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I am pretty sure that this is red-dead wrong, because I have no idea if my assumptions are close to the mark. If you look at the revenue generated from the original Red Dead Redemption, that would stand at about 15 million copies sold. In the works for seven years with a team as high as 1,000 developers, artists, designers, writers, and more, it could very well be the most expensive game of all time. Tilly Jackson's character is spunky and a survivor. Red Dead Redemption 2 has been in production for seven years, but we’ll figure it didn’t require much of a staff for a couple of years as they conceived the design and the team ramped up. Dutch's love interest in Red Dead Redemption 2 needs to be a woman of distinction in the live-action version of the story. It may spend $300 million to market it. I really couldn't make up my mind with this one. Also, there is something about the eyes and hair that match the O'Shea character very well. (If Rockstar tells me how much it cost to make, that would simplify things and I will notify you; Take-Two reports earnings on November 7, but they won’t likely address this.). Above: Red Dead Redemption 2 stars Arthur Morgan (left) and gang leader Dutch Van Der Linde. If you want to play at the highest level of the industry, and if you want to compete with the likes of Rockstar, this is the kind of money you have to put down as your ante. We know that Red Dead Redemption 2 is not going to be in the red. To get to the total cost of paying employees who worked on the game, we’ll have to multiply it by the average salary that these teams received. Charles Smith is part Native American and part African-American. You. Scarlett Johansson has played The Black Widow in a number of Marvel Comics movies including an upcoming film solely about the character. Strong, defiant and independent after the murder of her husband, the Sadie Adler character needs a real-life actress with the ability to pull off a more action-oriented role. I sure hope they give their workers the bonus of a lifetime. If you multiply that by $40 (assuming the usual price of the game is $60, but many of the games were sold at a discount to that peak price, and there are distribution fees), then you get $600 million in revenue on maybe $300 million in marketing and development costs. I know that Rockstar demands a lot of work from its employees. Pena's character was much different than Javier Escuella in that film, but that along with a mixture of his portrayal of Paco Hernandez in American Hustle and Enrique Camarena in Narcos makes me believe he's the right guy for this part. As my wheels spun around with that concept for a couple of days, I began to cast this fictitious film. That includes Borderlands, any new 2K games, some of the Private Division games, and all Rockstar games in development (Max Payne, LA Noire, Midnight Club, possibly Agent, Bully, Manhunt). Between playing Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers Infinity War and Neytiri in the original Avatar and the upcoming four sequels, Zoe Saldana has been busy and productive. Those entities are going to be very useful in financing further blockbuster games. The fact that he looks similar to the character's artistic design only makes him an even more perfect choice. And Rockstar has also said that it will launch a Red Dead Online game, and we can assume another version for the PC is coming. All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience. The Karen Jones character has to be cunning, conniving and charming. It could be a remake of Steel Magnolias, and I'd try to find a role for him. Obviously, Rockstar has leveled up its game when it comes to pouring more resources into its biggest projects such as Red Dead Redemption 2. First, let’s try a little math. I think she can handle the role of Molly O'Shea as well. It's fun to see actors and actresses play roles outside of their usual. The role would be a departure from what we normally associate with Garner, but that's why it's interesting. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Having already dipped his toe in the virtual waters of video game cinematics with Madden's Longshot, Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali could deliver an excellent depiction of Lenny Summers. I try to work Josh Brolin into every movie. Can Sarah Silverman play a character who is supposed to dupe targets into believing she is kind and innocent while she plots to rob and take advantage of them? But I’ll make a big assumption and say that the average Rockstar salary and associated healthcare costs for the company are about $100,000 a year. Hopefully, you're familiar with his work, specifically The Gangs of New York. At $40 a copy (using this because of discounting and distribution costs), that means that Rockstar would have to sell around 23.6 million copies to break even with Red Dead Redemption 2. © 2020 Forbes Media LLC. No chance Red Dead Redemption 2 is 80 percent of the total, but it is likely 25 percent.”. She's been the Seductress in Zoolander 2 and a housewife turned armed-robber in the series Good Girls. Now let’s look at the revenues that had to finance that game. Like Brolin, Johansson is one of those people I try to work into every movie idea. EY & Citi On The Importance Of Resilience And Innovation, Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit — And Pushing For Change. She'll need makeup to age and weather her face, but otherwise, Jennifer Garner has the moxie to play Susan Grimshaw. 1 movie of all time, generated $2.7 billion in box office revenues on a budget of about $237 million. Making Red Dead Redemption one of the most expensive video games ever made. We’re probably not going to find out what the budget was, but indulge me, if you will. He'd need some makeup to lose the hair, but we've already seen him bald in Iron Man. [Updated 10:59 a.m. 10/30/18: Rockstar noted that all of the people who contributed to the game are listed on this site. He's appeared in a number of westerns and played similar characters in the past on both sides of the law. Gleeson has racked up some monumental roles in the past seven years, but his ability to play Maguire is clear to me based on his work in The Revenant as Captain Andrew Henry and the Harry Potter films. Zahn McClarnon is a veteran actor who has played a variety of roles in settings similar to Red Dead Redemption 2. I love his presence on camera and can see him shining as Smith. Once we start thinking about these kinds of numbers, we’ll begin to appreciate just how big a business Rockstar — and the video game industry — have become. With a story this solid and lifelike, it's natural (at least for me) to imagine it becoming a live-action feature film. The budget for Red Dead Redemption 2 according to media analysts estimated the development budget for the game was between US$80 million and US$100 million. One report said that the estimated cost of making Grand Theft Auto V was $265 million. I think the result will be instructive, like how much it costs to make interactive entertainment in comparison to how much it costs to make blockbuster movies. [Updated 6:35 pm 10/26/18 with some better estimates on marketing and distribution costs; updated 10/29/18 at 9:18 am with Pacther’s view]. The visuals, story, and dialog are so good, you may have to repeatedly tell yourself that as you play through the massive open world and experience this western tale. Casting a big-budget movie version of Red Dead Redemption 2. This is a high stakes game of poker. Red Dead Redemption 2 voor PC benut de volledige kracht van je computer om elk hoekje van deze massieve en gedetailleerde wereld in beeld te brengen. Not counting GTA Online and Red Dead Online revenue, Rockstar could have $3.9 billion in the bank. Check out Brolin in No Country For Old Men or go even further back to 2010 to see him in his role as Jonah Hex. Let’s convert that 67,000 employee weeks, for maybe 11 months of the year, to the number of employee years worked on Red Dead Redemption 2 during 2018. That means Rockstar might only have $3.2 billion left in the bank. At $100,000 per employee, that’s $20 million a year times 8.5 years, equals $170 million.”, He added, “Parts of 1,000 employees worked on it, but not to the exclusion of all else. No one plays drunken and hysterical quite like William H. Macy. You've got to have some comic relief, and just thinking of Bill Murray reciting Uncle's lines while applying his shtick made me laugh. As you can see, I have cast Christian Bale as Arthur Morgan in the lead role. Red Dead Redemption 2 is a video game. The resemblance between the Maguire character and Domhnall Gleeson is obvious. Red Dead Redemption 2 is already a smash hit as a video game, but what if it was a big-budget film? Again, I have no idea how close to the mark I am, but let’s just say that brings the total cost of making and marketing Red Dead Redemption 2 to $944.2 million. Another view: Michael Pachter, analyst at Wedbush, offered this alternative view which would have very different numbers: “There are probably 200 full time equivalent employees working on the game, and that has been the case for 8.5 years. I haven’t seen the revenue figure associated with the ongoing miracle that is GTA Online. Nieuwe ... Xbox Live Deals with Gold: Ubisoft & Star Wars, Deze Week in de Winkels: Watch Dogs: Legion & Pikmin 3, Preview: Baldur's Gate 3 - early access (PC), Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - Ultimate Edition, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - Gold Edition, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - Deluxe Edition. While the Pearson character looks to be pretty tall, his look and demeanor have some similarities to Paul Giamatti and characters he's played in the past. That said, his ability to play a grizzled veteran of the Western Frontier is seemingly ideal for the role of Dutch. Daniel Day-Lewis or Josh Brolin as Dutch Van Der Linde. Jennifer Kolbe, head of publishing at Rockstar, said in a statement to GamesBeat this week that the company logged 67,000 employee weeks this year, and only 20 percent of the people had to work more than 60 hours in a week, and only 0.4 percent of the time was for people who worked more than 80 hour weeks. Drop her into the role of Abigail Roberts and watch her bring the conflicted character to life. So instead of seven years, we’ll multiply by five years. Obviously, not everyone worked on the game for seven years. You may only know Zooey Deschanel for her role on The New Girl, but she's already been in a western alongside some pretty heavy hitters. Since Rockstar has studios spread throughout the world, it will be hard to figure out this cost. Red Dead Redemption 2 has been in production for seven years, but we’ll figure it didn’t require much of a staff for a couple of years as they conceived the design and the team ramped up. ], Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, told us earlier this year, lawsuit from former GTA V leader Leslie Benzies. If it was, I have the perfect cast, as long as there are no budget limitations. He was in an underrated drama about a falsely accused Mexican immigrant called Frontera that also starred veteran actor Ed Harris. It seems like a natural fit and branch for Saldana. (Analyst Michael Pachter of Wedbush believes it peaked at $125 million per quarter, and it is about $100 million quarter now). You can also find me previewing and recapping WWE PPV events. I might add that it is an absolutely amazing game. Mix Giamatti's Miles' character from Sideways with his portrayal of John Adams in a TV series back in 2008, and you can see him playing the Pearson character. His portrayal of Bill "The Butcher" Cutting strongly suggests Day-Lewis could slay the role of Dutch. I cover sports video games like NBA 2K, Madden, MLB The Show, FIFA, NHL, EA UFC, Fight Night, Super Mega Baseball, DIRT, F1, NASCAR, Forza, and everything in between. So 6,442 employee years times $100,000 a year gives us a total development cost of $644.2 million across the seven years it took to make Red Dead Redemption 2. That said, she really does align with Adler. Above: Arthur Morgan rides his horse in Red Dead Redemption 2. Analyst Colin Sebastian of Baird Equity Research estimated that Red Dead Redemption 2 would sell 25 million copies in its first six months. Red Dead Redemption 2 voor PC benut de volledige kracht van je computer om elk hoekje van deze massieve en gedetailleerde wereld in beeld te brengen.

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