Compared with completely banning Bright Ratner, a five-year "ban period" on him may be better for Donn.

If Donn really seals all of Bright's retreats, even if Barry Mayer and Bob Shea compromise, the rest will be troublesome.

The rest of the film giants and Legendary Pictures are cooperating on a "platter investment" project, which may give Don a little bit of face.

But Disney won't, and the two companies have already completely torn their faces.

When the time comes, Breett Ratner will definitely join hands with Disney, and perhaps join forces with Harvey Weinstein to continue to be active in the film market, which will also be a blow to Donn's authority.

The situation is different now, with only a five-year lockdown period, and Barry Meyer running from it, and Bright Ratner can't jump off the wall even if he fights chicken blood.

can only obediently admit mistakes, admit cowardice, apologize and repent.

Done's tough stance and absolute authority in the industry were naturally established.

Don was in a good mood, looking at the vast sea, and said with a smile: "By the way, "The Lord of the Rings" is about to be released, I heard that there are more than 1,500 special effects shots?"

Bob Shea sighed slightly, "yes, it cost $47 million just to make these special effects shots!"

Don shook his head and said, "Bob, you should be content." Thankfully, you're in New Zealand, where there are no unions, low pay, low tax rates, and unlimited overtime. If it is placed in the United States, 1,500 computer special effects shots will cost at least $100 million!"

Bob Shea laughed, "yes, it's all thanks to Peter and his Weta Studios. ”

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is legendary, and its status in film history is no less than that of Titanic and Avatar, and Donn is interested in this topic.

"I heard that the film is very complicated in the process of project establishment, is it convenient to talk about it specifically?"

"Of course, this doesn't need to be kept secret. Bob Shay paused, "But it's a long story, it's a long story, and it makes a book." ”

Barry Meyer smiled: "Don't sell it, let's be specific, I watched the finished film of "The Lord of the Rings", and the effect is ...... It's shocking, and there is a precursor to a big sale. ”

When Bob Shay heard this, he became even more energetic, cleared his throat, and then slowly said-

This is said from 35 years ago...... At that time, United Arts Pictures had not yet been acquired by MGM, and they wanted to make a film of Tolkien's book, so they spent 10,000 pounds to buy the film adaptation rights of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Hobbit". By the way, this isn't the usual time-limited contract, it's a permanent buyout. ”

However, the project budget was too large, and United Arts Pictures failed to operate successfully and has been shelved. Later, there was an animation director, Ralph Bakshi, who wanted to adapt "The Lord of the Rings" and make an animated film. persuaded MGM to spend $3 million on the rights, and after being rejected, he approached Sal Zaenz, a producer he had previously worked with. ”

Sal Zaynz spent $3.5 million to get the rights to the film adaptation of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and the film production rights to "The Hobbit". ”

"Wait!" Donn interrupted him with his hand, "you mean...... All this producer got was the rights to make The Hobbit?"

Bob Shea said: "That's right, the distribution rights of 'The Hobbit' are still in the hands of United Arts. Of course, now that Lianyi has been acquired by MGM, the distribution rights naturally fall into the hands of MGM. ”

Don then realized that it was no wonder that when the "Hobbit" trilogy was made later, MGM suddenly became involved.

Bob Shea continued: "In order to make 'The Lord of the Rings' into an animated film, Sal Zaynz bought the trademark rights to all the characters, scenes, and objects in the series from Tolkien's descendants, removing the last obstacle to the filmmaking. ”

Barry Meyer nodded, "Well, I've seen that Lord of the Rings cartoon. I remember that the box office was very good at that time, but the word of mouth was so bad that there was no shooting plan for a sequel. ”

"What's next?"

This was in 1993, when Peter Jackson was appreciated by the great director Robert Gimmesses and asked him to direct "Horror Ghost". Peter Jackson managed to convince Jimmy Azes to shoot in New Zealand and work on special effects at Weta Studios, which he founded, and it worked well. ”

"You know, "Jurassic Park" also has 50 special effects shots, and "Horror Ghost" has as many as 570 special effects shots, and the production of computer special effects is very smooth, and it is exquisite, which shocked the entire Hollywood at that time. ”

"In 1994, after Peter Jackson's "Angel of Sin" was released, the word of mouth was even better. Harvey Weinstein also showed his respect for him by buying the distribution rights to Angel of Sin. In exchange, he got the 'first shot' of Peter Jackson's next film. ”

Donn's brows furrowed slightly, he didn't expect Harvey Weinstein to jump out and participate in the production of "The Lord of the Rings" like this.

First shot rights, that is, Peter Jackson's next film, no matter what he makes, must work with Harvey Weinstein.

Bob Shea said: "At this time, Peter Jackson was promoted by Robert Jimmy Eyes and Harvey Weinstein, and immediately became a Hollywood celebrity. Twentieth Century Fox invited him to direct "Planet of the Apes," executive produced by James Cameron, Universal Pictures invited him to direct "King Kong," his favorite subject, and Harvey Weinstein wanted to start the "The Hobbit" project because of a favor exchange!

"The Hobbit?"

Such a big name made Don lose his voice.

Bob Shea had no choice but to explain: "Sal Zaynz made a film that was so famous, you've probably heard of it, called 'The English Patient,' and the original collaborator was Fox Searchlight. However, due to differences of interest, Fox withdrew, and Miramax agreed to take over and invest in filming. At this time, Sal Zaenz naturally owes Harvey Weinstein a favor. ”

Don's head is too big to listen to, what does it matter? It's too complicated!

The matter is far from over, Bob Shea smiled, "At that time, Harvey wanted to make 'The Hobbit', but because the distribution rights of 'The Hobbit' were in MGM's hands, it was more complicated. Harvey had no choice but to settle for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. ”

"So...... Harvey Weinstein is the biggest contributor to the Lord of the Rings project?" Donn frowned.

Bob Shea said: "Judging from the results, it is true, Peter Jackson is just a small director, he has passion and drive, but he lacks connections, and he is not capable of running such a big project. ”

This Harvey Weinstein is really turning his hands into clouds and rain!

Tang En waved his hand weakly, "You go on, what's next?"

Bob Shea said: "At the time, Harvey Weinstein was expecting to make 'The Lord of the Rings' into two parts. Peter Jackson didn't want to make "Planet of the Apes" for fear of being suppressed under Cameron, but he was interested in Universal's "King Kong" and he wanted to make it. ”

In order to delay Peter Jackson's plan to shoot "King Kong" and "The Lord of the Rings" first, Harvey Weinstein reached an agreement with Universal Pictures. Universal transferred the overseas distribution rights of "King Kong" to Miramax in the future, and Miramax transferred the overseas distribution rights of "The Lord of the Rings" to Universal, forming a gesture of cooperation and mutual assistance. ”

But Harvey Weinstein's preset "The Lord of the Rings" is two parts, and "King Kong" is only one, and Miramax suffered a loss in this copyright exchange, and Universal Pictures had to transfer another project at hand to Miramax, that is, the famous "Shakespeare in Love". ”

Not to mention Anne Hathaway, a young actor, even Don is a little dumbfounded.

This Nima is too pitiful!

Don had long regarded Universal Pictures as a bag, but when he heard that "Shakespeare in Love" was a work transferred by Universal to Miramax, he almost vomited blood.

"The English Patient" and "Shakespeare's Love History" are two masterpieces that Miramax pointed to the Oscars.

One is from Twentieth Century Fox and the other is from Universal Pictures, is this Harvey Weinstein too lucky?

Barry Meyer glanced at him, "You've been talking for so long, it seems like everything has nothing to do with New Line Pictures. How exactly did the new line get involved in The Lord of the Ring......s? It's another gift from an old friend, right?"

"Old friend?" Don raised an eyebrow.

Barry Meyer hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "It's Michael Eisner!"

"Rush Hour" was originally a Disney project, but Michael Eisner especially hated Jack Chen's performance, just as he hated Johnny Depp's performance in "Pirates of the Caribbean", collectively referred to as "clownish monkey show".

In this way, because of the dislike of the big boss, "Rush Hour" fell into the pockets of New Line Pictures.

Bob Shea laughed, "That's right, this time, we're still thanking that old friend!"

Tang En also understood now, and couldn't help but laugh.

This Michael Eisner's vision is really outdated!

Maybe when he was in charge of Paramount in the 80s, he still had some judgment on movies, but after taking the helm of Disney, his aesthetic vision for movies has been seriously deformed.

From "Rush Hour" to "The Lord of the Rings", and then to "Christmas Elf", these blockbusters have all fallen into the hands of New Line Pictures. Even after Jerry Bruckheimer finished making Pirates of the Caribbean, he also sarcastically said that the film would be a shame for Disney!

What happened later became clear that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series is on the same level as the "Lord of the Rings" series...... ()

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