

But would any American studio touch a story about government-forced child death matches had it not been based on proven material? No. studio unless it was based upon a wildly popular teen book series and there was a void of a teen-fueled franchise - like 'The Hunger Games,' an American teen-friendly rip of 'Battle Royale.' With the ' Harry Potter' film franchise having wrapped up, Lionsgate is chomping at the bit to take its place in pop culture as the next big series.


For example, a movie like 'Battle Royale' would never be made by a U.S. But over there, they're allowed to make whatever they want. Domestically, they're looking for a proven product, a sure thing. There, studios seem to back the odd projects - where in the U.S., they steer clear of them. The more I watch Asian cinema, the more I realize that the filmmaking system in that part of the world is much better than that of the United States.
