Hollywood New Century

New York, on the set of The Wolf of Wall Street.

Jordan Belfort's speech scene in the company, leading actors, extras, director team and various staff, there are many people and machines in the huge office studio.

Standing in the back with his arms crossed, Simon stared at the performers with director Martin Scorsese.

"Crack, good!"

The actors relaxed as Martin Scorsese yelled.

"It's really good, Leonardo's performance is more and more proficient now." To say that Xiao Lizi's acting skills are indeed not bad, and now he is a proper and capable actor.

"We have discussed this project for a long time, and I have not made this type of film before," Martin Scorsese asked the staff to take a break and chatted with Simon in the chair beside him .

"Hollywood is very different now. Too many movies are just looking for gorgeous special effects scenes, and the artistry of the story is much worse," Martin Scorsese said, taking the coffee handed by his assistant.

"Thank you," Simon also took a cup, and then smiled: "The special effects scenes can now attract more audiences. Hollywood has been developing for so many years, and each era has different types of movies!"

Martin Scorsese can be said to be one of the leading Hollywood directors of the older generation, with his own pursuit of film art. The gangster series movies that are good at are indeed one of the standard types of Hollywood.

"Simon, if Hollywood goes on like this, it will get narrower and narrower sooner or later. Movies will always have to return to artistry in order to be lasting. Only relying on special effects will greatly reduce the performance requirements of actors. Spend money to do some colorful special effects and find some beautiful girls. They show their faces in order to attract audiences to the theater, but they forget the real meaning of the film.”

Martin Scorsese is currently the most opinionated on pure special effects movies. For example, in the early days, Chaplin and others looked down on sound movies after the appearance of sound movies. In the silent film era, they were the king of movies.

"Martin, society is developing, and movies also need to change to adapt to the current crowd. Some movies are deeply artistic, and there are also movies that are used to entertain the public. Filmmakers and audiences are a two-way choice. Commercial films and independent films are both necessary. Indispensable, "Simon does not have any ideas and consciousness to promote the development of American films. The primary goal of a film is to make money or to make big money. While making money, a small number of literary and artistic films will also be launched to earn fame, fortune and awards.

"The Wolf of Wall Street" will take at least nine to ten weeks to shoot in New York, and as for a big director like Martin Scorsese, the opportunities for Universal Pictures to work together in the future are definitely getting fewer and fewer.

Unless they can find a funder who is willing to contribute money in the future, Universal Pictures can be responsible for film distribution.

After all, spending 100 million US dollars to shoot an R-rated movie is a bit risky. As for "Deadpool", it is also R-rated, but it also has Marvel bonuses.

Just like the 3D children's fantasy blockbuster "Hugo" directed by Martin Scorsese, which will be released next month, it will definitely win awards, but at the box office, there is definitely not much expectation.

"Hugo" and "Thor 2" were released on the same day, on 12.9, Simon felt a little bullying just thinking about it. Today's Marvel movies are basically synonymous with box office.

"I read the performance report of nbc TV very well. The first season of the sitcom "Broken Sisters" has a high rating, and "American Horror Story" has a good reputation. "Simon sat in the car leaning on the chair, did you have any? One said.

"Moreover, the ratings of cnbc news station are much higher now. I hope to gain more audiences from cnn and fox news stations. Fox station has launched an internal investigation?"

Laura Collins, who was sitting on the side, nodded and responded: "The inside of Fox TV is already a mess. The chairman of the news channel, Roger Ailes, is lustful, alcoholic and drug addict, and he has been receiving complaints before;"

"This time Mr Murdoch seems to have moved for some reason."

Simon smiled, what else could be the reason? I have already reminded Rupert Murdoch that, as the mouthpiece of the Republican Party, if we don’t improve it, the media channel will probably be occupied by the Democratic Party.

However, under the leadership of Simon, cnbc is now biased towards neutrality. No matter what party needs to be reported, the value can be appropriate. The expansion of the Universal Studios resort in Florida does have support from non-Republicans.

Recently, the topic of gun ban is hot, and various talk shows are following up.

"Boss, Disney's cooperation projects with DreamWorks have increased now, and they have also increased investment in live-action movies, and it is estimated that they want to expand the market share of movies."

"Disney, don't worry, DreamWorks has nothing to worry about. Disney's live-action movies have always been disappointing. Richie Ross has limited ability and is at the helm of the Disney Film Group. He can't play a big role." How much help can DreamWorks provide them?

Now the real threat to Disney is not Pixar, and the leader of the animated feature film industry is not casual.

"Disney has too many animated film copyrights. In the future, their focus will definitely be on making animated films live. "Alice in Wonderland" should give them a taste of the sweetness," Simon also cared about this. , after all, now that Universal Pictures has Marvel, it is already invincible.

Although Universal Pictures has Lighting Entertainment in charge of animated feature films, in terms of scale, it is not comparable to other companies.

However, Universal

The industry now has the "Fast and Furious" series, "Twilight" series and "Hunger Games" series, etc., plus the Marvel Universe, the profit is terrible.

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Neither Warner Bros., Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Sony or Paramount can affect Universal's current dominance.

NBC TV network, Universal Pictures plus Star Records, the market expansion of the three major sectors of TV, film and music is unstoppable.

The future of Universal Studios resort and consumer goods, Netflix streaming media, and Xinghai Entertainment, everyone knows that the future is smooth.

As long as Simon Pike himself can continue to be in charge for a few years, Xinghai Entertainment will become a benchmark for Hollywood power.

"Have an appointment with New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg for dinner in East Hampton, Long Island this evening, do you need anything to prepare?"

"No preparations, just a small get-together with friends." Simon is actually very interested in his Bloomberg, but it's really a Big Mac.

Can't figure it out!