Robert Iger, who has been sitting in the chairmanship of Disney Studios for a while, is naturally not completely unaware of Michael Eisner's constraints on him.

This is also the reason why although he was surprised by the "rebellious" remarks of his henchman Philip Bierman, he did not immediately reprimand.

Of course, this is not to say that he is now determined to replace Michael Eisner.

After all, Robert Iger, as the man who came to Disney from the acquired ABC television network, did not have enough prestige among Disney's internal executives. Even if Eisner steps down, the position of CEO will not be his turn normally.

And yet—

"Even if I don't think about betrayal, if I want to make a difference in the position of chairman of Disney Studios and not become a scapegoat for the group's constant failures in the field of live-action films, then a conflict with Michael is inevitable!"

Robert Iger has some clear understanding of this.

In fact, Iger was in a supportive position from the beginning of Charlotte's plan for the pirate trilogy.

In his opinion, the possibility of complete failure of the trilogy is actually very low.

Even if it is not very successful, it is still not fatal to Disney, and it can even take the opportunity to help them tie up Charlotte Booth, a fairly capable director and producer.

At the same time, Disney can also take this opportunity to continue to train its talents in the field of live-action films.

And once successful, because the continuous shooting of the trilogy can greatly reduce the chance of the leading actors sitting on the ground because of the success of the movie, and reasonably share resources, Disney can get far more profit than the way of shooting one after another.

In particular, there is a very important element that Robert Iger has been very worried about -

That is, if the trilogy is not filmed continuously, will Charlotte Booth still be willing to direct the sequel after the first part of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is released?

Iger didn't tell anyone else about that concern.

Because, in the eyes of the average Hollywood practitioner, there are some sequels that are bound to make money to be made, why not?

In fact, most Hollywood directors, as long as they have the right story and sufficient budget, will not refuse to make a sequel to their successful work, even James Cameron is no exception.

- Otherwise, how did the sci-fi classic "Terminator 2" come about?

However, when it comes to Charlotte Booth, Robert Iger is a little worried.

There's no way, the other party has filmed "Hell's Detective", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "The Mummy", and "Sherlock Holmes", which are four commercial blockbusters that can obviously shoot sequels.

None of these four movies was not a big hit at the box office, and the reputation was also very good, but except for "Sherlock Holmes", which is the work of the Ghost Party Studios itself, and it is unknown what will happen later, Charlotte Booth clearly refused the sequel invitation of the other three films.

This made Warner and Universal Studios very disappointed and helpless.

And because Charlotte's jewel is in front, other directors are also hesitant to take over the sequel to his film.

After all, once you take over, you will inevitably be compared with it by the media, and you will naturally be under a lot of pressure.

Chris Columbus and Stephen Sommers must have a deep understanding of this - the former's "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" will be released at the end of this year (2000), and the latter's "The Mummy 2" has now completed filming and is in post-production.

- According to the grapevine received by Robert Iger, even the two directors themselves are not very confident that they will be able to break through the huge shadow left by Charlotte Booth.

So, they all took the initiative to ask Charlotte for advice, so that the latter's status as a producer, which originally only existed in the form of a nominal name in the two sequels, became worthy of the name.

Of course, this is not an idea that Warner and Universal have long made - if Charlotte is not even willing to be a nominal producer, the two companies may not have launched the sequel plan so smoothly.

- "Hell's Detective" is not also a Charlotte Booth movie, and it is also a box office hit, just because Charlotte refuses to continue directing or serving as a producer, and the launch plan for a sequel has become a distant prospect.

In fact, even "Guillotine Valley", a movie that doesn't look like it can have a sequel, Paramount has specifically asked Charlotte if she has any plans to direct a sequel.

- Although Charlotte denied it directly, and Shirley Lansing completely canceled the sequel plan for "Guillotine Valley" because of this.

That is, the new line company is not very convinced, and once launched the second film of "Fatal Bend" without asking Charlotte at all.

- The result, of course, was a shameful failure.

In fact, if it weren't for Charlotte's first film, this sequel should be said to be in line with the average low-budget horror film.

Normally, it should still be possible to make money.

As a result, it was because the first "Fatal Bend" Zhuyu was in front of it that many viewers lowered their evaluation of this sequel, which caused its final failure......

In general, in the opinion of Robert Iger, Charlotte, for some reason, did not like to shoot a sequel to the film she had made.

Therefore, regarding the project of "Pirates of the Caribbean", he only thought it was a one-shot deal at first.

Who knows, Charlotte would actually propose a plan for a trilogy of continuous shooting.

- At that time, Robert Iger had the feeling that he had won the jackpot by buying a lottery ticket.

However, Iger also knew that such a plan would be unacceptable to the conservative Disney board of directors and Michael Eisner, the president.

And it turned out to be exactly what he expected.

This makes Robert Iger, who has just sat in the position of chairman of Disney Pictures and wants to be a blockbuster, very regretful.

And now, after watching some of the rough cuts of "Pirates of the Caribbean" brought by his henchman Philip Bierman, Iger's regret is even more obvious.

- His heart was stirring again.

"I decided to try to convince the board, even if Michael wasn't for it!"

Robert Iger finally made up his mind,

"If the trilogy series plan can be passed, then Disney Studios' situation in the field of live-action films will be opened up all of a sudden!"

"Do you have that much faith in Charlotte Booth?"

Even though he has become a member of the "Charlotte Cult", but with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, Philip Bierman still did not expect his boss to be so bold.

"Faith is one thing—"

Robert Iger shook his head,

"More importantly, I just don't want to sit in the position of chairman of Disney Studios and act as Michael's puppet - in this case, it is necessary to make some bold decisions!"

"I see!"

Philip Bierman nodded,

"So what should I do next?" (https:)

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