Chapter 340: Busy October
Although News Corp and Roland Allen will be wrong about each other's intentions, and the brain-dead will fight wits and courage there, it doesn't matter, because the choice of both sides is the same, and that is to drag.
If the enemy does not move, I will not move, and if the enemy moves, I will ......
Forget it, let's play one, two, three wooden people together!
Over the next month, Fox did not say anything about Roland Allen's takeover offer, and Roland Allen did not continue to investigate News Corp's history in the UK, so both sides tacitly believed that the other party understood their intentions and offered an approach that was in their own interests.
Huh! That's great!
The understanding of the mistake made Roland Allen breathe a sigh of relief, because if it was a bid, then he still had hope of winning Blue Sky Studios, and at the same time, News Corp also felt that Roland Allen was still inclined to cooperate, after all, the market is so big, no one can swallow it alone, and the reason why he is depressed may be because Rotten Tomatoes is something he has long been interested in?
When News Corp found out that Roland Allen was raiding their family's second mine, they reassessed the whole thing, and then found out that Rotten Tomatoes may have been targeted by Roland Allen for a long time.
Because of Rotten Tomatoes at the beginning, it was Cheng Long's fan forum, and when the number of kung fu fans gathered here increased, the content of everyone's conversation became mixed, so the fan exchange community came into being.
And as a guy who dug up Senior Brother Cheng Long from Xiangjiang to compose action scenes through Ang Lee in 95, Roland Allen may have used this website a long time ago, and also thought about acquiring it? Otherwise, why sell IMDb?
But for some reason, the site was first launched by their News Corp.
So, the anger of the robbery made Roland Allen cooperate with Disney?
Although this judgment is a bit far-fetched, News Corp still included it in the data file, no way, who let Roland Allen never play according to the routine all these years? Except for Yahoo at the beginning, no one can understand Roland's other investment behaviors, from game entertainment to film and television entertainment to the Internet, from technology companies to personal brands to biomedicine, they are confused when they look at it across borders, but it is this kind of blind investment behavior that makes him make a lot of money.
The point is that in the beginning, a few blind investments in people's eyes have all produced qualitative changes in addition to money, and forming gangs through investment is the most unbelievable thing, so News Corp would rather analyze his approach than take it lightly, because no one knows whether what Roland is doing now will become a knife in the future.
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Of course, whoever leaves the earth revolves in the same way.
Just when the two sides stared at each other in the air, everything in the outside world continued in an orderly manner.
In early October, a religious service was held on Matamata in New Zealand's North Island.
Elders from Maori tribes prayed for the film crew to complete the filming work.
This kind of behavior is actually the same as worshipping God on the camera, and I hope God will bless the filming work smoothly.
For theists, this is essential, but for atheists, it's awkward.
But even if they are embarrassed, at such a time, they have to endure it like a milk tea wheel that does not worship God.
After all, mutual respect is the foundation of cooperation.
And after the opening ceremony, everyone followed Peter Jackson to the real Shire.
The green grassland makes people proud, and the pocket-sized houses under the mountain bag add a lot of popularity to the vast scenery.
Green waters and green mountains, small bridges, and medieval stone brick houses roll up a sense of nostalgia for the yellowed years, and when the actors in elaborate costumes gather in pairs and distribute around, the illusion of experiencing history makes people feel in a trance.
If you cut off the crew on the set, pick up those modern props that are out of place.
That can really make people rise up a kind of recourse to wander Middle-earth.
"History becomes legends, and legends become myths."
Looking at the beautiful scenery in front of him, Peter, who had been preparing for this for ten years, was about to cry.
Thinking that his childhood fantasy was about to be created by his own hands, he snatched the board from the field manager and pestle it in front of the camera, "October 11, 1999, the first shot of the first act, Action! ”
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If the start of "The Lord of the Rings" gave Peter Jackson an urge to turn his dream into reality, then on October 15, the opening ceremony of "X-Men" on the set of Universal was much calmer.
As a traditional commercial film, in addition to the press conference, there are no blessings, wishes, and prayers, and the topics discussed at the press conference are actually very simple.
Ask director Brian Singer about his creative intentions;
Ask lead actor Hugh Jackman what he thinks of the role of Wolverine;
Find out how Charlize Theron was chosen;
Let producer Kevin Feige explain the hardships of building a crew.
All the questions are very compliant, and all the answers are within the safety red line......
Ryan Singh said, 'X-Men is a great comic and I went through the shot again before filming started, hoping to get the essence and make it satisfying. ’
Hugh Jackman was delighted, 'I've been reading Marvel Comics since I was a kid, and my favorite is Wolverine. ’
Charlize Theron was even more excited, 'The crew actually didn't choose me at the beginning, on the day of the audition, I just acted according to the director's requirements, but unfortunately I didn't get any feedback on the scene, I thought that this role would leave me, but after I went home, I received a call from my agent, and the other party told me that the crew thought I played well, but my image was slightly inconsistent with Phoenix Girl, if I could meet their requirements within three months, then I could try again, when I heard the news, I couldn't help myself, I felt that this was the will of Lady Luck, thank you to the crew for giving me this opportunity. ’
Kevin Feige is even more explicit, 'When I handed in the idea I wrote, the boss agreed to my plan, his trust in me is the driving force to push me forward, I have never felt how hard it is to produce and build a team, because no matter how busy I am, the pressure will not be as big as the boss who trusts me unconditionally, although I have paid time and experience, but the boss has helped me block doubts and suspicions, I just need to manage the whole group, but he has to bear the unknown after I don't manage it well. So...... Thank you to the boss for his trust, because his trust has given Hollywood an extra producer in his twenties. ’
This answer made the reporters smile.
Although Kevin Feige did not specify the name of the boss and took the initiative to complain about his age, the reporters did not mean to dig deeper - how did the young Kevin Feige become a filmmaker? Why are there only Universal and Marvel people on the scene? Why does Warcraft Films, which exist in promotional materials, not come?
They don't want to know about these things at all, and even if they do, no one wants to report these things!
Some bosses are reluctant to show up, so the media respects his ideas and makes them invisible.
So, in the subsequent reports, it is-
'X-Men' is on, and the beautiful men and women detonate the audience'
'Wolverine Hugh Jackman, opera singer debuts on screen'
'The most beautiful phoenix girl in history, the American dream of South African diamonds'
'Kevin Feige talks about trust and how a 20-year-old guy became a producer'
Publicity is actually storytelling!
It's just that it's different from the movie, the story told at this time, that's the story of each producer.
Actors, directors, producers, how did these guys come about?
As long as the story seems touching, the truth doesn't matter.
When it was learned that Charlize Theron spent three months losing weight in order to fight for the role of Phoenix Girl.
Huh!
Isn't it possible for dedicated people to come out?
And when people learned that Kevin Feige has liked Marvel comics since he was a child, as a fanatical fan, he collected all Marvel comics, a large number of figures, and after entering the circle, he boldly submitted his movie ideas to the boss of Marvel, and then got the approval of the other party and invested him to shoot.
Huh!
At this time, aren't fans even more excited?
The producer is a fan of comics, and the actor can turn down other film appointments in order to create the role, and the director is not as arrogant as the guy who didn't read the original book in the past, when everyone conveys the image that we will make movies seriously, the attention of the film will naturally rise, and the expectations of fans will naturally continue to increase.
Is this deception?
Oops, don't mention it!
In Roland's previous life, there was often such a remark on the Internet-
'Some actors don't know anything, they just fire people! ’
Some directors fell into the eyes of money, and the signing of gambling contracts flew up! ’
'Look at Hollywood Balabala......'
Isn't this just a sand sculpture?
Anyone who mixes in the entertainment industry has a personality, regardless of whether the actor is a star or a star, it is all a speculative personality.
Think Charlize Theron's slimming announcement is similar to the draft of the Heavenly Court Banquet?
So why didn't anyone say that even Tom Hanks was hyping up the weight loss news?
In January of this year, filming of "Desert Island Survivors" began, and halfway through filming, the crew stopped work.
Because to give Tom Hanks time to lose weight.
And in this case, the press release all over the world is Tom Hanks who is extremely dedicated to losing weight for filming!
If Tom Hanks's behavior is called dedication, it is because he acted well, then at the same time, Robert Zemeckis, the director of "Desert Island", turned to the movie "Dangerous" because of the gambling contract, while Tom Hanks lost weight, can this behavior be counted as a money?
Well, if this kind of behavior doesn't count, because Robert Zemeckis is also the director who made "Forrest Gump", and he has the confidence to open both at the same time, then the bad movie of "Danger" can't even get back to the book, not only that, but in order to rush to work, Harrison Ford, who was called in, didn't even read the book, is this kind of behavior just bad money?
Huh!
Can't answer?
The movie itself is the art of deception, and the publicity and distribution only amplify this deception again, and in this case, deceiving fans, deceiving fans, and deceiving the world is the most normal behavior, and those who do not deceive are stupid!
In this way, as long as the publicity of "X-Men" makes people feel that these newcomers are good and are indeed working hard to make movies, then the announcement fee will be worth it, and at the same time as "X-Men" is starting, DreamWorks is also cheating.
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At the end of October, Steven Spielberg finally came out of the state of the baby.
And the first thing he did after breaking away was to lead the merger of DreamWorks Animation and Pacific Digital Image.
Pacific Digital Imaging is a 3D animation production company similar to Pixar, which was bought by the old man a few years ago, and through this merger, DreamWorks Animation and DreamWorks have nothing to do with each other.
When DreamWorks was established, Paul Allen and Princess Samsung paid for the shares, but now that they are split and merged, the shares of these two companies have all been squeezed out by the old man.
The newly formed DreamWorks Animation, in which Old Man and Jeffrey Katzenberg hold a combined seventy-six percent stake.
Since in DreamWorks Animation, the shares of the two sides are equal, and Pacific Digital Imaging is the old man's personal company, so, on the surface, DreamWorks Animation is still managed by Jeffrey Katzenberg, but the boss behind it is just an old man.
In this way, Roland Allen, who learned the news, was crazy about picking "6".
This kind of operation is too special code cow beep, okay!
Paul Allen and Princess Samsung took out money, bought shares, helped DreamWorks grow, watched DreamWorks grow up, and then one day, this DreamWorks studio split internally, and most of the equity of the two of them was cut to DreamWorks movies and DreamWorks Music, and the other small part was cut to DreamWorks Animation.
From a shareholder who has the right to speak, he has directly become a passerby who pays dividends such as shares.
If that's all there is, then forget it, after the merger, Jeffrey Katzenberg, the actual controller of DreamWorks Animation, was also kicked off the throne by the old man, although the old man still doesn't care about the company's affairs, but most of the money earned is taken away by the old man, this kind of capital operation, it's simply a model of robbery, okay!
Although Roland didn't know how the old man persuaded the bald head, let alone how he reconciled Paul Allen and the three-star princess, this kind of result was already worth his crazy call!
However, appreciation is appreciation, and there is no chance of an interview.
Because when the busy October quietly passed and the Christmas schedule was quietly approaching, the massive promotion of "Spider-Man 2" had arrived.
Along with it, there is also the long-awaited 'R and K' jewelry series.