Hollywood New Century

"Nina, who is the publisher who is interested in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?" Simon asked, leaning back in his chair.

"They are all interested, but the most interested are Warner Bros. and Paramount. Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros. have already cooperated, and they are very hard at making this happen!" Nina Jacobson's tone was very light, after all, this kind of Negotiations take a long time.

"Whatever, no matter which publisher does it, it's fine for two publishers to cooperate, and this time I can officially get paid," Simon smiled, Susan White was his own agent, The producer contract and the screenwriter contract are all in AC brokerage, and now she finally has something to do!

"We don't vote at all?" Nina asked.

Simon shook his head, his eyes shot out, and he said, "Nina, I commissioned CAA to buy Marvel Entertainment for me in September, and the $20 million is the deposit!"

"You wonder why I'm rich, because Google is going to buy Youtu. You know, I own 25% of Youtu!"

Nina Jacobson is a little confused. Could it be that YouTube and Google started contacting in September?

"So, some of the recent situations in Marvel Entertainment are all caused by you?" Nina Jacobson opened her mouth wide, the suspension of the "Iron Man" project, and the termination of the release negotiations with Paramount.

"Yes, I already have a way to deal with Marvel Entertainment, and I can own Marvel Entertainment before the end of the year!" Simon wants not only 58.5% of Marvel Entertainment's shares, but the complete Marvel.

"Understood, what does Xinghai Pictures need to do?" Nina Jacobson has long understood Simon's first step, storing IP, but he didn't expect it to be Marvel Entertainment.

"You don't need to do anything, just wait to take over Marvel Entertainment!" Simon waited for the successful negotiation between Google and YouTube.

Nina Jacobson nodded, Marvel has a lot of characters, but the most popular characters do not have movie rights, can it really be successful?

"By the way, MGM Entertainment, which is owned by Sony, held a reception about Tom Cruise's entry into United Artists. It was held at Sony Studios and invited us!" Nina Jacobson thought of another matter.

Simon nodded, Cruise-Wagner Productions finally negotiated the cooperation with MGM, alas!

Sony Studios, formerly known as Columbia Studios, has 16 studios and a large location in the Culver City area of ​​West Los Angeles.

And the real creation of Culver City is actually MGM, just like the early 20th Century Fox created Century City. At its peak, MGM owned a 400-acre studio in Culver City.

After Las Vegas casino tycoon Kirk Kerkorian took over MGM, he operated MGM as a hotel and entertainment city. The source of MGM Golden Palace was MGM Pictures, and the studio area was sold For real estate developers, props, tape, posters, etc. are auctioned all night.

Today's MGM Group is just an independent film company controlled by several investment companies headed by Sony.

In the banquet hall of Sony Studios, a grand media conference is being held. Harry Sloane, CEO of MGM Pictures, officially announced that Paula Wagner, the partner of famous movie star Tom Cruise, will be appointed as United Artists. , while Tom Cruise is in charge of film production.

United Pictures also got a $500 million line of credit account at Merrill Lynch for Tom Cruise.

"Hey, that's how it turns out. It's estimated that Wall Street funds want to invest in movies," Simon sighed a little while standing not far away. He thought that Cruise-Wagner Productions had bought Lianmei Pictures. nice!

"Simon, it is estimated that Tom Cruise finds a distributor for his film, MGM really needs him now, three to four movies a year, and MGM starring Tom Cruise is of course tempted ," Nina Jacobson could see clearly, but if Tom Cruise can't get the $500 million loan from the Merrill Lynch account, Cruise-Vagra Productions wants to dominate United Arts Also impossible!

"Well, Lianmei has a history of more than 80 years. Tom Cruise is a Hollywood superstar, and he just broke up with Paramount in an unfriendly way. It's all news!" The investors behind the MGM Group also thought Grab a slice of the fiery movie market.

Simon said and looked around, it is true that they are mainly people from independent film companies, and the prestige of MGM is indeed worse year by year.

"It seems that Sony doesn't care about such trivial matters!" Nina Jacobson smiled. After all, Sony owns 20% of the shares of MGM Holdings.

"Whatever, what Sony wants is the home entertainment market of MGM's strong film library, and the rest is not important, and MGM has no overseas distribution network, and the overseas market distribution is also Sony Columbia," Simon was stunned, Sony This acquisition last year was really worth it.

The MGM Group is independent. Its parent company is MGM Holdings, which was established by Sony, and MGM's losses or debts are all owned by MGM Holdings.

"Hi, Simon, Nina!" Lionsgate CEO Jon Fitmore came over.

"Jon, which part of the "Saw Cry" series released by Lionsgate on Halloween is going to be released?" Simon asked with a smile. "Saw Cry 3" was just released this year.

"According to our idea, this series must be released every year, and the number of the series will depend on the market's response, but judging from the current situation, we can already start preparations for the next one!

"Jon Fishmore knows what Simon means. After all, Lionsgate previously announced that "Saw 3" was the end of the series, but "Saw 3" opened its first three-day weekend with $34.3 million. !

The cost of "Chainsaw 3" is only 12 million US dollars. With such strength, who will not continue to shoot.

Simon smiled, of course he knew that this series had great benefits, but it wasn't his own, and it was useless.

Simon is interested in two important characters in the "Chainsaw" series, director Wen Ziren and screenwriter Ray Warner.

Although the director of the second and third films is no longer Wen Ziren, he and Ray Warner also participated in the screenwriting.

For the talent of this horror film group, Simon had to find a way to attract his subordinates, and the two of them cooperated with "Dead Silence" to be released next year.

What's more, the future "Insidious" series as well as "The Conjuring" series and its spin-off series are classic horror movies!