Chapter 1167： How a **** is made

"Break Up Men and Women" is a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston. It has just finished filming for two months and is expected to be released in the summer of next year.

Although the film's investment is not high, but because of the existence of Jennifer Aniston, a powerful female star, it is fully qualified to rush in the summer season.

Sending a film to the MPAA for grading is a very professional process, and the judges are film professionals from the Big Six in Hollywood. The film only needs to be cut and dubbed before it can be submitted, and it does not need to be a finished film.

After the review is passed, the producer will carry out more comprehensive post-production.

If there is a dispute in the review, then in the post-production process, part of the content must be adjusted to meet the requirements.

Once it is rated as an R-rated film, it is equivalent to giving up the youth group and the market in many countries.

If it is not necessary, no producer is willing to engage in R-rated projects, and the cost pressure is too great.

With the subject matter of "Break Up Men and Women", it will definitely involve some large-scale smiles and some scenes that are not suitable for children, but it is too much to be rated R.

The PG-13 is over.

This is a romantic comedy, not a **** comedy.

As soon as Tang En heard the report, he immediately reacted, it was targeted!

The MPAA rating committee is made up of Hollywood giants.

In the past, when MGM was still around, it was composed of seven companies: Warner, Universal, Paramount, Disney, Fox, Sony, and MGM. The rules were very simple, democratic voting, and the minority obeying the majority.

After MGM was acquired by New Universal, it lost the right to vote and was excluded, leaving only the Big Six Hollywood on the rating committee.

There will be a draw.

Therefore, under the rule that the minority obeys the majority, there is another strategy, which is to take it up and not take it down.

If a movie is rated R by 3 judges and rated PG-13 by 3 judges, then it should be rated R instead of PG-13.

Dunn took over the document and saw the rating results of "Break Up Men and Women". The spokespersons of Warner, Columbia, Disney, Paramount and Fox all cast an R rating, and only Universal Pictures cast a PG-13 rating.

5:1!

On one side!

"Oh! It has become the target of public criticism!" Tang En revealed a sneer.

If it is fair grading and normal market competition, New Global is fearless. But if there is a problem with grading, the trouble will be big. There's a big yield gap between an R rating and a PG-13 rating.

For example, such an excellent film as "Mad Max 4: Fury Road", just because it is R-rated, the global box office is less than 400 million US dollars.

R-rating means that the official source agreed that it is a niche movie, and it can only be shown in limited theaters in limited countries around the world, so the income will naturally be less.

George Lucas said: "In the past, the Big Six controlled the MPAA, working together to deal with independent filmmakers and safeguard the interests of the collective. Now this is about infighting."

"Infighting isn't enough, it just wants me to make concessions." Dunn shook his head.

George Lucas thought for a moment and said, "Yeah. If it's not a **** comedy, it's just a romance movie... It's very easy to get a PG-13 rating. You don't even need to come forward and let Universal Pictures do it themselves. It works, it just takes a little more time. In any case, Universal is on a rating board, unlike the independent studios.”

Tang En said lightly: "Yeah, maybe that's what they mean. Let's go to the door and ask to revise the rating. This time "Break Up Men and Women" may not be anything, what about next time? What about the next time? New Universal produces fifty or sixty films every year, and at least 20 of them have different ratings, right? They all come to the door to beg?"

George Lucas understood what he meant and widened his eyes: "You mean...they joined forces and wanted you to exchange benefits for their rating decision?"

"Isn't it?" Tang En snorted coldly, "I've already seen through those mercenary bastards."

George Lucas laughed secretly.

Heart says that what you say sounds better than what you sing, and when it comes to mercenary, you are an **** than anyone else!

However, in front of Tang En, there was not much to say, and he could only follow him: "Well, this method of using the hidden threat of rating power is too much. The purpose of MPAA is to help Hollywood develop in a long-term and stable manner. rather than creating unrest."

Dunn's expression was a little gloomy.

If it is fair market competition, then it will be real, and if they pack up together, Tang En will not be afraid.

But it is really disgusting to compete in such a way of playing tricks on power.

Not to mention, this method is really not easy to deal with.

But when he heard George Lucas's words, Dunn's eyes lit up, "What did you say? Create turmoil?"

George Lucas said: "Yes, there is competition among the six major Hollywood companies, but it is also a community of interests that has been maintained for a century. Once chaos occurs, the interests of New Universal will be damaged, and other film companies will not be much better. "

There was a contemptuous smile at the corner of Tang En's mouth, "Yes, the way to deal with **** is to be more **** than bastards!"

"what?"

George Lucas didn't react for a while.

Dunn got up and patted his shoulder, "George, look good, I'll show you how a **** is made!" Then he called his secretary and returned to the company.

……

There is a problem with the rating of "Break Up Men and Women" is just a small problem in the later stages of a film project of the production department of Universal Pictures under the new Universal Pictures Entertainment Department.

On the surface, it looks very inconspicuous.

But the meaning behind this is very big.

This is likely to be a temptation by a competitor, or a conspiracy attack.

This is a flame.

If it is not dealt with in time, then it is likely to be a prairie fire.

Dunn convened all the film-related middle and senior management of New Universal and held a meeting, including group CEO Barry Diller, President Robert Iger, Vice President Ron Mayer, Vice President Carol Melton, As well as Bill McNick, Alan Ball, Grant Hill, Kathleen Kennedy, Kevin Feige, Amy Pascal, West Cotton, Donna Langley of Film and Television Entertainment ...

With such a big stance, everyone understands that this matter cannot be taken care of.

For a long time, Tang En's style was very stable and low-key, and even made many people almost forget that this big boss only got his status today by relying on the **** rush.

He crushed a lot of people.

Among them, there are many media tycoons like Eisner and Redstone.

It looked like he was going to make a move today.

Do you single-handedly single out the entire Hollywood?

probably not.

This is too exaggerated and too unrealistic.