Hollywood legendary director

"The horror movie "Dead Silence" that was screened last Friday earned more than 97.5 million at the North American box office, which is only one step away from the North American breakthrough.

"The screening of "Dead Silence" continues to decline, with an attendance rate of 40%, but it still tops the North American weekly box office with 45.56 million US dollars."

"Wen Ziren is still strong, will he be the next master of horror?"

...

Early in the morning, Wen Ziren was in a very good mood. After eating breakfast and reading the newspaper, he ran to the Firefly Building contentedly.

In other words, after the continued success of the second directed work, his position in the Hollywood director circle is obviously bullish.

Many film studios have sent invitations to cooperate with him.

Of course, Wen Ziren knew exactly how all this came about. Without Lehman's support, his career could not have been so stable.

Therefore, he did not think about getting out of the arms of Firefly Pictures. Among them, Lehman was willing to share the profits of the film production.

He knows very well that a moment's emotions can't match the same interests.

In any case, as long as Wen Ziren understands that other studios can't give too much film revenue and right to speak, he will naturally have a good impression of Firefly Pictures.

After the meeting, Lehman first congratulated him, his tone full of appreciation.

Wen Ziren waved his hand and said, "Lyman, you are too polite. Don't do that."

In other words, Wen Ziren has now embarked on a different path from his previous life, and even the film business has been smoother. His existence has also proved Lehman's cultivation vision to some extent.

Therefore, he is really happy for Wen Ziren, not just for benefit.

After a greeting, Lehman asked Wen Ziren to sit down and asked the assistant to offer a cup of coffee.

In fact, he came to Wen Ziren today because of the box office bonus.

After all, it is not a problem to see "Dead Silence" breaking 100 million yuan, the main creative staff, Lehman wants to send a red envelope to show her win.

This is actually to monetize the production staff to make more popular movies.

As soon as the words were spoken, Wen Ziren refused and said: "I have already won a lot, and the bonus is still forgotten."

He is not a very greedy person, and can even be said to be very knowledgeable about current affairs.

Apart from having a bit of nastyness with Lionsgate in his previous life, other people, whether it is with Universal or Warner, have worked very happily.

"Don't worry, it's just an incentive, not much money, just a form, you don't take it, are those crew members embarrassed to take it?"

This is quite a taste of changing the concept. Although the director is a brain-level figure of the crew, it does not mean that the hands, feet and torso are not important, and the director generally takes a lot, which is far higher than the salary of the production staff.

Of course, it is also a fact that the money is low. Lehman only intends to spend 0.3% of the box office revenue, which is about four to five million yuan paid according to the project.

This sum of money, falling to so many people, is actually almost a month's salary.

Moreover, this is still a hit for "Dead Silence". If the movie is not very profitable, Firefly Pictures will certainly not give out any bonuses.

But since it's going to be released, it can't be too special. After all, those production crews are also the foundation of a studio.

Lehman said so, of course Wen Ziren stopped insisting.

Although, he felt it was unnecessary.

After chatting for a while, Wen Ziren suddenly asked: "The new film released by Bowei International has been released? Will it have a big impact on "Dead Silence"?"

Lehman laughed and said: "Don't worry, the audiences of the two movies do not overlap. Those who like to watch horror movies will not dislike watching "Dead Silence" because of a suspense film. "Dead Silence" only has market restrictions, and never Competition restrictions, at least, won’t be in this September."

Wen Ziren nodded, "I have always believed your judgment. This is the case in the past and the same in the future."

"So, we have to make a big business together." Lehman said in a joking tone.

...

September 23, Thursday night.

The suspense film "Crisis in the Air" held its North American premiere.

The production side of this film is quite complicated. The project itself is provided by a second-rate media company such as Theory of Relativity, but it was produced by the three investors of Global, Waverly and SRP. Then, for the sake of more reasonable distribution of benefits, the distribution business was again by Bowei International takeover-of course, this is actually Hollywood's mainstream production model, playing a risk operation, regulating capital.

But obviously, if the project is really profitable, no one will be dumb to share the cake.

Therefore, a group of people are not very optimistic about the prospects of this project, but they feel that they may still be profitable after some operation, so they got together.

And the protagonist lineup of this film brought Judy Foster and Sean Bing.

In other words, the roles played by Judy, a powerful actress, are all resolute and courageous. From "The Silent Lamb" to "Terror Space" to "The Insider", they all have the same role setting.

In fact, Judy's face is sharp and angular, with good features, and she is not a weak woman.

As for the plot of this film, of course it is not that good. The rhythm is extremely slow. Anyway, Lehman didn't feel any tension or sense of substitution when he watched it.

As for a suspenseful movie, the reasoning and revealing aspect cannot attract the audience, obviously it is not a high-quality work.

In fact, Lehman also attended the premiere of the film organized by Bowei International.

After all, Bowei International is the distribution channel of the Disney faction. It has a high position in Hollywood and has many resources.

In the venue, Disney executives also tested Lehman, whether they would like to cooperate with Disney.

But how is this possible?

If Firefly Pictures wants to rise, the most restrictive thing is Disney.

Otherwise, when the Big Six becomes the Big Five, or even one family tops four, there will still be a chance for Firefly Pictures to be on the table.

It is estimated that it is just like the Lions Gate who likes to jump blindly in the future. It is suppressed and directly withered.

After all, if you don't give a good schedule or a good schedule, which studio has competed with Disney.

Isn't this a joke?

Of course, Lehman didn't say anything to death. He is now used to not making promises easily, nor offending such Hollywood giants.

Lehman finally eased his relationship with Paramount, and wooed Warner and Lionsgate. In the future, he would not get enemies everywhere when he set foot in the wider distribution and production business.

The so-called unite the majority and strike a small group. It seems that the most powerful is Warner, but Warner's background is insufficient. It seems that the growth rate of Disney's film business is average, but they have the most comprehensive peripheral promotion and big killer—— ―Complete animation production, as well as a lot of character images, such as Donald Duck, Lion King and other classic authorizations.

It can be said that no one has ever played Disney well.

Moreover, this potential is still not fully released, otherwise it is even more terrifying.

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