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There's no good guys or bad guys in this - it's just the way the business is. Then DreamWorks started getting into a fight with Paramount. "Steven was now at Paramount, which Universal was never very happy about.
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"They made a deal that they would do it together, which ultimately caused some problems," Rosenberg explains.
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(DreamWorks and Universal had almost made a version of the film in the 1990s when Rosenberg was first pitching the idea.)
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Both directors wanted the movie to be made by their respective production companies, DreamWorks and Imagine Entertainment.Īt the time, DreamWorks had a deal with Paramount, while Imagine was set up at Universal - which had previously been Spielberg's home for many years - requiring the two studios to team up to make Cowboys & Aliens a reality. Besides Favreau, two other major Hollywood power players were part of the film's long journey to the big screen: Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard. Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig in 'Cowboys & Aliens' (Photo: Timothy White/©Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection)Īccording to Rosenberg, studio politics - not box office - is what ultimately killed the chances of a Cowboys & Aliens 2. So it grossed a great amount and had it cost less, it would have been touted as a major success."
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"It did gross $175 million, and when you add DVD sales and TV and everything, it's probably double that number - and that's in 2011 dollars. "If the movie cost $60 million less to make, it would have been considered a much bigger hit," he tells Yahoo Entertainment now. Looking back a decade later Cowboys & Aliens creator, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, has a different takeaway about the project he shepherded from the page to the screen. While the film grossed more than $175 million worldwide for, the film's price tag was just shy of $160 million, leading some to label it a disappointment compared to blockbuster competitors like Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, all of which went on to spawn multiple sequels. When the dust settled, though, the Jon Favreau-directed sci-fi Western - which starred Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford as Old West cowboys battling invading aliens - proved a one-and-done affair. When it hit theaters ten years ago on June 29, 2011, Cowboys & Aliens, based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name, had all the necessary ingredients to dominate the summertime spectacle competition, and launch a new film franchise in the process. A canvas as large as the American West, with a budget and action set pieces to match. A director hot off the success of launching an entire comic book movie universe. (Photo: Zade Rosenthal/©Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection)Īn enormous cast populated by iconic movie stars and beloved character actors. Daniel Craig stars in Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.