"Breaking Up Men and Women" is a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, which has just been filmed for two months and is expected to be released in the summer of next year.

Although the investment in the film is not high, because of the existence of Jennifer Aniston, a female star with strong appeal, she is fully qualified to rush in the summer file.

Sending a film to the MPAA for grading is a very professional process, and the judges are film professionals from Hollywood's Big Six. The film only needs to be fine-cut and dubbed before it can be submitted, and it does not need to be a finished film.

After the review is passed, the producer will proceed to more comprehensive post-production.

If the review is controversial, then in the post-production process, some of the content needs to be adjusted to meet the requirements.

Once it is rated R, it is equivalent to giving up the youth group and the market in many countries.

If it is not necessary, no producer is willing to work on R-rated projects, and the cost pressure is too great.

With the theme content of "Breaking Up Men and Women", it will definitely involve some large-scale smiles and some inappropriate shots for children, but the rating of R is too much.

PG-13 is at the end of it.

This is a romantic comedy, not a sex comedy.

As soon as Don heard this report, he immediately reacted, this is being targeted!

The MPAA rating committee is made up of Hollywood giants.

In the past, when MGM was still around, it was composed of 7 companies: Warner, Universal, Paramount, Disney, Fox, Sony and MGM, and the rules were very simple, democratic voting, and the minority obeyed the majority.

After MGM was acquired by New Universal, it lost its voting rights and was excluded, leaving only the Hollywood Big Six on the rating committee.

This will lead to a tie.

Therefore, under the regulation that the minority obeys the majority, there is another strategy, which is to take the top and not take the bottom.

If a film is rated R by 3 judges and PG-13 by 3 judges, then it should be rated R instead of PG-13.

Donn took the document and saw the rating results of "Breaking Up Men and Women", the spokespersons of Warner, Columbia, Disney, Paramount and Fox all voted for an R rating, and only Universal Pictures voted for a PG-13 rating.

5：1！

One-sided!

"Heh, it's been the target of everyone!" Don sneered.

If it is a fair grading and normal market competition, New Globe has nothing to fear. But if there is a problem with the grading, then the trouble is big. There is a large yield gap between the R and PG-13 grades.

For example, "Mad Max 4: Fury Road" is such an excellent film, just because it is R-rated, the global box office is less than 400 million US dollars.

The R-rated film is equivalent to agreeing that it is a niche film from the official source, and it can only be released in limited theaters in limited countries around the world, and the income is naturally less.

George Lucas said: "In the past, the Big Six controlled the MPAA, teamed up to deal with independent filmmakers, and defended the interests of the collective, but now this is to engage in infighting." ”

"It's not infighting, it's just that they want me to give in. Don shook his head.

George Lucas thought for a moment and said, "Yes." If it's not a sex comedy, it's just a romance movie...... It's easy to assign a PG-13 rating. You don't even need to come forward, let Universal Pictures run it on its own, you can do it, take a little more time. In any case, Universal Pictures is a member of the rating committee, unlike independent studios. ”

Tang En said lightly: "Yes, maybe that's what they mean." Let's go to the door and revise the rating. There may not be anything in "Breaking Up Men and Women" this time, but what about next time? What about next time? New Globe produces 50 or 60 movies a year, and at least 20 of them can have rating differences, right?

George Lucas understood what he meant, his eyes widened: "You mean...... They're joining forces and want you to trade your benefits for their rating decisions?"

"Isn't it?" Don snorted coldly, "I've seen through those mercenary bastards a long time ago. ”

George Lucas was secretly amused.

The heart says that what you say is better than what you sing, and when it comes to mercenary, you are a bastard more than anyone else!

However, in front of Tang En, it was not easy to say much, so he could only follow him and say: "Well, this way of using the implicit threat of rating power is really excessive." The purpose of the MPAA is to help Hollywood maintain long-term stability, not to create unrest. ”

Don's expression was a little gloomy.

If it is fair market competition, then the real knife will come, they will be packed together, and Don will not be afraid.

But it is really despicable to compete in this way of playing with power.

Not to mention, this way is really not easy to deal with.

But when he heard George Lucas's words, Donne's eyes lit up, "What did you say?

George Lucas said: "Yes, it is true that the Big Six in Hollywood have competition, but it is also a community of interests that has been maintained for a hundred years. Once chaos breaks out, New Universal's interests will certainly suffer, and other film companies will not be much better. ”

The corners of Don's mouth hooked up a contemptuous smile, "Yes, the way to deal with bastards is to be more bastards than bastards!"

"Huh?"

George Lucas didn't react for a moment.

Don got up and patted him on the shoulder, "George, look at it, I'll let you understand how bastards are made!" and then called the secretary and returned to the company.

……

The problem with the rating of "Broken Up Man and Woman" is just a minor problem in the later stages of a film project in the production department of Universal Pictures, which is part of the new Universal Pictures Entertainment Division.

On the surface, it's unremarkable.

But the meaning behind this is huge.

This is likely to be a test of the competition, or a collusive attack.

It's a flame.

If it is not dealt with in time, then it is likely to be a spark next.

Donn convened a general meeting of all the film-related executives of New Universal, including CEO Barry Diller, President Robert Iger, Vice President Ron Meyer, Vice President Carol Melton, and Bill McNick, Alan Ball, Grant Hill, Katherine Kennedy, Kevin Feige, Amy Pascal, West Cotton, Donna Langley, and Bill McNick, Alan Ball, Grant Hill, Katherine Kennedy, Kevin Feige, Amy Pascal, West Cotton, and Donna Langley......

With such a big posture, everyone understands that this matter may not be able to be handled.

For a long time, Don En's style was very stable and low-key, and even made many people almost forget that this big boss relied on bloody killings to get to where he is today.

He crushed a large number of people.

Among them, there are many media tycoons such as Eisner and Lei Shidong.

Looks like he's going to make a move today.

Single-handedly, single-handedly take on the whole of Hollywood?

Probably not.

This is too exaggerated, too unrealistic.

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