The 336th North American premiere
Robinov immediately guessed his plan to test it in North America first, which made Peng Yichen slightly surprised.
However, thinking that this man has worked hard in Hollywood for so many years, his understanding of the operation of movies and the film market must be far greater than himself.
Now that Robinov had guessed his thoughts, Peng Yichen did not hide it, hoping to get some advice from the other party.
He simply admitted: "Well, I really wanted to find you, and I was going to discuss the test screening in North America." ”
"Director Peng, when you left the Star Flag Country, I had already arranged the distribution. ”
Robinov said, introducing the general situation: "Just like I said at the beginning, this time we can't release "Double Treasure Fighting Demons" to you in the name of Warner. I'm going to have your film distributed under the name Legendary Pictures...... Take the route of art film screening and test screening, starting with New York and California. ”
That's what I mean. Peng Yichen thought in his heart that Robinov really had some tricks, this movie was wholly owned by Hua Na, and he could actually persuade Bix, the president of Times Hua Na, to let the movie be distributed through the channels of Legendary Pictures.
If so, don't you have to worry about buying Time Warner's film business anymore?
Just wait for Robinoff to find a way to buy DC Comics before he gets kicked out by Bix.
Relying on Robinoff's connections and abilities, it is enough to set up a film company in Hollywood that spans the Star Flag Kingdom and China?
The last time he met Robinov before he left Star Flag Country, this traditional Hollywood filmmaker expressed to himself that he wanted to cooperate with him and use the power of the Chinese film market to fight against Wall Street's erosion of Hollywood.
Peng Yichen and Robinov are both the kind of traditional filmmakers who are very sensitive and resistant to the manipulation of films by capital.
The cooperation between them has solid common interests.
This is also the reason why Peng Yichen did not have much resistance to Robinov's intention to cooperate.
Of course, with the cooperation between the two sides, Peng Yichen cannot completely relax his vigilance. Wait until Robinov comes out of Hua Na.
Peng Yichen can completely confirm that Robinov was completely abandoned by Wall Street, and then it is the best time for him to officially invite Robinov to cooperate with him to start a new film company.
As for the fact that "Double Treasure Fighting Demons" was handed over to Legendary Pictures for distribution this time.
Peng Yichen had no opinion at all.
Although Legendary Pictures is not as strong as Hua Na's strength and resources.
But among the existing 7 major film companies in Hollywood, they can find their own living space, and they are still developing very well.
Legendary Pictures is certainly not a simple company.
In 2004, Thomas Toole founded Legendary Pictures, an independent Hollywood film production company. The headquarters is located in Burbank, California, USA.
In 2005, the company entered into an agreement with Warner Bros. to co-finance and produce 40 film and television productions.
According to some rumors that Peng heard in his previous life, the company is arguably the first in Hollywood to rival the big movie studios backed by private shareholders and hedge fund investors on Wall Street.
Because almost all of the shareholders behind this company have the shadow of Hollywood's traditional film forces.
For example, the once extremely successful but eventually dismembered DreamWorks triumvirate: Spielberg, Karchenberg and Geffen;
For example, Cameron, the queen director of 21st Century Foucus;
And before, Richie Ross, the former chairman of production of Dicshni, who was forced to resign just because of the box office failure of "Pearl Harbor", must know that he led Dicshini to increase his market value by 5 times.
……
It can be said that Legendary Pictures is the last frontier of these traditional Hollywood filmmakers.
Filmmakers who insist on traditional filmmaking methods in Hollywood and Wall Street forces who want to use capital to completely control Hollywood have been fighting for more than half a century.
Nowadays, with the decline of the North American film market, traditional Hollywood filmmakers have to rely on the international film market to ensure that their films are profitable.
This has allowed Wall Street capital groups, which have more power and resources in the world, to gradually gain the upper hand in the struggle against traditional Hollywood filmmakers.
Legendary Pictures is an important force for these traditional Hollywood film bigwigs to support and build up behind the scenes to fight against Wall Street capital.
They hope to use this company to open up more film profit margins and new markets.
That's why Robinov asked Legendary Pictures to release "Double Treasure Fighting Demons" this time.
He just wanted to use this opportunity to get closer to Peng Yichen.
Ensure that in the future cooperation between the two parties, the young people who play an important role in the Chinese film market can resist the temptation of Wall Street capital and stand on the side of traditional Hollywood filmmakers.
Of course, although these thoughts are very complex and rich, they are only fleeting in Peng Yichen's mind.
Peng Yichen understands that the cooperation between the two sides cannot be as easy as he imagined.
In the next ten years, the film market in North America and even in the world will be the world of comic films, science fiction and magic movies.
If Hua Na's DC Comics can't be in their own hands, then Chen Jing Film Company will not be able to "walk" in the international film market in the future, even if it backs on the mountain of Legendary Pictures and Robinov.
After all, relying only on Peng Yichen's own science fiction movies and magic movie ideas brought from his previous life is not enough to drive the entire Chen Jing Film Company to grow into a top international film company.
Walking on two legs is the only way to go better and farther.
So for DC Comics, he is determined to win this time.
Robinov is willing to help him like this, also because he has use value, if he does not have influence and achievements in the Chinese film market.
Robinoff and the legendary film industry behind him will not pay attention to him as a young director and actor who is not even 30 years old.
And Legendary Pictures has the support of traditional Hollywood filmmakers behind it.
But this is still an independent film company after all, and it is still quite a distance from the current Hollywood Seven.
can only achieve small-scale distribution, if you really want to show your strength in the North American film market, Legendary Pictures is still not enough to watch.
The most important thing is that in Peng Yichen's plan, his next sci-fi movie will be shot with 3D-MIX technology.
Strive for a global release before Cameron's new film is released.
And in the next movie, Peng Yichen also wants to shoot "The Dark Knight", so if he can't successfully acquire DC Comics from Warner.
Then he must think about how to cooperate with the giant Hua Na.
If you get too close to Legendary Pictures now, you will likely be treated as an enemy by Bix in the future, and there will be no chance to cooperate again.
In order to gain the support of Robinoff and the traditional Hollywood filmmakers behind him, he completely turned against Bicks and Wall Street capital.
How to measure the risks and benefits is also an extremely difficult choice for Peng Yichen.
……