Movie Master

It's not just Warner Bros., of course.

In fact, last night's party was a glimpse into what's going on in Hollywood. Less than twelve hours after the party ended, Cole had already deeply felt the depression and restlessness of the dark tide, and the six major Hollywood film companies made their debut.

Warner Bros., which bears the brunt, is undoubtedly full of sincerity, not only bringing the "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" project, but also the ambition to build a DC universe with a billion dollars is even more shocking. It can be seen that Barry Meyer's killing is decisive and calm and objective. Although in the past year, Warner Bros. has repeatedly collided with Chaos Films head-on, even if it is not an exaggeration to say that they are mortal enemies; After the success of "The Road", Barry made a decisive decision. With the rumors of "Iron Man" raging, he took the initiative to attack, extended an olive branch to express the intention of reconciliation, and at the same time began to seek the huge interests contained in the DC universe—— Especially when "Superman Returns" has just experienced an avalanche of fiasco, this courage is even more commendable.

It was no luck that Warner Bros. was able to dominate the first decade of the 21st century. Whether it was buying out the adaptation rights of "Harry Potter" from Diorama Films, or today's early prediction of DC Universe based on clues, they have shown wisdom beyond other competitors. Even after entering the second decade, due to the end of the "Harry Potter" series, Warner Bros. was overtaken by Disney, but they are still firmly in the top three among the six major film companies, and Barry has contributed a lot.

The same is true this time. Facing the rise of the "seventh player" Chaos Films, Warner Bros. was the first to try to suppress it, and it was also the first to try to cooperate after confirming that the rising momentum was unstoppable. It’s not about standing idly by, not being stubborn, but putting interests first and making timely choices that are most beneficial to oneself—if Warner Bros. and Chaos Pictures cooperate to develop the DC universe, who will be the biggest beneficiary? Of course it can't be Chaos Shadow Industry.

As Lance expected, the invitation to "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is more to express a cooperative intention and a friendly attitude. The essential meaning does not lie in real cooperation. is their top priority, because the adaptation and distribution rights of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" are in the hands of Paramount.

Compared with Warner Bros., Paramount has always been a proactive party, and the relationship between Brad Gray and Lance is the leader of the other five major film companies. Unlike Warner Bros., Paramount really hopes that "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" will be directed and starred by Lance. Brad took over the precarious Paramount. Now they are facing many difficulties and the funds are stretched. To avoid risks, they had to take out some big projects to cooperate in filming. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is one of them. The investment cost of this work aimed at "Forrest Gump" is as high as 150 million , and the follow-up publicity costs start at 50 million, so he had no choice but to find Warner Bros. If this project can be found in Lance's control, then Paramount will breathe a sigh of relief. Brad is also aware of Barry's conversation with Lance last night.

However, relying on the personal relationship between Brad and Lance, he must be more convincing than Barry in person, but he didn't. The reason is simple. Paramount is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and they must have something to ask for—— The "Mission: Impossible" series, and the "Star Trek" series.

Of course, the former needless to say. Although the box office of the third part of the classic series led by Tom Cruise is not satisfactory this year, Paramount still does not want to give up easily. It can be seen from the temptation of Tom and Wade. If Lan Bruce is willing to accept that the start of the fourth part is not a problem, but given the choice, Brad is obviously more inclined to the latter.

"Star Trek" originally originated from a set of TV series, which began broadcasting in 1964. After forty years of development, it has become one of the most famous science fiction film and television series in the world. Although it is quite unfamiliar to Chinese audiences, in North America, this is a sci-fi work comparable to "Star Wars".

In the past few years, "Star Trek" has been put on the big screen twice as a series of works. The first time is from 1979 to 1991. There are a total of six films, of which the second and fourth are known as A masterpiece worthy of being recorded in history; the second time was from 1994 to 2002, with a total of four works. The box office results of the works were all acceptable, but their influence was greatly weakened, far from being comparable to the previous ones.

In 2002, "Star Trek 10: Nemesis", the North American box office was only 67 million, which was a big disappointment, so Paramount temporarily shelved the series.

But now Paramount has found the helm again - Lance. "Fury Road" is known as an end-time epic, even more magnificent, thought-provoking, and imaginative than "Star Wars". Just the first work has already made people have countless expectations and fantasies about the end of the wasteland. So It was a grand occasion, and we saw it again after thirty years. If Lance can take the helm of "Star Trek", it can definitely revitalize the series.

No one else, but with Lance, the seemingly impossible can be made possible. This powerful belief is gradually developing into a belief so high that even Steven Spielberg, even Clint Eastwood, even George Lucas, even James -Cameron, neither was able to achieve. But now, Lance is touching this unbelievable realm. Whether it is professional word-of-mouth or commercial box office, the myth of no defeat has brought a mysterious halo to Lance, not to mention the devastating record of "Fury Road" up.

Professionals who have always been picky about sci-fi movies, this time when faced with Paramount's choice, they all kept their mouths shut. Although it has been fifteen years since the last "Star Trek" movie was a huge success, but the "Mad Max" series has been twenty years, who can guarantee that "Star Trek 11" will not be the first The second "Mad Max 4"?

As for Universal Pictures, which has always been cautious, in the eyes of the outside world, it is more like a headless chicken-proactive contact, but it does not have enough chips in its hands. With the news of "Invincible Hulk" completely blocked, it is generally believed that Universal Pictures has no way to persuade Lance to cooperate with them, but Universal Pictures' statement is undoubtedly crucial, because it means that the Hollywood six Among the film companies, Chaos Films has already received half of the approval.

Universal Pictures is the least capable of developing sequels among the six major Hollywood companies. The "Fast and Furious" series launched the third part this year, but they were abruptly sold to a dead end by their marketing; the "American Pie" series is also less and less. Vitality, almost dead bodies; the "Bourne Bourne" series is the only thing they can rely on - but Paul-Greengrass (Paul-Greengrass) work has been unanimously affirmed, there is no need to change directors;" The Mummy" series has been weak by the second installment, and it's hard to believe that there will be a sequel... Also, Universal Pictures is mostly low- and low-budget comedies, and it is almost impossible to impress Lance.

Currently the most reliable rumor is the "wanted warrant", because Universal Pictures began to block Angelina Jolie for this work, which has caused a lot of discussion in the industry. However, Angelina, like Lance, is a thorn in the side. Even if there is no so-called ban, the acceptance of her works is very narrow, so the current major film companies do not pay too much attention.

However, "Wanted Warrant" obviously doesn't have much advantage, especially compared with Warner Bros.' DC Universe and Paramount's "Star Trek". cooperation is lost.

Relatively speaking, Twentieth Century Fox and Sony Pictures seem a little quiet, and seem to have made up their minds to sit on the sidelines.

Twentieth Century Fox is quite confident, "Fantastic Four 2" and the rebooted "Die Hard" both invited lesser-known directors; "X-Men 3" did not have a big hit, but its box office performance remained the same To its credit, "The Wolverine," currently in development, found its way to the helm of Gavin-Hood, the director who made a big splash at Sundance last year with "Gangster Mob" and then at The Oscar won the best foreign language film statuette, and now it is logical to take over "Wolverine", which reminds people of the rise of Lance; in addition, all their focus is on James Cameron, "Avatar" The pre-production has been in operation for more than a year, and still has not been put into actual shooting, which will also be their top priority next.

Thomas Rothman and Jim Chianopoulus, two old foxes, faced with the rising momentum of Chaos Pictures, chose to be "steady", watched the changes with cold eyes, and then waited for the opportunity to move. Compared with the radical Paramount, they are obviously more confident. Twentieth Century Fox retained the two leaders with high salaries at the beginning of this year. It can be seen that the board of directors has full confidence in them.

Sony Pictures has been making constant moves in the past two years, with a tendency to seize power. However, compared with other companies, their background is still too shallow, and the projects worthy of development are relatively limited. At present, there are rumors that they intend to hand over the "007" series to Lance again, but they are not in a hurry, because "007: Casino Royale" directed by Martin Campbell will be released in November, so they plan to watch it. After looking at the box office and word of mouth, make a decision.

What's more, Michael Layton clearly knows that all eyes have been focused on Lance during the recent period. Instead of swarming up to join in the fun, it is better to wait for a more suitable project and seek a more suitable opportunity before launching an action. It is more organized than Universal Pictures, which does not care about it.

Of the six major Hollywood agencies, three took the initiative and expressed their intention to cooperate; The seventh player has just emerged, and Hollywood is already in a bloodbath.