Chapter 355 Dig the pit down
Mark said so, but Iger said he didn't believe it, maybe this is him to cover up his failure, his approach, basically failed, Disney will not sell these two projects to him, Iger has been in charge of Disney for almost ten years, and knows the origin of these two projects, which are high-quality projects.
"Electronic World War" is a United States science fiction thriller movie, filmed in 1981 and released in 1982, but the box office of this film was quite mediocre after its release, with an investment of 17 million US dollars, and it took only 260 million US dollars to get a box office of 260 million US dollars in three months after its release, which is far from being able to compare with the popular "Aliens" in the summer of that year, this film was too advanced and complicated for the audience at that time. Today's audience may seem to think that the story of "Cyber World Wars" is no longer surprising. But you know, in '82, the vast majority of people didn't even know what a computer was, and the term cyberspace, that is, the virtual space in the computer, had not yet appeared.
Computer space, programs, virtual motorcycle racing...... Even though "Star Wars" had been in theaters for five years at that time, computer space was still too distant and mysterious for the vast majority of American people.
Although "Cyber World Wars" was neither a box office hit like "Star Wars" nor a film history classic like "2001: A Space Odyssey", it opened the door to the world of computers, becoming the first science fiction film to depict virtual space in the true sense of the word, and almost every film of its kind has been inspired by this film, and the Wachowski brothers have explicitly admitted that it had a deep influence on "The Matrix".
The United States Visual Effects Association (VES) selected the 50 most influential special effects films in history, and "Electronic World War" ranked sixth, and the United States Computer Graphics Society regarded this film as a milestone and watershed in computer graphics, believing that it created the era of CG movies, and Disney would transfer the adaptation rights of such a movie?
"Martian Princess" has a bigger origin, it is a classic science fiction of the same name created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, it was originally prepared to start production at MGM in 1931, and was ready to be made into an animated film, and at that time it was even expected to be the world's first animated feature film released before "Snow White" (1937), but this plan has since stalled, and Disney and Paramount are ready to take over but to no avail.
Although the writer Edgar Rice Burroughs has a low status in the history of American literature, his "Tarzan of the Apes" series is not only popular when it first came out, but also now, or 50 or 100 years from now, and will also be widely circulated among readers, especially young readers.
From 1912 to his death in 1950, he published more than 70 books, which involved science, fantasy, adventure and many other fields, and almost all of them were bestsellers, many of which were adapted into movies and TV series, translated into many languages, and widely circulated around the world.
Iger knows that it's not that Disney doesn't value "Martian Princess" but that it is too difficult to adapt, MGM and Paramount own the copyright, and they have given up one after another, and now the technology is mature, and it can almost be adapted.
And these big companies, who don't have hundreds of scripts and adaptation rights to pile up, who will sell them if they don't need them for a while, and a giant company is still short of that little money? And Mark has already dug two pieces of fat from Disney, and now he still wants to do this trick? It is estimated that it is a pile of garbage, and Disney will not sell it to Mark, so as not to sell it in the future and kill himself, so Mark is doomed to be useless.
Mark also knew that Iger didn't believe it, but he couldn't tell him the full truth, so he had to say: "The price is right, why don't they sell, even if they don't, I have nothing to lose." ”
Egger said: "In the future, you can leave these things to me, if you fancy something, tell me, I'll buy it, you can concentrate on your strengths, in terms of film selection and production, your ability is so good, no one can match." ”
Mark said happily, "OK!
"We're the best group," Iger said. ”
Barry is triumphant, not only snatching the super series from Mark's hands, but also getting great satisfaction from the hot girl in her twenties since she was a child, which is very cool, people can't help but want to sing a song, of course, as the president of a large company, he must be reserved and maintain his majesty, hiding the city in his chest, and his mood is invisible, he can't be like Mark, who doesn't agree with each other, pulls down his face and leaves, and will only play ruthless on women.
Barry's assistant walked in and said, "Mark's assistant Annie is seducing Larry Wachowski and Andy Wachowski. ”
Barry laughed dumbly, "She doesn't know Larry's sexuality, a who is ready to change sex, it's useless, oh my God!" he kind of understood what the assistant meant, and he almost slapped the table and scolded his mother.
In the "Matrix" trilogy, the Wachowski brothers are amazingly talented, popular all over the world, and become Warners' cash cow, as well-known figures, their private lives are extremely low-key, they hate the media, and refuse to be interviewed, which is the consistent practice of the Wachowski brothers from their debut to fame.
So, to this day, everyone has always been curious about the real life of the brothers, only knowing that they both went to college but did not graduate, knowing that they both like comics, Basketball, who had a good relationship with their parents, who created comedy and horror comics in their spare time, whose father was a businessman in Chicago and whose mother was a nurse and a painter, signed an unusual agreement with Warner: they would not give any interviews or attend any events for the promotion of the film, and their movements were always revealed by their agents, who often told reporters: "If you must find a rabbit nest on the prairie, I would like to wish you good luck, but unfortunately I don't have a map here." ”
But this did not prevent them from becoming a cash cow and becoming the lifeblood of Warner's vigorous cultivation, and the "V Vendendtta" in which they served as producers and screenwriters was released in January, and did not continue the box office storm of "The Matrix", but the beer is excellent, and it may be involved in the Oscars at any time, even if they can't win the Oscars, the high 8.2 on IMDB is still a review of their extremely high talent, and now Mark hits their ideas, which is really unbearable and unbearable.
The assistant said: "Anne is trying to woo Larry and Andy, hoping to invest in their Extreme Speed Racer. ”
"Speed Racer" has an unshakable position in the history of television, it is the first truly very successful introduction of animation in the United States, in 1967, created by Toei manga artist Ryuo Yoshida, produced by Toei's famous Dragon Son Production Company, at that time, the film was made into a title called "Mach! Run, Run, Run, Run" The 52-episode TV series, six months after the broadcast, just when the film was popular in Dongying, was translated into English and dubbed, it was broadcast in the United States, and quickly began to become popular, and later, the series was rebroadcast in the nineties of the last century, and led to the two new versions, which were broadcast at the beginning of the 2000th millennium, "Speed Racer" spent nearly 40 years in the whole country, accompanied and witnessed the growth of three generations.
Zhuo Woski, who are obsessed with Dongying comics, Chinese kung fu and meditation, have taken the film adaptation rights from Dongying people and are pondering the script, when Mark's dog nose comes, Barry's eyebrows are raised, dare to move Warner's cash cow, too bold, do you want to go to war?
"She promised the Wachowski brothers a check for 150 million," the assistant said. ”
Barry asked with a gloomy face, "What do they say?"
A smile appeared on the corner of the assistant's mouth, and he said: "Andy raised a finger and said that the production cost was 400 million when filming the second or third of The Matrix, and then let her get out!"
The "Matrix" trilogy has a global box office of $1.6 billion, excluding DVD and peripheral channel revenue, this is Warner's well-known gold-absorbing series, in fact, Mark's profits are about the same, but Mark is too ambitious, divides too much, and is not like the Wachowski brothers, who are content with their scores, so in the eyes of Time Warner, in terms of importance, Mark is far less than Wachowski.
A smile appeared on Barry's gloomy face, and he said, "Wachowski has a good character, unlike some people, ungrateful!" But he thought to himself, what does Mark mean? Is it to get revenge on HBO for stealing "Blood in the Pacific"?
Barry has a headache for this guy, he has risen too fast, he is invincible, only a few years, he has actually equaled the throne, and his financial resources are still above him, his MM can almost compete with Warner Bros. Pictures, and he is bold enough to dare to move Warner's cash cow.
Barry said, "Arrange a meeting with the Wachowski brothers. "Since someone is poaching, he has to be appeased, and the price is higher than Mark, so that the Wachowski brothers are desperate to poach people from Warner, which is impossible.
Barry is a little regretful about selling the B TV network to MM, for this matter, he is opposed, but this is the meaning of the board of directors of the parent company, AOL Times Warner's upper struggle is fierce, famous all over the world, Barry knows that this is wrong, but also resolutely the resolution of the executive board, this is the wisdom of the protection.
Barry's Warner Bros. Entertainment has always been profitable, so he has a detached position and is tough to speak, but he knows that he can't be a head bird, let people be targeted, and annoy the people in the upper echelons, even if you have good grades?
Barry is a smart man, so he doesn't do such a thankless job.