On April 1, 2002, HBO TV showed a trailer after the end of the TV series "Black Road Family", the trailer was only a short ten seconds, but it instantly aroused the audience's interest. Only one name appears in the trailer, Mister Sen.

The name flashed, and then a title appeared, the latest masterpiece, "Atlantic Empire"!

After the trailer ended, almost everyone who saw it opened their mouths in surprise, could it be that after Steven Spielberg, Mister Sen is also coming to shoot a TV series? You must know that in September last year, Steven Spielberg's "Band of Brothers" completely shocked the American television circle, with an investment of 120 million US dollars and a rating of 10 million people for the first time.

Originally, this year, it was rumored that Steven Spielberg would cooperate with Tom Hanks to shoot the second part of "Band of Brothers", and the investment would surpass the first part, and even subvert the entire TV circle again. HBO viewers couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

However, they were not disappointed for long, because their emotions were ignited by this more exciting news, and the popular director Mister Sen, who has not announced a new film, actually came to shoot a TV series, and it is also a gangster-themed TV series, "Atlantic Empire", listening to the name, it makes people have a kind of watch**,

"TV series are not the same as movies, quick success will only make jokes"

After the news of Xiansen's filming of the TV series "Atlantic Empire" was released, major media also reported on it, and some media even commented on it. This time, the New York Times did not make another bird, but the Chicago Sun-Times was the first to express confusion and concern about Mister's TV series, of course, his starting point was not to criticize Mister.

In this article, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper personally wrote: "TV series and movies, these are two seemingly identical, but in fact completely different ways of screen expression, so that a director who has never made a TV series rashly set foot in the TV circle, for the TV station, it is tantamount to a kind of stupid thing to rush for quick success!"

Steven Spielberg's "Band of Brothers" is the most typical failure of a film director to shoot a TV series. Maybe many people will think that my statement is wrong, because this TV series is very good, yes, it is true, "Band of Brothers" has reached the extreme of what can be shown on the TV screen in terms of production level! It's not so much a TV series as a 700-minute movie, but it's cut into ten episodes and broadcast in sections.

Why would I say that Band of Brothers is the most typical failure? That's because I'm looking at it from a TV station's point of view. For the TV station, "Band of Brothers" has achieved very good ratings, but this rating only lasts for a short ten weeks, and it can only last for ten weeks, because this is an extended version of the movie, and as we all know, there is only a second movie, and there will be no second season! In other words, when the screening of "Band of Brothers" ended, the income of the TV station's investment in the film also ended.

Taking HBO TV as an example, "Black Road Family" is already the third season this year, "City" is the fourth season, "Prison Storm" is the fifth season, and "Band of Brothers", everyone knows that its story is over, and even this year's rumors say that Steven will shoot the second part, but, is it possible? Is it worth it to invest 100 million or more dollars in a row to hire a director who can only shoot one season to shoot a TV series, not to mention that the director's focus is on the film side, just on the TV station side? TV series are not movies, and the price of pay TV stations cannot be raised because of the increase in investment in TV dramas, and the current leading position of HBO TV is still established, and now it continues to hire film directors to shoot this kind of TV series in the first quarter, which will only push its own radio station into the abyss step by step.

If the auction is not good, all the investment will be lost.

And if it is done well, the rest of the TV series will be disgusted because of this, after watching "Band of Brothers", I didn't watch any TV series for a whole month, because the gap is too big for me to adjust my taste, and the audience's appetite will be more and more picky, at that time, in order to maintain your radio ratings, you will have to launch more big-budget and big-budget movies, will there be so many well-known directors willing to shoot TV series for you? Will there be so many good themes for you to choose from?

So, Mister's entry into the TV industry, from the perspective of TV stations, is definitely a stupid thing to do with quick success, can you imagine that when a TV series like "Shutter Island" appears, you are still in the mood to watch "The Black Family" again? The former is just a flash in the pan, and the latter is the real foundation of the TV station! ”

The editor-in-chief of the Chicago Sun-Times analyzed very reasonably, for HBO, let a film director make a TV series, then it is necessary to be mentally prepared for the TV series to only have one season, this kind of TV series of course cannot be compared with "The Black Family", "Prison Storm" and other old programs, the latter will have a next season every year before it ends, and it will bring a fixed audience.

However, HBO also has its own considerations, as a pay radio station, although HBO currently occupies the first place in the number of pay TV people in the United States, this is far from enough, and there are about three to forty percent of households in the United States who do not subscribe to HBO. How to make these 30% or so people join the ordering crowd, and at the same time, how to ensure that the scheduled audience continues to order, then, it must be distinctive. As a channel that focuses entirely on TV dramas, an excellent, shocking TV series can definitely continue to retain these people.

And "Atlantic Empire" is HBO's latest capital!

In fact, Xiansen was not their first choice, they still wanted to sign a contract with Steven Spielberg at first, but the latter refused, making TV series is just a hobby for him, his real focus is still on movies, Steven Spielberg's mind is all on the movie "Minority Report".

At this moment, the news that Xiansen was preparing to shoot a TV series reached the ears of HBO's senior management, and some intelligence reporters didn't know it, but these bosses already knew that they had their own relationship intelligence network. After contacting Bella Marceau, HBO Radio learned all the details of "Atlantic Empire" and was very interested in the content and type of the story.

At the same time, because Mister Sen is a young director who is not inferior to Steven Spielberg in terms of topic popularity, the cooperation with Mister has become a sure thing.

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