No matter how rotten it is, "House of the Dead" has indeed been a huge commercial success, and after the North American box office share is received, as of July, a total of $8 million has been invested in exchange for nearly $35 million in revenue, which can be said to be a big profit.

No one can expect every small budget to be "Blair the Witch".

Most of Hollywood's million-dollar films can make hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits, which is very good.

Ronan doesn't know which game company's classic games Uwe Bauer will eye, and as long as the rights and investment are right, he will still support Uwe Bauer.

As for ruining a game classic or something, it doesn't matter at all whether it's a movie merchant or a non-game fan.

If there is enough income, if Ronan can get the copyright, even "World of Warcraft" will dare to let Uwe Bauer shoot it in the future.

Just thinking about the picture effect of the shooting makes people get goosebumps all over their bodies.

Recalling the backstory of being eaten by Blizzard over and over again, Ronan suddenly found a suitable entry point, and the kind with a relatively large success rate in the future.

The key is to choose a protagonist from among the many Warcraft heroes!

That's the key!Likes Anduin-Lothar, Worldsa, Arthas, Vaking, and Sylvanas are all weak.

Think about the social situation more than ten years later, what kind of protagonist can be popular?

Daughter of the sea, of course - Gianna Proudmoore.

Women, feminists, can be classified as American-style leftists before Theramore's death, and they will not hesitate to kill their relatives for the sake of their friends with abnormal skin colors and appearances, and find a way to get rid of their fathers who have made serious racist mistakes.

Isn't this girl's behavior of betraying her father just in line with the political correctness of that period?

Also, if you really want her to be the heroine, you must add a lesbian identity, preferably across races, and among the orcs, trolls, and minotaur women, are there any more famous?

When this film is filmed, it will definitely kick the Golden Globe and punch the Oscars, and it will be more black than the Panther.

It's no wonder that Blizzard's adaptation in its previous life failed so miserably, and finally fell to the point of selling props to stop losses, because it found the wrong protagonist and the wrong entry point.

If Blizzard had filmed World of Warcraft after the Black Panther fire, it might have waited for some inspiration.

A film like "Black Panther" can become the annual box office champion in North America, but it can only be said that the influence of cultural differences and social situation on the film is too great.

For example, "Shrek", during the overseas screening, some jokes that reversed classic fairy tales and jokes were criticized by the media in some conservative countries for not respecting literature and classics, and making classic fairy tales a miasma, etc.

Ronan would like to ask these guys who criticize others at every turn for not respecting the classics, can they know the original versions of these classic fairy tales, do they want the fairy tales published in their country to respect the classics, respect the originals?

The overseas screening of "Shrek" has received an excellent response in the traditional Western market, but in some places, both the box office and word of mouth can only be said to be average.

After all, for conservative people, even a harmless movie like "Shrek" can decipher 10,000 kinds of malice.

By the beginning of July, the film was released by Embassy Pictures in more than 50 countries and regions, and the overseas box office accumulated more than $135 million, and finally exceeded $200 million.

It is logical that Embassy Pictures and DreamWorks Animation Studio have renewed the sequel distribution contract for "Shrek", and all the sequels of this series, DreamWorks Animation Studios will hand over all the sequels to Embassy Pictures for overseas full copyright distribution.

Although Ronan and Jerry Katzenberg often play golf together and have a good personal relationship, DreamWorks Animation Studios did not easily tie themselves to Embassy Pictures, obviously not wanting to walk on one leg.

This is a very normal operation strategy, and Ronan did not force it.

Besides, there are a lot of classic animated feature films produced by DreamWorks Animation Studios, but there are also a lot of bad movies.

DreamWorks Animation Studios is sometimes a lot like Ridley Scott, shooting and producing a good and a bad film.

For example, "My Little Pony", a key animated feature film project invested at the same time as "Shrek", Ronan doesn't remember that DreamWorks made such a film at all, so he will not be interested in releasing it.

Ronan spoke at length with Jareve Katzenberg about winning a series about African animals that DreamWorks Animation Studios had just put on the agenda.

He had already seen several prototype drawings of animals, including lions, zebras, giraffes and hippos, in his initial sketches at DreamWorks Animation.

According to Jerry Katzenberg, the original inspiration for the film's story came from a simple question: what would happen if zoo animals that had been living in civilization were placed in a primeval forest?

If memory serves, this is the Madagascar series.

Later, the penguins of "Madagascar" were derived.

The two series, "Shrek" and "Madagascar", also really defined the style of DreamWorks Animation Studios.

The current initial production budget is $70 million.

Ronan knows very well that compared with the huge cost of hundreds of millions of dollars that Pixar Studios will inevitably bring, DreamWorks Animation Studio pays more attention to doing big things with little money, so the animated feature film is really much worse than Pixar's film in terms of picture quality and special effects.

For example, "Monster Power Company" and "Finding Nemo", in fact, when you look at it, you can find that the picture quality is far better than "Shrek" and "Madagascar".

Before Pixar Studios was acquired by Walt Disney, it was a veritable bunch of hangers.

In other words, how many shares of Pixar Studios does Steve Jobs own? Even after going public, it should be more than 50 percent, right?

If the normal trajectory continues, Pixar Studios will definitely end up being owned by Walt Disney.

The key figure in accomplishing it all is called Robert Iger.

All the relevant news and materials in the previous life have mentioned in the account of this acquisition, and the first big move made by Robert Iger after taking office in 2005 was to personally persuade Steve Jobs to allow him to agree to Walt Disney's acquisition of Pixar Studios.

This is the first step in the revival of Di's baby.

The current Robert Iger, who has just been transferred from ABC TV to Disney for a short time, is just an executive in the entertainment department, and he is still far from the height of his previous life.

If I remember correctly, it seems that around 2003, the team led by Roy Disney began to attack Michael Eisner, and Disney's already sharp internal contradictions completely broke out, and Robert Iger, who was originally inconspicuous, was vigorously promoted by Michael Eisner before he began to walk on the first-line stage of Disney.

Robert Egger belonged to the group of people promoted by Michael Eisner, but eventually took Michael Eisner's place.

Power struggles have never had so much warmth.

The devil knows why Robert Iger was able to win the support of Roy Disney and many other shareholders and directors who opposed Michael Eisner.

But by all accounts, Robert Iger is a very capable person.

In the previous life, Disney could not even find a suitable successor.

It seems that this smiling Mickey Mouse is still interested in participating in the US presidential election.

Yes, Angelina Jolie also has this idea.

She took the path that George Clooney had always wanted to walk but didn't succeed in.

It would be wonderful if there was a Julie president in the United States in the future.

The prodigal girl does not change her money when she turns around......

"Lindsay, I've read your manuscript. ”

In the office of Shahai Entertainment, Ronan looked at the handsome Lindsay Beale across from him and said, "The revised version is very good, and Katniss is especially successful in portraying this character, which will become a classic of female independence." ”

Lindsay Beale sat in her chair and said with a smile, "It's good if you're satisfied." She was already familiar with Ronan, and she was not polite, and said directly: "Can the manuscript be handed over to the publishing house?"

Ronan nodded: "I'll have someone contact Random House in the afternoon and pass the manuscript to them, with "Twilight" in front, this publication is not a problem." ”

He thought for a moment and added: "In the author column, there is still your signature. ”

Lindsay Beale smiled and said, "Well, okay. ”

Being able to sign the work is unimaginable for other gunmen to ghostwrite, but she has received such treatment twice in a row, which is quite satisfying.

Ronan added, "Lindsay, your next phase of work is to work with Random House to revise the Hunger Games manuscript and then complete Fifty Shades of Gray, which is also our last contract. ”

"Don't worry, Ronan. Lindsey Beale is confident: "I'm ready. ”

She said a little embarrassed: "Some time ago, I went to the San Fernando Valley to watch the shooting of a similar film. ”

Ronan didn't expect her to make such serious preparations, and said: "After completing this "Fifty Shades of Gray", if you want to develop into a screenplay, you can continue to stay in Shahai Entertainment, and I will ask the company to provide you with a formal screenwriting contract." In addition......"

He suddenly remembered the adaptation rights of "Summer of Jeans", which is undoubtedly suitable for female screenwriters, and Lindsay Beal's ability has also been proven.

"I have a women's film project here. Ronan appropriately revealed: "After you finish "Fifty Shades of Gray", you can devote yourself to the creation of the script for this project. ”

Lindsay Beale couldn't suppress her excitement and said, "Okay! I'll be able to satisfy you!"

Soon, the young female screenwriter happily left Ronan's office.

Everyone thinks differently, and Lindsey Beale prefers to be a screenwriter to a writer.

Ronan left the company before it was time to leave work, taking two bodyguards to the Motor City to pick up the ordered vehicles.