Chapter 298: Blocking the Awards?
"Everyone, the development of Lion King Pictures has been difficult to contain, and now several series of movies have been successful, of course, there is also a "Harry Potter" that has not been released, but it should not be a big problem to think about it." Sony's representative was the first to speak.
"Our "Blade" has been successfully blocked, the new style of "Spy", and the successor "Hurricane" are all action movies with a unique style."
"The follow-up series is expected to have no problems, after all, the script and signing were completed from the beginning, ensuring that the entire style of the entire team remains unchanged."
"Lion King Pictures will make more than a billion dollars a year, and in just four years, that Oriental man will return to his roots."
"What do you think?"
Sony bought Columbia Pictures and entered Hollywood, they mainly sold DVDs, or made digital films, and they also wanted to buy MGM Pictures before, but they were first taken.
Disney has already acquired DC Comics earlier, and now Lion King Pictures has acquired Marvel Comics, which will inevitably be a strong competitor in the future.
So their representatives followed suit and said, "We have to do something." ”
"Lion King Pictures owns Marvel, and it is bound to make superhero movies in the future, and they have begun to take back the copyrights, and some of the rights that were sold have returned."
After saying that, he looked at Sony's representative, because Sony has Spider-Man in his hands!
The Sony representative said: "We have no intention of sending Spider-Man back, but what Lion King Pictures will do, it's hard to say." ”
Paramount's representatives are silent, they are seeking to acquire DreamWorks, so they don't care about blocking things, as long as they acquire DreamWorks, then their strength will be strengthened again.
Now to block Lion King Pictures, what should they do when DreamWorks launches an acquisition at the end of the month?
The representative of Universal said: "Now we are still dealing with DreamWorks, and Lion King Pictures is also the previous MGM, and we can only use movies to block it, but it is not wise to fight against their series of movies." ”
"We're going to make money, let's just say the Lord of the Rings series, how are you going to stop it?"
"......" Everyone was silent for a while, and they didn't want to use their own blockbusters to block each other, after all, their investment was not small, and they wanted to make money.
It seems that several major companies want to deal with Lion King Pictures, but they are unwilling to contribute themselves, such as Sony has not tried its best before.
A representative from Paramount said: "The Big Eight studios have been going on for a long time, and now Lion King Pictures is replacing MGM, and there is no problem with that. ”
"There is no need to break the net, there is still the possibility of cooperation in the future, if you really want to block it, then I think it will be more convenient in the award."
"That's a good idea!" Warner's representative said: "They're making commercial films now, and now they're capable of competing for awards like Lord of the Rings, and we can block this year's Oscars." ”
"Good ......" quickly reached an agreement, that is, to block the other party's award first, which is the most cost-effective thing.
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He Yuzhu didn't know that Hollywood was ready to block him at this time, but he didn't care about the awards, just to make money, why did he have to win the award?
This is completely indifferent to him, and the benefits to him of winning the award are very limited, after all, although these series of movies have signed contracts before, but once they win the award, then the director and actor will increase their value, which is not good for him.
It's okay to send an Oscar, but spend money to lobby the judges?
Sorry, I didn't have this idea at all, I just went through the motions, he didn't care, but if it costs money, then I'm sorry.
This year's film will participate in the Oscar selection between February and April next year, and the company also told him about this, but He Yuzhu does not agree to operate the awards, and the company can only submit the selection, and will not actively operate and lobby.
This is very bad news for the film team, but they have a contract, and they can't resist, because even the union doesn't care about this, and in the case of strict performance of the contract, Lion King Pictures has not violated the law.
There is no deduction of their remuneration, just not operating the award, which is a matter for other people's companies, because the copyright belongs to the company.
"The Lord of the Rings" is a group drama, and it is basically impossible for the actors to win awards, but the director is the most promising, but this director can be said to have given up a lot of rights in order to shoot this work, and now he has only filmed the first part, he will naturally not give up, and the contract has been signed for you, a full six.
There are three more "Hobbits" in the future!
"Furious 2" also started filming at this time, it is still a Christmas file, and now there are a lot of car sponsorships, and the cost of the movie has almost been recovered since the start of filming.
In this way, the filming of the first three parts is equivalent to introducing the future team members, and the script revisions in this are all done by He Yuzhu himself, and the two male protagonists are shooting one separately, they both have their own experiences and friends they know.
Waiting for the fourth part to be assembled, it is the team of the future, so logical, and at the same time the content is getting richer and richer.
Its main theme remains the same, family, friendship, love, drag racing, etc., are perfectly integrated, and this series can be filmed for a long time.
There is no problem with the first six films being released consecutively, because although the connection between the first three and the last three is close, it can be separated from the front and back.
When the six films are released, it is necessary to pause to prevent the appearance of aesthetic fatigue, and at the same time to leave enough time for the subsequent script preparation.
If the previous starring salary was too high, then let them become legends directly, the space that can be operated here is very large, the salary is too expensive, and the special effects are too expensive, you can directly kill the starring role, and then change the wave.
The series is paused, but it can be restarted at any time, and that's how Hollywood operates.
The young actors of "Harry Potter" have all signed contracts for eight films, and the salary is an incremental model, He Yuzhu will not be willing to pay them, but he will not give them the opportunity to sit on the ground and raise the price, let alone give them box office dividends, but the salary is not small.
By the time of the last two films, the production cost will be maximized, but at that time, the global box office was also skyrocketing.
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NBC's development is also better, and now it has jumped to occupy one-third of the viewership share in the United States, among which news, TV series and variety shows are in full bloom.
In terms of news, in accordance with the principle of neutrality formulated by He Yuzhu, a think tank has been formed, which is the most in line with the taste of the public.
(End of chapter)