Not hundreds of staff. Not ten projects put into development for each one that emerges, instead 30-40 projects in development at any one time. Locked in positions with key talent. In other words, Revolution is acting like an indie, but on the scale of a studio. In other words, than if you were a studio.
Revolution does have talent deals.
The proof of the pudding What we know is that Revolution does at least have access to the financial muscle to make the movies it says it will make, even if that financial muscle isn t its. Revolution has a six year plan, and it looks a good bet to see it through. The real test will be whether it can produce hits. Well, on paper, some of its projects look very, very good. But the only film we've seen so far is Tomcats.