2014-15 Division A Waiver Wire

[empire13]

I'll drop Amityville and pick up Child 44.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Aquamann has Child 44, he drafted it.

[empire13]

My bad. I thought he dropped it. And, I didn't see it when I looked at the release date on his roster. I failed to look at the TBD section at the end of his list.

Guess I was flustered at losing two picks on the same day.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

A Little Chaos gets a distributor and a release date, added to the wire.

And added Still Alice, which got a date a couple of days ago.

[silversurfer19]

Not seeing any buzz for The Homesman so will drop it for the TBA title The Rewrite. Been getting a few spots prior to release over here and if released could do ok.

[Walleye413]

Yeah, I've got the Homesman and I'm debating how much a Best Actress nod will get it. Not sure if it will be enough.

[Buscemi]

Did The Rewrite ever get a distributor? It seems like a title a company like Clarius would take (seeing how they released Rob Reiner's latest and picked up Peter Bogdanovich's comeback movie).

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Maps To The Stars goes back on the wire with its new date.

[empire13]

I'll pick up A Map to the Stars and A Merry Friggin' Christmas and drop Amityville and Demonic.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

I'll pick up A Map to the Stars and A Merry Friggin' Christmas and drop Amityville and Demonic.

Maps is fine, but Merry Friggin' Christmas is a no go since it opens within the 4 week limit. Sorry, I've been slacking on heaping this updated lately.

[empire13]

I think we should amend that rule. I understand not wanting to allow someone to drop a film that is going to tank right before its release, but I'm not sure I understand the need to prevent someone from picking a film up that is available to everyone equally. Doesn't make sense to me.

So, since The Homesman opens exactly 31 days from now, I'll take it instead.

[numbersix]

I think we should amend that rule. I understand not wanting to allow someone to drop a film that is going to tank right before its release, but I'm not sure I understand the need to prevent someone from picking a film up that is available to everyone equally. Doesn't make sense to me.

Because just as you would drop a film that is getting bad buzz, should you be allowed to pick up a film that is getting good buzz or advanced tracking?

[W]

Anything left on the wire a month away that's "getting good buzz" is probably increasing its revenue from $5 M to $10 M. I'm fairly certain after drafting 160 films and even more free agents/waivers, the only way you're getting a decent pick from the wire is if it's something added multiple months in the future and is swept up quickly by a high priority.

[Buscemi]

We already had this debate on the other thread. In the first two-division year, Six and I ran separate wires and I (typically running Division A) did not observe such a rule (I also never observed it in my two single-division years of heading the wire) while Six did. Now that Six and I are in the same division, he chose to run the wire and I knew nothing about the rule since I chose to stay out of Division B affairs in the past.

After I said something to Shryke, we came up with an idea to having some sort of "winter meeting" thing about discussing an all-encompassing rule over it (Shryke didn't like the 28-day rule for drops either).

In short, when I handled wires, it was "28 days for a entry and 12:01 am the day of release for a drop" on my side while Six does "28 days for an entry and 28 days for a drop" on his side.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

At this point, I don't think ANYONE likes the 28 day/4 week rule for adds or drops.

I'm sure we'll all vote to drop it for next year.