Chapter 317. 【Hollywood Tycoon】
Dream Entertainment Holding New Line Company immediately set off stormy waves in the entire Hollywood, and no one could have imagined that the new line, which was originally competing with Fantasy, was so crippled and was directly held in the hands of others. As one of the shareholders behind the new line, Warner was also caught off guard by this, I didn't expect Yi Feiyang's action to be so fast, and I didn't expect the weakness of the new line to be so accurate......
Warner wanted to try its best to save the situation, negotiated with Dream Entertainment, reached an agreement, and finally "operated" the new line in a cooperative way, and the new line was completely shattered since then, and became the most well-known "puppet company" in Hollywood.
For the future development of the new line, Yi Feiyang has always asked the other party to turn "The Lord of the Rings" over and hand it over to Dream Entertainment for distribution, of course, the production is still the original team. Yi Feiyang clearly knows that the "Lord of the Rings" series will earn enough box office of 2.9 billion in the future, which is definitely a golden mountain. Warner also wants to get "The Lord of the Rings", but the shares are not as much as Dream Entertainment, and the last one has to accept his fate, at least Dream promises that in the future, he will hand over some good movies of the new line to Warner to "agent".
For Yi Feiyang, there are also some benefits to cooperating with Warner, after all, there are many friends and many paths, and you can't do things too much.
In addition to taking control of the new line company, Dream Entertainment also held a press conference and disclosed the filming plan for 2002, including "How to Train Your Dragon" in the field of animation, "Saw 3" in the sequel series, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", "Despicable Me 2", documentaries "Fahrenheit 911", new films "The Passion of the Christ", and "Lord of the Rings 2" that has just been robbed. and The White House Butler.
Regarding the play "The Passion of the Christ", Yi Feiyang and Mel Gibson finally reached an agreement, Gibson gave up being the leading actor of this play and only served as the screenwriter and director, which made Yi Feiyang breathe a sigh of relief, after all, Mel played Jesus, which is really a bit ...... Too adventurous. Of course, Yi Feiyang also paid a price for this, that is, Mel Gibson was allowed to choose his own actors. And the play had to be screened at Easter. In this regard, Yi Feiyang could only nod and agree.
And Mel Gibson finally failed to escape the "arrangement of fate", and still chose Catholic actor James Caviezer to play Jesus in the film, but in order to show this religious figure more vividly, James Caviezer was asked to have a "plastic surgery". His nose is fake, and his blue eyes have turned brown.
Before the film starts. Gibson as Mel Gibson requested. A Canadian priest was invited to preside over the Mass for the crew. Originally, Yi Feiyang was going to have a "Hong Kong-style worship of God", but as soon as he thought that letting these Catholics go to worship Second Brother Guan, it was estimated that it would directly lead to an incident of slashing people with a knife, and Yi Feiyang immediately canceled this idea.
On March 4, 2002, Yi Feiyang sent Mel Gibson and his crew out of the United States, and Lao Mei took his film crew with him. I went to a few remote towns in Italy to start filming. It is said that there was a town called Matra, and there are still many cave-like structures that closely resemble the environment in which Jesus lived. And Gibson is also a strict person, although he is not yet up to the level of a tyrant director like Yi Feiyang. However, he was very strict with the Romans and Jews in terms of clothing, utensils, architecture, eating habits, and even the way they walked and spoke, and it seems that this play will be a masterpiece in the future.
There is nothing to say about "The Lord of the Rings", which was recently blackmailed from the new line, in the words of some people, Yi Feiyang is a robber, a bandit, and a Hollywood bully!
For this play, Yi Feiyang almost used the original cast, and the great director Peter Jackson is still the director, this great man who Yi Feiyang admired to the extreme in his previous life, will continue to serve as a director and lead the team to create the "Lord of the Rings" series. However, for Yi Feiyang, what he admires most about Peter Jackson is his early "Zombies Play Across the Line", thinking about when to let this guy return to his old business and shoot such a zombie film.
In addition to firmly holding the second and third parts of "The Lord of the Rings" in his hands, Yi Feiyang did not let go of the DVD release of the first part, as well as game production...... His practice of removing meat on the bones once again chilled the new line, and Mr. Bob, the former president, even wanted to die. In fact, the reason why Yi Feiyang did so much was because of the huge profits of this drama in DVDs and games, and these two items alone directly helped Fantasy Entertainment earn 100 million!
Yi Feiyang's shamelessness has made many people hate him, but the two dramas "The Passion of Christ" and "The Lord of the Rings 2" by Dream Entertainment have still attracted a lot of attention. As for the play "The White House Butler", it is a little strange that it suddenly appeared.
Many people don't understand, how could Dream Entertainment suddenly shoot a movie with such a theme, and what is the purpose?!
In fact, this drama was specially created by Yi Feiyang for Clinton, and why did he want to create such a drama for him personally, not because Yi Feiyang wanted to praise Clinton, but because Yi Feiyang owed Clinton a great favor.
Others don't know what to do, but Yi Feiyang knows very well that the reason why he was able to take the lead in finding the lifeblood of the new line company, the bank loan, and the equity held by the imperial company is entirely because of Clinton's revelation of the news!
That's right, it was Clinton who revealed it to Yi Feiyang, and in the years when he was president, Clinton did a lot of things from the CIA, including these relatively secret business secrets.
Therefore, Clinton is the mastermind behind the end of the new line, and Yi Feiyang promised to create a drama for him in order to "commend" his achievements. After thinking about it, Yi Feiyang finally finalized this "White House Butler".
In the previous life, the movie "The White House Butler" originated from a news report. Eugene Allen served in the White House for 34 years from the Eisenhower era, and later retired as the "chief steward of the White House" during the Reagan administration, with a total of eight presidents. He witnessed not only major historical events such as the assassination of Kennedy and Nixon's ouster due to the Watergate scandal, but also the ups and downs experienced by the black movement in the United States over the years, as well as the improvement and promotion of black rights, and just a year before his death, he also appeared as a special guest at Obama's inauguration.
Lee Daniels, a director who has made films such as "Cherish", fell in love with this story, and he has always been known for his ability to deal with racial issues, not only to tell American history from a new perspective through this new film, but also to reflect the situation of African-Americans in mainstream American society through this character.
The production cost of "The White House Butler" is only 25 million US dollars, which is only enough to pay the salary of a big-name actor in Hollywood, but the lineup of this film is quite strong, which shows the charm of this theme. Actor Forest Whitaker plays the leading role, and Oprah Winfrey, the "talk show queen" who has been leading the top 100 celebrities for many years, will play his wife. There will also be multiple generations of American presidents in the film, with Alan Rickman as Reagan, Robin Williams as Eisenhower, John Cusack as Nickerson, and James Marsden as Kennedy – counting presidents and recognizing stars is definitely one of the great things about the film.
Now, Yi Feiyang designed this play in advance, and took the initiative to invite and interview the real "White House butler" Eugene Allen, and only after obtaining his approval did he create the script. As for Clinton, he never thought that Yi Feiyang would help him make such a play, yes, he really didn't expect it. What is the White House, the president's residence, and who is himself? Former President of the United States! Playing the president in the play is simply seamless!
That's right, Clinton will play his predecessor's predecessor in this play, President Reagan. Now Clinton is confident that he has the ability to play the role of the president who is "an actor". However, for Yi Feiyang, this is not enough, in the previous life, this drama took the route of star cameos, almost a star gathering, and this time Yi Feiyang also wants to create a movie with many stars.
It's very simple to find a celebrity cameo, as long as you have enough face, Yi Feiyang is now a popular figure in Hollywood, and he has contacts with Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Nicolas Cage, Mike Jackson, Madonna, etc.
The most important thing is Clinton, the president has not been in vain for a few years, he knows many political celebrities, and he has a good relationship with the White House, and he has invited many cattle who have retired from politics to make cameos in this play. It can be said that the "White House Butler" created by Dream Entertainment in the future will definitely be more famous and high-grade than the one in the previous life! Of course, the production cost is also a little more expensive than in the previous life, how to say it, you get what you pay for, isn't it?!
In addition to the above upcoming movies, the movies that Dream Entertainment will launch in the next few months include "The Hunger Games", which everyone is waiting for, and "Zombie Bride", which is a boutique animated product.
Especially the drama "The Hunger Games" was originally written and directed by Yi Feiyang, but it was replaced at the very end, but the audience's expectations for this drama are the highest, stemming from Yi Feiyang's reputation as a gold medal screenwriter, so the advance tickets for this drama sold five million within three days, that is to say, according to the calculation of six dollars per ticket, the play has not yet been released, and the box office has reached an astonishing more than 30 million.
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In view of the above series of big moves of fantasy entertainment, today's fantasy company has been directly called "Hollywood's eighth largest company", alongside MGM, Fox, Columbia, etc.
In just four years, from a small film company, it has become a new Hollywood giant, and the success of Dream Entertainment seems to be a myth like the owner who created it, Yi Feiyang.
Therefore, Dream Entertainment has become famous, and Yi Feiyang is even more popular through half the sky, known as a new generation of local tyrants in Hollywood! (To be continued......)