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9:51 pm - 01/21/2013

Don Jon is getting a wide release!



From JGL's tumblr:

EXCITING NEWS! :oD
I am super stoked to announce that “Don Jon’s Addiction” - the movie I wrote & directed - just closed a really great deal and it’s going to come out all over the world! 
This movie was made traditionally, as opposed to our collective collaborative process here at hitRECord. One day I do hope to make a feature film that way with you guys. I think the success that “Don Jon” has achieved so far will really help us in our future endeavors as a production company.
I do want to say that I have learned so much being hitRECord’s Director - working on all of our short films & various other productions. I could not have done “Don Jon’s Addiction” without all of the experience here on hitRECord & I owe you guys a lot!
Thanks…
And Thanks Again!
<3
J

I've been trying to post some more reviews/interviews to make this a master post but LJ sucks and I keep getting an error. If you want to find some interesting JGL interviews regarding this movie, head over to JGLnews on tumblr. They have a good compilation
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beautifulweddin 22nd-Jan-2013 02:56 am (UTC)



but in all seriousness, im proud of my bb

Edited at 2013-01-22 03:05 am (UTC)
enamored 22nd-Jan-2013 03:05 am (UTC)
gpoy.
bodylikemind 22nd-Jan-2013 02:57 am (UTC)
I can't believe the deal he got out of this movie, like they expect it to make a lot of money back and I don't think it's going to do it but TWC bought Fruitvale so I can't wait to see that and The Spectacular Now is getting released this summer.
darkwarrior 22nd-Jan-2013 03:02 am (UTC)
Probably paid it because of Levitt's recent success, they think that'll somehow translate into big money. Won't happen though.
bodylikemind 22nd-Jan-2013 03:09 am (UTC)
Yeah that's what I'm saying, it's definitely not going to happen because I feel like his movies that have been huge successes recently have had other huge names to draw people in. That and this movie got a lot of negative reviews to go along with the positive ones.
darkwarrior 22nd-Jan-2013 03:11 am (UTC)
I was going to say sometihng along those lines but didn't want to taste the wrath of the Levittes, he's a star but none of his films have been successful because of JGL.
bodylikemind 22nd-Jan-2013 03:13 am (UTC)
I really do love him and think he's a great actor but that is a lot of money they're banking on this movie. More power to them if it all works out!
mschatterboxxx 22nd-Jan-2013 03:41 am (UTC)
LOL, this isn't Tumblr. We're not going to jump on you. He hardly has any stans on here anyways.

I don't disagree with the last part at all even because LBR, up until Inception he was an Indie boy. Many of his films recently are mainstream, ensemble blockbusters. I would have seen TDKR regardless of who played his part. Looper is his biggest "solo" success thus far and people can easily give Bruce Willis credit for the most of the success.

I hope this film makes money because he seems really passionate about it but not a lot of R-rated comedies like his can.
wingnut13 22nd-Jan-2013 06:37 pm (UTC)
You don't know for a fact that it's definitely not happening.

Given the casting of Scarlett & Julianne, and the subject matter, there's a decent chance of it doing well.

As of two days ago, the tally was 19 positive reviews, 3 so-so reviews and 4 awful reviews. I'm wondering where all these negative reviews being mentioned are showing up.
mschatterboxxx 22nd-Jan-2013 03:03 am (UTC)
IDK, 50/50 made a fair bit of money for an R-rated comedy. Not a lot but on an $8M budget, it brought in close to $40M. I don't think this movie's budget is that much larger than 50/50. I'd reckon anyway between $10-15M at the most. Besides Premium Rush, his last few films have done relatively well in terms of BO.
enamored 22nd-Jan-2013 03:05 am (UTC)
hahahahaha premium rush came out??? i didnt even know it had been released
mschatterboxxx 22nd-Jan-2013 03:35 am (UTC)
It wasn't awful but it wasn't good either. I only watched it cause I had nothing to do that weekend and it was before the summer was over.
wingnut13 22nd-Jan-2013 06:49 pm (UTC)
You missed an awesome performance by Michael Shannon.

"Speed" on a bike - great popcorn flick.
robertsbox_xo 22nd-Jan-2013 03:08 am (UTC)
Relativity paid $4 million to acquire the movie, but they also agreed to a minimum $25 million promotional budget. So they'll need to make at least ~$30 million to make a profit, which isn't bad.
robinsparkle 22nd-Jan-2013 03:10 am (UTC)
~$30 million for an R comedy about sex, jersey shor-esque and has Scarlett Johansson in it? I can see it making that, I think.
tracygee 22nd-Jan-2013 06:45 pm (UTC)
No, if they bought it for $4 million with a promised $25 million promotional budget, the film needs to make $60 million to make a profit.

The distributor only gets roughly have of the box office take.

Edited at 2013-01-22 06:45 pm (UTC)
bodylikemind 22nd-Jan-2013 03:12 am (UTC)
Kind of echoing the comments above me but yeah, he's gonna make money off it because it didn't cost him much to make the movie but the distributors need it to make at least $30M just to break even and I feel like most of his movies that came out lately had a bit more starpower to make back the money (50/50 not included). This also has a kind of "out there" subject matter and reviews have been pretty mixed.
robinsparkle 22nd-Jan-2013 03:23 am (UTC)
I'm trying to find a good summary of all of the reviews, but I see a lot more positive than negative official reviews (I've seen a much more diverse mix on twitter, though). I'm trying to read a good mix of them so I'm not biased going into it haha
mschatterboxxx 22nd-Jan-2013 03:34 am (UTC)
Fair enough. I didn't know how much it was bought for cause I couldn't find a good article about it yet (meaning, I didn't really try lol). I have my doubts about this movie too. I think it'll make money but I doubt it's going to be a commercial success like he wants it to be. Like you, I think the subject matter won't be everyone's cup of tea and he's trying to be "smart" "ironic" and "witty" about it, which IMO doesn't always works out well for a commercial comedy.

Meh, still who knows, lots of comedies make tons of money despite my original doubts.
winniechili 22nd-Jan-2013 03:00 am (UTC)
The few people I know who saw this all hated it lol
kalie_m 22nd-Jan-2013 04:39 am (UTC)
Why did they hate it?
winniechili 22nd-Jan-2013 01:40 pm (UTC)
From what I gather, it's mostly a movie that's meant to teach men that porn is bad! You should be nice to da ladies!

It basically reminds dudes that women don't like the word tits, but if you call them breasts you can be a changed man.
brbsb 22nd-Jan-2013 04:50 am (UTC)
Well damn. I was planning on waitlisting this on Saturday at Sundance!
holdmedownxx 22nd-Jan-2013 05:13 am (UTC)
I'm working Sundance and these are what I recommend from what I've seen: Toy's House, In A World, and It Felt Like Love.

Also COG is supposed to be awesome. Good luck!! :)
brbsb 22nd-Jan-2013 05:18 am (UTC)
Thanks!!! Are you a PC local or are you just in town for Sundance?
enamored 22nd-Jan-2013 03:04 am (UTC)
neck beard though, honey.
robinsparkle 22nd-Jan-2013 03:09 am (UTC)
I want to see this badly just because I'm so damn curious
podgie 22nd-Jan-2013 03:11 am (UTC)
he is so cute but his haircut is looking very strange
wildelight 22nd-Jan-2013 03:20 am (UTC)
aw he looks so happy
derrobitch 22nd-Jan-2013 03:30 am (UTC)
from what i hear they're gona have to re-edit virtually everything if they don't want to get slapped with NC-17.
poisoned_summer 22nd-Jan-2013 03:38 am (UTC)
he's like a male taylor swift to me he's so annoying
holdmedownxx 22nd-Jan-2013 05:12 am (UTC)
I went to the premiere of it and idk how i felt. It was really funny but it bothered me in some spots.

the rating thing will be verrrry interesting though.
kalie_m 22nd-Jan-2013 06:34 am (UTC)
Can you tell me what parts bothered you?
robinsparkle 24th-Jan-2013 11:33 pm (UTC)
Can you share/spoil me? I'm so curious and my friend who went didn't go see it -_- lol
prophecypro 22nd-Jan-2013 05:22 am (UTC)
I like the cast for this, its random but pretty interesting.
beachshore 22nd-Jan-2013 07:00 am (UTC)
So who bought it? Anyone know?
tutorgirlx 22nd-Jan-2013 07:11 am (UTC)
A bunch of my friends met him and James Franco a while back and Joseph hooked up with one of them. Without giving away too many details, he's a complete weirdo. Used to have such a crush on him and now every time I see something about him I get so freaked out :(
beachshore 22nd-Jan-2013 07:43 am (UTC)
I think if the degrees of separation with a celebrity were that close to me, too, I'd be freaked out.
ppeak 22nd-Jan-2013 11:24 am (UTC)
what did you find weird about him?
astralwish 22nd-Jan-2013 05:48 pm (UTC)
please don't tell me he's a closet quentin tarantino or something i can't w/ these tainted images
tutorgirlx 22nd-Jan-2013 11:51 pm (UTC)
Well, he likes to dry-hump until he finishes instead of having actual sex because he's "famous so he can't sleep with random girls". He actually said that to her as he was kicking her out of his apartment. Ew.

astralwish 22nd-Jan-2013 11:53 pm (UTC)
WOW THAT IS HORRIBLE PLEASE TELL ME YOU MADE THIS UP LMAO WHAT A PRICK
tutorgirlx 23rd-Jan-2013 12:18 am (UTC)
I wish I was. When she went home with him all of our friends were freaking out, texting me, so jealous. And then the next day it was just like ".......oh wow."
anne_asta 22nd-Jan-2013 07:36 pm (UTC)
"I told you I was freak-ay ..."
shaibitch 22nd-Jan-2013 07:42 am (UTC)
Relativity does good with marketing though so it should do OK, a lady I know worked on the movie and she said it was a blast!
grotesque_xxx 22nd-Jan-2013 11:17 am (UTC)
need trailer
wingnut13 22nd-Jan-2013 06:53 pm (UTC)
And *I* need your avatar!

Yum yum.
grotesque_xxx 22nd-Jan-2013 09:05 pm (UTC)
thank you <3

if you want i can making some Leo icons from DU , just write to me :)
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