The Best Entertainment Era

Along a long corridor, Shirley Lansing walked towards the meeting room with several negotiators from the distribution department. On the way, she saw many DreamWorks staff members, who seemed to be very busy as they passed by in a hurry.

Shirley Lansing always felt that something was wrong, and the South Korean side wrote back yesterday, canceling the meeting after a few days.

Therefore, she came here today to participate in the release negotiations of War of the Worlds, and wanted to see what happened to Spielberg and DreamWorks.

But the negotiations had just begun, and Spielberg directly released an amazing news.

There is no need for this negotiation.

Facing the staff of Paramount Pictures, including Shirley Lansing, Spielberg changed his appearance as a good man and directly announced: DreamWorks board of directors has made a decision that War of the Worlds will not be handed over to Paramount. Film distribution.

Being pushed again and again by Paramount Pictures, even this woman Shirley Lansing almost got on her head, no matter how good her temper was, she would lose her temper.

Shirley Lansing almost couldn't help standing up, but finally sat firmly on the chair, looked at Spielberg, and asked, Steven, what do you mean? Don't forget, you promised ...

Spielberg raised his hand and interrupted Shirley Lansing, his attitude was unprecedentedly tough: Yes, I promised, but from last year to now, why has there been no results? Shirley, you are stronger than me. Clearly, Paramount's terms are unacceptable to DreamWorks.

Without waiting for Shirley Lansing to speak, Spielberg added: Cooperation should be based on mutual respect. Has Paramount Pictures ever respected DreamWorks?

Shirley Lansing looked unhappy, and said, Steven, you have contacted other companies, is there anyone with better conditions than Paramount Pictures?

Small and medium-sized companies have limited issuance capabilities, and the Big Six and their subsidiaries have a tacit understanding.

Spielberg also knew this, pushed down the disc glasses, and said: Dreamworks does not need anyone, Dreamworks distributes the film itself.

DreamWorks distributes itself? Shirley Lansing didn't believe it at first, then frowned: Do you have the ability to distribute?

Spielberg didn't answer at all. He looked up at his watch and said, This is the end of the distribution negotiations between DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. I have other work. Shirley, that's it.

This is DreamWorks,

Shirley Lansing could only watch Spielberg leave.

Ms. Lansing? asked the assistant next to her.

Shirley Lansing stood up slowly: Let's go.

She left the conference room first, and the others quickly followed. No one expected that such a result would be reached in the end.

After getting into the car, Shirley Lansing asked: DreamWorks wants to do their own publishing, but they can barely do it in North America, can they do it overseas?

The assistant said softly, Something must have happened that we don't understand.

Shirley Lansing took out her mobile phone and made calls one after another. She didn't put down her mobile phone until the car drove out of the DreamWorks campus, and waited patiently.

Back at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Shirley Lansing got a call.

As the head of Paramount Pictures, he may have overlooked certain things before, but once he pays attention, it is not difficult to find out.

The assistant was an old man who had followed Shirley Lansing for many years. Seeing Shirley Lansing put down her phone, she asked, What happened?

Shirley Lansing's face was a bit ugly, and she said in a low voice: After Ronan Anderson's Relativity Entertainment acquired Artisan Films, it transferred all other businesses after stripping off the film library and script library to DreamWorks, including Artisan Pictures. The global distribution channel of Carpenter Films!

The assistant was quite surprised: How could this be? Ronan Anderson and Spielberg have always been at odds.

Shirley Lansing didn't speak anymore, she entered the office while thinking, and asked her assistant to come in at the same time.

Sitting in a chair and thinking for a while, Shirley Lansing gradually figured it out, and said: Ronan Anderson and Spielberg are not compatible, but they are not enemies. I was careless. DreamWorks and Relativity Entertainment have a relationship. mutual benefit.

The assistant couldn't figure it out, the two companies didn't have any cooperation projects, so where did the common interests come from? If Ronan Anderson had mutual interests with DreamWorks Animation, he believed it, but DreamWorks...

The more Shirley Lansing thinks, the clearer her thinking becomes. Why is Relativity Entertainment willing to sell the business of Artisan Pictures to DreamWorks? Probably because of Paramount Pictures.

Common enemies can also bring common interests. Shirley Lansing said coldly: Ronan Anderson is targeting Paramount Pictures.

Hearing this, the assistant suddenly realized that both companies were on the list in Paramount Pictures' plan.

And not only stay on the plan, many initiatives are being implemented.

Shirley Lansing sighed softly: Originally, we had a very clear situation with DreamWorks. At most two years, DreamWorks will switch to Paramount Pictures, and Ronan Anderson will sell Artisan Films to DreamWorks. , The situation was in chaos in an instant, and almost all the plans and advantages we made for DreamWorks will be cancelled.

The assistant also figured it out, and wiped off his sweat. Ronan Anderson did too hard, and this blow hit the most critical place.

Once DreamWorks has a relatively complete distribution channel, it will not be as easy as it is now to get stuck in them.

Why is Relativity Entertainment a headache? It’s not that the six major companies have no plans for Relativity Entertainment, but that when Relativity Entertainment really attracted the attention of the six major companies, they had already established a very complete industrial chain. Can't find an opportunity.

Shirley Lansing thought about it for a long time, and said: DreamWorks has become more difficult, don't worry about Relativity Entertainment, and use all your power on DreamWorks.

The assistant quickly said, Okay.

Shirley Lansing added: Our goal is still to eat DreamWorks. As for Relativity Entertainment, let the parent company Viacom handle it.

The assistant was startled, did this exalt the theory of relativity entertainment? Relativity Entertainment on par with Viacom?

Shirley Lansing is determined to only focus on DreamWorks for the time being. Only what is eaten is delicious, and if it is not eaten, it may damage the mouth.

Relativity Entertainment, Ronan just got a call from George Clint. He made contact with the property owner of the Death Star Building. The property owner has no intention of refusing to sell it, and the two parties have already started talking.

If there is no accident, we can talk about it this month.

After obtaining the film library of Artisan Films, it is natural to hand it over to Embassy Films for distribution and operation on all platforms. Ronan does not need to worry too much about this aspect, and mainly focuses on the script library of Artisan Films.

A total of thousands of scripts and nearly 7,000 film copyrights are all logged into the management database of Relativity Entertainment, which is also conducive to viewing at any time.

Ronan first checked the detailed list of film copyrights. It is impossible to start sequels or remakes of those well-known films that he knew before, so they can only be put aside for the time being.

The copyright of First Blood is in hand. It's not that Ronan has not considered shooting First Blood 4, but he can't be anxious, at least he must have a suitable script.

It is an indisputable fact that traditional action movies have declined. Even if First Blood 4 is launched, it is inevitable to control the scale of investment.

From this, Ronan also thought of The Expendables, a series of veteran action stars who sell their feelings. This series does not have a big online market, and its profits are entirely dependent on offline operations.

Those veteran stars are paid a lot of money, and apart from Shengshi Meiyan, the others have no friendship with Ronan.

Besides, this is a typical commercial film, and it is not an award-winning movie like The Departed, which is obviously aimed at Oscars, and there is no reason for the star to star in it at a friendly price.

First Blood 4 and The Expendables are included in Ronan's future list, and the specific situation will depend on the future market.

Terminator, Artisan Pictures only has the copyright of the first part, so there is no need to think about the sequel.

Instinct sequel? Nowadays, the scale of R-rated films is getting bigger and bigger, and there are too many stars who dare to escape or omit, even if they shoot sequels, there is not much to watch.

Total Recall has been remade, but it's a pity that the director was not found well. The director is the showy wife and madman Lun Wiseman who directed the Underworld series. Not only did he find Kate Beckin, who has almost no box office appeal. Purcell acted as the heroine, and also invited Colin Farrell, who had to play in any movie, to play the leading actor.

Is there any reason for such a film if it doesn't hit the street?

If it is a remake, we will have to see the situation in the future.

There is also the Punisher, the superhero copyright of Marvel Comics, lying in the copyright library of Artisan Pictures.

Then there is Alice in Wonderland, which was made by Artisan Pictures in 1999. It can only be said to be ordinary, but Ronan plans to write a script outline himself, transfer it to Shahai Entertainment to write, and then note the copyright.

This film may fail to be screened alone, so we must keep up with the situation.

James Cameron is still in the sea, and Ronan has been paying attention to him. Since the last time we met, he has also kept in touch to see if he can get involved in the future.

When they worked together on Titanic, James Cameron and 20th Century Fox had a very unpleasant dispute over the budget. Fox executives accused James Cameron of asking for an additional budget in front of the media and forced them to almost jump off the building.

Even, Twentieth Century Fox almost changed directors.

Later, the film sold well at the box office and the relationship between the two parties was restored, but James Cameron may have been deeply impressed by 20th Century Fox's investment style.

It might be tempting to let the king of the world, who spends so much money, enjoy some budgetary freedom.

In addition to the movies he knew before, Ronan also found other movies he had seen in the film library. Artisan Films had previously bought the North American copyright and remake copyright of the Hong Kong-produced horror film Damn.

Relativity Entertainment could do an English remake of Damn.

Afterwards, Ronan read the script library in detail, and also gained something.