money is less important than passion for the project.
A great example is ghostbusters (1984) vs ghostbusters (2016).
One was a passion project of Dan Ackroyd's that he shopped around for years before it fell on Ivan Reitman's desk. Reitman loved the idea so he had Ackroyd get in touch with Harold Ramis to polish the script a bit. It was produced on a shoestring budget and became a global phenomenon.
The other was handed to a director who had to be practically bribed into accepting the job and was so awful, the one actress who was actually a fan of the original apparently had near-daily meltdowns over how much it sucked. it had a powerhouse budget and didn't make half the money it was expected to.
money is less important than passion for the project.
A great example is ghostbusters (1984) vs ghostbusters (2016).
One was a passion project of Dan Ackroyd's that he shopped around for years before it fell on Ivan Reitman's desk. Reitman loved the idea so he had Ackroyd get in touch with Harold Ramis to polish the script a bit. It was produced on a shoestring budget and became a global phenomenon.
The other was handed to a director who had to be practically bribed into accepting the job and was so awful, the one actress who was actually a fan of the original apparently had near-daily meltdowns over how much it sucked. it had a powerhouse budget and didn't make half the money it was expected to.
oh also, fuck free-to-play.