Shahai Entertainment not only did not publicly show the attitude of turning on the red light for "10,000 Years Before History", but also contacted Roland Emmerich and his agent according to Ronan's intentions, creating an illusion to the outside world, and Shahai Entertainment was very interested in this prehistoric film project.

Ronan can't remember exactly which company made this film, but Twentieth Century Fox would be happy to see it come to fruition if he was interested.

No matter which of the big six companies is willing to invest, it's not a bad thing.

From "10,000 Years Before History", Ronan got some inspiration, once upon a time, Hollywood's investment in shooting big-budget epic films did not stop there, and from time to time there would be a first-line big-budget epic film, which shows that epic film projects have always had a market on the side of the six major companies.

Maybe you can put some information about this out, which can not only appropriately divert the attention of the big six companies, but also consume their resources......

Even if no one pays attention, Relativity Entertainment will not have anything to lose, just spread a little news.

Ronan thought about it for a while, and soon had a simple plan, and immediately called George Clint.

"The news of "10,000 Years Before History" has reached Twentieth Century Fox. ”

George Clint gave the update: "Judging by the feedback, it seems that Twentieth Century Fox is not the only company interested in this project, and yesterday it was discovered that someone from Warner Bros. had suddenly approached Roland Emmerich's agent. ”

Ronan was curious: "Warner Bros. is also interested?"

"It seems to be. George Clint said: "It's not clear what exactly Warner Bros. talked to Roland Emmerich's agent, but it must have something to do with the film project. “

Ronan couldn't help but shake his head secretly, it was obviously a pit dug for Twentieth Century Fox, why did Warner Bros. take the initiative to jump in?

If you like it, then come in, anyway, Relativity Entertainment and Warner Bros. both cooperate and compete, and both sides have dug holes for each other.

As a person who has grown up with Ronan step by step, George Clint has always had confidence in Ronan: "You once said that epic projects are risky, and companies should be cautious about this genre, is there a problem with "10,000 Years Before History"?"

"Whether there is a problem or not will not be known until the film is made. Ronan said more implicitly: "Roland Emmerich is good at science fiction and disasters, filming this kind of prehistoric epic ......"

He shook his head: "If it was Roland Emmerich plus a disaster movie, I would not hesitate to invest in Roland Emmerich, but epic film, forget it." ”

Ronan can see this, and many people can see it too.

But Roland Emmerich has succeeded one after another, and the aura of a successful director has always been an important basis for the production company to review and judge the project.

If it is an ordinary director plus "10,000 Years Before History", this project is likely to be a situation that no one cares about in Hollywood, and if it is replaced by a famous director, it is naturally a different situation.

In this industry, a thousand things are not as convincing as a successful qualification.

George Clint then said, "Roland Emmerich has a big market in Hollywood. ”

Ronan nodded slowly, thought for a moment, and said, "George, there are quite a few people staring at Shahai Entertainment, right?"

George Clint understood what Ronan meant: "Our films have been successful one after another, and a lot of companies are staring at us, hoping to snatch projects from us. ”

He smiled: "But they can grab very little, at present, our film project sources are mainly divided into two types, one is that you provide the idea, we register the copyright of the script, and the other is to buy the adaptation copyright first." There are also a small part of them, which are provided by our partners, and Shahai Entertainment provides them with favorable conditions, and they are also willing to continue to cooperate with Shahai Entertainment. ”

Seeing Ronan thoughtful, George Clint said: "There are actually very few projects that are actually delivered to Shahai Entertainment. ”

Ronan said calmly: "It's not easy for them to stare at us, it's been so long, it's time to give them some benefits." ”

George Clint never believed that his boss would give benefits to his competitors.

It's really welfare, that's also toxic welfare.

Ronan really wants to come to a wave of welfare giveaways, saying: "Find a suitable way to let the news spread, Shahai Entertainment intends to shoot related movies based on Robin Hood's story." ”

The story of Robin Hood is very popular and familiar in the English-speaking world, and Hollywood has made movies about it more than once, and George Clint naturally knows this.

Ronan added: "The story of Moses dividing the sea is also good, and Shahai Entertainment intends to make a live-action movie based on "Exodus". ”

A few years ago, DreamWorks Animation Studio filmed the magnificent hand-drawn animated feature film "The Prince of Egypt", which was based on "Exodus", although it was not particularly successful commercially, because of some special relationships, the media was hot.

George Clint said: "I get it, I'll make arrangements when I get back. ”

Ronan nodded lightly and said: "This is a classic theme, and it is also a type that Hollywood has filmed and filmed, there is no copyright problem, and it should have a certain degree of credibility." ”

It seems that he has seen more than one big-budget "Robin Hood" movie, and Ridley Scott has also filmed a live-action version of "Exodus", starring Christian Bale.

Hollywood is keen on these classics, but the results have shown that a new generation of teenage audiences is not interested in these kinds of movies at all.

Robin Hood, like King Arthur, later became a street shopper who touched whoever was unlucky.

The stories in the Bible seem to be outdated in today's age of fast food on the Internet.

Someone has filmed it before, and maybe some people will be tempted.

Whether Robin Hood or Moses divide the seas, there is no copyright problem, whoever wants to make an adaptation is it, there are no copyright restrictions at all.

George Clint left Ronan's office, returned to Shahai Entertainment, and immediately set about arranging for someone to quietly spread the word.

At the same time, Hollywood's awards season has officially kicked off.

Since the mid-to-late nineties, the Gotham Independent Film Awards, which were presented at the end of November, have marked the beginning of the awards season.

Although it is the second largest independent film award in the United States after St. Denis, the Gotham Independent Film Awards are not particularly influential, and the weight of awards during the awards season tends to be the more important and influential the awards, and the later the results are announced.

Needless to say, Oscars and the like, like the Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild Awards, often come after the Golden Globes.

Strictly speaking, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", which has a lot of investment, is also an independent film, after all, there is only one investor, Shahai Entertainment.

However, "When Happiness Knocks" has only appeared at film festivals such as the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival, and has not been released in North America, nor has it been screened on a small scale, and it is not eligible to participate in the Gotham Independent Film Awards.

Not only "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", many of Ronan's seed players are currently not participating in the Gotham Independent Film Awards.

For example, Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator", Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby", and Embassy Pictures has bought out the rights to "Crash".

All of these films will not be released or screened until December.

The already released "Soul Singer" got off to a good start in the awards season, winning Best Picture and Best Breakthrough Director at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, while black actor Jamie Fox won Best Breakthrough Actor.

Embassy Pictures has also gained something, and the already released "Diary of an Emperor Penguin" won the Best Documentary Award.

After weeks of filmmaking, "The Emperor Penguin Diaries" expanded to 2,102 theaters the previous weekend, grossing $9.89 million.

This documentary has a total of $16.33 million at the North American box office.

"The Emperor Penguin Diaries" is not a film that the embassy film industry has focused on investing resources in, and the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary is also conducive to the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

The competition for Best Documentary Feature is much less intense than the popular awards, and the most popular documentary released this year is Fahrenheit 911.

This documentary has set too many records, such as the highest box office record in North America for a documentary, the highest box office record in the world, and so on.

But "Fahrenheit 911" has no competition in the awards season and the Oscars, let alone the Oscar for Best Documentary, and according to the general opinion in the industry, there is no possibility of even getting an Oscar nomination.

Of course, there are awards for Fahrenheit 911.

It is said that the Golden Raspberry Awards liked this film very much, and planned to award the worst actor to the one in the White House.

This year, there have been a lot of bad movies in Hollywood, such as "Catwoman", "King Arthur", "Alexander the Great" and so on, but neither Colin Farrell nor Ben Affleck has any competitiveness in front of Xiao Bu.

If nothing else, this worst actor is not small.

In the Hollywood awards season, the four most important award winners, if you analyze it carefully, although there are many upsets, such as Gwyneth Paltrow and "Shakespeare in Love", but more often than not, the winners can get more than 60% or even more than 70% of the awards season-related awards.

To some extent, the weather vane is also more reliable, because the more wind vane awards you get, the higher the exposure.

Too many judges at the Oscars don't look at the film at all and vote based on familiarity, except for PR.

Another effective way to increase your exposure is, of course, to throw money at it.

In newspapers and magazines such as "Vanity Fair", "Variety", "Entertainment Weekly", "Empire" and "The Hollywood Reporter", which have a wide range of audiences, they bought advertisements and advertorials, and smashed the popularity.

During the awards season, these magazines are advertised for takeaways, and the price of each page can reach six figures.

It's also a season full of business opportunities.