For reference here are the production budgets for Rian Johnson's films:
Brick: $500,000
The Brother's Bloom: $20,000,000
Looper: $60,000,000
The obvious thing that is seen here is that Special Effects and High Profile Actors significantly increase the cost of films. If you had little to no CG (like Brick), you might be able to pull off a ~1M film with new-er talent (like JGL was at the time).
Brick: $500,000
The Brother's Bloom: $20,000,000
Looper: $60,000,000
The obvious thing that is seen here is that Special Effects and High Profile Actors significantly increase the cost of films. If you had little to no CG (like Brick), you might be able to pull off a ~1M film with new-er talent (like JGL was at the time).