Chapter 1667

"Oh? Really? Looks like I need a new party manager. However, as you know, I've never been good at innovation, have I? So you shouldn't expect it. It's a boring party. The point should be... Alcohol. I believe that my cellar collection should be able to meet your strict requirements. Ha ha, enjoy it

Katherine Kennedy is smiling and graceful. Her pace never stops, but she can still keep the pace of conversation. She can walk through the turbulent crowd of the party, and the familiar or strange faces appear in front of her eyes. She is always able to find the most appropriate and accurate way to answer.

This year's awarding season has gradually reached its climax. The night of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony is just around the corner. There are so many parties, parties and auditions of the college's public relations, all of which are bustling and crowded. Every night of the week is endless. From Monday to Sunday, there is no free breathing time at all.

But for Katherine Kennedy, it has long been a habit, deep into the marrow. When January comes every year, her body and spirit will automatically switch to the mode of the award season, with full firepower and full power. Only when midnight comes can she take a breath.

Turning around, the rose red dress dances in the off white moonlight, spinning out a blooming rose. The color and light are flowing like flowing water, which sets off the perfect and elegant smile on the corner of the mouth; Then Robert egger, with short silver gray hair, stood not far away, with a simple and kind smile on his face and no aggression on his whole body.

Catherine knew that those who underestimated the nerd had been beaten in the face.

"Hey, Bob." Catherine called each other affectionately by her nickname. She opened her arms and gave Robert a warm and polite hug.

Who is Katherine Kennedy?

In short, she is the second highest grossing producer in Hollywood's history, after Steven Spielberg.

Catherine started from behind the scenes, from TV station to film, from editing assistant to photography assistant. She had been around for a long time. Later, she was appreciated by Steven Spielberg and served as the Secretary of the latter. Later, Catherine married Frank Marshall and gradually entered the top of Hollywood pyramid.

Frank Marshall, who worked with Steven Spielberg on the Jurassic Park restart project, is also the producer of tomorrow's edge. Most of all, he is the heavyweight top producer in the industry.

Although there are many famous producers around Katherine, her own ability is also particularly outstanding. Her figure can be seen behind the "back to the future" series, "spy series" and other works. If Steven and Frank are "nominal" producers more often, Catherine is fighting in the front line as an executive producer.

So is the Jurassic Park series.

When Universal Pictures restarted the dinosaur project, Katherine was still one of the executive producers. But at the beginning of last year, Katherine was forced to withdraw from the restarted Jurassic project, not because of Thomas tour and long Meyer, but because of Robert egger.

In 2012, George Lucas officially decided to retire from the background. First, he sold Lucas pictures to Disney, and then he handed Lucas pictures to Katherine Kennedy. He appointed her as the co-founder of Lucas pictures and George's successor, and entrusted the whole "Star Wars" series to Katherine.

Disney knows that Katherine has a heavy responsibility, but Robert egger needs Katherine to focus all her attention on the restarted Star Wars series, exert pressure from inside and outside, force Katherine to quit the Jurassic project, and formally shift all her work focus to the Star Wars series.

In fact, after Disney acquired Lucas pictures, Catherine's identity has changed greatly. Naturally, her relationship with Robert egger has also changed subtly.

From a top producer to the head of Lucas film, Katherine is now in the top position in the industry. She and Robert can be regarded as subordinates, but they can also be regarded as equal cooperation, some subtle and some checks and balances, mutual respect and mutual restraint.

Objectively speaking, Katherine and Robert are the same kind of people. They are bold, adventurous, tough, smart, cunning and determined. With the combination of Disney and Lucas pictures, the "Star Wars" series has become a brand new member of the Mickey Mouse family. In addition to George Lucas, the real behind the scenes drivers are Katherine and Robert, Together, they created the most powerful Big Mac in the industry.

But at the same time, they are conservative, traditional, decent, regular, rigorous and iron fisted, which can be used to describe their views on film art. Under their leadership, Disney works strictly abide by the assembly line steps and processes of the Hollywood film industry, creating one work after another like a template, which has achieved great success in business, but also stifled all creative vitality in art.

"Ant man" replaced the director Edgar Wright, because the latter's ideas are unrestrained; If this is just the tip of the iceberg, then the farce of "Ranger solo: Star Wars" can be called the epitome of the whole.

At first, the film "Ranger solo" found a co director group, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, to take charge of the director tube. The two director groups worked together to produce such well-known and well-known works as "heavenly food", "dragon and tiger youth team" and "LEGO movies", which can be regarded as Hollywood upstarts.

When he took over "Ranger solo", Phil and Christopher rubbed their hands and couldn't wait to make this work.

At that time, everyone in the industry was optimistic about this pair of partners. They thought that they could create a unique work and illuminate the whole Star Wars universe with their own unique light. Judging from their previous roles, it's not hard to imagine how they would deal with Han Solo, a rogue smuggler; In particular, the two directors are very good at showing the friendship between men, which is an important supplement to the Star Wars universe.

Phil and Christopher believe the same. They firmly believe that they have been hired to make a work that can bring surprise and adventure, not just to satisfy fans or create surrounding environment. They want the film to be brand new, unique and emotional, and to shine. They think Thoreau is a lone ranger, so they want to shoot a lone ranger.

The two directors are very particular about improvisation, more and more deviate from the established script, often in the shooting process can collide with countless sparks; But the problem is that every time they decide to take a risk, Katherine Kennedy will firmly veto it. From the choice of actors to the plot setting, and even as for the technical aspects such as photographic images and sound effects, all the risk-taking attempts encounter many difficulties.

Katherine and Robert firmly believe in the same truth: they need an assembly line work to complete the shooting in a proper way, which is enough. The commercial aspect has the foundation for success; Instead of creating a work of art like Christopher Nolan's "Batman prequel," Katherine and the two directors are increasingly at odds.

In the end, Catherine directly fired the two directors, and then invited long Howard to overthrow the whole work and remake it all.

Ron Howard, a director who is good at biography, has a conservative and stable style. Especially with the growth of age, he has gradually become mediocre, and the few spirit and spirit in his youth have also smoothed the edges. That's exactly what Katherine needs, and so is marvel.

In the end, Ron Howard remade 70 percent of the "Ranger solo.". Unfortunately, he has not been able to turn the tide. All people in the industry think that Howard is "dying". The most brilliant parts of the finished product all come from the parts that Phil and Christopher completed ahead of time, and the part that Howard overthrew and remade is a disaster.

The most terrible thing is that the hero Alden Ehrenreich can hardly act, has no expression or charm, and standing in front of the camera is a disaster.

"Ranger solo" made Disney lose more than $100 million at the global box office.

From "ant man" to "Ranger Thoreau", we can see the overall strategy of Disney, especially the humanization of "beauty and beast", "Hua Mulan" and other works. In addition, Disney's works always avoid using minority directors, including women, blacks, homosexuals, Asians and so on, It's all for Disney's "happy family" company aoyi.

Even though Catherine herself is a woman, her choice of leadership is still the most traditional and conservative way. In a way, that's one of the reasons why she was able to reach the top in Hollywood.

Objectively speaking, such a move makes the film gradually become a pure commodity and lose its artistic attribute.

In 2018, Disney officially acquired the 20th Century Fox Film Department. Why is there a howl in the film industry? Part of the reason is that Disney is the only big company, and other film companies are further squeezed; Most of the reason is that Disney's artistic concept is killing the living space of other film creators, which is a heavy blow to the future of the entire film industry.

But the reality is that Robert is becoming the most brilliant and powerful leader in Disney history. This is also the epitome of the characteristics of the times of the supremacy of interests. Catherine Kennedy and Robert egger played an important role in all of the above.