In terms of live-action fairy tale movies, in addition to "Alice in Wonderland", which is being filmed and produced, the only project that is really put on Ronan's agenda is "Beauty and the Beast" for the time being.

In the future, with the return of Shahai Entertainment funds, the manpower aspect has been eased, and more live-action fairy tale film projects will be approved.

Such as "Sleeping Beauty", "The Little Mermaid", "Aladdin", "The Lion King" and "Cinderella" to name a few.

These are all of great value for adaptation and filming of live-action films.

The script adaptation is similar to "Beauty and the Beast", it doesn't matter what the original fairy tale looks like, the plot of the animated feature film is first followed.

Feelings are one of the biggest selling points of these live-action fairy tale films.

In addition, things like "Fantasy Forest" also have operational value.

As for Mulan, Ronan is relatively cautious.

This caution does not come from the film itself, but from outside the movie, after all, it is not easy for a film to have a good box office performance in North America and be widely accepted by audiences across the Pacific.

If you don't do it well, it is not pleasing inside and out, and at the same time, it will ruin the company's reputation and become the target of attack.

Ronan knows very well that great movies have no borders, but audiences do.

Therefore, there are some aspects that must be cautious.

For example, he would never let Marvel Entertainment make a so-called Oriental superhero movie.

This is typically thankless.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there is no mention of the other side of the Pacific Ocean to avoid the power of the big scissors.

It's actually not wise to deliberately curry favor, Ronan According to his experience, Hollywood movies are actually safest to completely ignore the existence of the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Just like the strategy taken by Relativity Entertainment.

Business is carried out normally, keep a certain distance, and always remain silent.

"The Incredibles" has also entered the film market in the East, just like other animated films from Pixar Studios, it has been applauded one after another, but it is not popular at all, the box office is mediocre, and there is little gain.

Pixar's work has always been unaccustomed on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

It's hard for a good movie to kill the whole world.

Pixar Studios' animated feature films, in the Oriental cinema, almost without exception, hit the streets.

However, in the home of Hollywood in North America, Pixar Studios' animated feature film still maintains enough popularity, in addition to the box office, offline channels have also begun to generate a steady stream of revenue for Relativity Entertainment.

Once Hollywood's animated films sell well at the box office, the profits on the periphery are often surprisingly high.

Less than a week after its release, "The Incredibles" brought in a whopping $39.8 million in sales revenue for Relativity Entertainment on offline channels.

You know, the various copyright licensing negotiations regarding the film have not yet begun.

Licensing the rights to popular cartoons sold for hundreds of millions of dollars is not a big deal at all.

As Thanksgiving approaches, the North American film market is heating up again, and more and more movies are beginning to be released.

In the new weekend, there were several films that opened in more than 2,000 theaters, including high-profile productions such as "Charlotte's Web" distributed by Paramount Pictures, "Borat" produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, and "The Time Effect" by Disney's Touchstone Pictures.

The latter is starring Oscar winner Denzel Washington.

Although this is the second weekend before Thanksgiving, the intention of these films to get a piece of the Thanksgiving schedule is very clear.

To a certain extent, these films were released in a bunch and were also driven over.

Because the next weekend, the weekend before Thanksgiving, there is a sequel to the super hit film - "Wonderful Night at the Museum 2".

Sequels to successful movies are never easy to provoke, and everyone knows this, so no film wants to collide head-on with "Night at the Museum 2", which was a huge hit in the first installment.

These films were pushed to be released, and each of them hoped that they could become the final winners, but they could not overpower the strength of the others.

On the contrary, "The Incredibles", which was released the following weekend, snatched the championship from many new films with the super stable trend of animated films, and won the top spot at the North American box office this weekend.

Compared with the first week of release, the box office of "The Incredibles" fell by less than 30% the next weekend, and it received $54.17 million in three days!

This super stable trend also helped the film's North American box office exceed $150 million, with a cumulative total of $152.78 million.

Among the new films, the highest-grossing film is Twentieth Century Fox's "Borat", but only $26.11 million in the opening weekend can only be relied upon.

Now approaching the end of the year, the feedback data from all aspects of the North American film market this year undoubtedly proves that this is a small year for movies, there are very few commercial films that really sell well, and the annual box office champion was also booked by "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World" early.

The major Hollywood studios, except for Relativistic Entertainment, which is also stable in output and quality, seem to lack masterpieces this year.

Originally, Warner Bros. had high hopes, but the hit on the street of "Superman Returns" made Warner Bros. change the schedule of many films and aim more at the future.

At the same time, the North American awards season has also kicked off, and many films that are interested in winning awards this year have also stepped up their publicity.

This year, Relativity Entertainment has three films that will challenge for the Oscars during the awards season, namely Martin Scorsese's "The Departed", Sofia Coppola's "Juno" and Pixar Studio's "The Incredibles".

The latter has the clearest goal and the most likely to win, and the award for Best Animated Feature Film is generally accompanied by DreamWorks Animation Studios in the years when Pixar Studios animated films are released, and Pixar Studios wins the award.

The theme of "Juno" and the resource investment of Relativity Entertainment decided that this was a running film, and how many nominations could be won were few, and the Oscar statuette basically had little hope.

"The Departed" won't be released in North America until December, and it's Relativity Entertainment's number one highlight of the awards season, with the first goal being Best Picture, followed by Tom Cruise's Best Actor and Martin Scorsese's Best Director awards.

Compared with "The Aviator", which hit the Oscars last time, Martin Scorsese, who has returned to the gangster theme, is undoubtedly much more confident.

Moreover, the previous defeat was precisely the seniority of this time.

Ronan also took the time to chat with Martin Scorsese about the awards this season, compared with the previous time, Martin Scorsese's mentality is much calmer and not so anxious.

Even this failure is not the end of the world for Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood is so old that he can still direct films, and Martin Scorsese can too.

The key to Ronan's advice is to tell Martin Scorsese not to be high-profile, and he doesn't need to be high-profile.

As long as "The Departed" is released normally, the whole world knows that Martin Scorsese is going to hit the Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture again, and there is no need to say it at all.

If it is too high-profile, it will make people feel too deliberate, and it may arouse the disgust of some neutrals and become a point loss.

In fact, as long as he rushes for the award step by step, Ronan feels that the possibility of Martin Scorsese winning the award is infinite.

Surprisingly winning or something like that, doesn't fit Martin Scorsese and the films he directs.

As for Tom Cruise's Best Actor, Ronan also talked to Tom Cruise specifically.

Perhaps because of the entanglement with his ex-agent Pat Kingsley a few years ago, Tom Cruise is now in a good state of mind: "Of course I'm happy to get the Best Actor Golden Man, and it doesn't matter if I can't get it." In fact, I understand that this Best Actor is just the icing on the cake for me now, and it can't affect my status in Hollywood. ”

Ronan also agreed with Tom Cruise's words: "The Oscar is more of an honor for you, and other aspects are dispensable, but Embassy Pictures will actively promote public relations for you, and as long as there is a chance, we will still try to win back that little golden man." ”

Tom Cruise said, "I also have $5 million on my side, and you have Embassy Pictures in touch with my team. ”

Ronan nodded slightly: "No problem." ”

"How big is the chance of Martin winning the award?" asked Tom Cruise curiously.

Ronan replied directly: "No matter who the competitor is, Martin has the best chance of winning. ”

It's not about "The Departed", it's about the capital that Martin Scorsese has accumulated over the years.

Tom Cruise reminded: "Clint Eastwood is here again this year, coming out in December of the new year, you guys have to be careful. ”

"I know. Ronan has a general understanding: "The old cowboy used the shooting footage of one film and cut two films, which is really quite remarkable." But he just won the Best Director Golden Man two years ago, and it is impossible to win another one immediately. ”

As far as judges' voting is concerned, it is also rare to vote for someone who has recently won a prize.

Moreover, "Flags of the Fathers" and "Letter from Iwo Jima" are good, but they are not top-notch in Clint Eastwood's works.

Subsequently, the two discussed potential contenders for Best Actor.

In fact, the overall competitiveness of this year's Oscar for Best Actor is not strong, but Ronan vaguely remembers that it was once a black actor who won this year's Oscar.

Compared to the natural skin color advantage of black people, Tom Cruise doesn't seem to have much of an advantage.

Ronan didn't think much about it, this kind of thing can only be said then, since the beginning of the new century, the Oscars have produced too many black actors, maybe the judges should also strike a balance.

After all, it's not yet to the point where the nomination criteria are measured by skin color.

It won't be long before the criteria for awards in Hollywood and the entire Western world will change dramatically, and more messy criteria will be added to the factors that seriously affect the awards.