Chapter 1114: Market Gap
Counting Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar", Relativity Entertainment currently has three movies that are biased towards hard science fiction, in order to avoid aesthetic fatigue in the future, Ronan specially told Embassy Pictures that the schedule of the three films must have a large time difference.
Fortunately, there is also a difference in the preparation and shooting time of the three films.
The fastest "The Martian" is about to finish filming, and Mark Damon has already planted potatoes on Mars, and if nothing else, the film will be released in the second half of next year.
Alfonso CuarΓ³n's "Gravity" has just begun to prepare, and currently the male and female protagonists have signed contracts successively, Sandra Bullock will play the female lead, and James Franco has agreed to play the male lead.
Originally, George Clooney was interested in the film, but he offered a $15 million salary, which Ronan refused without hesitation.
This Hollywood star belongs to a typical example of relying on politics to force his character, and his fame in movies is far greater than his own appeal.
Although the three Rohan movies are good at the box office, it is also necessary to see how many stars are gathered in them, and the survey statistics clearly show that the most popular of all Rohan is Mark Damon.
Due to the fact that the film has just begun to prepare, and the filming and production are cumbersome, it will not be released until 2011 at the earliest.
"Interstellar" just has a script and a plan, and Christopher Nolan is preparing to shoot "The Dark Knight Rises", which will be released in 2012 or 2013 at the earliest.
In this way, the three space sci-fi films that tend to be realistic are released every other year, which can effectively avoid aesthetic fatigue.
Relativity Entertainment will be able to make some achievements in terms of original movies in the future.
Like other Hollywood companies, original films have always been one of the weakest parts of Relatalistic Entertainment.
But great original projects are hard to find, and scripts are hard to find, and even if you find a script, you have to think twice.
So far this year, among the top 10 movies at the box office in North America and around the world, there is not even a single original non-sequel movie.
The hope of all the original films in 2008 was placed on "Inception".
Fortunately, Christopher Nolan did not disappoint.
Although "Inception" did not have a weekend box office hit, the box office trend is very stable, even if it is far less than the middle and early stages of the release of "Avatar", it is quite rare for commercial productions.
By November, Inception had been down 40 percent of its box office every North American release weekend.
Before Halloween, Inception's North American box office reached $233.25 million, and the global box office easily exceeded $500 million.
The film was the only market fig leaf for the original Hollywood film of 2008.
Even if it is mainly based on business adaptations and series of movies, Relativity Entertainment has gradually gained the nickname of "the only conscience of original movies" in the industry with a number of successful original movies in the past two years.
Compared to other companies and producers in the circle, Ronan seems to be more likely to give opportunities to original films and newcomers who are not well-known.
Before Halloween, the routine project of Relativity Entertainment in recent years has once again entered theaters.
The fifth part of "Chainsaw" is coming, and the soul mentor of the American imperialists, Jigsaw, still appeared on the big screen on time, pointing out the future development direction for hundreds of millions of American imperialist people.
Although Ronan is more concerned about the horror movie universe, and the "Chainsaw" series is completely thrown to James Win, the series has been a big hit with four consecutive films, which has formed a huge market inertia.
Moreover, without the fetters of the so-called soul master of the jigsaw, the content of the film is smoother, and the new torture feast is more pure.
The ultimate goal of the death game is no longer all about waking up the world.
Hoffman, the successor of the jigsaw, who began to worry that his identity would be revealed, began to go crazy and do everything possible to "protect himself".
This means that he will make more people the ghosts of deadly traps.
Of course, the horror and horror will not stop there, the bloody killing game, a new round of nightmares, has just begun.
Although word-of-mouth is declining step by step with the increase of sequels, fans of "Chainsaw" cultivated over the years still enjoy the excitement brought by the film very much.
"Chainsaw" has been filmed for the fifth part in just a few years, although it is always old wine in new bottles, but most people also know that they are here to find excitement when they come to see this film.
Is it possible to find the meaning of life and the true meaning of philosophy in this kind of blood-type horror movie?
Isn't that something wrong with your head?
Jigsaw and his disciples will continue to wreak havoc on the big screen, and Relativity Entertainment will allow them to do curtain calls.
This point, the box office of "Saw 5", is the best proof of this.
The North American opening weekend was $33.35 million, which was also the best opening result in the series.
But the "Saw Horror" series has become a veritable fan-oriented movie, and most of the enthusiasm consumed by fans in the opening weekend will inevitably face a situation of high opening and low walking, and Embassy Pictures predicts that the box office may even fall by more than 65% the next weekend.
In order for the series to open up new horizons, James Winter approached Ronan to prepare to shoot and produce "Saw 6" in a new way.
"Before filming Saw 5, there was an idea of 3D the series, but at that time the period was not mature enough, there were not enough 3D theaters, and the most important thing was that I wasn't sure if the audience would want to watch such a horror film with glasses. β
In the office, James Wynn said his thoughts to Ronan: "This year, the company's two movies, "Avatar" and "Alice in Wonderland", have been sold in succession, which has promoted the development of 3D technology in movies, and the market's desire for 3D is increasing. β
This 3D craze was single-handedly promoted by Relativity Entertainment, and Ronan naturally understood that there was something about it.
James Wing continued: "I took a closer look at the 3D film projects that Hollywood had announced and found one feature. These projects are all big-budget projects or animated feature films with an investment of more than $100 million, and none of them are horror films. β
Ronan nodded slightly and said, "It's true that there isn't at the moment." β
James Wynn added: "3D horror movies will be a blank in the film market in the short term, and as long as we seize this opportunity, I think it can make the Chainsaw franchise a big step forward commercially." β
Ronan thought for a moment and said, "Yes." James, it's up to you to take care of this project. β
"Okay. James Wing replied.
After finalizing the production of Saw 6 in 3D, James Win said goodbye and left.
The Chinese-American director is currently very busy, and he can't help but prepare and direct "Insidious 2" and "The Conjuring 2" himself, and also serves as the director of the "Annabelle" and "Chainsaw" series.
"The Conjuring" as a horror film, the popularity came and went quickly, and after eight weeks of screening, it was rolled off the North American theaters, and the North American box office finally stopped at $156.68 million.
For a film with a total investment of $30 million, such an achievement can be called a super hit.
Even "Annabelle", which will be released next year, has attracted much attention.
Ronan, on his side, was looking through the scripts and projects submitted by the "blacklist plan" implemented by Shahai Entertainment and the group.
The latter, in particular, has been able to bring two or three films or series projects with a certain market value to Relativity Entertainment every year since it was established a few years ago.
Some of the copyrights of the scripts that appear on the blacklist have long been spent by his family, some scripts seem to be full of artistic value but no one cares about them, and some scripts are well written but are bound to lose money when they are filmed.
It's good to be able to use this program to find two or three commercially valuable film projects every year.
Ronan took a closer look at the latest projects that had come back to his side, and two of them piqued his interest.
The first is a script that was delivered directly to Shahai Entertainment, and the script writer Red Caroline had a collaboration with Relativity Entertainment and served as the writer for "Dragon Tiger Boys", which was jointly invested by Shahai Entertainment and Sony Columbia Pictures.
Red Caroline met Channing Tatum, the actor of the 2006 musical and dance film "Dance Out of My Life", listened to him talk about his previous experience as a dancer, and co-adapted a script with Channing Tatum called "Magic Mike".
Because of a cooperation with Shahai Entertainment, Red Caroline directly threw the script to Shahai Entertainment.
Ronan remembers Channing Tatum, an actor who once played the Duke, and his experience was extraordinary, and before he became an actor, he worked as a stripper.
Therefore, he gave the green light to this project and asked Shahai Entertainment to talk to the other party, but the investment should not be too high, preferably within 10 million US dollars.
The other project, from the "Blacklist Project" and recommended by an executive at Relativity Entertainment, is not a script and a film project, but a non-fiction book.
The book, which now sits on Ronan's desk, is called Argo, and according to the book, it is the name of a spaceship.
Ronan skimmed through the brief and went through some of the book's contents.
Because the book is non-fiction, based on real events.
The book tells about a special period, in the late 70s and early 80s of the last century, when the anti-Western movement broke out in Iran, the United States, which was the most behind the scenes in the world, was spurned, and the Iranians surrounded the U.S. Embassy in Iran under the encouragement of faith.
This is known as the Iranian hostage crisis.
During this time, Tony Mendez, a CIA agent who is proficient in disguise skills, plotted a rescue plan to successfully remove six American diplomats trapped in the Canadian embassy in Iran under the guise of a Canadian film crew inspecting the location.
"Argo" is the title of the sci-fi movie that the crew has announced to be filming.
Ronan remembers very clearly that this film was made in a big book, and after going to the other side of the Pacific, it was translated into "Escape from Tehran", because of the obvious political implications, and it also won the Oscar for Best Film.