Chapter 1450

Now, there is no doubt that Langley has become the top actor in the industry. The 20 million club and even the marvel and DC projects are more or less linked with him. His every move can affect many decisions of the six major Hollywood film companies. The recent "crack drummer" project is the best proof.

But objectively speaking, lanli's interests are not enough to leverage the whole industry. The two projects of "Jurassic Park" and "speed and passion" belong to Universal Pictures, and the complicated relationship is only limited to Universal Pictures. Only a few top projects are really related.

However, the situation this time is extremely special and cannot be generalized.

Things need to go back two years, and focus on Warner Brothers and Disney, and then get a glimpse of the whole industry.

In the past two years, Warner Brothers' dominant position in the North American market has been severely challenged by Disney, and the confrontation between Marvel camp and DC camp has gradually become clear. This is not just a film series project, it can even be said that it has maintained a business empire of 5 billion, 10 billion or more, whether Warner or Disney, We all attach great importance to this.

By the way, Disney's most profitable is still Disneyland and the surrounding sales. Warner Bros. has always been planning to establish its own theme park, and develop the online market in the digital field to further expand its business empire. The comic adaptation of the film for these two parts are crucial.

In this context, the importance of the CEO is highlighted.

In 2005, Robert egger officially became Disney's new CEO. After that, a series of decisions and plans led the mickey mouse army to the top again; In 2000, Barry Meyer became the CEO of Warner Bros., which also made the company a well deserved leader in the first decade of the 21st century.

But now, Barry Meyer's decision is becoming outdated. Especially for DC project development and digital field integration, the blueprint outlined by Barry is really unsatisfactory. Although Warner Brothers still maintains strong competitiveness, with the end of "Harry Potter" series and "Batman" series, they have gradually lagged behind in the positive competition with Disney.

From last year to this year, Barry has contacted lenley many times. In fact, he hopes that lenley can become one of the important parts of Warner Bros. film department in the future, just like Christopher Nolan.

Unfortunately, Barry Meyer failed to win the support and recognition of shareholders. As a result, Warner Bros. has been seeking to replace the new CEO, which has also triggered a two-year corporate infighting.

Kevin Tsujihara, who is in charge of the digital home entertainment department, Jeff robinov, who is in charge of the film department, and Bruce Rosenblum, who is in charge of the television department, are fighting for the position of CEO. Each of them is talented and has his own strong points. The whole company is a mess, There was a lot of confusion.

Originally, people expected the president of Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, to come forward with a fair ruling, put an end to the farce of the scuffle as soon as possible, and let the company settle down quickly. But bikes always kept watching, because they firmly believed that the survival of the fittest was like the virgin forest, and the one who survived the fierce fighting was the best.

After this year's Academy Awards ceremony, Jeff Bix finally officially announced that Kevin Kobayashi would become the next CEO of Warner Bros., and Barry Meyer would retire.

In fact, the Hollywood industry is generally not optimistic about Kevin yuan, and thinks that his management coordination ability and macro control ability are not enough to support the whole Warner Brothers. However, Time Warner president Bix has his own unique opinion on him. He thinks that this is an Internet age. If Warner wants to continue to maintain its unique position, they must take the lead in seeking change——

It's not just a DC project, but a change of the whole development direction.

The background and ability of Kevin yuan in family entertainment and digital field have become his chips. Bix believes that he has the ability to change the rules of the Hollywood game.

In other words, in this contest with Disney, Time Warner believes that they refuse to continue to play according to Disney's rules of the game, but create their own rules and change their strategies. When all the eyes of the industry are limited to the dispute between marvel and DC, they have created a higher level.

Regardless of success or not, this vision and awareness is different. This is the real tip of the pyramid.

After the Academy Awards ceremony, there have been many changes in the project negotiations between Warner Bros. and Langley. To be exact, Barry Meyer's planning and cooperation with Langley have undergone dramatic changes. That's why Kevin Sawara took office and Barry Meyer left. The most direct result is that:

"Burst drummer" cooperated with Sony classic, while Warner Bros., which is far ahead of Sony classic, failed unexpectedly. At that time, lanli thought it was Andre Hamilton and Sony classic who found the cooperation code, so he didn't think about it further; But now it seems that the complexity of things is far beyond imagination.

After he took office, Robin noff and Rosenbaum, who still stayed at Warner Brothers, were gradually suspended from power.

Robin noff once complained privately to his friends, "I'm being marginalized, and the things I'm responsible for are shrinking every day. Kevin began to pull me aside, and everyone had to report it to him, whether it was within his purview or not. As a result, all the employees are either thinking about how to benefit from it, or worrying about how to protect themselves. They are thinking every day, and no one is working seriously. This is not the situation I want. Maybe by the end of the year, the company will be in great chaos... "

Robinov still missed Barry Meyer more.

Robinov's worry soon came true. In May, Rosenbaum was forced to leave. Then Rosenbaum joined legend pictures and became the leader of its new TV Department. Legend pictures is another branch focus in the change of senior management.

In fact, robinov was refrigerated, too.

On June 10, at the premiere of "Superman: the body of steel" in New York, Kevin towon and Jeff robinov joined hands to arrive on the red carpet at the last minute.

Two Warner Bros. executives, with similar height, comparable qualifications and great strength, were seated together at the premiere. However, sensitive reporters found that although the distance between them was less than 20 cm, there was no conversation between them at the next five hours of premiere, Not even a single eye contact.

At that time, reporters had already smelled that Warner Brothers' internal power game was far from over.

Sure enough. Less than a week after the premiere, robinov was forced to resign after a few weeks' delay in renewing his contract. Then, Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Columbia, universal, and even Disney all extended their olive branch to him. There was no shortage of family.

Why?

Because Robin noff is one of the top film department managers in the industry. This is the Hollywood industry recognized!

Robinov, who failed in the internal fight, did not leave at the first time. Instead, he chose to stay because he still had deep feelings for Warner Brothers. However, Warner Brothers and Time Warner, the parent company, did not appreciate it at all. In the face of huge commercial interests, they did not blink an eye at sacrificing a meritorious official. Now they fully support Fuyuan to establish his own direct management team.

For Warner Bros., Robin noff is not necessary; But for other film companies, robinov is a treasure.

"His departure is a great loss, which is a wrong decision," many people in the industry think so.

In 2010, when Ben Affleck was in trouble, it was robinov who raised a million dollars for Affleck to film the "city robber"; In 2012, it was robinov who put the "escape from Tehran" in the hands of Affleck.

In addition, Christopher Nolan has to be mentioned. After watching the "memory fragment", Robin decided to sign a contract with Christopher, and fully supported to hand over the "Batman" trilogy to Christopher. It's worth mentioning that Warner Brothers didn't want to restart such a project at all. Nolan brothers came up with the idea, And robinov gave absolute support.

Robinov's ability lies not only in his strong contacts, but also in his intimate relationship with numerous top directors and producers; Also because of his keen touch for commercial films, bold and resolute, especially in Barry's approval and support, his unique vision has been the ultimate play.

Barry and robinov have been trying to fight for the "burst drummer" project, missed; Barry and robinov had hoped that Langley would become a part of Warner Bros. blueprint, and ran aground.

What's more, hirohara is good at digital field and family entertainment. Now, after robinov's resignation, the new director of the film department hasn't had time to take office, and the relevant projects can only be decided by hirohara. As a result, many film projects are temporarily in a stalemate——

As robinov said, he has a strong desire to control. The new official takes office three times and tries to cut off all the influence of infighting. It is not known whether this is a positive or negative influence.

There's another big news, legendary pictures.

Less than two days after robinov announced his departure, another shocking news came out that Warner Brothers and legendary pictures, an eight year old ally, formally terminated the cooperation agreement. The legendary film industry led by Thomas tour.