Chapter 1072: Self-Exile

In the past year, Relativity Entertainment's single highest-grossing film was Pixar Studios' "Cars", which brought in a total of nearly $1.4 billion in revenue along with the global box office share plus various offline channels, as well as peripheral derivatives and licensing revenue.

The single highest-grossing film, not counting "The Dark Knight" with Warner Bros., went to "Transformers" and grossed $882.47 million worldwide.

"Transformers" was a huge success, and the peripheral sales were actually not much worse than "Autobots", but unlike "Autobots", many of the film's revenues were relativistic and had to be shared with Hasbro.

Therefore, Relativity Entertainment's income on this project is not as good as "Autobots".

In order to sell goods and toys, in the second part that is being prepared, there will be many new Transformers characters, such as Hercules, robot dogs, horizontal guns and flying over the mountains, etc.

Optimus Prime will also appear in the final battle of the film with a new image.

Relativity Entertainment can proudly announce that in order to sell peripherals and toys, we are really hard!

In terms of TV episodes, except for "Grey's Anatomy", which continues to cooperate with ABC TV, all TV episodes produced by Relativity Entertainment have been handed over to Netflix streaming, and among the new solo dramas, the best response is "Game of Thrones".

Netflix Streaming has eagerly placed orders for the second and third seasons with Shahai Entertainment.

Other sequels like "The Big Bang Theory" and "Breaking Bad" can only be described as super popular, and data such as word-of-mouth and on-demand are not under "Game of Thrones" in the slightest.

The success of these dramas also proves that if online dramas want to win the hearts of the audience, amplifying the scale is one of the factors for success.

Relativity Entertainment is also constantly developing new solo dramas for Netflix streaming, which have more room to operate in the original genre than movies.

As we all know, even if the original movie is made well, the probability of hitting the street is quite high, and the adaptation of the movie or the sequel movie often has a bad movie that can be a big hit.

Audiences tend to be more tolerant of dramas, and dramas also have a much higher proportion of originality than movies.

In fact, this also provides a new model for Hollywood, which has also been reflected in recent years.

Hollywood companies frequently adapt successful series into films, such as "Mission Impossible" and "Thunderbolt Angel."

Relativity Entertainment is also preparing to collaborate with Sony Colombia on "Dragon Tiger Boys" in this regard.

Similarly, popular movies can also be adapted into TV series, and TV series naturally have a certain audience based on movies.

Compared with other Hollywood peers, Relativity Entertainment is relatively fast in this genre.

The "Stumbling Block Project", which has already begun preparation, is a typical example of this, and "S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents", which is doing copywriting, can also belong to this ranks.

In addition, with the release of "Hurricane Rescue 3", Agent Brian's rescue trilogy has come to an end for the time being, and Shahai Entertainment and Netflix Streaming are also preparing to adapt the popular movie series into a series.

Like Project Stumbling Blocks is to the Spy trilogy, the episodes of Hurricane Rescue are not a continuation of the film trilogy, but rather tell the story of Agent Brian Millster's youth.

Brian Mills, at that time, had not yet retired.

Of course, the story of the series will continue the model of "Hurricane Rescue", with rescue as the theme, and each season tells a big rescue event.

As Hollywood's most unprovoked father, Brian Mills will continue to contribute a lot of income to Relativity Entertainment for a long time to come.

There is also a person who can't be messed with, the famous John Wick.

Ronan has already begun to plan the film project of this super killer, and the scripts of the first two parts have been written and registered for copyright, and they can be pushed into the official preparation stage when the time is right.

The first choice for the actor is still Keanu Reeves.

Although he was a member of Hollywood's 20 million club a few years ago, Keanu Reeves, as a Hollywood star with a weird personality, has basically lived a life of self-exile in recent years, and occasionally starred in movies, such as Warner Bros.'s "Hell's Detective" and "Untouchable Lovers", are far from meeting expectations.

Hollywood is a star-making factory that produces the brightest stars in the world.

Similarly, Hollywood is as forgetful as the audience, and it is impossible for a star to choose a work attitude that borders on self-exile to continue to stay in the first-line café.

Stars like Charlize Theron, when the movie is not going well, can still brush up their presence through endorsements and fashion, and try to maintain their coffee position.

What about Keanu Reeves? Hippies aren't in vogue these days.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is difficult for Keanu Kiewis to get a salary of $10 million now.

Perhaps, John Wick will become Keanu Reeves' most successful film after the "Matrix" trilogy.

Relativity Entertainment has basically maintained a stable momentum, methodically promoting film and television project plans, and in this awards season, it has also continued to promote public relations for "Slumdog Millionaire".

Although the film has received rave reviews, it is difficult to predict what will follow in this chaotic awards season.

Because the writers' strike intensified.

After a number of Hollywood film and television projects were suspended due to the screenwriters' strike, on December 18, the Writers Guild announced that it refused to write lines for the Golden Globes and boycotted the Golden Globes.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association had no choice but to cancel the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in January next year and announce the results directly at a press conference instead.

This has brought an extremely huge shock to both inside and outside the Hollywood circle.

Many people are starting to worry about next year's Oscars, and if the Oscars are also canceled, it will not only be a loss in terms of money, but also the face of Hollywood.

Hollywood's major companies are well prepared, and the Producers' Union's rejection of the Screenwriters' Guild's conditions reflects the will and interests of Hollywood's large and medium-sized companies.

If the strike lasts for three months, Hollywood's major companies could lose around $300 million, but agreeing to the Writers' Guild's terms could cost $3 billion in the next few years.

There was another meeting of the top brass of Hollywood's major companies, and they basically agreed that even if the strike continued, they would not give in easily to the writers' union.

Instead of making any progress at the negotiating table, the Producers' Union and the Writers' Guild have broken down again.

The strike is an industry-wide effort, and the writers' union will be under more pressure than a coalition of producers backed by major companies.

Correspondingly, if the strike continues, the income of more than 10,000 screenwriters will not be at all.

When the news broke down again, it attracted the attention of the whole United States.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally couldn't sit still and met with representatives of the Producers' Union and the Writers Guild to get the two sides back to the negotiating table in order to reach an agreement as soon as possible.

Unlike the unhurried negotiations between Hollywood's major studios, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is most worried about the suspension of the Oscars, which is Hollywood's biggest decorative façade, and no one wants to see the shutdown happen.

With the Golden Globes in front of the awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences simply announced the cancellation of the nominees' luncheon and directly changed it to a press conference to announce the list of nominees.

Fearing that the Oscars would be shut down due to a writers' strike, they were prepared for both of them, and if the strike continued, the academy would launch an emergency gala.

The rotating president of the academy also visited the top 15 companies in Hollywood, hoping that the management would take the lead in making concessions and reach new agreements before the new year.

But without exception, they were rejected.

The United States is also making efforts to make efforts, the relatively sensitive economic situation in the United States, absolutely can not withstand the torture of a long strike, Hollywood has been tied to Wall Street for many years, and if there is an accident in Hollywood, not only will the entertainment industry be a large industry, but it will even directly cause turmoil on Wall Street.

The Producers' League has always been tough, and that's a must-have attitude to the outside world, even if companies and people, including Ronan and Relativity Entertainment, are ready to back down.

Cracking the screenwriters' strike can only be for the producers alliance to make certain concessions, and there is no other way out.

Similarly, the conditions of the Writers Guild cannot exceed the bottom line of the management.

In order for any industry to function normally, both labor and management must abide by the "rules of the game" of mutual recognition and fairness, and it seems natural that the entire entertainment industry should share a share of the tens of billions of dollars in profits every year to screenwriters.

However, capital is born to pursue profits, and to move the cake of commercial groups is undoubtedly to dig meat from capitalists.

Major corporations are not charities, and capital has a ruthless side when it touches interests.

Hollywood's larger companies have turned their attention to overseas and non-union writers, and have even hired screenwriters from places like the UK and Australia.

In addition, the support within the industry, such as the actors' union and the director's union, is more in words.

Labor and management, led by Washington authorities and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, sat down at the negotiating table again, but there was little progress in the negotiations.

In some ways, it's also a huge backlash from the Hollywood industry's long-standing neglect of screenwriters.

In fact, the producer alliance is also under pressure, and listed companies are facing pressure from shareholders.

The turmoil in Hollywood, coupled with the seemingly stable but in fact sensitive economic situation in the United States, is directly reflected in the stock market.

Listed companies such as the Big Six in Hollywood, although their stock prices have not plunged, have also suffered setbacks.

In contrast, a company with a simple shareholding structure like Relativity Entertainment stands still, and there is good news.

December 20, 2008 is a time that can be remembered in the history of the company for Netflix Networks.

After several years of rapid development, the overall market value of Netflix exceeded $100 billion for the first time, and firmly stood above the market value of 100 billion!