Pirates of the Caribbean
However, it is hard to deny a simple truth-- Jerry Bruckheimer has found a consistency of being behind blockbuster films that have an entertainment factor pushed to the max. Sure, there will always be a couple lines of dialogue that seem out of place, but this guy is box office gold!
Also noticing this consistency, Disney has moved forward and signed a new five-year deal with Jerry Bruckheimer; a deal that will put the largest ding in Walt Disney's wallet.
Disney and Bruckheimer
According to Variety, Disney, who has recently put the bulk of their budget behind Bruckheimer, has signed a new five-year deal with producer.
Some may have expected this type of arrangement, considering that it is Bruckheimer is spending somewhere near $550M of Disney's cash for the upcoming back-to-back sequels for Pirates of the Caribbean.
Though the money that will be shoveled over to Bruckheimer will come in gross amounts, the producer's box office history with the studio speaks louder than words.
Bruckheimer and the late Don Simpson left Paramount to join Disney back in 1991. Since then, with Simpson or solo, Bruckheimer has produced Crimson Tide ($159 million worldwide), Enemy of the State ($251 million), The Rock ($336 million), Armageddon ($555 million), Pearl Harbor ($450 million) and Gone in Sixty Seconds ($232 million). Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl pic grossed $652 million worldwide. Bruckheimer then went on to produced National Treasure ($350 million), a film that is currently greenlit for the sequel.
Besides film Jerry Bruckheimer is also a big name in television. With shows such as CSI, people would have wondered why Disney had not gone for the whole package. Unfortunately, Disney, under ex-CEO Michael Eisner, missed the boat for Bruckheimer television when they had their network, ABC, back off of various Bruckheimer programming.
With Bruckheimer and Scott Rudin in Disney hands, the studio now boasts two of the industry's highest-profile producers, with Bruckheimer likely to focus on tentpoles and Rudin slotted for more highbrow material.
Stay tuned for updates.
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