~： Six hundred and eight - Universal did it, why can't we do it?

James Franco's scandal has a considerable influence. He was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department twice in a row, and then twice in a row by the legal department of Warner Bros., and released on bail together with his agent. In the eyes of many insiders, "The Flash" has become a joke before filming has begun.

"I heard that Wayne Greenberg was on the plane back."

It's not just Warner Bros. watching this. In the ceo's office of the Sony Columbia Pictures headquarters building at 10202 West Washington Avenue in Los Angeles, the CEO of this son, Ogao Oga, was casually talking to the distribution executive in front of several executives before the meeting started. jokingly said:

"Paul, you said, will Wayne Greenberg replace the troublesome actor when he comes back?"

His ridicule aroused laughter from several executives, but Paul Knight did not laugh. Instead, he thought about it for a while before answering: "It shouldn't, in the style of Wayne's gradual interests over the past few years. , I should be concerned about the shooting schedule and time cost, I don't think I will change the male lead before shooting."

In today's small-scale meeting, Paul certainly knew what to discuss. He glanced at Roland Emmerich, who was sitting silently in the corner, and frowned involuntarily.

"Well, I have to say, this is good news for us."

Before Da Hexiong could speak, a middle-aged white man sitting beside Roland Emmerich patted his palm a few times, and the gloating on his face did not hide at all. Dean - Devlin, is also one of the protagonists of today's meeting.

Speaking, as if he suddenly thought of something, he turned his head to look at the Sony Columbia CEO, and whispered in a hoarse voice: "I propose that we can stare at this James Franco, maybe there will be some surprises, Even if he is about to join the group to shoot next time, he has no time to cause trouble, but when the necessary time comes, he can still guide him appropriately."

"Nice idea, Columbia will be watching him."

An executive, equally satisfied with the idea, nodded and smiled.

"Wayne Greenberg's trip to the other side of the Pacific this time has created a bigger sensation than everyone imagined."

Not wanting to continue this topic, Paul simply talked about the news that had reached Hollywood during this time. Some news reports, videos, photos, etc., have been sent back to North America as early as a few days ago. Maybe ordinary people will only watch a piece of music, but some things can be seen in the eyes of their group of executives. Many questions.

"Boss, should we also think about it and go there to test the market next year?"

Da Hexiong nodded slightly, not only him, but several senior executives of Sony Columbia, all showed a thoughtful look.

The popularity of "Batman: The Dark Knight" not only allowed Warner Bros. to test out the potential of the market, but also made major Hollywood film companies see the signs. The first thing that film capital pursues is profit. No one cares about a burgeoning ticket base.

"It's hard, and it doesn't make much sense."

While everyone was thinking, an executive sitting in the corner spoke first, and after seeing everyone's attention, he began to express his views. "Warner Bros. has a good relationship with there that we don't have, and the buzz that Wayne Greenberg has over there can't be replicated by anyone.

The most important point, I don't know if you have considered it! According to the WTO agreement signed by countries on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, there are strict limits on the number of films that the opposite side can import each year. Unless the two sides renegotiate a new agreement in the future, even the Warner Bros. films will be imported from the opposite side by selecting a very small number of them. . "

This is an objective factor, and one of the reasons why Jeff Robinoff refuses to hype. Even Warner Bros. can only export a few films to the opposite side in a year. Of course, he hopes to use his fist film series and DC films as the theme of the imported films.

In this era, the number of imported films is very small, which is also a factor that causes Hollywood to not pay attention to that side. It takes great effort to review and edit with big scissors, and it may take several re-productions before it can be released. However, the box office share is extremely low and the market volume is not large Great, these conditions discouraged most studios.

After all, it is still the same sentence. Film capital is profit-seeking. When the benefits obtained after a lot of effort are better than not doing it, most companies will naturally give up on their own.

"But with the terrifying population base over there and the unbelievable speed of economic development, the future potential is visible to the naked eye..." Paul shook his head slightly and looked at the talking executive. "I think we should try it, even if it is to cultivate the market, we can't let Warner Bros. lead everywhere."

"Let's talk about Godzilla today."

CEO Da Hexiong frowned slightly, waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about this after a while."

After finishing speaking, he looked around at everyone, especially Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, who are the protagonists of today and the actual producers of the "Godzilla" project.

"Director Emmerich, Dev." Seeing that everyone was ready for the meeting, Ogaxiong said directly: "The preparations for the project of "Godzilla" are about to end, and the second production of 45 million US dollars The funds will be credited to the account of the third-party insurance company this afternoon, you can rest assured about the funds, if the budget of 130 million US dollars is not enough, Sony Columbia can also increase the budget as appropriate!"

Roland Emmerich first glanced at the producer next to him, then at the Sony Columbia CEO, nodded silently, and did not speak.

"Sony Columbia will give the crew sufficient funds, but I only have one request." Seeing him nodding, Oga Yu continued: "The film must be fully produced by the beginning of April to mid-April next year, you should Knowing the company's arrangements, we want this monster to land in North America in early or mid-May!"

This year's summer season has made one thing clear to all companies, that is, at the beginning of the summer season, if a film does not have a lot of competition, how terrifying its ability to attract money is. Movie fans in the summer season can't look at and analyze with common sense at all.

Sony Columbia has great ambitions, or Ogaxiong has great ambitions for "Godzilla", and what is even more rare is that he remains quite sober. He never thought that his "Godzilla" could sweep across North America like this year's "Batman: The Dark Knight", or even crush the world in the theater market.

In his heart, the target will never be "Batman: The Dark Knight". He is not that stupid. Using this monster to compare it with the number one box office in film history, everyone knows that similar films, if you are unlucky, There won't be one in ten years.

What Ogami wants to target is "Jurassic Park 2", always. Even the idea that this "Godzilla" was originally brought to North America came from "Jurassic Park 2".

Everyone sees the movie loses, but he doesn't see it that way. Competing with an unprecedented great movie like "Batman: The Dark Knight", it can still get more than 200 million US dollars at the box office and more than 600 million US dollars at the global box office. Even if all the glory is covered up by Batman, this big dinosaur is still the same Earn a lot of money for Universal Pictures.

"Are you sure it has to be released in May?"

As a film director, Roland Emmerich is very reluctant to rush such a big production, and as we all know, the release in May means to challenge, the king of darkness in the summer of Hollywood since the 1990s! "Are you sure you don't think about it anymore?"

"The plan won't change."

At this time, Da Hexiong can be said to be ambitious, and under his short stature, he reveals extremely strong confidence. "I bet that other companies' top works will be far from that **** "Flash", so Universal Pictures has done this, why can't we do it again!"

It is obvious that the same monster movie, in his eyes, his own "Godzilla", can completely replicate the process of "Jurassic Park 2".

As long as he thinks of the summer season when there is almost no competition for at least a whole month, except for "The Flash", it is inevitable that his heart will rise. And there is one thing he didn't say, that is Ogaxiong's judgment that "The Flash" is absolutely impossible to be as unprecedented as "Batman: The Dark Knight".

In contrast, it must be much easier to deal with, plus some other means of competition, it is really uncertain who will lose to him. Others were afraid of Wayne Greenberg and Warner Bros. He was never afraid.

"Okay, I'll speed up the production of the film."

Roland Emmerich shrugged. After all, the other party is the film investor is the boss. Since he took over this project, he has thought of these things and made relevant preparations.

The content of the meeting that followed was all centered on speeding up the production progress of "Godzilla". After a few years of silence, Sony Columbia had to go all out as soon as it made a move. Basically, everything related to this film was Big green light.

At the end of the meeting, Ogaxiong looked at an executive and asked again. "Doug, stare at that James Franco, and Sony's media should not be involved in reporting on those bad things. First, collect information with all your strength, maybe it will come in handy at some point."

"No problem, leave it to me."

When he walked out of Sony's Columbia headquarters, Roland Emmerich ended his silent image and sat in the car and looked at producer Dean Devlin. "Dian, do you think that book man's plan will work?"

"The probability of success is very high." The producer nodded, and he was obviously very interested in the plan. "Universal Pictures did not do it perfectly this year. As long as Sony Columbia makes a move, it will not give Warner Bros. another chance to turn over the little Batman."

There were some things he wanted to say, but seeing the producer's attitude, Roland Emmerich chose to remain silent. "hope so......"