Nearly 20 years later, is still finding inspiration in the musical biopic genre, despite previous jabs at his work. The 2x Oscar nominee, who co-wrote and directed the 2005 Johnny Cash pic , has not been scared off from paying cinematic tribute to other legendary musicians after the parody (2007). “I found hilarious.
But I also never understood why satire would negate making the real thing anymore,” he told . “I wasn’t frightened off any more than Robert Eggers should be frightened of making a monster movie in the face of or if another filmmaker might be frightened of making a Western in the face of . It’s unfair to say that if someone makes a satire of a genre, it somehow has put a tombstone in the genre for all time.
That seems a little ludicrous to me.” Although , who played the titular musician in the -helmed , said they “ ” with the parody, Mangold thinks the following lull in the genre was unrelated. “That was just that they had run their course for that moment,” he told .
“It takes so long to make a movie that I don’t think things operate in quite the instantaneous fashion where everyone suddenly stays away.” Mangold still has a good sense of humor about , which Kasdan co-wrote with . “I was more unnerved that the studio who made the movie paid twice as much for and refused to pay half as much for ,” he said.
With a $28 million budget, grossed more than $186 million. Although received a $35 million budget, it fell flat with a little more t.
