In San Francisco's Presidio district, the new Lightman Center for Digital Arts, built in 2005, is home to Lucasfilm's headquarters.

Founded in 1971 by George Lucas, the company is best known for the Star Wars films, but it also has other major productions, such as the Indiana Jones series and American style paintings.

Lucasfilm is an industry leader in visual effects, sound effects and computer animation for the film industry.

But now, Lucasfilm is facing an inflection point, because George Lucas, the founder and de facto controller of the company, has decided to retire and sell his stake in Lucasfilm.

Lucasfilm's executives have been hesitant in recent months, even George Lucas, because the decision to sell the company is good, but it's not easy to sell for a good price.

"Let's talk about it. ”

In the conference room, George Lucas slowly spoke: "After talking for so long, what do you think?"

Michael Chow, who serves as COO, said: "In terms of engagement with Relativity Entertainment, they are very sincere and willing to take over Lucasfilm in its entirety and ensure the stability of Lucasfilm. ”

The person next to him chimed in: "Ronan Anderson is the best film operator in Hollywood right now, and he has the ability to continue to lead Lucasfilm forward." ”

This is also in line with George Lucas's intentions.

Another person answered: "The initial offer of $3.6 billion for Relativity Entertainment is also above our bottom line, and this is the first offer, and there will be talk about it later." ”

George Lucas nodded slowly, Ronan's offer is reasonable, and the two sides will have formal negotiations later, and $3.6 billion is not the final price.

President Jones Kent, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "I received a takeover offer here, and Twentieth Century Fox expressed strong interest. ”

Everyone else looked at Jones Kent, who took a bag of papers and asked his assistants to send them to every executive in the room, while saying, "Jim Prologis of Twentieth Century Fox personally called me and sent me an official letter. ”

George Lucas picked up the document and skimmed it to the side, not saying anything for the time being.

"Twentieth Century Fox?" Michael Chow was skeptical: "Didn't they want to buy Time Warner?

Jones Kent smiled and said: "It's not surprising that Lucasfilm has a lot of cooperation with Twentieth Century Fox, and the "Star Wars" series of movies are all distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. ”

This has caused many people to think, after all, Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox have cooperated for nearly three decades.

"But Twentieth Century Fox has not been doing well lately. Michael Chow said what he knew: "The takeover of Time Warner failed, and it paid a considerable price, Twentieth Century Fox ......"

He looked at Jones Kent: "Do they still have enough money to buy Lucasfilm? Shareholders want cash, not contracts that can only be fulfilled in the future." ”

Jones Kent glanced at George Lucas secretly, saw that he was still browsing the documents, and said: "The introduction of Twentieth Century Fox, even if they are not strong, but it also gives Relativity Entertainment one more competitor, which can win more favorable conditions for Lucasfilm." ”

Nothing else, let's pull Twentieth Century Fox into the arena first, James Murdoch promised that Twentieth Century Fox has a way to make relativity entertainment retreat.

Jones-Kent added: "I suggest that a line of communication be established with Twentieth Century Fox on this matter, and that it be made public when appropriate, and that pressure be put on Relativity Entertainment." ”

This is in the interest of all of you, and there is no objection to it.

After some discussion, George Lucas said: "It's up to you to do that, and I'll just emphasize that if the bids are approximate, our first choice is still Relativistic Entertainment. ”

If the price is too high, he also has to think about Lucasfilm as a whole.

Lucasfilm's side quickly broke up, and related news soon appeared on the desk of Relativity Entertainment.

Ronan and Robert Iger convened a meeting and did nothing for the time being, and when it came to such a huge acquisition, patience was a must-have, and impatience often backfired.

Moreover, the covert investigation in the United Kingdom and the United States has never stopped, and Relativity Entertainment is waiting for a better opportunity, and judging from the feedback from various sources, the opportunity will soon appear.

But in the case of Lucasfilm, Relativity Entertainment has a huge advantage, especially when it comes to funding.

The team of Relativity Entertainment is also appropriately raising its chips, and this acquisition is still a matter of money in the final analysis.

Thanksgiving is coming, and this is also a schedule for the North American film market to be released in a row, with Walt Disney's "Thunder Dogs", Twentieth Century Fox's masterpiece "Australia" and Lionsgate's "Extraordinary Traffickers 3", all of which were selected to open on the weekend before Thanksgiving.

"Thunder Dogs" is the first computer-animated feature film after Disney Animation Studios announced the elimination of the hand-drawn animation department, and it will determine the future development of Disney animation.

"Australia" is not Ronan's Dragon Ball given to Twentieth Century Fox, they seem to be very superstitious about Nicole Kidman's fame and appeal, and under the promotion of CAA's Pat Kingsley, with Nicole Kidman and Uncle Wolf Hugh Jackman as the male and female protagonists, they invested $130 million to create this Australian version of "Gone with the Wind".

Needless to say, "Extraordinary Human Traffickers 3" is an imported product from France, and a masterpiece of the prosperous beauty Guo Da Statham.

Meanwhile, Relativity Entertainment also has a movie coming out this weekend, The Hunger Games starring Gal Gadot.

This weekend, except for "Very Human Traffickers 3", which is very weak, the other three films look to be somewhat competitive.

Among them, Relativity Entertainment has the lowest investment, and the production cost of "The Hunger Games" is only $60 million.

But with the momentum of "Twilight", as well as the fame that Lindsay Beale has already opened, and the huge fans attracted by the original book, this dystopian youth idol movie has attracted the most attention.

Compared to the previous movie, Lindsey Beale, as a producer, strengthened the action scenes at Ronan's suggestion, and director Patty Jenkins filmed the action scenes is not a weakness.

and then the heroine's role is strengthened and aggravated, becoming the absolute protagonist.

The appearance of 360 degrees without dead angles and the shot of super long legs bending the bow and shooting arrows are also full of highlights.

In the words of fans, it is indeed a good look, good legs and good character, and Katniss is definitely the biggest surprise in the whole film!

Gal Gadot also signed a long-term contract with Relativity Entertainment, and there is still a long time to go in the future to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment.

Compared with ordinary Hollywood actresses, Gal Gadot's appearance and appearance have a longer shelf life, and it is not a problem to play the girl Katniss at all.

used to be the eldest cousin, the biggest problem is that she is too mature, after all, Katniss is a sixteen-year-old girl, and the eldest cousin may be because of the relationship that has been deeply developed by many people, and Katniss who starred in it is said that he is twenty-five years old.

A white actress like the eldest cousin is very mature at the age of twenty, and it is a bit reluctant to say that she is fifteen or sixteen years old.

This is a very helpless thing, fifteen or sixteen-year-old actors are often the most embarrassing group in Hollywood, just like many female stars who have been playing the heroine until they are about forty years old and are unwilling to retreat to the supporting actress position, there are very few plays and roles that can be accepted.

Actors of this age, especially actresses, face a very complicated situation, playing roles younger than their actual age, there are too many cute and skin-wrenching girl stars in Hollywood who are more competitive than them; it is basically impossible to play roles older than them; even if they play roles that match their age, they have to face competition from actresses in their eighteen, nineteen or even early twenties, and the latter have much more advantages than them in terms of performance and mentality.

The content of the film is also easily accepted by American audiences, simple and straightforward, and has the nature of a youth idol.

In the future of North America, the kingdom of Panham was built on ruins, and its center, Capit, was located in the center of the twelve districts.

Every year, 12 districts are forced to send Kepitt a "tribute" to a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in the "Hunger Games".

It is a brutal and terrifying life-and-death contest in which all the tributes must be fought to the death, and the last survivor is the winner

Survival is the instinct of 16-year-old Katniss, who barely supports her mother, sister and herself by poaching and gathering wild fruit outside the fence of District 12. When Katniss takes the place of her sister who won the "Draw of Life and Death" in The Hunger Games, she understands that it means death to her, and that if she wants to survive, she must choose between humanity and survival, death and love.

Regardless of whether it is a movie, it is very similar to the island country's "Battle Royale", after the film was opened on a large scale in the international market, the media in the island country inevitably discussed and bombarded.

But just like Lionsgate in the past, Relativity Entertainment doesn't care at all, and the other party can't win a cross-border lawsuit.

Hollywood companies are very particular about copyright among themselves, and even with other companies in North America or the Western world, but outside of this range, the style is a bit overbearing.

For example, in the country of origin of "Battle Royale", how many Hollywood movies have been discussed for plagiarizing their anime or other literary works, but people there rarely file copyright lawsuits, and even if someone files a copyright lawsuit, it is difficult to win the lawsuit.

It can be said that countries and regions that are not within the circle demarcated by Hollywood, the rules of the game in Hollywood do not take them into account at all.

A circle that attaches great importance to copyright and contracts, but does not pay attention to copyright contracts in other countries and regions, is not new in Hollywood.