Chapter 233: Another Blocking Order
"Hahahaha......"
Michael Eisner's voice echoes in his office.
It is an indisputable fact that the blocking order issued by Disney has dealt a blow to the image of Down Pictures. But the movies produced by Down Pictures are also well-known to crush Disney movies in the box office market.
Disney and Towne Pictures, respectively in two regions, have achieved certain results.
It can be said that there are winners and losers of each other.
However, for Disney and Michael Eisner, winning or losing means losing!
It's definitely an unprecedented shame for the old studio Disney and the new small company Donn Pictures to tie!
Originally, Michael Eisner was still worried about Donn's affairs, but when he heard Robert Iger's words, he suddenly saw the light of day and felt refreshed.
"This kid, I thought it was a character, but I didn't expect it...... It's also a faint trick!"
Michael Eisner's expression was cloudy and clear, and there was a bit of mockery in his expectant mood.
This Don, what the hell is wrong!
Down Pictures issued a ban order to Disney? It's a joke!
Disney's ban order has caused widespread dissatisfaction among peers in the industry.
If it weren't for Disney's nearly 100-year accumulation of heritage and channel resources all over the world, I am afraid it would have been sanctioned by major companies long ago.
Disney is still like this, what qualifications does Donn Pictures have?
It's definitely the brain.
Disney can break the rules, why should Down Pictures?
Just because you have produced a few blockbuster movies at the box office?
If the movies you produce are all loss-making garbage, the major companies may have some pity and help you. But now Towne Pictures has dominated the summer file, especially "Spider-Man", which has almost made all major film and television companies suffer.
Don't look at their superficial harmony, in fact, they have long regarded you as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh.
Now, you took the initiative to send the handle out, can you not hold on to it?
Whoever threatens the position of ruler, take it!
In a word, Disney is in power, and Down Pictures is not! Bad things, Disney can do it, but Down Pictures can't!
Robert Iger is the second-in-command of the Disney Group, and his previous position was chairman and CEO of ABC Group, and he was promoted by Michael Eisner.
He looked at Michael Eisner laughing wantonly and frowned slightly, "Michael, I think...... This ban order of Tang En Pictures is a bit strange. ”
"Even if there is a strange thing, what can a three-year-old film company do?" Michael Eisner looked dismissive and spoke contemptuously.
Disney has long gone beyond the scope of a film company, this is a world-class multinational media group!
If Time Warner or Viacom made a move, Michael Eisner would have been so cautious that he could have been a little bit of a Donn Film......
The little loach is the demon king of the mixed world in the small river, but when you enter the sea, don't think about not being able to turn over the waves!
Robert Iger hesitated, "Donne Walker...... His past experience is so legendary, can you imagine a 20-year-old kid who dared to do something in the stock market, the futures market, and made billions of dollars?"
Michael Eisner said lightly: "Wall Street is not Hollywood! One is in the light and the other is in the dark!"
The trading of Wall Street stocks must abide by the law and be under the sun, but many of Hollywood's internal transactions are behind the scenes, and there is no traceability.
Robert Iger whispered, "I heard that Donn has found help. ”
"It's not going to be Universal, is it?"
Michael Eisner glanced at him, his heart sinking slightly.
He knew that Don had a good relationship with Universal, and that Universal Pictures was responsible for the distribution of the films produced by Don Pictures. But before that, he was not worried about it.
DreamWorks' films in the past few years have also been distributed by Universal, and the relationship between Katzenberg, Spielberg and Universal's executives is very good.
But the result?
When everyone suppressed DreamWorks, Universal didn't help at all, but quietly started it.
The greater the pressure on DreamWorks, the more it needs to rely on the mountain of Universal, so Universal Pictures can naturally get better conditions for cooperation.
That's true for DreamWorks, and so should it be for Donn Pictures!
But Robert Eger's attitude made Michael Eisner's heart sink slightly, wouldn't it be that Don really persuaded Universal to help resist Disney?
If this is the case, the complicated situation is really difficult to handle.
"It's not Universal, it's Michael Ovitz!"
Robert Iger said in a deep voice.
"Ovitz?" Michael Eisner was slightly stunned, and then burst out laughing, a little arrogant and a little disdainful, "How much of a role can an outdated manager make? After I fired him, didn't he open a new agency?
Robert Egger said: "The development of AMG is indeed not ideal. But Michael Ovitz's connections and influence in Hollywood have not disappeared. I've heard that he's been traveling to a lot of big companies lately. ”
"So what?" Michael Eisner's stubborn side showed again, and he waved his big hand, "A defeated man, a hairy boy, what tricks can they do?"
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Hollywood's monopoly by the Big Six is not liked by industry insiders, who control the Motion Picture Association of America, and severely squeeze the living space of artists and emerging film companies.
With the establishment of major guilds, the status and income of Hollywood artists have improved, but what about emerging film companies?
Even the Dream Factory, founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen, has also been hit by a lot in the process of development.
Compared to DreamWorks, many veteran filmmakers are even more optimistic about Don Pictures, which was founded by a young man.
However, Disney's ban on Down Pictures has chilled many people. And Tang En's confessional performance, everyone can only sigh for a long time.
Yes, even the DreamWorks founded by the Big Three has gradually lost its survival space in the Hollywood environment, how can Tang Pictures, which is supported by Donn alone, be safe and sound?
Don's confession is reasonable!
Unexpectedly, 9 days after Disney issued a ban on Down Pictures, a sensational news spread throughout the core of Hollywood.
Down Pictures has fought back!
The second ban on film companies in Hollywood history was born!
The target of the ban is the world-shaking Disney!
At the end of this vigorous summer season, the atmosphere gradually calmed down, because the ban order issued by Towne Pictures to Disney was like a nuclear bomb exploding, setting off a mushroom cloud that soared into the sky!
Of course, the matter of the ban order is still only circulating in the inner circle of Hollywood, but in the hearts of the middle and low-level and the general public, they also know that Down Pictures is calling Disney!
The media reports have already illustrated the process, and when interviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Donn was polite but resolute.
Tang En Pictures has a very thin background and does not have the strength to compete with many large companies.
However, Disney and Don Pictures, which are inferior to film production, have the confidence to compete!
Even niche movies such as "Soul Shifter" and "Memory Fragments" dare to compete with Disney movies!
The people at the bottom don't know that Down Pictures and Disney are engaged in a more fierce firefight behind the scenes, but they only know that on the surface, the century-old Disney has been taught a lesson by Don Pictures!
Since this summer, every Disney movie has not escaped the fact that it has been crushed by Down Pictures.
In front of the media, Don openly satirized Disney's movie level is too poor and the box office is too low.
But what about Disney?
Didn't make any response!
In this way, it seems that as many gossip tabloids say, Disney planted it in front of Down Pictures, and even Michael Eisner completely admitted it.
Hollywood executives, who have learned more information, are also sweating for Donn when they are shocked by his crazy moves.
With such light and dark hands, stepping on Disney at the same time, are you really not afraid of retaliation?
The six giants are all members of the MPAA, and they can check and balance each other before, but in front of outsiders, they will definitely be in the same breath.
Down Pictures seems to be more than lucky.
Even Francis Coppola, when he heard the news, called him himself and told Donn, "You're impulsive!"
Don smiled lightly, his tone was light but confident, "Mr. Coppola, I've heard a saying that impulse is the devil. But I've also heard the saying that there is only a thin line between the devil and the angel!"