And now he is aiming for further success with "Last Flight to Abuja, " a big-budget production starring many of Nollywood's biggest names.

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News came down this weekend that Disney has halted production on its big-budget adaptation of The Lone Ranger.

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In other developments, Disney bought additional stake in an Indian gaming company, Indiagames and is planning to revive the production of its big-budget movie, The Lone Ranger.

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It's the sort of question that filmmakers must routinely contend with when they're making big-budget films for movie studios, where production executives are obsessed with explaining motivations because they don't trust audiences to understand on their own.

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He's saved coin by both brokering co-production deals on big-budget shows (by co-producing Crusoe with British producer company Power Entertainment, NBC minimizes its financial contribution and risk) and including more paying advertisers in his shows (his iteration of Knight Rider stars a Ford car).

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M. resident, helped push a law giving studios a 15% rebate on their direct production costs in the state, applicable to the salaries of electricians--or big-budget stars.

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