{"id":2269,"date":"2011-01-04T05:27:30","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T05:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2011-01-04T05:27:30","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T05:27:30","slug":"kevin-smith-did-not-direct-cop-out-for-the-payday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/kevin-smith-did-not-direct-cop-out-for-the-payday\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Smith Did Not Direct Cop Out For The Payday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/em>Many have said that director Kevin Smith directed the movie “Cop Out” for the paycheck. Smith recently took to the his Twitter to set the record straight and admitted he even took a pay cut to direct Cop Out<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Here is a \u00a0tweet<\/a> from Smith on January 1st and January 2nd, 2011. He goes into detail explaining the extent of the pay cut he took:<\/p>\n

Via @doubleplusgeoff \u201cyou\u2019d do a lot for your credibility if you\u2019d just come right out & say that CopOut was a \u2018gettin paid\u2019 movie\u201d I wish I could. But I actually took an 84% pay cut to make #CopOut \u2013 because I wanted to work with BruceWillis. Lots of us did. Tracy got paid more than me, but not much. I also gave BACK half my already-way-less salary to get the film green-lit: there was a budget crunch to get to the $35million the studio wanted, so Marc Platt & I each gave up half our salaries IN ADDITION to the big dip in our quotes we\u2019d agreed to. When all was said & done, we came in way under budget. Final cost: $32mil \u2013 $3mil less than we were allotted. Contractually, WB didn\u2019t have to give me the money I gave up until they were in the black, but since we came in under budget, they cut me a check for the re-investment I\u2019d made BEFORE the flick hit theaters. And even then, I still made 80% less than I did on my previous flick. I made MORE as the director of DOGMA in 1998 than I did as the director of COP OUT in 2009\/2010.\u00a0So please: enough with the \u201cyou musta got PAID\u201d bullshit. I didn\u2019t. Both my agent & \u00a0my lawyer were like \u201cDon\u2019t do this. You can get paid more making a Kevin Smith movie.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Directing Cop Out<\/em> allowed him to make\u00a0Red State<\/strong><\/em>. It makes sense, stars do that all the time He goes on to say:<\/p>\n

But I knew if I wanted to make RedState, I had to make CopOut. There were things I needed to learn, and I learned them \u2013 while making a financially responsible buddy cop homage for a major studio, from a script I didn\u2019t write. I\u2019m sorry you didn\u2019t like CopOut; feel free to skip RedState if you feel betrayed in some way. But to suggest I did #CopOut for the money is ludicrous \u2013 as it was the least I\u2019ve been paid to direct a film since 1998 \u2013 11 years prior. CopOut may not fit into your KevinSmith narrative, but I know where my story goes \u2013 and it was the keystone to everything that RedState is.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He concluded his statements by delivering an important life lesson:<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t live in STAR WARS, kid. Motivations aren\u2019t always as simple & clear as \u201cThe Empire is bad! Save the galaxy!\u201d You may not understand why I do what I do, and that must frustrate you. But in a couple years, it\u2019s all gonna make sense. And by the time it does, you won\u2019t care anymore anyway. But at least I\u2019ll have the record of this exchange; that and it\u2019s one more question I won\u2019t have to answer again. So thanks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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