Chapter 676： Vampire fiction

For commercial groups like Walt Disney, the pursuit of profit is the eternal driving force. Under the premise that "The Hunger Games" is a big-selling film series, even without Ryan's intervention, the management quickly came up with the best interests. Various feasible options.

Disney, together with Susan Collins and Ryan’s spokespersons, held a press conference at the Disney headquarters to announce the launch of the novel version of "The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire", and the film version is also officially released on the premise of retaining the original crew. Start preparations.

In addition, Jenkins Pictures will also make a spoof "Starvation Game" series based on this series.

In addition to the traditional box office and peripheral revenue, Ryan and Disney are bound to squeeze every drop of oil in this series.

At this time, Disney Pictures has no longer staying power. The last 20 million US dollars of the 120 million US dollars in promotional expenses have been successively invested in the market. While the peripheral products are selling well, the box office, especially the North American box office, still has potential. Can be dug.

In the fourth full week of the film, it received 36.52 million U.S. dollars in North America, and the North American box office totaled 350 million U.S. dollars!

This has been achieved in less than a month. In recent years, only "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" and "Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith" have appeared in such crazy North American box office accumulations. But the latter two are the end of a series!

The success of "The Hunger Games" in North America cannot conceal the overall weakness of the overseas market. Two weeks after the film landed on North American theaters, it has appeared in major overseas markets. Up to now, the overseas box office has only reached 150 million U.S. dollars. Compared to those North American and overseas movies that are advancing at the same time, it is indeed a bit worse.

This is a very helpless and realistic thing. In North America where thought and speech are more free, perhaps this kind of film containing the idea of ​​‘new feminism’ is easily accepted by the audience, but in most overseas regions. This kind of film with women as the protagonist, wants to break through the film market where male characters occupy an absolute dominant position, it needs time accumulation and conceptual breakthrough.

As the most direct competitor of "The Hunger Games", the box office of "Escape the Clone" was only $5.2 million in the third week in North America. According to the current development momentum and the rate of decline, the North American box office of this movie can exceed 30 million at most. US dollars.

Michael Bay’s transformational work was a complete failure.

Compared with Bombshell, Natalie is the hottest actress this summer.

Since Padmé Amidala of the "Star Wars Series", she has not had a new movie image, and news has been circulating in and out of the circle that she will completely transform and invest in the ranks of directors. Until Katniss appeared on the big screen, it triggered a nationwide movie watching boom.

This strong female character is so similar to Natalie's public image, the two almost achieve a perfect fit.

"Natalie Portman, who plays the heroine, is like Katniss coming out of a novel. Her performance is very attractive from beginning to end!"

This is the evaluation of Natalie in many mainstream media. Although there are factors such as identity and ethnicity, it can always explain some problems.

The huge sales of "The Hunger Games" completely pushed her into the ranks of Hollywood's first-line movie stars. This film not only won Natalie her highest salary of 10 million US dollars. Moreover, after the film exceeded US$300 million at the North American box office, it also won her a $15 million annual Chanel No. 5 endorsement contract.

However, after entering July, "The Hunger Games" finally ended its crazy box office growth. The box office in a single week has fallen to more than 10 million US dollars, and it has entered the stage of accumulating box office relying on the long release time.

Ryan also met Michael Bay in his office.

One of Hollywood's best commercial film directors, sitting opposite him, his iconic long face remained calm. However, it can be vaguely seen that without the confidence of the past, the box office of "Escape the Island" is too miserable, and Hollywood has encountered such box office tragedies in the past. As a result, there are many directors who have been devastated.

"I heard something about you in general."

After the secretary delivered the coffee, Ryan slowly said, "Michael, your schedule should be free. Are you interested in cooperating with Disney Pictures?"

Michael Bay was stunned. He didn't know the specific reason why Ryan came to him. "Cooperation?"

Ryan nodded and made a please gesture to the coffee cup.

Picking up the coffee cup and taking a sip, Michael Bay understood that with Ryan’s status, he would definitely not make jokes about this kind of thing. He couldn’t help saying, “Frankly speaking, Ryan, I really want to rest for a while, I really want to understand. some problems."

"Why, the failure of a movie makes you less confident?"

Hearing Ryan's words, Michael Bay barely pulled out a smile, "I need to figure out the crux of the matter."

"Actually, your problem is not complicated." Ryan believes that it won't take long for Michael Bay to figure it out by himself, but he doesn't want to wait too long. "It's actually very simple to solve it. Return to the style you are best at. "

"The best style?" Michael Bay showed a thoughtful expression.

"At a sufficient cost, create a dazzling image effect." Ryan took the first draft script of "Transformers" from one side and pushed it to Michael Bay. "With a fast editing method, coupled with dynamic music, rendering Big action, big explosion, big scene, in the brilliant light and shadow, create the ultimate battle!"

This is the style of Michael Bay’s previous movies, and it is also the basis for his foothold and success in Hollywood.

"Ryan, do you mean I return to my original style?" Michael Bay picked up the script.

"Why not?" Ryan tapped the table lightly and looked at the script in Bangbei's hands. "I plan to invest 150 million US dollars to make the live-action film version of "Transformers". I need enough big moves, Big explosions, big scenes, I need the most dazzling visual effects."

"Michael, I think no one in Hollywood is more suitable for this series than you!" Ryan emphasized again.

"Escape from the Clone Island" seriously dampens Michael Bay's self-confidence. The reason why he said so much is that he doesn't want to see a director with a sense of failure, which will damage the enthusiasm of the entire crew.

Of course, he is not an agitator, and there is no magic in him. These words can only make Michael Bay believe that he trusts him very much. The key factor for Boom Bay to get out of the trough is still himself, and it will take some time.

In the end, Michael Bay was very sincere and said that he needed to think about it seriously, but after earning Ryan's consent, he took away the first draft script.

The other party has worked hard in Hollywood for so many years. In fact, it is very clear that if he can't turn over as soon as possible, he will gradually be forgotten in the power and reality of Hollywood. This is not the result he wants.

Although countless people are saying that Michael Bay’s films are getting worse and worse, it cannot be denied that he is still a very aspiring director.

Thorough commercialization is the way he should go.

Sending away Michael Bay, Ryan pressed the intercom and called George in.

The former bodyguard, after several years of study and exercise, became a fairly qualified assistant to the chairman. Through his team, he handles a lot of daily affairs every day, helping Ryan watch every move of the entire Walt Disney Group. .

Because of Michael Eisner’s previous signing with Roy Disney, although the power is delegated to the group president Cook Dick and CEO Robert Iger, Ryan has never relaxed the supervision of Disney,* *The supervisory committee of the board of directors, audits by external accounting firms, etc., have been performing their supervisory duties.

"Sit, George."

Ryan pointed his finger at the opposite chair, which was completely his own.

He took a novel, pushed it in front of George, and said, "Find someone to contact the author of this novel, get the film rights as soon as possible, and let people from Touchstone Pictures or other subsidiaries do it."

"I understand." George nodded, picked up the novel, and left the office.

It is a novel that has just been launched, and it is a housewife's fantasy work. The name is "Twilight: Twilight". It has no reputation and has not entered the bestseller list in the United States. It is just an adaptation. The best opportunity for power.

With the huge sales of novels and movies of "The Hunger Games", this youth type theme will gradually become a category that cannot be ignored in Hollywood movies. It will not be long before similar movies will flood the big screens in North America. Following the trend is not only the patent of the film across the ocean, UU Read Hollywood is no exception.

The few excellent big productions in Hollywood are based on huge bad movies.

It was also during this period that Walt Disney’s big hand reaching out to the Internet also reaped gains. After half a year of negotiations, Disney acquired the company of Evan Williams, a pioneer in blogging technology. After the initial integration, the main goal will be to miniaturize the blog and enter the mobile platform, and the company name has also been changed to the name of the project-Twitter!

On the other hand, in the “new financing plan”, Disney easily repelled Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Asia from Hong Kong, and got 25% of the shares. If Ryan’s hands are included, it was diluted to 30%. Five shares have obtained absolute controlling rights.

Of course, as in his previous life, Mark Zuckerberg still holds close to 30% of the shares, even for his own benefit, he will continue to struggle in this company.

In addition, Disney has taken over Ryan's official website, which is now the most trafficked and click-through personal website in the United States. If Ryan hadn't not allowed it, a large number of advertisers would have come to the site. (To be continued...) ()