
Meryl Streep
Emma Stone
Anne Hathaway
Dwayne Johnson
Melissa McCarthy
Scarlett Johanson
Daniel Radcliffe
Jennifer Anniston
Jonah Hill
Benedict Cumberbatch
Julia Roberts
Mila Kunis
Chris Pine
Kevin Hart
Andrew Garfield
Natalie Portman
Jamie Foxx
Robert DiNero
Daniel Craig
Seth Rogan
Will Ferrell
Jeremy Renner
Reese Witherspoon
Zoe Saldana
Charlize Theron

Tier 3 ($8 million)
Russell Crowe
Ben Stiller
Kate Winslet
Cameron Diaz
Steve Carrell
Cate Blanchett
Jake Gyllenhaal
Daniel Day Lewis
Michael Fassbender
James Franco
Tom Hardy
Bruce Willis
Emma Watson
Chris Evans
Zach Galifianakis
Joseph Gordon Levitt
Chloe Moretz
Chris Pratt
Jeff Bridges
Adam Sandler
Ryan Gosling
Rachel McAdams
Colin Firth
Jason Bateman
Javier Bardem
Justin Timberlake
Jessica Chastain
Kristen Stewart
Jason Segel
Jason Statham

Tier 4 ($5 million)
Tina Fey
Lupita N’yongo
Kevin James
Zac Efron
Keira Knightley
Sean Penn
Julianne Moore
Henry Cavill
Mark Ruffalo
Robert Pattison
Clint Eastwood
Christoph Waltz
Ryan Reynolds
Tyler Perry
Penelope Cruz
Paul Rudd
Anna Kendrick
Naomi Watts
James McAvoy

Can I sign up now and get my list to you later? Cause I need some time to mull over the numbers.

Yeah, but there is a draft so it would look like this..

1st pick - Cole
2nd pick - DrSoup007
3rd pick - 3rd guy
4th pick - 4th guy
5th pick - 5th guy
6th pick - 6th guy
7th pick - 7th guy
8th pick - 8th guy

9th pick - 8th guy
10th pick - 7th guy
11th pick - 6th guy
12th pick - 5th guy
13th pick - 4th guy
14th pick - 3rd guy
15th pick - DrSoup007
16th pick - Cole

and so on..

Oh my God, this looks like a brilliant idea

Ohmygod, I totally misunderstood the idea of it being a draft. This suddenly just got a lot more terrifying and interesting. I love it!

So yes, I'd love to participate if that's okay!

Added both of you guys!

It's certainly a little late to implement a new category since it would probably throw the whole system off but a Cinematographer would be an interesting choice to add to the mix. And how do Executive Producer's work, they just seem to bring in more money if you choose them early on I'm guessing? Also I'm failing to see how not picking a writer effects you, in fact it just saves you money if you think the director can do a good enough job.

The Executive Producers would work with people voting. If there are weak producers/directors then people would probably vote that it'd be most likely a flop.

I'll join.

Do all the actors, and everyone involved have to be alive too, yeah?

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Yessir!

Wow Cole, this is a great idea. I might be too lazy though. Hmmm....

Be my co-producer!

I need all the help I can get lol

I'll be your composer.

Bump for anyone interested

Sounds interesting. Sign me up. If I pick Tyler Perry as my director do I have to pay him to act

I'm in

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I'd be interested if there's places left

If you make Tyler Perry an actor-director you have to pay 5mil, but just as director you get him for free.

Adding yall now

Bump again!

What do you guys think about the actors not listed and their pricing. Should we keep it as it is or find something to help make it more accurate for foreign/lesser known guys.