Hollywood Hunter

In Hollywood today, the mainstream seven major film companies are no longer the era of large-scale studios that are still controlled by the founders and are fiercely competitive for market share.

The seven major studios are basically already listed companies or part of listed companies.The helmsmen of the seven major studios may have different powers, but they are only professional managers who take care of the company for shareholders.

In this situation, if Simon is just a young director who has just made a few high-profile films in Hollywood, when he seriously threatens the interests of other studios, he may encounter merciless suppression.

However, the current situation is that Simon's identity is not limited to the director.

Before the whole Hollywood had responded, he had established Daenerys Entertainment, an entertainment company whose strength was close to that of a large traditional studio.Moreover, Simon himself quickly accumulated billions of dollars of wealth through various means.

In a society where capital is king, Simon’s billions of dollars of personal wealth represents strong power. Even if this strength is not entrenched by the old money families that have accumulated for decades, it is definitely not the big Hollywood film company’ Professional managers' can easily provoke shock.

Those people may do some small actions in private, and want to make them bet on their career prospects and fight against Daenerys Entertainment, the possibility is very low.

As for uniting to suppress Daenerys Entertainment, a latecomer, it is difficult to gather people. Three monks have no water to drink, not to mention seven, seven monks who also compete with each other for a well.

Inside the office at Santa Monica’s headquarters.

Simon understood all this, but did not take the GA investigation incident lightly.

Like the vigorous Hollywood anti-aggression movement many years later.

A lot of people were just interested in eating melons and watching a fat man who had been rampant in Hollywood for decades, but they didn't expect that a hurricane that was ruined in the blink of an eye caught everyone.

Things are unpredictable.

Although it is clear that the threat of prohibiting union members from working with Daenerys Entertainment in the GA statement is really low, if Simon despises and gives Hollywood competitors an opportunity, this worst result may be unexpected. come true.

At that time, Daenerys Entertainment, which is not too stable in Hollywood after all, will definitely be hit hard, even triggering a more serious chain reaction.

Therefore, Simon did not hesitate to decide to kill this potential crisis as soon as possible.

After making up his mind, Simon put down his pencil in his hand and said to Amy: "I suddenly remembered that after last year's "Flyover Childhood" and "Batman", the company has not signed any cooperation projects with other film companies. Time to continue this matter."

Amy remembered that Simon had mentioned the plan last year, and he planned to work with other Hollywood studios to dispel competitors’ fears of the rise of Daenerys Entertainment.However, since the end of last year, everyone has been busy in the dark until now, and there is no extra energy to take care of this matter.

Simon thought about it and continued: "Amy, you will release the news as soon as possible. Daenerys Entertainment will cooperate with 10 movies in the next two years."

Amy expressed surprise in her expression and asked, "The cooperation mode of "Flying Over Childhood"?"

"Of course, and this time there is no need for copyright tying like "Wonder Woman", as long as the project is finalized, the two parties will invest 50% each to share copyright and revenue. Daenerys Entertainment leads the production, and the other party is responsible for distribution through various channels. Um, the commission rate for this issuance is a bit deadlocked and limited to 10%."

Amy said: "8% is actually fine."

Simon smiled and shook his head, said: "There is no need to be so harsh, the key is that Daenerys Entertainment's accounting team must follow up the project from production to release stages."

Amy thought for a while and said: "We can set up separate financial accounts jointly supervised by both parties for each project.

"You discuss these details yourself, I just look at the results."

Amy agreed, or asked: "What about the script, Simon, do we want to use our own hoarding copyright?"

"Of course not, the studios that want to work with us will actively provide the scripts, and I will pick them myself. In addition, remember to sign the relevant copyright agreement in advance to avoid their repentance."

"I think this is unlikely to happen," Amy smiled, just about to get up and busy, and noticed that Simon was leaning tiredly on the leather chair and couldn't help saying: "Simon, after the news was released, You are about to become the most powerful person in Hollywood."

The consecutive success of "Bodyguard" and "Sixth Sense of Insanity" proves that the magic of Daenerys is still the same.

Now, this company has suddenly released news that it wants to cooperate with the outside world in 10 films, which will definitely make the whole Hollywood boiling.After all, the series of films that Daenerys Entertainment had previously collaborated with Orion, Fox and MGM all achieved box office sales, which is enough to prove that Simon Westeros is not just leaving the best project to himself.

10 movies, perhaps because of the increase in number, business performance can no longer be so good, but as long as half of them can reach the top ten of the annual box office list, it also has a huge appeal to the studio.If a big explosion project such as "Sixth Sense of Insanity" can appear, a studio can only eat 50% of its income for a year.

Simon smiled, but remembered the Hollywood power list of the premiere magazine in time and space.

The memory of the "Prime Premiere" Hollywood Power List will only announce the first list next year.

To many people's surprise, the first list in the original space and time, the first is Michael Aowitz, the president of AA.

In fact, this point can once again prove that Simon's concept just now, the helm of the big Hollywood studios now, the power and influence are not as great as ordinary people think.If it were the Golden Age of Hollywood decades ago, the first place on such a list would be either Jack Warner of Warner Bros., Louis Meye of MGM, or Darrell Za of Fox. Nuuk, it is impossible to fall on a talent agent.

He continued to tell a few words, and when Amy left, Simon leaned back in his leather chair.

It is another busy week that is coming to an end, and we will have to discuss the film's fine-cutting plan with the original team of "Flying Childhood", and we can only take a short break.

Inexplicably once again wanted to fly to Australia suddenly, let go of everything, and Janet got tired for two days.

but.

Think about it not to toss the Japanese stock market anymore.

A moment later, Jennifer pushed the door in and signaled that the main team of "Flying Over Childhood" had arrived, and Simon stood up.

At the same time, the news that Daenerys Entertainment is about to collaborate with 10 other Hollywood filmmakers in the next two years is like growing its wings, and it spread quickly throughout Hollywood in just one morning.

For a time, the phone calls of all Daenerys entertainment executives, including Simon, Amy, Robert Rem, Ella Deutschman, and even Robert Iger on the East Coast, were exploded, with various parties and meals Appointments such as Syria and receptions have also flooded into the crowd.

As the ultimate decision maker of this plan, Simon is naturally the focus of everyone's attention.

However, Simon just let Jennifer push all invitations. Although he did not fly to Australia on the weekend, he quietly rushed to San Francisco.The main reason is to take a break, and check the development progress of various projects of Igret.

After some boiling media like Hollywood found Simon's trail, the weekend had passed.

August also came unconsciously.

Although I realized that it was likely that GA’s sudden trouble triggered Daenerys Entertainment’s plan to cooperate with 10 movies, some people in the circle felt that Westeros’ reaction was overkill, but the new week was originally menacing. GA seems to have lost some kind of dependence suddenly, and his attitude has obviously softened.

George Cogo, chairman of the Western Section of the American Screenwriting Union, also said in a statement last week that GA will set up a special investigation committee for the violation of the Daenerys Entertainment violation agreement.Over the weekend, this so-called committee seems to have been forgotten by everyone, and only GA's legal department is still following up on it tepidly.

Obviously, compared to GA's Daenerys Entertainment survey, everyone thinks that those 10 movie projects are the most important.

Seven Hollywood film companies, carefully calculated, and Daenerys Entertainment are not completely insolvable contradictions.Well, maybe grab one or two projects, maybe grab one or two talents, maybe preparing to file a lawsuit, but these are just normal business behaviors, not private complaints.

As long as everyone takes a more positive attitude and takes the initiative, it is still very possible to share a slice of the 10 movies.

As a result, the investigation that GA is about to launch is almost gone, and major studios have begun to show their favor to Daenerys Entertainment.

Orion Pictures, which had a sluggish performance for more than half a year, contacted Amy Pascal immediately, claiming that the company recently recovered a sum of money that could pay Daenerys Entertainment's score in "Pulp Fiction."However, I hope that both parties can sign another contract.

Amy is also unambiguous, insisting that Orion pay the share first, and then talk about the other.

MGM just stated last week that it insisted on filing a lawsuit. On Monday, it changed its tone directly and sent a batch of scripts with its face shyly.

The head of Samsung Pictures in Colombia also relayed the message to Simon through Jonathan Friedman. Samsung Pictures decided to cancel a contract with Matthew Broderick named "The Godfather of Lizards".

The entanglement between Simon and Matthew Broderick is no secret in Hollywood.

A few months before Norman Broca left, Matthew Broderick moved from MA to AA."The Godfather of the Lizards" was originally a relatively fancy film of Samsung Pictures. The story is set to be a double actor. In addition to Matthew Broderick, the other actor is Hollywood's famous veteran filmmaker Malone Brando.

After signing the contract and then canceling the contract, Samsung Pictures has to pay liquidated damages.

This is indeed sincere.

The circle also realized that after this incident, Matthew Broderick's career in Hollywood was completely over.

Originally consciously not interested in Daenerys Entertainment, other studios wanted to use Matthew Broderick without much concern.Now, everyone is fighting for the 10 movie contracts of Daenerys Entertainment. Samsung Pictures will pay the penalty directly to draw the line. The attitude is already so obvious. If other studios cooperate with Matthew Broderick again, That was a challenge to Simon Westeros.

After all, there is only one Westeros, but the Hollywood niche who can replace Matthew Broderick is a big catch.

It is conceivable that Matthew Broderick will no longer be able to get any role from the mainstream Hollywood first- and second-line film companies in the next few years, even if he wants to turn to the TV industry.A few years later, the actor will only be completely forgotten by Hollywood.

Daenerys Entertainment has released the details of the two scripts "Scream" and "Sixth Sense of Extraordinary", because the announcement of the 10 foreign cooperative film plans has attracted the attention of Hollywood, and no other forces have come forward. The media turmoil has spoiled the news, and public opinion has almost sidedly supported Simon.

For his own sake, the American Screenwriters Union did not end the investigation of Daenerys Entertainment as soon as possible, but procrastinated without delay.

However, due to good public opinion control, the "Sixth Sense of Sense" script incident basically did not affect the box office of the film much. "Fu Xing and Fu Jiang", "Friday 13th 8" and "Heaven" released on July 28th The three new films in the "Cinema" also did not pose a threat to "Sixth Sense of Soul."

From July 28 to August, another week passed, the box office decline of "Sixth Sense of Soul" continued to be controlled at a very good 2%, and received another 2.96 million US dollars.

At the same time, the total box office of "Sixth Sense of Souls" totaled $17.98 million over five weeks, also overtaking the "Raiders of the Treasure", which was originally ranked first in the year.

In the 9th week of the release, the cumulative box office of "Avatar" was $17.16 million, which was nearly $2 million behind the "Sixth Sense of Soul".What's more, the single-week box office of "Avatar" has slipped to less than 5 million US dollars. Whether it can break through 200 million US dollars in the next few weeks depends on the luck component.

In comparison, the single-week box office of "The Sixth Sense of Insanity" still remains above US$20 million. With the box office trend shown in the film, it is definitely not a problem to receive another US$100 million in North America.Whether or not it can break through 100 million US dollars may also depend on luck, but this kind of luck can only make people envious and jealous of "Raiders".

Disney produced "Fu Xing and Fu Jiang" starring Tom Hanks and Michael Fox. At the first week, the box office was 19.12 million US dollars, ranking second.

Warner Bros. "Fatal Weapon 2" received another 15.68 million US dollars, ranking third, with a total of 94.12 million US dollars at the box office over the four weeks, with full stamina.

Paramount Pictures' veteran classic horror film "Friday the 13th" series eighth "Friday the 13th" 8th box office in the first week of 8.48 million US dollars, ranking fourth.

Disney's "Dear, I Make the Child Smaller" slipped to fifth place this week, collecting another 7.61 million US dollars, with a cumulative box office of 98.47 million US dollars.

In addition to the top five on the list, the "Paradise Cinema" released by Universal Pictures did not reproduce the luck of the "Sex, Lies and Video" in early July.

"Sex, Lies, and Video" released at the beginning of the month at the beginning of the first week of the box office score was finally 610,000 US dollars, for four consecutive weeks, with excellent media reputation and continued weak decline, this week continued to account for 760,000 US dollars, a total of 22.19 million US dollars at the box office.

According to this box office trend, "Sex, Lies and Videotapes" can almost safely break through the $10 million box office mark before it is down.

In comparison, Universal Studios struggled to achieve excellence in film re-editing and English dubbing because it was too eager to bring "Paradise Cinema" to the theater line.

"Paradise Cinema" won the Golden Palm in Cannes, but the reputation of the re-dubbed version of North America was a complete mess. Even director Giuseppe Tonadoret publicly stated that it was already another movie.

Loss of word of mouth and lack of commercial attributes itself. The first 55 screens of "Paradise Cinema" similar to "Sex, Lies and Videotapes", but only earned US$1.86 million at the box office.There is no way to talk about the long-term loss of the start.It is expected that the two-week contract period will be over, and the movie will be withdrawn from the theater. The total box office of the film in North America is only about USD 2 million.

"Paradise Cinema" has lost both media reputation and box office. Universal Pictures is also destined to be no longer able to win the best foreign language film award for this film like the original space-time Miramax.

In order to get the "Paradise Cinema", Universal only paid the prepaid copyright amount to the film maker to reach 5 million US dollars, and also promised a sharing clause. The recently announced advertising cost is not less than 2 million US dollars. Now, this project is definitely To lose blood.

The loss of millions of dollars around the world is certainly borne, however, for many people who are full of expectations for "Paradise Cinema" because Daenerys is optimistic, it is extremely disappointing.

Not just Universal, after the Palme de Cannes, he also intends to impact the Oscar for the best foreign language film award, and try to further enter Hollywood's Giuseppe Tonadore, as if hit by a sap.The producers who grabbed Tonadore’s new film production at a high price because of Daenerys Entertainment’s shot are no longer so confident.

After the release of "Paradise Cinema" at the North American box office, the French producer TF1 Film Production, which had taken away investment rights for Tonadore's new film, contacted Daenerys Entertainment again to test whether the two parties could cooperate.

Simon has already seen the script of "The Journey of Heaven". Although he has little impression of the original Italian film, he remembers that the film was remade into the American version in the original time and space. It was composed of Robert De Niro and Kate Beckinsale. Stars such as Seoul and Drew Barrymore appeared.The French film producer offered to take the initiative, and Simon did not let Ella Deutschman refuse, and asked the other party to participate in the capital injection to win the North American distribution right of "The Journey of Heaven".

"Sex, Lies and Videotapes" and "Paradise Cinema", a big sale, a thrashing street, the two films ended in a completely different way, also made Hollywood studio seniors gradually realized a certain fact: Daenerys Entertainment The projects that matter are not necessarily 100% successful. Obviously, the key to the matter is the participation of Simon Westero himself.