Chapter 1084： Where is the future of Legendary Pictures?

Later, George Paxton sent a more detailed cult investigation report.

Compared with the brainwashed voluntary behavior of body branding, this is the real evidence of a crime.

The leader likes skinny women, so in order to please the leader, many believers will force the "slaves" to starve, and can only eat a little bit of food every day to maintain their body.

Not only that, the leader also has very special hobbies, which are suspected of sexual abuse. And he also asked the slaves not to communicate with each other and not to have **** with other men. One of the "slaves" was found out of love, and was imprisoned by the leader for a full year and a half.

This is illegal imprisonment.

Even the youngest "slave" here is only 12 years old!

If it involves the sexual assault of a minor girl, it will add another level of crime.

Dunn didn't think too much, and directly forwarded the investigation report to many American media, including the New York Times, CNN, Yahoo News, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and other well-known media.

Then, just call the police directly!

Dunn is an honorary police officer in Los Angeles, and maintaining the stability and health of public order is part of his responsibility. As for the legality of the evidence collection process, given his status, the police could not embarrass him.

What's more, this is a righteous deed.

On May 23, Dunn received a surprising report.

After the movie "Hunting" was released for 8 weeks, the global box office has exceeded 600 million US dollars!

Among them, the North American box office is as high as 350 million US dollars!

This is the No. 1 on the North American box office list so far this year!

The Michael Jackson case was considered a complete blowout at the box office for this originally underappreciated movie!

$600 million at the global box office!

You must know that the global box office of "Star Wars Episode 2" barely exceeded 600 million US dollars.

This shows how crazy Michael Jackson fans are and how enthusiastic they are.

As for the runner-up in the North American box office list, it is "Iron Man".

The film was released for three weeks, and the North American box office was 290 million US dollars, the overseas box office was 330 million US dollars, and the global total box office was 620 million US dollars. It is considered to be on the right growth path.

If it is not unexpected, the final box office data will not be much different from the expected global $800 million.

Last week's box office winner... was without a doubt the newly released Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. In the first week of its release, the North American box office was 168 million US dollars, the overseas box office was 125 million US dollars, and the total box office exceeded 290 million US dollars!

Such a box office momentum is even stronger than "Iron Man"!

So much so that many entertainment media are trying to tout it, claiming that this film will become another $1 billion box office blockbuster!

However, if you want to get 1 billion US dollars, how can it be so easy?

Compared with the reports on the entertainment page, it is still a news item that draws more attention from Tang En.

The police are out!

More than a dozen Los Angeles local police were dispatched collectively to take over the home of the DOS cult and arrested Keith Lanier, the leader of the cult.

As a result, when he was arrested, he found that there was a female leader who was leading a group of female believers to surround the police car, trying to confront the police and obstruct official business!

American police are not used to criminal suspects.

Dare to resist arrest?

Dare to interfere with official business?

It's just a pistol alert and an electric baton to give this group of idiot women a fat beating.

The leader, Keith Lanier, was successfully taken away, and by the way, the female leader was also arrested and brought back to the police station.

According to media reports, this female leader... is quite famous!

It is the heroine Alison Mack who has acted in "Small People"!

Well, the cult thing completely exploded.

……

Legendary Pictures is about to go public.

Dunn attended the board of directors.

At the meeting, Michael Ovitz explained to all the directors that this IPO will be jointly undertaken by three investment banks, Goldman Sachs, Morgan and Citi.

Legendary Pictures currently has 420 million shares. In this public offering, an additional 80 million shares will be issued to the market, and it is expected to raise 800-100 million US dollars.

Although the issue price has not been finalized, it can be guaranteed that after the listing, the market value of Legendary Pictures will not be less than 5 billion US dollars.

The platter investment market is such a big plate.

Hollywood is so big.

It can't be higher.

If there are no more profit growth points, the market value of 6 billion US dollars will be a bottleneck for Legendary Pictures.

For Dunn, Legendary Pictures is just an inconspicuous small company.

For Michael Ovitz, however, it is of great significance. The first glorious era of his life was the establishment of CAA, and Legendary Pictures was the second stage of his life.

Dunn, who proposed the concept of "combination investment", is the noble person he has hit.

"I heard that you did it?"

After the board was over, Michael Ovitz invited Dunn to his office.

"What's the matter?" Dunn was startled.

Michael Ovitz smiled and said, "Don't pretend, you don't know, Warners has scolded you so much these past two days!"

"Ah! Are you talking about cults?"

Tang En suddenly realized and couldn't help laughing.

There are three major free public television networks in the United States, NBC, ABC and CBS, plus the rising star FOX, occupying the field of public television.

As a media giant, Warner Bros. also has its own channel - WB Television Network.

However, this TV station has very little living space. It is squeezed by NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX.

To talk about dazzling performance, that is, the channel launched a popular American TV series "Small Man" in 2001.

This has almost become WB TV's leading TV series!

According to WB TV's forecast, the American drama can be filmed for at least 10 seasons!

All the leading actors have been filmed until they are old, and it has just been filmed for 4 seasons.

Unexpectedly, this incident happened just before Warners planned to start filming for the fifth season!

The heroine Alison Mack is associated with a cult and is suspected of slavery, illegal detention, persecution of minors and other crimes.

Although the case has not yet been finalized, it is impossible for her to appear in "The Incredibles".

This is a fatal blow to WB TV!

It was only natural that Tang En, the initiator, was scolded.

"'Gilmore Girls', 'Smallboys' and 'School Detective' are the three TV dramas that Warner TV relies on the most. You cut off an important source of income for Warner TV. Can they not be angry?"

Michael Ovitz shook his head and laughed, but obviously he didn't care much about things that were not related to his interests.

Tang En said lightly: "In the final analysis, they were not careful enough when choosing roles, and they didn't investigate the actors' details. I'm just doing the right thing to save women from the dire straits as always."

"Uh... Recently we are talking with Warner about a new project, a musical movie "August Love", the heroine has been selected, it is Carrie Russell. She has just broken up and is emotionally unstable , or...you go help and save me?"

As the biggest and most senior agent in Hollywood, Michael Ovitz does this kind of soliciting activity, and he can always keep his eyes peeled.

"Ahem, I'm going to Istanbul soon to watch a football game, so I'll have to say something important."

Natalie and Gal Gadot will be back from Jerusalem in another week.

During this time, Tang En wanted to put some away and recharge his batteries.

Except for a few women around him, he doesn't hang out outside for the time being.

Michael Ovitz said: "The market for platter investment has approached saturation, and more and more platter investment companies are entering Hollywood, which will greatly reduce the profit margins of Legendary Pictures."

Dunn glanced at him, "This is a traditional enterprise, and it is not fundamentally different from a public service company."

The stocks of public service companies such as water, electricity, and gas are very stable.

It can't go up, and it can't go down.

It is often used as a substitute for bonds.

Legendary Pictures will be similar.

However, it is clear that Michael Ovitz's ambitions are not extinguished, and he still wants to continue to lead Legendary Pictures to greater glory.

"Going public is not the end of Legendary Pictures, I can still find more room for growth."

"What are you going to do?"

Michael Ovitz said: "I'm rethinking the concept of platter investment. Movies can platter investment, why can't TV series? You know, with the popularity of Starz, including HBO, has begun to make big investment TV series. , the risk is getting bigger and bigger.”

Tang En raised his eyebrows, "Do you want to invest in TV drama production?"

"The investment in the film market is saturated, and TV shows are the next possible expansion direction for Legendary Pictures," said Michael Ovitz.

Tang En pondered: "But TV and movies are different. The producers of movies have a lot of say, but TV dramas are different TV stations have almost monopolized real power. If they cooperate with TV stations, Legendary Pictures will have a hard time getting it. to control."

There are many distribution channels for movies, involving all aspects. In addition to the cinema, there are also home entertainment and derivative copyright income.

TV shows are different.

In the era of no streaming media, TV dramas will only gain popularity if they are broadcast on TV stations. TV stations have unique decision-making power over the creation of TV series.

If Legendary Pictures wanted to invest in TV dramas or other TV programs, it would not be as comfortable as investing in movies.

Michael Ovitz sighed, "However, I can't just watch Legendary Pictures go public and enter the twilight stage of the company."

Dunn is also one of the founders of Legendary Pictures, and he can understand this feeling.

Sitting in the chairman's office of Pass Ball Pictures, Tang En closed his eyes and pondered.

Looking for a new expansion path for Legendary Pictures.

Investing in TV dramas...it's feasible!

Because there will be more and more high-quality and high-quality American dramas in the future, these American dramas are not like the past few decades, and you can just spend one or two million dollars to make one.

Not to mention an investment of ten or twenty million dollars.

However, the TV station is a hassle!

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