Chapter 462： Lucas

As the distributor, Embassy Pictures not only qualified for the Cannes Film Festival competition for "Lost in Tokyo", but also prepared a world premiere in Cannes.

This premiere can be called a grand, not to say how much money the Embassy Pictures has spent, or how large the scale of the premiere is.

But the guests participating in the premiere have many heavyweights.

Sofia Coppola is the daughter of the famous director Francis Coppola, and the connections hidden behind the name Coppola are quite amazing.

On the day of the premiere, Francis Coppola personally came to cheer for his daughter; Hollywood actor Nicholas Cage also appeared on the red carpet.

Subsequently, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg played together.

The former made a special trip to France to join Sofia Coppola, and the latter served as a jury member of the Cannes Film Festival.

The four major Hollywood directors in the 1980s reached three!

The number of media reporters attracted to the premiere can be imagined.

It is no exaggeration to say that Sofia Coppola is more interesting than the movie itself.

When Sophia Coppola walked into the media area, almost all the media reporters surrounded her.

Ronan did not go to the red carpet at all, and entered the VIP room early.

"You are Mr. Anderson?"

Even Francis Coppola, facing the owner of a medium-sized Hollywood film company, still showed the respect he deserved: "My father, I want to thank you for your help to Sofia."

The other party is polite, Ronan will not be rude, and said with a smile: "It is also my honor to cooperate with Miss Coppola. I really like this kind of win-win cooperation."

Francis Coppola also laughed: "Yes, a win-win situation."

Who are these Hollywood film dealers? Of course Francis Coppola knows that if there is no profit, they will invest in Sophia's films?

Ronan said goodbye politely, and did not take a few steps before meeting Spielberg.

"Hello, Steven." Ronan and Spielberg are old acquaintances: "You are welcome to the premiere."

Spielberg had a bad impression of Ronan, nodded, and said politely: "Hello, Ronan."

Ronan didn't care, and said, "I heard Tom say that you are working with him on "World War". Has DreamWorks considered letting Embassy Pictures do the overseas distribution of this film?"

"No need." Spielberg politely declined: "We have signed contracts with other companies."

Ronan did not reluctantly said, "I hope we will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

Spielberg smiled and said, "I hope so."

Ronan went elsewhere, and Spielberg looked at his figure silently.

Only a few years now? The scale of Relativity Entertainment has actually approached DreamWorks.

Although Relativity Entertainment did not start out of nothing, Ronan Anderson had only one small production company capable of shooting video tape movies before, and DreamWorks has gathered him, David Geffen and Jereif since its establishment. Katzenberg's resources, the three originally had their own companies, and these companies were also the basis for the formation of DreamWorks.

DreamWorks has been the middle-highest company in Hollywood since its establishment.

Now that it has been developing for many years, it is only the leader of second-tier companies.

And what about relativity entertainment? In just a few years, it expanded from a small production company to become a company second only to DreamWorks in the second line.

The scale of DreamWorks is larger than that of Relativity Entertainment, which Spielberg is confident, but if the profits of the two companies are compared, DreamWorks must be at a disadvantage...

More importantly, as the top tycoon of DreamWorks, only a few people including him know that DreamWorks, a company that seems to have been established for less than ten years, is actually depressed, not like Relativity Entertainment. Energetic.

Spielberg even has a feeling that within a few years, Relativity Entertainment may fully surpass DreamWorks.

"Who is that person?" Someone suddenly came over.

Spielberg turned his head and took a look, found that the person was George Lucas, and said, "He is Ronan Anderson."

"Is it him?" George Lucas looked over there with interest: "Hollywood has recently rumored that the young man who is likely to become a gold medal producer?"

Spielberg nodded: "It's him. I remember his company has business dealings with Lucasfilm."

George Lucas is a film director, but he is also a producer and film businessman. After a little memory, he remembered: "Yes, he has several films under his company, and he is looking for special effects from Industrial Light and Magic."

Spielberg reminded: "It's not easy to do business with him, Ronan Anderson."

George Lucas laughed: "Steven, have you suffered from him?"

"No." Spielberg would not admit: "DreamWorks has no business relationship with him."

George Lucas became more interested and said, "I'll get to know him."

Ronan is chatting with a Spanish actress who had previously cooperated with Embassy Pictures.

"It's an honor to know the beautiful Miss Vijay." Ronan shook hands with the passionate Spanish girl.

This woman is tall and dressed in a white dress, which contrasts sharply with the flaming red lips. Her long brown hair is tied behind her head, highlighting her exquisite figure.

In terms of appearance alone, Paz Vega is no worse than Penelope Cruz.

Paz-Vega's English is not particularly fluent, but it is enough for communication: "No, I should be the one who says honor."

Ronan said: "I have seen "Lucia's Lover" introduced by Embassy Pictures, which is impressive."

Paz-Vega chuckled. The North American distributor of this film was Embassy Pictures.

It was also because of this kind of disguised partnership that she was able to get the premiere invitation from Embassy Pictures.

Ronan was really impressed by these European actresses who dared to escape. He just wanted to say a few more words when he suddenly saw George Lucas with a big beard approaching.

"Sorry, Miss Vijay." Ronan prioritized: "I saw a friend."

Paz Vega said with a smile: "We have a chance to talk again."

Ronan took a few steps forward and greeted George Lucas on his own initiative: "Good afternoon, Mr. Lucas."

George Lucas shook Ronan's stretched hand and said, "Mr. Anderson, it's nice to meet you."

Ronan smiled and said, "Let me call Ronan."

"I heard that Relativity Entertainment has a lot of major production movies released this year?" George Lucas asked.

Ronan said, "There are a few, not a big production."

George Lucas added: "I hope we can continue to cooperate in the future."

Ronan knew that he was talking about Industrial Light and Magic, and said with a smile: "Industrial Light and Magic represents the world's most outstanding film special effects technology. The first choice for Relativity Entertainment is definitely Industrial Light and Magic."

George Lucas smiled and nodded: "I wish you success in this movie."

Although Industrial Light & Magic is the world's leading film special effects company, it has never lacked competitors, especially the digital field jointly established by James Cameron, which has taken away many Industrial Light & Magic since the late 1990s. customer of.

Now, with the "Lord of the Rings" series being released one after another, a studio called Weta has stepped into the sight of Hollywood studios.

There are more and more competitors.

In addition to being a director, George Lucas is first and foremost the owner of a film company. He will not despise a potential big customer just because of a few words from his old friend Spielberg.

Ronan and George Lucas met for the first time, and they separated after chatting for a while.

Compared to Spielberg, he pays more attention to George Lucas.

Anyone who understands the Hollywood film industry knows very well that George Lucas's achievements, status, and influence in Hollywood are far above Steven Spielberg.

Regarding the director alone, maybe George Lucas is not as good as Spielberg, but the father of Star Wars is not too much.

But George Lucas was never as simple as a director.

George Lucas is the veritable Hollywood's richest man, the pioneer and key figure in the commercialization of mainstream Hollywood movies, and the pioneer of the North American film summer program. He also integrated unlimited imagination and the most pioneering technology into the movie.

Although Spielberg and George Lucas are both the owner and director of the film company, George Lucas has a greater and more profound influence on the entire film industry.

And in the field of commercial films, the revenue of a Star Wars series has made countless companies ashamed.

People like Ronan who actually come from the East cannot understand the American enthusiasm for Star Wars.

George Clint once said to Ronan, who doesn't have many lightsabers in the United States? Not many Darth Vader?

In Hollywood, someone has said that if there were no "Star Wars", Hollywood movies would not be what they are now After the first hit, critics who were beaten in the face said It was "the most magnificent 120 minutes since Moses opened the Red Sea."

Americans even set May 4th each year as its anniversary.

When Ronan entered the theater, he suddenly remembered something. Once on the Internet in the East, some people said that George Lucas was the American director Guo Ai, and "Star Wars" was the American "Little Age".

From the perspective of an Oriental, this is not unreasonable.

Even after watching the first six "Star Wars", a classmate of Ronan said that watching Lucas's Star Wars is almost not disgusting. The plot is as mentally retarded, the special effects are like garbage, and the characters are like brain damage. They are rotten to the limit. Action design...

Unfortunately, it was a female classmate, and then she was aggrieved.

The Americans accepted Lucas and his bad movies. Why are the Orientals so harsh on Guo Aidao? Is it because women do not have the right to speak in this society?