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[classicalthunde]

I don't know what the f*ck is going on at Disney, but this is nuts

Disney Reveals $645 Million Spending On Star Wars Show ‘Andor’

Disney has revealed that the cost of making Star Wars show Andor has surged to $645 million after it spent a record $290.9 million last year on filming its second season.

www.forbes.com

I love Andor, don't get me wrong, but no tv show makes business sense at that price.

$645 million over 2 seasons of 12 episodes is roughly $26 mil per ep. I think its easy to forget that 2 Andor seasons is the equivalent of 3 Mando or Ashoka seasons...

At $26 mil per episode, Andor is over the HOTD $20 mil per ep and under Rings of Power's $54 (?!!) mil per episode. So generally speaking, its in the ballpark for a flagship show...

 

[SixOhNine]

$645 million over 2 seasons of 12 episodes is roughly $26 mil per ep. I think its easy to forget that 2 Andor seasons is the equivalent of 3 Mando or Ashoka seasons...

At $26 mil per episode, Andor is over the HOTD $20 mil per ep and under Rings of Power's $54 (?!!) mil per episode. So generally speaking, its in the ballpark for a flagship show...

Maybe the per episode cost is in line with other prestige SF/Fantasy shows; I don't know. And yes, Disney is working tax credits and other options to get money back, so the true cost is lower. My only point is that I don't understand how any of that makes sense. Amazon is going to spend a billion dollars making RoP, in addition to the billion it spent to acquire the rights. HBO could easily end up spending half a billion on HoTD. I just don't understand how those are rational business decisions.

But who cares what I think- if the show's good, and I'm confident Andor will be, let's just watch and be happy it somehow got made.

 

[classicalthunde]

Amazon is going to spend a billion dollars making RoP, in addition to the billion it spent to acquire the rights. HBO could easily end up spending half a billion on HoTD. I just don't understand how those are rational business decisions.

Oh, on that end I 100% agree...as much as I love movies/TV it just seems like a wild way to spend billions dollars...

I guess the vague fashion analogy is when a mainline brand gets a big storefront in SoHo...surely those store fronts don't really move the sales needle for Patagonia or Ralph Lauren in any significant manner, but for some reason they pay those ungodly rents for marketing or whatnot...

Ultimately, I just think the equation of the costs to meet consumer expectations just doesn't work anymore (much like mid-tier dining out but that is a story for day/thread...)

 

[beargonefishing]

My only point is that I don't understand how any of that makes sense.

I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the metric system and the GAP.

 

[Texasmade]

I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the metric system and the GAP.

This always leads to a Banana Republic protected by an Old Navy.

 

[Jr Mouse]

They all want to be one of the remaining players once the dust settles. So they are investing in big projects to keep subscribers. Once the small players give up and get absorbed by the larger ones they can raise prices knowing the public will have no choice but to pay it.

 

[SixOhNine]

I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the metric system and the GAP.

The biggest gap is ur mom's.

 

[beargonefishing]

The biggest gap is ur mom's.

She is a very creative accountant.

 

[Jr Mouse]

Edit: broken link.