"Boss, MGM's new CEO Stephen. Cooper persuaded creditors to agree to MGM's debt restructuring failure, and creditors insisted that finding a suitable acquirer was the best solution to the current debt crisis, and MGM has officially announced that it will look for a variety of ways to solve the current financial crisis, including selling MGM, merging with other film companies, or auctioning off some of the company's assets. "There was a call from Chris. Anderson's voice.

"Really? Which of these solutions do you think MGM is most likely to adopt? Lin Yuquan asked noncommittally.

"MGM himself is of course most interested in attracting new investment injections, but this is obviously impossible, MGM has now made it clear that it is a fire pit, but anyone with a brain will not jump into it, and the second is to merge with other film companies, but creditors are certainly not so willing to agree, creditors are

In order to jump out of the fire pit, even if it is a loss of some profits, it is not hesitated to sell MGM directly, which is the most desired way for creditors, and finally it is to auction off the most valuable part of the assets, the possibility is also very small, which is a solution that MGM and creditors are unwilling to do. "Chris. Anderson said methodically.

"That's good, so Chris, do you think we should get involved in the takeover?" Lin Yuquan smiled slightly.

"Although the possibility is very small, we should still negotiate with MGM to seek the lowest possible price to obtain film assets, including the 007 series." Chris. Anderson said with a smile.

"Okay, just decide, how to do it, Chris, you are fully responsible." Lin Yuquan smiled.

"Okay boss."

For Lin Yuquan, MGM's affair is just an episode, and MGM is of great significance compared to the recent acquisition of Marvel Comics, and in terms of actual value, it is obviously far from Marvel Comics.

Lin Yuquan's heart is almost all on "Wild Legends: Hundred Clans", and the production cost of sequel movies will generally rise sharply. In this regard, "Wild Wild: Hundred Clans" is no exception, because as a series of fantasy movies focusing on visual effects scenes, "Wild Wild: Hundred Clans" must have more shocking special effects on the basis of the previous work to surprise the audience. Therefore, the initial budget for the production cost of "Wild Wild: Rise of the Hundred Tribes" has been 60 million US dollars more than the final production cost of "Wild Wild: The Rise of the Ape Clan", reaching an astonishing 230 million US dollars, once again refreshing the investment record of Lin Yuquan's personal directed film, and it is also a record for Chinese directors and Asian directors.

In the field of cinema. There is no place in the world that is more willing to spend money than Hollywood, if the production cost is 170 million US dollars, there are still a lot of Hollywood blockbusters that are higher, but at the level of 230 million US dollars, there are very few Hollywood blockbusters with higher production costs, as of now, the full count is "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World", "Superman Returns", "Spider-Man 3", "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", these three movies have been released, Then there are "Avatar" and "Tangled" in post-production or in filming, of which "Tangled" is Disney's 50th animated feature film, which is in the process of producing zuò for six years. After many accidents such as director changes and reversals, the cost of directing and producing films has risen significantly.

Not only that, you must know that the $230 million of "Wild Arts: Hundred Races" is a real $230 million, not only is it not mixed with any water, but it is not included in Lin Yuquan's remuneration as a director, screenwriter, and special effects designer, in addition, there is no actor in the cast of the film who has a salary of tens of millions of dollars, so 150 million US dollars in the budget of "Wild Ages: Hundred Races" is used for special effects, and such a terrifying special effects cost may only be comparable to Cameron's "Avatar".

This is only the preliminary budget for the production cost, and today the cost of film promotion and distribution is getting higher and higher. The cost of the promotion and distribution of "Wild Legends: Hundred Clans" is expected to burn at least $120 million, so the total cost of the film will be at least more than $350 million, which is equivalent to seven Shifei. 17 Beverly Hills villas owned by him, such an astonishing investment of funds, even Lin Yuquan must not be cautious, and does not want to make any mistakes.

Time came to September 11, "Fatal Bend 4" officially landed in North America for release, for this movie. Summit Entertainment doesn't have much internal expectations, it belongs to a regular movie, similar to Lionsgate's "Chainsaw" series, which is nothing more than hoping that the film will achieve the goal of profitability.

"Fatal Bend 4" did not bring much surprise, Rotten Tomatoes freshness 47%, media comprehensive score 42 points, IMDB 5.2 points, for a horror movie, such an evaluation is obviously not bad, you must know that the "Chainsaw" series, which has dominated the Halloween schedule for several years, only the first part of the recognized classic has received a relatively high evaluation, and then the rivers have gone down, there is no worst but worse, and the fourth part of the series is considered to be rotten, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is only a pitiful 17%.

Overall, "Fatal Bend 4" is as "Entertainment Weekly" commented, "easily becoming the worst and most boring of this violent and bloody series, not so ugly that it leaves the table, but there is no surprise at all."

In this regard, Summit Entertainment did not feel disappointed, it was not easy to shoot four films in a row without making a bad film, after all, the more difficult it is to achieve a breakthrough in the back, and the more innovative bridges will be used, there will only be fewer and fewer new episodes.

Two days passed in a flash, and on the newly released box office charts, the strong occupancy of the weekend box office champion was Lionsgate, Taylor. Perry's self-directed, starred and wrote "I Can Go Crazy Myself," which grossed $24.38 million, while "Fatal Bend 4," which grossed $16.72 million in 2,263 theaters over the course of three days over the weekend, was quite gratifying.

From a purely commercial point of view, the operation of "Fatal Bend 4" is obviously successful, but unlike Lionsgate's clinging to the cash cow of "Saw Horror", in view of the continued decline in the quality of the sequel to "Fatal Bend", which will inevitably affect its good brand image, Summit Entertainment has made a decision that the "Fatal Bend" series will end here, and there will be no fifth part.

At the same time, after expanding the scale of screenings, the box office of "500 Days with Shamo" in the second week of release did not fall but rose, occupying the fourth place in the box office list with a box office of $8.76 million, second only to "I Can Go Crazy on My Own", "Fatal Bend 4" and the new film released at the same time, but not on Friday, but on Wednesday the sci-fi animated film "Nine".

As a result, "500 Days with Shamo" has accumulated a total of $19.52 million in two weeks of release, and this week, "500 Days with Shamo" will be further expanded to 983 theaters, and according to the current box office trend, it will soon be able to recover the purchase cost of $12.8 million.

Domestically, due to the lack of strong new films released this week, even though the box office fell by as much as 52%, in the off-season of September, "Ocean Paradise" still ranked first at the box office with 14.78 million, resulting in a cumulative box office of 45.58 million in two weeks, according to the film schedule in the next few weeks, the final box office of the film will definitely break 60 million.

Such a box office table is undoubtedly very exciting for Shuguang Films, shooting a public welfare literary film with an autism theme, which was originally prepared to lose money within Shuguang, and never thought that not only did it not lose money, but it made a lot of profits, together with the 2.56 million US dollars in the previous Cannes Film Festival copyright transaction, the final income exceeded 10 million.

Although this may not seem like a high amount, it is enough to celebrate the profitability of any low- and medium-budget film in the film field.

Time came to September 15th, and "Wild Story: Battle of the Hundred Clans", which had been in preparation for more than a year, finally started filming, and while busy with filming, Lin Yuquan's attention naturally fell on the upcoming premiere of "Sherlock" and the listed Huayi Brothers. (To be continued.) )xh:.74.240.212