Pierce Brosnan is set to star in A Sound of Thunder , a movie adapted from Ray Bradbury's short story that's now in pre-production. This spring, Anschutz set up a second film company, the New York-based Walden Media, which will reportedly tackle educational products that deal with historical subjects or classic books. For Walden, Anschutz teamed up with Cary Granat, former president of Dimension Films, where he was responsible for such historic classics as Spy Kids , the Scream series and the very high-minded Scary Movie . Recent deals could give Anschutz control of a fifth of the country's movie theaters, over 6,000 screens. Creativity should not be accompanied by extravagance.
Successful companies achieve true creativity by functioning efficiently and effectively.
We are confident that we can make successful films while keeping our focus on the bottom line. That's easy for you to say. The gray-haired man's face had a sad look to it. Good-bye, Dirk Pitt. But Phil Anschutz already owns it.