Pulling a trigger to move the whole body is a description of how small changes can affect the whole picture. In Hollywood www.biquge.info, the relationship between major film companies is like this, there is no absolute enemy, only absolute interests, and every change of interests may lead to a reshuffle of Hollywood's power structure. But no one could have imagined that in the only ten years since the rise and decline of DreamWorks, a second "DreamWorks" has appeared.

Even DreamWorks, led by the Big Three, has not been able to break through the domination of Wall Street's blockade, let alone Chaos Pictures, which is a self-made company. Some people must wonder why Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures are clinging to Lance? Why are the big six studios all targeting Chaos Pictures? This really doesn't sound reasonable, the balance of power between the two sides is not at all on the same level.

Here's the problem, Chaos Pictures hasn't grown into a DreamWorks yet, but it already has the potential threat of DreamWorks, and the last thing Hollywood rulers want is a second DreamWorks. What's more, Lance's unscrupulousness really angered many people, he is like a hate harvester, his ability to attract hatred is breathtaking, even if it has nothing to do with interests, people are very happy to see Lance eat deflated. Therefore, the six major film companies have paid enough attention to Chaos Pictures, hoping to nifle the threat in the cradle.

As a result, such an incredible description of "pulling a hair and moving the whole body" appeared in Chaos Pictures, and more accurately, in the work "Fury Road" directed by Lance.

Not only Warner Bros.'s Barry Meyer, but also the executives of the big six studios noticed the movement of "Fury Road" - not because they were deaf and blind, but because it was too vigorous to even ignore it. However, the performance of the top management is very different.

Brad Gray's Paramount is dormant and silent, as if he doesn't care about this competition at all, but after Paramount changed its leader, the past year has been adjusted, Brad has focused on independent small-budget films, and there has been no big move in this summer's file, only a few small-budget works such as "Mad Priest", "Outside the Fence", "Crazy Farm", "World Trade Center", etc., so Brad's silence is completely expected.

Twentieth Century Fox's Thomas Rothman and Jim Chianopoulos may seem to be honest and responsible, but they are actually two old foxes, who have made a lot of moves this summer, but have never shown much ambition and have always kept moving forward according to the plans of previous years. Now it seems that they have invested more in the awards season than in the summer, and "Walking with Songs" is expected to be high.

Long-Meyer's Universal Pictures seems to have nothing to do with themselves, they have always won the world with low-budget comedy films, and they have not shown enough competitiveness for the competition of summer blockbusters, even within the six major studios, they have always ignored the combat power of Universal Pictures, Lang naturally avoided the limelight and concentrated on the academy public relations - Universal's Focus Pictures is undoubtedly the biggest winner of this year's awards season, and they don't want to miss out on such an advantage.

It seems that these three companies don't care about the rise of Chaos Pictures at all, as if the change of interests will not affect the plans of these three companies at all, but the interesting thing is that after entering the 21st century, the ranking order of the six major Hollywood studios has changed, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, and Universal Pictures are the representatives of the second half of the ranking, and Universal Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox take turns competing for the position of vice president.

On the contrary, Warner Bros. and Disney are alternately competing for the position of the leading leader, and at the moment it seems that Warner Bros. has a slight advantage, and Sony Pictures has caught up after making big acquisitions of a number of companies, especially after the development of the "Spider-Man" series, and is now qualified to challenge Warner Bros.

When it comes to setting the "Road of Fury", the companies that currently dominate Hollywood's power list and the top three box office charts have also shown a completely different attitude.

"Superman Returns", which was originally scheduled to be released in the first week of June, suddenly began to adjust the schedule, which caught everyone off guard and completely disrupted this year's summer schedule.

As the most watched work in this year's summer file, major film companies and major theater chains are watching the schedule of "Superman Returns", waiting for this work to determine the schedule, and then make corresponding adjustments, even "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" will not want to go head-to-head with "Superman Returns", resulting in a lose-lose situation.

Previously, Warner Bros. watched and watched, waited and waited, and finally released the rumor that "the first week of June is set", although the specific matters are still being negotiated with major theaters - Warner Bros. hopes to be released in more than 4,300 theaters, and at the same time, the venues also need to reach the highest value, trying to make "Superman Returns" the most screened work in history, and start a box office battle with an overwhelming attitude, but the basic situation can be determined, and other major companies have also begun to arrange schedules in full swing, but now, ......

Disney was the first company to make the adjustment, and they first brought forward the "Car Story" schedule to seize the first week of June; Then the schedule of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was determined in the last week of June, because this year's Independence Day is Tuesday, so the Independence Day schedule is three days in the last week of June, with an interval of one Monday, and then the Independence Day holiday, in other words, Disney is ready to win the top priority of this year's summer file, Independence Day file.

This year, in addition to the "Da Vinci Code", several other works of Sony Pictures, including "Life Remote Control", "Talladega Night", "Monster House", and "Dwarf" are all medium investments, and the cost is all maintained between 6,000 and 75 million, and all of them are comedies, which is also the biggest difference between Sony Pictures and Universal Pictures - the latter's comedy investment is basically less than 50 million.

However, although the investment is similar and the theme is similar, the schedule is not without pride, for example, the actor of "Life Remote Control" is Adam Sandler, and the starring role of "Talladega Night" is Will Ferrell, these two works are bound to occupy a better schedule, and the other two works must make corresponding compromises.

Therefore, Sony Pictures also needs to be carefully calculated.

Without waiting for Sony Pictures to negotiate a result, Warner Bros. made a proposal to put the "Life Remote Control" in the first week of July, this proposal was rejected by Sony Pictures, the first week of July is simply a fire pit, the previous week is the Independence Day schedule, and the next week is the "Fury Road", Warner Bros. hopes that Sony Pictures will suppress the momentum of the "Fury Road", and then arrange the release of "Superman Returns" in the third week of the contract to cut off the back road of "Fury Road", but Sony Pictures is unwilling.

Sony Pictures has put forward a proposal for Warner Bros. and Disney to fill the fire pit in the first week of July, and they are willing to release another comedy film to face off on "Fury Road" in the second week of July.

On the surface, Sony Pictures sacrificed itself and chose to go head-to-head with the "Fury Road", but in fact, their calculations are very cunning. Comedy movies are very special, thanks to the happy atmosphere of the family in the summer file, it is not easy to have a box office rout, and if you are not careful, there will be a box office explosion, so they are against the "Road of Rage", even if they are defeated, there is not much loss, in case they turn over, then it is a real victory.

Sony Pictures' abacus Warner Bros. naturally sees it, but it is undeniable that this proposal is very appropriate - if you choose a work with an investment of more than 100 million yuan to confront the "Fury Road" head-on, then the gains outweigh the losses, and the consequences of failure are likely to be tens of millions of dollars, but if the entire schedule is vacated and the "Fury Road" is allowed to dominate, this is weak. In comparison, Sony Pictures' comedy movies are indeed the best choice.

So, Warner Bros. and Disney started talking on the phone again.

The two sides come and go, and they don't give in to each other. Disney knew that Warner Bros. wanted to suppress Lance, not only for the sake of profit, but also for personal vendettas; Warner Bros. also knew that Robert Iger had a grudge against Lance, and that the two sequels to "Pirates of the Caribbean" had Lance's name written in the column, but this was the result of reluctance. At the same time, the two companies do not want Sony Pictures to sit back and watch the tiger fight.

The point is that they want to deal with Lance, but no one is willing to sacrifice profits, and the premise of suppressing Chaos Pictures is that they can guarantee their success, and everyone wants to occupy an excellent schedule and guarantee box office revenue - no one will smash a watermelon in order to trample an ant to death, this is not a businessman's calculation.

For a while, Hollywood's top companies presented a rare lively scene, and even the other three companies who stood by and watched were not completely deaf to what was going on outside the window, although they didn't want to participate in it, but their works must also be set in the summer schedule - aside from "Berserk Road", no one wants to collide with "Superman Returns" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", even if it is a comedy movie like "Life Remote Control", which is generally favored by industry insiders, the head-on collision schedule needs to carefully consider various possibilities.

As Lance expected, the "Fury Road" set off a storm in Hollywood regardless of its self-scheduling behavior, and the success of the three viral videos added fuel to the fire, adding more and more uncertainty to the film's box office prospects, so much so that Hollywood's six major companies had to be cautious.

In just half a month, the schedule of this year's summer file has gone back and forth several times, and it was not until "Superman Returns" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" have been determined that the schedule has gradually become clear. (To be continued.) )