698 A slap in the face
"200 million projects! What's next for Reims! ”
When the New York Times reported on it with the headline on its front page, it caused an uproar on the East Coast. In the article, Javier www.biquge.infoUlliel commented.
After missing the sequels of "Superman Returns" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", and then having scandals with works such as "I Am a Legend" and "007", everyone is curious about whether Lance's next choice is a large-scale commercial project with a huge investment, or an independent artwork that takes a different path, or a temporary break and adjustment. Now, Lance has finally given the answer, he will continue his creative path, according to his own ideas to create a new work, and this work will cost a lot of money, it is likely to reach the level of "Avatar", which also means that after the "day after tomorrow", Lance will once again be in charge of the visual effects blockbuster, dedicating a gluttonous feast to the audience, people can't help but wonder, what kind of work will Lance present, exciting!
At the end of the article, Javier mentions in passing, "This work will be produced by Chaos Pictures alone." Such news is often ignored by many people, but in the eyes of those who care, it is enough to set off stormy waves.
Recently, Chaos Pictures has been on the cusp, to be more precise, Lance is the one who stands at the top of public opinion, but instead of the stars holding the moon, it is more like roasting on the fire. Although there is no direct negative news, it is the alienation in the silence that is the most deadly, it seems that all the good projects are moving away from Reims, and the talented artist is gradually falling into a vortex of joint suppression, and it is definitely not easy to break through the blockade.
Standing behind include Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, and Disney, and even Sony Pictures has begun to stand by and watch, Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox are powerless even if they want to help; Coupled with the news media gloating and hiding on the sidelines to fan the flames, the whole of Hollywood seems to be connected into a big net, and Lance is the fish that can't escape.
This has also sparked discussions in industry insiders, many of whom believe that Lance should learn to compromise because times have changed, and now Hollywood no longer has the soil to breed paranoid geniuses like Stanley Kubrick. In the case of Christopher Nolan, if Christopher wants to make his ideas into movies as he pleases, he will have to make a deal - to make three commercial films for Warner Bros. in exchange for the rights to shoot one of his own works. So, Lance is no exception, because this is the law of survival in Hollywood.
In their eyes, Lance already has the potential to become James Cameron, and his box office appeal must not be easily wasted, and working with major studios is the way to go. As for Chaos Pictures, it's not at all the climate. This is arguably the mainstream view.
In addition, there is a small group of people who believe that Lance should know how to advance and retreat, avoid collisions with giants like Warner Bros., and then concentrate on making independent art films, and the talent shown by Lance in the crime trilogy is amazing, and the upcoming "fruit hard candy" is even more exciting. Therefore, Lance gave up "I Am Legend" and "007", which is the right choice, he should continue to insist on exploring his own style, and then become a director like Alfred Hitchcock, with a strong style but box office appeal.
In their eyes, Lance's creative talent is undoubtedly the key, from blacklisting to Chaos Pictures, Lance has all the conditions to expand his creative path. This small group of people are almost all old scholars of the academy, and it can be seen from the Oscar awards to Lance in the past two years that they are very optimistic about the future of Lance and hope to cultivate it vigorously. Perhaps, it would be a good idea to take this opportunity for Lance to learn from Paul Thomas Anderson and the Coen brothers.
Either way, almost no one thinks Lance can break through the encirclement - because this time the opponent is just too strong!
But who would have thought that Lance had once again brought a surprise, not Warner Bros., nor Sony Pictures, but Chaos Pictures! Lance will personally take the lead, prepare a $200 million super project, gamble his entire net worth, and give it a go, the kind of gambler's bloodiness is shocking.
At the same time, this is also a slap on the opponent's head, a ruthless stick!
Sony Pictures is deliberately trying to fish in troubled waters, hoping to take advantage of the situation, without spending a single soldier, but can maximize their own interests, once they succeed, they may not only seek the "007" series, but also the entire Chaos Pictures industry to become their "thug". But, failed.
Warner Bros. launched a blockade and suppressed Lance with a thunderbolt, hoping to teach Lance a hard lesson, which is a welcome move in Hollywood, because the major studios are allies of interests, and they can take what Lance wants, no longer the personality James Cameron, but the talented but obedient Sam Raimi. But, too, it failed.
Instead of giving in to Warner Bros. or asking Sony Pictures for help, Lance jumped into the game and found another way out in the most unexpected way, finding a glimmer of life in the blockade of the big studios! Jaw-dropping!
The point is not "I am a legend" or "007", missing Lance, they still have countless options, there is no need to worry about a project completely halted due to the collapse of a key link, so the focus is never on the work itself, but on the attack of a large film company, but Lance easily escaped.
And, more than just a simple escape.
According to the New York Times, this could be a $200 million project. It is not a random project, nor is it a simple shock, but a top-notch project that covers 200 million costs and hides hundreds of millions of risks. What does this mean? This means that Chaos Pictures has the ability to independently produce such a huge project, even if it relies on bank loans to complete, and it is one of the few in the whole of Hollywood, and DreamWorks does not necessarily have such courage; This means that not only did Lance not compromise, but also chose to strike head-on, responding in the usual way of the big studios, with commercial projects in a dignified manner.
In addition, it also means that Lance has officially sounded the horn of declaration of war! And the target of the declaration of war is the six major Hollywood studios led by Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures!
Shocking!
More importantly, unlike Mel Gibson at the beginning, Lance's choice was unexpected, but it did not deviate from the track, and he chose a work "similar to 'Avatar'" to compete, which is not good news for Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures.
Because they had no way to unite the front and further suppress Reims; Because they have no way to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle, and really break Lance's dependence; Because they have no way to stop the shooting, to nifle the threat in the cradle. As Lance opted for a head-on breakout, as Lance opted for the regular project, and as Lance opted to hollow out his net worth...... This also means that it is almost impossible to stop the project from working.
The only thing they can do is to get those top actors not to join Reims's crew, so that those top behind-the-scenes staff are too busy with other work to join Reims's crew, so that Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, and other cities suitable for filming can't spare time and space for Reims to shoot on the set...... In other words, they can only use these small actions to hinder Lance's shooting, which makes the filming process extremely difficult.
Of course, this approach can also achieve unexpected results, and if Lance can't assemble a talented crew, if the crew is messed up, if the filming process stumbles, then it is almost impossible to produce a great work. In the front there is the "future water world", and in the back there is the "Saharan cavalry", both of which are iron-like cases.
But the point is that such a small action is really too disgraceful, the dignified Warner Bros., the dignified Sony Pictures, actually want to use these untouchable means to deal with a Lance? It's a laugh out of your teeth.
What should not be ignored is that Lance is no longer a nobody, he has a lot of appeal among the actors and behind-the-scenes personnel, and he is not only not filming a sensitive / sensual subject like "The Passion of the Christ", but also a super project that costs 200 million, and there must be countless people who are interested. Even the Big Six studios can't control everyone, which means that even if they use those dirty methods, they won't necessarily be able to achieve their goals.
That's the real stuffy stick! A dignified, upright, and righteous escape, Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures watched Lance escape from the net, and seized the faint glimmer of life to fight back, but they couldn't chase and fight, so they could only swallow this evil breath hard.
Aggrieved, aggrieved to the extreme!
It's hard to imagine that Lance actually did it. No one dares to confront the six major Hollywood companies, no one dares to call the business giants backed by Wall Street, and no one dares to confront them in the way of a head-on breakthrough, which is like the Titanic hitting an iceberg - even the Titanic will be destroyed if it encounters an iceberg, and the current Chaos Pictures cannot be regarded as a Titanic at all, and it is just a yacht to survive.
Although no one can say for sure that Lance will succeed in fighting back, it is very likely that the yacht will crash into it and fall apart, but this is the most fascinating part of the unknown, no one can say that Lance will succeed, but no one can say that Lance will fail. At the very least, Lance has sounded the horn of a counterattack.
This battle post, sent by Lance to Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures, the top strength of Hollywood, they don't want to take it, and they have to follow! (To be continued.) )