The next day, Ronan made a special trip to visit Goldman Sachs Group and Marvel Comics, the former has not yet started the investigation of Netflix, so naturally he will not give an answer.

Compared with a few years ago, the latter has not changed particularly significantly, it is not bankrupt, but it has not developed much, it is not dead or alive.

To be precise, Marvel Comics is eating its old book, and most of its revenue comes from "Spider-Man" and "X-Men".

Ronan bought out the rights to those superheroes at that time, and it seemed that Marvel Comics had the funds to continue to maintain and develop again, but to some extent sold out its own future.

Of course, there are infinite possibilities in the future, and no one can guarantee that Marvel Comics will not appear in the situation of 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.

After returning to Los Angeles, Ronan called Robert Iger and went to San Francisco with them, where they spent three days at Netflix headquarters.

Later, the specific cooperation with Goldman Sachs or other companies, as well as the operation of the IPO in the next few years, are all in charge of Mark Randolph and Robert Iger.

Taking advantage of the time before Thanksgiving, Ronan and several crews went around one by one, "The Wedding Guest" and "Wonderful Night at the Museum" have already entered the filming stage; "Resident Evil 2", "Tales of the Night 2" and "Death is Coming 3" and other sequel films have all completed production, and Embassy Pictures is making publicity and distribution plans; "Dawn of the Living Dead" and "When Happiness Knocks" have finished filming and have just started post-production; preparations for "Spy 3" and "Chainsaw" are about to be completed and filming will begin soon.

In addition, Ronan came to Warner Studios specifically to see the post-production of "Batman: Time to War".

"Darker tones! Yes! No bright colors!"

With Ronan's support, Christopher Nolan got the right to speak in post-production, and in the post-production studio, he said to the staff at the Da Vinci grading table: "Even during the day, don't let it be sunny, Gotham is always shrouded in a gloomy blue-black tone!"

Jessica Felton, who was preparing for the next two installments of Pirates of the Caribbean and was a post-producer, accompanied Ronan with her arms to her chest and whispered to Ronan: "Director Nolan is very obsessed with dark tones. ”

Ronan nodded: "This is the style of the film that I agreed with him at the beginning of the selection of the project. ”

Jessica Felton asked, "Why?"

Ronan said softly, "Because this style matches the simple Gotham." ”

"Gotham?" Jessica Felton couldn't help but laugh, "What a Gotham city." ”

Ronan smiled: "The folk style is simple and the big brother Tan has many talents, and there are many Arkham ......"

Jessica Filton had to admire: "This description is so accurate. ”

At the end of a period of work, Christopher Nolan came over to chat with Ronan for a while, and Jessica Felton was not familiar with Christopher Nolan, but only acted as a listener on the sidelines.

"I've already got Jonathan started writing the script for the next part. ”

Since the first "Time to War" was not released, Christopher Nolan was not very confident in some of the entire series, saying: "Can the audience accept such a crazy character?"

Ronan said calmly: "Infinitely raise his IQ and make him look omnipotent, such a villain, if well shaped, is even more attractive than the protagonist." ”

Christopher Nolan nodded, "I hope so." He changed the subject: "Recently, Jonathan had an idea about the magic that was prevalent in the Victorian period, and I thought it was a good idea, and he wrote it after he finished the script for the second part. ”

Ronan said without hesitation: "The script is finished, show me first." ”

"Of course. Christopher Nolan said directly: "We are partners, and we will definitely give you priority." ”

Ronan can roughly guess that what Christopher Nolan is talking about should be the former "Deadly Magic".

"How's the post-production?" Ronan asked.

Christopher Nolan said: "It will be done by the end of this year, and Warner Bros. intends to release it in June next year. He said worriedly: "I heard that there will be a lot of large-scale productions released by Relativity Entertainment next year, so let's not bump into our own people." ”

Ronan nodded: "Don't worry, I will let the embassy film industry coordinate the schedule." ”

Christopher Nolan glanced at his watch: "I'm going to get back to work." ”

Ronan offered to take his leave: "I'll go first, call me if you have any questions." ”

"I will. Christopher Nolan looked at Ronan with gratitude in his eyes.

Although Ronan served as the first producer on the crew, he basically delegated power to him and single-handedly took on a lot of the pressure put on by Warner Bros.

Christopher Nolan is well aware that there are some executives within Warner Bros. and DC Comics who have very big objections to the footage he filmed, and wanted to intervene several times, but Ronan successfully persuaded Charles Rowan, and the two joined forces to carry it out.

"Batman: Time to War" succeeded, anything can be said, and if it fails, Christopher Nolan feels that he will definitely lose his trust in Ronan.

Out of the post-production room, Jessica Filton asked curiously, "Ronan, you have a lot of trust and optimism about Director Nolan?"

Ronan said honestly: "'Batman' is the most suitable theme for Christopher Nolan, and when the two come together, it's like gasoline meets flame, and it will burn a raging fire." ”

Jessica Filton also trusts Ronan's vision and says, "A good director is really trustworthy. ”

The two walked out of the office building together and walked towards the studio gate, and Jessica Filton asked, "I met Lindsay Beale the other day and heard her say that you are running a project with social relevance?"

Ronan said, "It's just done with the script, and it's not going to work yet. ”

Jessica Filton was a little curious: "Does it make sense of social reality? ”

Ronan said dissatisfiedly: "Jesse, you are a person with technical pursuits, and I am also a person with artistic pursuits!"

"Okay. Jessica Filton shrugged her shoulders, causing the mountain to shake: "Actually, I also have artistic pursuits, can I read the script?"

Ronan said, "You have time for relativity entertainment, and if I'm not there, you let Connie bring it to you." ”

After leaving the Warner Studios, the two got into the same car, and Ronan instructed the driver, David, to go to the airport, saying, "All the luggage?"

Jessica Filton nodded: "Bring it, I don't ask for much." Rosario is not the deserted Mexican town of a few years ago, and in recent years, Hollywood crews have frequently filmed there, which has led to commercial development, and everything can be bought there. ”

She was going to the Pirates of the Caribbean crew, which was being filmed in Rosario, both in preparation for post-production and to take over from George Clint as producer.

George Clint can't stay in Mexico for a long time as the CEO of Sand Sea Entertainment, and Jessica Felton is a good successor after a few years of experience.

"It's not very calm on the crew's side. Ronan specifically advised: "Little actors have become big stars, each with their own ideas, and there will inevitably be conflicts, especially Johnny Depp, who often has some very alternative ideas, and is not the kind of person who follows the rules." ”

After all, Jessica Filton served as a post-producer on "The Curse of the Black Pearl" and knows a certain amount about the crew, saying, "I'll pay attention." ”

Ronan said: "I have never worried about your ability in terms of technology, even if you don't, as long as you are given some time, you will always master it as quickly as possible." But producers need more than just technology, but also more importantly, organizational and coordination skills. ”

Jessica Felton knew that this was a key point in her career, and said with a smile: "I really can't, I can still ask you for help." ”

Ronan couldn't help but laugh and waited for the Rolls-Royce Phantom to come to the airport gate and personally send Jessica Felton into the terminal, all the way to see her go through security, before returning to the car.

Producer work is not easy to do, and female producers are especially difficult.

The status of women in Hollywood, in fact, is the same as the whole society, and it is much more difficult than men to make a career in an important position.

Hollywood's famous female producer can be counted on almost one hand.

It is extremely rare for a woman like Shirley Lansing to sit at the helm of Hollywood's six major positions.

Thanksgiving Day 2003 is approaching, and the North American film market has entered another period of the year with the most fierce competition except for the summer season.

Award-winning films began to be screened one after another, various events and plans for the awards season began to unfold rapidly, and even Embassy Pictures was frequently building momentum for "Lost in Translation".

This film will be the key award project of Embassy Pictures this awards season.

The weekend before Thanksgiving, another heavyweight movie was released, and the Warner Bros. production and distribution of the "Matrix" series came twice a year.

Following the release of "The Matrix 2: Reloaded" in May, "The Matrix 3: The Matrix Revolution" was officially released.

In addition, the British film "Love Actually" released by Universal Pictures was released at the same time.

This romantic film, which brings together almost all the stars of the United Kingdom today, is an ambitious work, but it also brings a more British flavor, which directly leads to a mediocre response in the North American market, which only grossed less than $7 million in its opening weekend.

The market response of "The Matrix 3: Matrix Revolution" was unexpected, Warner Bros. was too anxious, and a sequel like this kind of film could only be released once a year at the earliest, and in just half a year, two sequels were released one after another......

And the Shinto Taoism of the second part also made "The Matrix" fade the aura accumulated in the first part.

The sequel only took home $48.4 million in its opening weekend, and the regression is unusually obvious.

Entering its second weekend, "Mean Girls" became the first choice for many teenagers, and the box office of $21.1 million the next weekend not only made the film only take a back seat to become the second place at the box office after "The Matrix 3", but also pushed the total box office of the film over $50 million, with a cumulative total of $58.9 million.