Hollywood Drawing

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"I heard that Wayne changed the script of the "King Kong" project specifically for you?"

"Yes, the cause can actually be traced back to a few years ago. At that time, we were filming "Batman Begins." When the crew moved to New York, taking advantage of the rare vacation, Wayne and we visited like ordinary tourists. The whole Big Apple City.

As we boarded the Empire State Building and sat eating in the revolving restaurant, Wayne had an idea. Ha, you know, no one knows what was going on in Wayne's head. He was just curious and wanted to try to get a gorilla to climb the Empire State Building.

After "Batman Begins" was filmed and he returned to Los Angeles, he adapted this script based on the old movie "King Kong" from decades ago..."

On the TV, Naomi Watts talked eloquently in front of the audience and the live camera. Especially when the topic was brought up by the host tacitly to "King Kong", Naomi Watts was even more prepared. The rhetoric told a story that made people laugh and cry.

Precisely during this chat-style question and answer session, the audience's attention inevitably shifted to "King Kong". And the effect of the program is better than expected. At least many families who are used to watching "The Tonight Show" are full of curiosity about this remake of the movie "King Kong".

To a certain extent, local science fiction films like "King Kong" are the mainstream in the North American commercial market. This is also the reason why "King Kong" has been remade by various directors over the past few decades.

"Bruce Rosenblum's style has not changed at all. He is willing to use any means as long as it can promote Warner Bros. movies."

It had already turned completely dark. In an office with lights on in the Fox Building in Beverly Century City, several fat-bellied executives in suits were also watching the live broadcast on the TV.

The current CEO of 20th Century Fox, EO Townsend-Rossman, leaned on the sofa with his legs crossed, holding a thick cigar in his hand and said casually:

"Bruce Rosenblum really doesn't waste resources at all. First he consumed Wayne, and now he continues to consume Naomi Watts. This old guy has always been so skillful in attracting the public's attention."

"People have only seen the tidbits about Wayne Greenberg, but have ignored that the news has been released on the streets of major cities across North America, in movie theaters, video rental stores, TV stations, newspapers, radio stations, and any channel that can appear with the public. Full of information posters about "Wonder Woman". @Essence\\/Bookstore*First update~~"

Twentieth Century Fox's distribution executive nodded.

His expression was also full of casualness, and he said: "It's unbelievable! Even in major mainstream movie peripheral stores, various movie peripherals of "Wonder Woman" have been put on the shelves in advance. Just watch, in less than a week, related The intensive publicity frenzy for "Wonder Woman" will definitely come as violent as a rainstorm."

Judging from the situation in Hollywood in the past two years, 20th Century Fox is the only one of the six major companies that has a good relationship with Warner Brothers. Although there is a constant cycle of cooperation and competition between the six major companies, objectively speaking, in the past two years, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. have far more cooperation than competition.

Of course, there will always be minor frictions between the two companies. But the overall cooperation does cover up some inconspicuous conflicts.

"Boss."

There was a knock on the office door, and then Terry, who was already a senior executive in the publishing department, opened the door and walked in. He glanced at the program on the TV, sat directly opposite Townsend Roseman, and reported:

"We have just communicated with the financial department, and we can only delay it until May at the latest. According to the contract originally signed, before May, it is the deadline for Wayne Greenberg's North American box office share payment."

After hearing his words, everyone present frowned unconsciously. It was obvious that no one, including Townsend Roseman, was willing to hand over this "huge sum of money" happily.

It's not 20th Century Fox. They plan to play some tricks on this share. They have no idea at all. After all, Wayne is not an outsider. It is unrealistic and has no chance of realization. What troubles Fox is actually the company's lack of liquidity.

At this point in time, they are certainly not willing to easily release more than tens of millions of dollars.

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"Townsend, you have always had a good relationship with that kid." Faith Kliman, the shareholder representative sitting at the end of the sofa, looked tentatively at the head of Fox and said, "I heard that the kid respects you privately. , can you talk to him and pay the share a few months later?”

"It's hard."

Before Townsend Roseman could speak, Terry, the current EO number one player, shook his head and retorted: "There have been rumors circulating in the circle that Wayne Greenberg is in urgent need of a large amount of cash flow in order to start as soon as possible. A large number of commercial projects from his studios. Some time ago, he even rarely accepted some film investments.

Recently, Wayne Greenberg's vampire-like accountant, Colin Howard, is eager to come to the company every two or three days to urge for the share. I am afraid that even if the boss can make an appointment with Wayne Green, Even if Berg talked privately, it would be difficult for the other party to agree. "

The North American box office of "X-Men" is as high as 213 million US dollars. Putting aside everything else, according to the provisions of the producer's contract, 20% of it will be divided into Wayne's hands. That's no small sum of money, especially for 20th Century Fox these days.

Due to the successful start of the "X-Men" series, the second part of "X-Men" has been prepared by the team led by Bryan Singer.

Twentieth Century Fox's choice is exactly the same as that of Warner Bros. The success rate of similar films is much higher than that of failed sequels. In order to avoid various disputes, they have not considered accepting external financing at all.

The investment amount for the second part of "X-Men" was as high as 110 million US dollars. This money directly took away most of the liquidity of 20th Century Fox. In fact, the second part is okay, at least it can successfully start the preparatory work for the project. The planned third part is what gives Fox executives a huge headache.

If the second part is as popular as expected, when the third part is being prepared, the actors will not be as easy to fool as they are now. At that time, large-scale salary increases will definitely be inevitable, especially for the more popular characters.

In fact, "X-Men 2" alone will not strain Fox's liquidity. Here we have to mention another key project "Cast Away".

Looking at the genre, a drama with a simple scene like this should be in the category of a low-budget movie. But in order to ensure the success rate, no one from the film's director to the main cast could save money for Fox.

Director Robert Zemeckis, the main actors include Oscar winner Tom Hanks, Oscar winner Helen Hunt and others. It can be said that the project has just entered the preparation period, and the personnel salary has almost drained the blood of 20th Century Fox. . Error-free updates @

"Townsend, if we're in arrears for another three months or so after we're done..."

Boss Ivey, the executive of the film and television production department, frowned and suggested in a low voice: "Wayne Greenberg will definitely not easily quarrel with us. It will only take about three months for the company to receive the peripheral products." Payment reimbursement from channels.”

Townsend-Rosman shook his head. "Bos, have you ever thought that if you delay it for a while longer, the deadline for global sharing will also..."

Boss Ivey shrugged and complained: "Shit, let's just go sell our asses together!"

This feeling is very bad. 20th Century Fox has not released many projects this year, but all the big money-hogging projects have been postponed to next year. Even at one moment, several executives recalled the embarrassment of the "Titanic" period.

"Let this matter go for now. I will talk to Wayne on the phone in person later."

He raised his wrist and glanced at the time. It was now past nine o'clock in the evening. Townsend-Rothman waved his hand and ended the topic. He looked at everyone and said: "Our focus this year is only this "Star Wars" , If we want to maximize our interests, then one of Disney or Warner Brothers must completely go into the abyss..."

Yes, seeing May coming soon means that the summer war is about to begin. Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. have actually reached a tacit understanding in private, and at this point in time, some actions can already begin.

To put it bluntly, every weekend in the summer season is a fiercely competitive schedule. If you want to successfully break through, it is inevitable to release movies on the same schedule. (This chapter is not finished yet!)

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The bayonet is red. Not to mention anything else, just talking about the beginning of the summer season, the only one that releases a large number of movies is Disney.

Several people present knew very well that Wayne Greenberg and DC Comics superheroes today are equivalent to George Lucas and "Star Wars" ten years ago. So obviously, if the new "Star Wars" and "Wonder Woman" collide head-on, the result will most likely be a lose-lose situation.

What's more, "Star Wars" is not a project invested by 20th Century Fox themselves. They are just a publisher. Even if they want to take the world's number one IP and try DC comic book superheroes, the father of Star Wars will not nod. .

So, there was only one option left. After a Fox executive met with Bruce Rosenblum of Warner Bros., Disney became the fat pig on the chopping board.

"I have communicated with both Imperial Cinemas and AMC."

Talking about business, Terry stood up, turned off the TV, and faced several executives and said: "The attitude of both companies is very clear. If necessary, both of them are willing to reduce the scale of showing other movies in order to save the country." "Star Wars" will be released in North America to maximize theaters and screens."

What is a necessary situation? Several people present knew that this necessary situation had little to do with Fox. The key was to look at Warner Brothers.

Of course, neither announcement nor some tacit agreement between the two parties can play a decisive role. Everything depends on "Wonder Woman" which will be released in May. _o_m Only if this film is as strong as expected can all subsequent plans proceed as scheduled.

There are voices that badmouth "Wonder Woman". Since the end of the Super Bowl, there have been many similar voices. After all, no matter which aspect you analyze it from, it cannot change the nature of this movie with a female protagonist.

Even if "Charlie's Angels" had just achieved unexpected success the year before, it still couldn't change the views of some professionals. How much did it cost to produce "Charlie's Angels"? The production cost of "Wonder Woman" alone is as high as 200 million US dollars!

According to the crudest calculation, "Wonder Woman" with a production cost of 200 million US dollars must earn at least 600 million US dollars globally to ensure that it does not lose money.

Don't think that 600 million US dollars is easy. Hollywood doesn't produce a few movies with this kind of box office volume in a whole year. What's more, before any movie is released, it is equivalent to a gamble. No one can accurately predict whether it will succeed or fail. This is the experience that Hollywood has accumulated over the decades.

After the discussion on some sensitive topics ended, the shareholder representative who had remained silent looked at the crowd and joked: "Do you think the director known as Bombshell will make Wayne Greenberg's boat capsize in the sewer?"

"It's possible, but this possibility is so low that it can be ignored."

Townsend-Rosman was the first to shake his head. "Perhaps Michael Bay is the most beloved by movie fans in the past two years, and he is also the director with the fastest rise in appeal, but you have to know that the path he is taking now is the same path that Wayne took five or six years ago."

Terry nodded and said with emotion: "Yes, not to mention Wayne Greenberg's personal fans, just the number of fans of DC comic book movies is really amazing."

Townsend-Rothman looked out the window at the night sky, twitched the corner of his mouth a few times, and muttered: "A cruel fact lies here. Putting aside the quality of "Wonder Woman", even if this movie is as bad as Even if it’s bullshit, there will still be a lot of fans who don’t believe it. Whoever ignores the brand effect of Greenberg’s production is the real fool.”

Why does Townsend Rothman mentally equate "Wonder Woman" and Wayne with "Star Wars" and George Lucas ten years ago? This is the reason, because the two series of films are too similar to the attributes of these two directors.

Even Townsend-Rothman suspected that even if "Wonder Woman" was terrible, those die-hard fans that Wayne had accumulated over the years and fans of DC movies would madly buy tickets to watch the movie after it was released. When the time comes for "Pearl Harbor", it's hard to say whether it can withstand this first wave of offensive.

Faced with this situation, assuming that "Wonder Woman" is really bad, it will only affect the subsequent box office trend. At least in the first two weeks of release, there won’t be much impact.

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Even if the follow-up performance of "Wonder Woman" drops off a cliff, it may not have anything to do with "Pearl Harbor".

And don’t forget, Warner Bros. will see with their own eyes that their revenue pillar series will be taken advantage of by others because of the influence of word-of-mouth among fans? When the time comes, Warner Bros. will be forced into a hurry and will most likely play its trump card in advance, "Justice League."

Therefore, in Townsend-Rothman's case, there is certainly a possibility that "Wonder Woman" will fail, but the probability is so low that it can be ignored. uuread a book

The brief meeting ended, and only Terry and Townsend-Rossman were left in the office. It was getting late, so Terry waited until everyone had left, then without going around in circles, reported directly to the Townsend-Rosman Channel:

"Boss, it has been confirmed that the project that Avi Adela is busy with is Marvel Comics' superhero. The reason why it has not been started yet is probably because Wayne does not have much cash flow, but it is foreseeable. In the future market, superheroes will no longer be marketable and priceless. @Essence\\/Bookstore? The first correct release~~

I even suspect that Warner Brothers may not understand Wayne’s approach. Once the amazing superheroes of his studio become a big success, the first one to be impacted will probably be the market that DC has already dominated..."

"No reason." Townsend-Rosman frowned. He was very sure that Wayne and Warner Bros. were tied to the same boat. Who would believe that someone would cut a hole in the boat plank under their feet?

"Wayne, what the hell is going on in your head...".

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