Taking advantage of the time before the premiere of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", Ronan specially participated in the signing of the copyright transfer of "Old Boy", chatted with the president of Xiudong Pictures, and invited the other party to visit Relativity Entertainment Group after the Cannes Film Festival, so as to facilitate more cooperation between the two sides in the field of film.

South Korea is an important overseas market for Hollywood, and although Embassy Pictures has a branch in South Korea and has independent distribution capabilities, it does not hurt to be more friendly with local snakes.

In addition, Xiudong Pictures has a lot of film rights in its hands, which are exactly the resources that Netflix needs.

The people of Xiudong Pictures also wanted to explore the North American market, and seeing Ronan's enthusiastic attitude, they immediately responded.

Leaving the hotel conference room where the contract was signed, Ronan said to Connie, who was following behind, "Inform Robert Iger and Mark Randolph and tell them to try to find time to meet with the people at Xiudong Pictures." ”

Connie answered.

Ronan walked out of the hotel, got into the car, took out the DVD of "Old Boy" given by the president of Xiudong Pictures, and briefly flipped through it.

This is a DVD made by Koreans, and the appearance and packaging are not much better than the DVD customized by Relativity Entertainment, but the production cost is nearly 3 times higher.

The cost advantage of DVDs has brought a lot of profits to Relativity Entertainment in the past few years.

Ronan put down the DVD, "Old Boy" is in the North American market, in essence, it is not much different from "Infernal Affairs" and the like, the theater box office will definitely not be high, it would be good to have 500,000 US dollars, the real profit point is still the offline market, especially Netflix.

There are also many Koreans in North America.

The other is the remake.

Ronan remembers that Hollywood remakes "Oldboy", but the specific commercial data is not known.

Because of the relationship between Thanos and Scarlet Witch, Ronan remembers the remake of the movie, where Thanos and Ao Mei are the male and female protagonists respectively.

If you want to know how good the figure of Ao Mei, the representative actress of the slightly chubby industry, is to see the remake of "Old Boy".

Ronan remembers that after Ao Mei became popular because of her role as Wanda, she said in an interview that the scarlet witch in the comics was too revealing for her to accept.

Immediately, some netizens jokingly said that beautiful women don't pay for their lives when they cheat the dead, and they are not shy to shoot "Old Boy......

Even, the reason why Ronan knew the Korean version of "Oldboy" was also because he was attracted by Thanos vs. Scarlet Witch, and after watching the American version, he realized that there was a Korean version.

The specific plot of the Korean version is not very clear, but the American version, there is still a memory: Thanos slept with the Scarlet Witch, and finally found out that the Scarlet Witch was his daughter......

By the way, there are also boiled eggs among the actors.

Maybe waiting until the Avengers project has reached a certain point before making a remake is a suitable opportunity?Thanos, S.H.I.E.L.D., plus Scarlet Witch, the revenge story that has to be told between the three.

The remake rights to "Oldboy", Ronan plans to hold in his hands for the time being, and Relativity Entertainment is now being acquired by Robert Lee for various adaptation rights, most of which will not be put into operation immediately, but more in preparation for the future.

Hollywood's original commercial films will be more and more difficult, and film adaptations will completely dominate the mainstream.

This is true not only for commercial films, but also for award-winning films.

"When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is a typical example, a gimmick adapted from a real person and a real story, which can attract the attention of the media and the audience.

Due to Will Smith's existence, the premiere of "When Happiness Knocks" at the Cannes Film Festival was highly anticipated, both in scale and attention, which cannot be compared with the previous "Ten Faces of Haze", after all, this is the Western world.

On the day of the premiere, not only the jury of this year's festival was present, but even the members of the official board of directors of Cannes also stepped on the red carpet.

Shahai Entertainment, which is the producer, and Embassy Pictures, the distributor, also have their respective directors, George Clint and Garcia Rodriguez, who came to Cannes from Los Angeles to welcome the many guests attending the premiere as hosts.

The Cannes Film Festival is the beginning of a series of awards for When Happiness Knocks, with the focus on next year's Oscars.

Hollywood films, of course, the most important thing is the Oscars.

And when it comes to commercial effects, the Oscars can drive more revenue.

Ronan walked into Lumière's Hall again, but didn't make it into the crowd, for he was entangled by a man who suddenly appeared.

This is a middle-aged fat man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, with a full beard and a beard, which looks very artistic.

"Hello, Mr. Anderson. The middle-aged fat man smiled, and his eyes directly turned into a line: "Can I talk to you alone?"

He hastened to introduce himself: "My name is Michael Moore, I am a director, and I am also from Hollywood. ”

Ronan had seen Michael Moore at the Oscars and naturally recognized him as am.

"What's the matter with me?" Ronan had already guessed.

Sure enough, Michael Moore said as expected: "I have filmed and produced a documentary, and I am currently participating in the competition unit of the film festival, I wonder if you are interested?"

Hearing Michael Moore and Ronan talking about the release of the film, Connie and Finch took the initiative to stand on the periphery and politely stopped the people who came to say hello.

Ronan said, "It's the Fahrenheit 911, right? Director Moore hasn't found a distributor yet?"

Michael Moore smiled embarrassedly: "I haven't found it for the time being." ”

Before coming to Cannes, he had pitched the documentary in North America, including the Big Six and DreamWorks, but because of the sensitivity of the content and the huge political power involved, no one wanted to pay too much for it.

Coming to Cannes, Michael Moore did not stop seeking distributors for the film, outside of North America, it is good to say, many overseas distributors are very interested in the conspiracy theories in the film, but the content of this film takes place in North America, and the largest market and audience are also North America, if you can't log in to North American theaters, it doesn't make sense.

Quentin Tarantino, also from Hollywood, recommended Ronan and Embassy Pictures to Michael Moore after watching the documentary.

Michael Moore hadn't dealt with Ronan before, but he had heard about him, he was young and promising, he had a good reputation in Hollywood, he was committed to it, and he was full of enterprising beliefs.

Because he didn't know about it, Michael Moore could only analyze it from what he had heard and heard, and felt that Ronan seemed to be a very good choice.

Young people are never short of enthusiasm, and the ambition to forge ahead speaks for itself.

When it comes to credibility and commitment, it is possible to dislike the dirty and dark side of some people.

As long as he is a little unaccustomed to it, "Fahrenheit 911" must have a market for him.

Michael Moore is a director, and he is still the kind who delves into the dark side of politics and society, focusing all his energy on his own work and ignoring some of the other aspects.

"I was going to call before you got in touch. Michael Moore knew he was a little abrupt and explained simply, "But I couldn't find your contact information, so I had to come here." ”

Ronan looked generous, smiled, and said, "It's okay. There was a hint of rejection in his words: "Thank you Director Moore for coming to cheer for "When Happiness Knocks on the Door." ”

The meaning is very clear, except for "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", don't talk about other topics.

But Michael Moore is a somewhat tenacious director, and he didn't understand what Ronan meant, and said, "Mr. Anderson, I don't know if you're interested in Fahrenheit 911?"

"I haven't seen it. Ronan frowned slightly: "It's not a good comment." ”

Michael Moore hurriedly said: "This is a documentary that reveals the truth about 911, I have done a detailed investigation, and I found that it is not the family and the lantern family that are closely related, and 911 is not an occasional ** ......"

He gushed a lot of things, basically in the tone of conspiracy theories.

Ronan raised his hand to interrupt Michael Moore's words, but he didn't expect Michael Moore to turn a blind eye to his actions: "They deceived the whole United States and the whole world! As a responsible person, we must expose their conspiracy and true colors to the world!"

He looked at Ronan and exclaimed, "The public has the right to know! They have the right to know the truth of the matter! They have the right to see the true face of those bastards! Mr. Anderson, as film artists, we also have the responsibility to reveal the truth of the incident to the world!"

Is Fahrenheit 911 the truth? There is a considerable part of the plot that is definitely true, and Michael Moore has really put in the effort.

But to say it's all true......

People in the world are not stupid either.

Ronan feels that this documentary is, to some extent, like the popular "Currency Wars" on the other side of the Pacific, where many things in it are true, but mixed with too many creators' opinions.

In the future, there will definitely be people who will take "Fahrenheit 911" as the truth in the same way that "Currency Wars" is believed to be historical data.

As for what the truth is, Ronan is not interested.

"I'm sorry, Director Moore. Ronan looked at Michael Moore, who was in a self-frenzy, and said calmly, "I'm not a film artist. ”

Michael Moore couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, completely unexpectedly that Ronan would say this.

The meaning of Ronan's refusal has been made clear, Michael Moore has a responsibility to reveal the truth, and he does not.

Such a hornet's nest, let's leave it to someone else to poke.

Ronan has also recalled the plot of "Fahrenheit 911" in the past few days, and combined with today's understanding, he also has some understanding.

Once the distribution company of "Fahrenheit 911" was Lionsgate, after the release of "Fahrenheit 911", it caused a huge sensation, and then Michael Moore ran into all kinds of troubles, Lionsgate not only did not suffer too much negative impact, but later developed into the so-called seventh largest company in Hollywood.

The film is so politically sensitive, why hasn't Lionsgate been hit, and the distributor has been blamed far less than the producer.

Lionsgate, on the other hand, is politically powerful, at least far more powerful than Relativity Entertainment is now.

Lionsgate's founder, Frank Gusta, is a staunch Democratic supporter and a close friend of Zipperton, having provided support at many Democratic Party events.

It is natural for democracy to go to the palace and cooperate.