In today's Hollywood, films that can grossing over 100 million in North America in the first weekend are rare, and "X-Men 3: Last Stand" has undoubtedly achieved great commercial success.

Fox Building, Jim Prologis looked at the young man who rushed back from London, England, and said: "Although the "X-Men" trilogy is over, we will still dig deep into the market value of this series. ”

James Murdoch stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with his hands on his chest, looking at the Relativity Building not far away, with an interested look: "Tell me about it." ”

Jim Prologis immediately said: "At the moment, we are ready to run two projects that are solo films by two extremely popular characters from X-Men, Wolverine and Magneto. ”

"Wolverine, I know, it's the most popular character. James Murdoch has questions: "But villains like Magneto also make independent films......"

"We're going to cast him into a man who is both good and evil, looking at the big picture every time it counts," said Jim Prologre. ”

James Murdoch said: "I have limited knowledge about this, you are the expert and you are in charge. ”

That being said, Jim Prologis still reported one by one: "In addition to the "X-Men" series, we also have a number of first-line film projects in the filming, or in preparation. ”

James Murdoch didn't speak, as if he didn't seem to care.

Jim Prologis doesn't think so, saying, "In the next three to four years, Twentieth Century Fox will have several big-budget film projects coming out one after another. Ridley Scott's "Pharaohs and the Gods" and Roland Emmerich's "10,000 Years Before History" are being filmed, and "Robin Hood" is about to start filming. The production budget for these three projects averages $140 million. ”

James Murdoch said at this time: "With the scale of Twentieth Century Fox, only a big-budget project will have enough room for profit." ”

This is the basic rule for the survival of large Hollywood companies, otherwise Hollywood companies will not continue to shoot commercial films with a total investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, let alone push the threshold of first-line production higher and higher.

Jim Prologis continued: "It's not just these three, the production budget of "Terminator 4" with a whopping $200 million has basically determined the main creative team. There is also a disaster genre about storms, which is also steadily advancing, and is expected to invest about $150 million. ”

James Murdoch nodded slowly, then asked, "Will there be a shortage of funds running so many top production projects at the same time?"

"It's a little nervous. Jim Prologis said with a smile: "But when the film is released, as long as the box office meets our minimum expectations, the financial situation of Twentieth Century Fox will be immediately eased." ”

James Murdoch said, "Go according to your plan. ”

Jim Prologis went on to say: "We're still looking for other big production projects that fit ......"

James Murdoch thought of one thing: "Is there no way to do Fantastic Four?"

"Don't start again just yet. Jim Prologis is still wise: "The influence of the comics is still there, and the negative effects of the first part have not dissipated. ”

He sighed, both shirking responsibility and shifting the target: "Relativity Entertainment and Marvel Entertainment have gone too far with Fantastic Four!"

James Murdoch said: "Are they still aggressive?"

Jim Prologis said: "The lawsuits over Fantastic Four and X-Men have never stopped, and we can't be passive all the time, Ronan Anderson ......"

"Don't act rashly. James Murdoch interrupted him: "I said, I'm in charge of solving Ronan Anderson's problem. ”

Jim Prologis doesn't talk much, James Murdoch has always been a very methodical person, and has won battles many times with unconventional means, maybe he can really teach Ronan Anderson to be a man.

James Murdoch finally asked, "How is Fox developing online, can it compete with Netflix?"

Jim Prologis immediately made a bitter face, but he could only tell the truth: "In the short term, it is difficult for Fox Online to pose a threat to Netflix, after all, Netflix has many years of accumulation, and we are just getting started." ”

These are objective facts, and James Murdoch can't deny them either

He has done some understanding, after Ronan Anderson acquired Netflix, in fact, he has been preparing and accumulating strength for future development in the past few years, at that time Netflix had neither competitors nor attention, and as a result, after several years of content, capital, technology and user accumulation, Netflix soared, not only opened up a number of new businesses, but also formed an absolute leading advantage.

Jim Prologis added: "One thing, we have to admit, Netflix streaming's solo dramas, the quality rate is too high. In this regard, the Shahai Entertainment behind them has a huge advantage. ”

James Murdoch stopped looking at the Relativity edifice and said, "Don't worry, catch up step by step." ”

Entering June, Netflix streaming media once again launched a new solo series, after more than a year of dramas, there is a saying in the outside world that has gradually become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people - produced by Netflix, it must be a high-quality product!

Therefore, as soon as Lao Bai, who does not run the hall, was launched, he attracted countless fans.

"Breaking Bad", despite only seven episodes of the first season, received unanimous praise, with a rating of 9.7 on Netflix streaming!

IMDB also has a high rating of 9.5 points!

The high level of word-of-mouth has led to a continuous increase in traffic and subscribers, and Netflix has surpassed 75 million paying users in one fell swoop after surpassing 100 million registered users worldwide.

Breaking Bad added 2.7 million new paying subscribers to the Netflix network in its first week of launch.

It's not quite as good as the 95 million paid subscribers of cable TV at its peak in the U.S., but that's all cable TV stations combined, and now Netflix has grown into a new media that no one can ignore!

In order to further promote the Netflix network, Relativity Entertainment is also working with Kongscart, the largest cable TV service provider in the United States, and ATamp, the largest network telecommunications service provider; Conduct cooperation negotiations.

Netflix is completely different from Hollywood companies with relatively closed industries such as Relativity Entertainment, and if it wants to grow bigger, it needs more partners, bigger platforms, and more money.

In a way, Ronan is also looking for more partners and potential allies.

Relativity Entertainment vs. ATamp; The purpose of the negotiations between T and Kongscat is for Netflix to achieve cross-shareholding with the two companies in order to obtain more abundant network communication resources and promote cable channels.

Of course, even after cross-shareholding, Relativity Entertainment will still hold an absolute controlling stake in Netflix.

In addition, Relativity Entertainment will also become ATamp; T and Kongscat's shareholders.

In fact, this is also conducive to increasing the anti-risk ability of relativistic entertainment.

Due to the well-received reception of "Breaking Bad" and the continuous drive of new users, a week after the series was launched, Netflix Streaming sent orders for the new season to Shahai Entertainment.

Netflix streaming media will have sequels of new dramas or popular dramas every month starting this year, each of which can cause continuous hot comments on the Internet.

Also at the beginning of June, "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" officially entered the preliminary preparation stage after more than half a year of early planning.

This will be the drama series with the highest investment in Shahai Entertainment since the establishment of Relativity Entertainment, with a single episode shooting and production budget of up to 5 million US dollars!

The cost of costume magic dramas is generally much higher than that of fashion dramas.

Even so, after many preparatory meetings, Ronan made a decision that the series would dilute the magical elements to a certain extent while ensuring the plot.

Why did Peter Jackson cut almost all the magic content of the Lord of the Rings trilogy back then? The wizard Gandalf fought by lighting up and then rushing up to smash it with a stick and slash it with a sword? In addition to Miya's own good at close combat, it was not a lack of budget.

In the film, the wizard releases not magic, but dollars!

With a production budget of less than $300 million, what magic does it take to make such a "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

It would be nice if Peter Jackson could give Gandalf a lighting spell.

"A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" seems to have a lot of budget of $5 million for a single film, but in fact, it is difficult to shoot in Hollywood, and when the time comes, it must go to Eastern Europe to mix tax rebates and financial subsidies, and the low local labor cost is really very advantageous.

The cost of hiring one person in California, it may be five people in Central and Eastern Europe.

What about this individual? He is also protected by the trade unions and other organizations, and if something goes wrong, there is a lot of trouble.

On the other hand, those five people, small injuries and small bumps may not be anything at all, maybe they don't need the crew to come forward, and the local government will suppress them.

There are really not too many people in Central and Eastern Europe who think about the big picture of investment.

Ronan will be in charge of the series, but the producer will be George Clint, who has submitted a production plan to save money, in addition to the previous items, to hire a dog like a husky to act as an ice wolf.

Can the huskies be competent for filming? Ronan is a little worried, so many huskies appear in the crew, will the crew collapse?

The second generation of the wolf family each raises a husky, and the husky always agrees with the enemy after going to the battlefield......

No wonder the wolf family was about to be wiped out at one time.

Regardless, A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones is about to hit the media platform, and the ultimate bento king will also embark on a super feat of spending ten years across the desperate Great Wall to send people away.

Thinking about the last season, the Night King appeared in a full atmosphere, neatly draped, bright armor, with all the people, including all the elites of the staff, slowly moving from the firelight, if you match a windbreaker, the imp next to you blows a fan, and the little brother will definitely be resurrected.

However, such a stylish man just saw a little light of victory in the ghost world, and hung up.

The Night King and his comrades spent eight seasons with the fans of the show, and before the finale, the Night King said goodbye to everyone and went with the wind.