Chapter 271: A New Round of War
After leaving Silkwood Animation, Done's mood is still up and down.
He watched some footage from the production of "Fantastic Four", and to be honest, it was very delicate and mature.
If you polish and refine such production skills and put them on the big screen, you are really qualified!
It's hard to imagine that this is just the March production team that Tosca Musk has set up.
Even the director is just a recent graduate of New York University's School of the Arts, and she is still a female director.
Of course, for animated films, technical difficulties are easy to break through, and it is even more difficult to find a good enough story and creativity.
Does "The Adventures of Bone Treasure" really work?
Don didn't know that this series of animated movies had not appeared in his previous life, and he hadn't even read the original manga. But according to the people below, this cartoon is very popular among children, and this should be a fact.
With the rise of IP, this is the foundation of success!
Maybe......
Sriwood Animation, which has always been faintly discriminated against by Tang En and does not pay much attention to it, is really possible to make excellent animated movies.
Don felt that he was a little limited by the habitual thinking of his previous life.
His appearance has brought earth-shaking changes to Hollywood.
Maybe...... Is it really possible to cultivate a fourth god in addition to the three gods of animation?
In his previous life, Tosca Musk was just an ordinary filmmaker, and he made live-action movies.
Because of Donn's appearance, her fate has changed significantly.
"Maybe, she should really be given another chance!"
Sitting on his bulletproof Rolls-Royce, Don muttered for a long time with his eyes half-closed.
The pattern of Hollywood is really very different from that of the previous life......
While Don was secretly weighing the value of his existence, he received a personal phone call, and the other party had a lot of background...... Michael Eisner!
Don smiled dumbly, this time he didn't pretend to be confused, and his words revealed enthusiasm, "Hello, Mr. Eisner!"
The purpose of Michael Eisner's call, Don has basically guessed.
As early as half a month ago, Disney quietly canceled the ban on Towne Pictures.
According to the original agreement, the time has come, and it is time for Don Pictures to make a statement.
In the past half a month, Disney has been under a lot of pressure, and many industry bigwigs have faintly revealed a bit of contempt in their words when they see Michael Eisner.
Even Disney's board of directors expressed dissatisfaction with Michael Eisner, represented by Mr. Roy Disney.
Of course, in the face of this Disney monarch, only Roy Disney, the only inheritor of the Disney family in the company, has the courage to speak.
Now, Michael Eisner can't wait to solve this problem and jump out of the quagmire of the "ban order", "Donn, half a month's time has arrived!"
Tang En groaned slightly, and said lightly: "Mr. Eisner, this doesn't seem to be my original condition, right?"
At the beginning, Tang En proposed that Tang En Pictures would delay the lifting of the ban order for half a month, but the premise was that Disney would come up with an apology and an explanation.
Michael Eisner frowned, his tone unpleasant, "Anne Hathaway has apologized to you. β
Donn smiled: "Mr. Eisner, don't bully me for being young, Miss Hathaway's apology is just our personal relationship, and it has nothing to do with Disney." β
Anyway, he doesn't have an actual relationship with Anne Hathaway now, and Don has the confidence to do so.
Michael Eisner said in a deep voice, "Donn, it's time for this to end!"
"I know. In fact, back in early August, I wanted to put an end to all this nonsense. Tang En said with a smile, but his tone had a resoluteness that could not be concealed.
In the face of Michael Eisner, he did not back down!
"Seeing that it's almost November, there's no need to talk about the past. β
"I know, so in interviews recently, I didn't make any offensive remarks about Disney, and you should know that. Donn's tone was flat, "Mr. Eisner, I've never liked to stir things up, but if others dare to bully me, I will never back down." β
Michael Eisner took a deep breath and suppressed his anger, "Donn, tell me, what the hell do you mean?"
Don grinned, proud in his heart, it was definitely a thing to be proud of to have the upper hand in a confrontation with such a big man, "Mr. Eisner, I'm not the kind of person who has to make inches, hehe, it's just that I can't get used to seeing some villains jumping up and down." β
"Are you hinting at me?" Michael Eisner's voice was cold, as if he could feel the other party's indifference through his mobile phone.
Don immediately said, "No, Mr. Eisner, you have been misled and deceived by the villain. In fact, there has never been a contradiction between us at all. β
"Villain?" Michael Eisner moved out of the corner of his eye, thinking of a person, "you mean...... Joe Ruth?"
Don laughed, "Heroes see the same thing!"
Michael Eisner said in a deep voice: "No, he's the chairman of Disney's production department!"
Donn said disdainfully: "Chairman of the production department, so what? Disney's films, under his leadership, will come to an end sooner or later! Mr. Eisner, I'll just say it bluntly, I have a grudge against this person, as long as he steps down, the matter of the ban order will end here!"
"Donn, are you threatening me?" asked Michael Eisner grimly.
"No, it's just a deal. Donn paused, "In the summer, Joe Ruth caused me a lot of trouble and said a lot of things that hurt my personal image. How can such a shameless villain work at Disney?"
In the summer, Joe Ruth and Tom Rosman of Twentieth Century Fox joined forces to incite public opinion and attack on both sides, trying to kill "Spider-Man" and make Donn Pictures go bankrupt directly.
Fortunately, "Spider-Man" is competitive enough, and it has sprung up and swept away all the bulls, horses, snakes, and gods.
But this revenge, Tang En must take revenge.
In particular, Joe Ruth is Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay's biggest backstage at Disney.
If he can take this opportunity to take down Joe Ruth in one fell swoop, when "Pearl Harbor" is released next year, Don can use all means to strangle Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay.
And last but not least, Nate Shyamalan, the director of "The Sixth Sense", was signed by Joe Ruth. If Joe Ruth leaves Disney, then it will also give Nate Shyamalan the opportunity to jump ship and leave.
To sum up, Donn must take down Joe Ruth!
Michael Eisner said majestically: "Joe is the top person in charge of Disney's film business, and at this point in time, it is necessary to maintain the stability of management. β
Don said lightly, "Oh, yes? Then I can't help it, I'm sorry, Mr. Eisner, Halloween is coming." β
Michael Eisner's heart jumped, "What do you mean?"
"It's not interesting. "Don doesn't care," just to remind you that Disney's movie "Immortal" will premiere on November 22, and Don Pictures' "Chainsaw" will be released on November 1. β
Michael Eisner knew that the movie "Chainsaw" was a B-grade film, and when it was originally classified, he ordered to create obstacles for Don Pictures, and sneered: "Donn, are you saying that with a B-grade film, after 20 days of release, it can still beat Disney's mainstream commercial films?"
"Weird?"
"Hehe, you're very confident!"
"We'll see, then?"
"Young people, sometimes they are overconfident and will flash their waists!"
Michael Eisner snorted coldly, and when he saw Donn's resolute attitude, he had no possibility of persuasion, and hung up the phone directly.
Perhaps, let him suffer a little, and he will retreat.
Using "Chainsaw" to fight "Immortal"?
This Don was really carried away by the victory, and he couldn't even speak.
The cost of "Chainsaw" is only $1.5 million, which is not a Hollywood movie at all, and the investment of "Immortal" is as high as $75 million, which is not a level at all!
What's more, "Immortal" was filmed by Knight Shyamalan, which is almost a copy of "The Sixth Sense", and the release schedule is 20 days later than "Chainsaw......
There is no reason to fail!
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Back at Down Pictures, Don received a message.
Martin Richards, a famous Hollywood filmmaker, came to visit and tried to buy the film adaptation rights to the musical "Chicago" in the hands of Down Pictures.
At the beginning of the year, Donn originally planned to shoot "Chicago", so he asked the production department to get the adaptation rights, and because of the "911 incident", he remade "A Beautiful Mind".
Hearing this, Don En raised his eyes, and a little contemptuous mockery flashed on his lips.
He clearly remembers that in his previous life, "Chicago" was a film produced by Miramax, which not only shined at the Oscars, but also got a super high box office of 300 million US dollars.
This is definitely a remarkable achievement for a musical revue.
Now, Miramax and Don Pictures are at a stalemate, and Harvey Weinstein is on Donn's blacklist, and there is no chance of working together.
Unexpectedly, Harvey Weinstein actually used such a roundabout strategy to let the veteran producer Martin Richards come forward, which is simply naΓ―ve!
Can you hide it from others, from the prophetic Donn Walker?
"Tell that old guy that you shouldn't be involved, don't get involved! Be careful of splashing his blood!" Don refused very unceremoniously.
Erin Kelly of the production department hesitated and said, "Boss, wouldn't this be too rude?" Mr. Richards has a lot of face in the industry. β
"Big face?" Donn snorted coldly, "I'm going to be a dog for others, and I still have face?" Hmph, go tell him, the copyright is not for sale! If he dares to mess around, he will out! What kind of good thing can it be to mix with Harvey Weinstein?"
Now Don doesn't care about Miramax at all, the level is too low!
His focus is on Miramax's Laozi Disney!
The new month is coming.
"Chainsaw" and "Immortal" are about to start a new round of war without gunpowder......