Chapter 692： Tenzo

Under the influence of "Van Helsing" on the street, the cooperation between Shahai Entertainment and Kate Beckinsale has temporarily come to an end, and will not be restarted in a short time.

Len Wiseman's plan to remake "Total Recall" is expected to cost about 120 million US dollars.

Ronan certainly refuses.

Len Wiseman officially married Kate Beckinsale this year, who also participated in Martin Scorsese's "Aviator."

If Ronan remembers correctly, like most Hollywood star marriages, Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman ended up in divorce.

This can be said to be the general ending of Hollywood marriages.

Judging from Ronan's years of experience here, people here basically choose to divorce when their love runs out, and many people break up peacefully.

Of course, Hollywood also has the situation of playing each other, and it is not uncommon to drag a man or a woman into a threesome.

This can be regarded as one of the most open circles in the United States.

In September, the traditional off-season of the North American film market, under normal circumstances, there will be no large investment films released. This is the schedule for B-level films and small commercial films.

Relativity Entertainment launched a small production film this month, the sequel to the successful horror film-"Fatal Turn 3".

As a typical B-level film, the reputation of the series has gone from bad to worse, and the box office has been stable. Although the opening weekend did not win the box office championship, it also earned 16.81 million US dollars.

The budget of this B-level horror film is only 6 million US dollars.

As long as it is profitable, the series will definitely go on sale. The revenue of this series of offline rental market has already exceeded the box office share.

Most of the profits of such horror films come from the offline DVD market.

As of August this year, Relativity Entertainment’s revenue on DVD, excluding channel expenses, has also exceeded US$400 million.

This result can only be ranked fifth in the industry, followed by Warner Bros., Walt Disney, Sony Columbia and Twentieth Century Fox.

Warner Bros’ "Harry Potter" DVD series have been selling well; Walt Disney’s re-released classic cartoon platinum version DVD has sold staggeringly. With just one movie of "The Lion King," the new DVD’s revenue exceeded $100 million. .

Sony Columbia Pictures owns the "Spider-Man", and Twentieth Century Fox is the publisher of the "Star Wars" and "Star Wars" series.

Although Relativity Entertainment has solved the problem of insufficient film sources after obtaining the film library of Artisan Pictures, the foundation still cannot be compared with large companies.

Because the DVD market is becoming more and more expansive and profit margins are amazing, all major film companies are turning their films into DVD and then re-launching them to the market.

For example, the DVDs of "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind" have now entered the top 20 North American DVD sales in 2004.

Even though they were released for a long time, these films are still creating huge profits for the copyright owners.

Once, Sony Columbia Pictures released Spider-Man when it encountered a production crisis, and Walt Disney released a new version of the classic cartoon DVD when it encountered revenue difficulties.

These are life-saving tricks tried and tested.

Some old films can also cause controversy, because films created in accordance with the social conditions at the time will always be caught by people with ulterior motives after decades.

Such as "Gone with the Wind".

Ronan remembered seeing reports in this regard. Around 2015, some of Hollywood's consciousness was fully awakened and over-developed, so some groups also focused on "Gone with the Wind", accusing the content of "Gone with the Wind" serious racial discrimination. , Requesting exhibitors, TV stations, and offline distributors across the United States to remove the film.

Many theaters in North America, including the famous Orpheum Theater, originally had a tradition of showing "Gone with the Wind" once a year, but due to strong protests from this part, they had to cancel it.

Although it is impossible to block a certain movie in the North American market, Gone with the Wind has been greatly affected in terms of TV broadcasting and DVD sales.

This kind of thing is unbelievable at first, but it is normal to think that there is no black person on the list of unspoken rules exposed by a certain Hollywood director, and he is also accused of racial discrimination.

"We cannot let black people be the number one villain. This is an unshakable question of principle in our movies!"

Walking in a studio set up as a supermarket, Ronan said to Andrew, the producer of "Smiths", "Hire a few black actors as supporting roles, and don't let them become villains."

Andrew is also a veteran producer, and said: "The crew is doing it and will not make such low-level mistakes."

Ronan turned to ask, "When will I start shooting?"

Andrew glanced at the busy director Doug Liman, and said: "Director Liman thinks he can start filming later this month."

Ronan saw Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in training: "Did anything special happen to the crew?"

"Something special?" Andrew was full of doubts: "No, everything is normal."

Ronan didn't ask any more, when seeing Doug Liman, he would finish his work and walk over.

Doug Liman shook hands with Ronan and said: "The crew has a sufficient budget and the preparations are going very smoothly. Thank you Mr. Anderson for your support."

"You are welcome." Ronan smiled and said, "I believe this is the beginning of our successful cooperation."

The preparatory work went smoothly because a lot of work has been done. For example, on the actor side, although Nicole Kidman was interested in the heroine at one time, Catherine Zeta Jones also expressed interest, so he did not hesitate to use Michael Douglas's For human relations, Ronan did not hesitate to choose Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie without any time delay.

There are also scripts. After Shahai Entertainment got the script, the screenwriting department revised and adjusted the script more than 50 times before the crew was established.

This script was originally just a graduation work of young screenwriter Simon Kimberg, and there are too many places that do not meet the shooting requirements.

No wonder the script was created in the 1990s and has not been made into a movie.

Doug Liman accompanied Ronan around the cloth area of ​​the studio, focusing on the supermarket and the Smiths' home.

"It's not just a space where you can live, feed, and live, but it's a marriage that is dangerous to the destruction." Walking in the Smiths' home, Doug-Rieman said to Ronan: "Their lives have too much. Secrets, lies and burnout. The house is very luxurious in design, complex in style and very spatial concept, but it lacks warmth and soul. It is more like a show field than a home."

Ronan nodded slowly: "Jane and John both have superb skills that ordinary people can't reach, but they have not learned how to get along with another person for a lifetime."

"Yes." Doug Liman said: "So, this house, which symbolizes the discordant relationship between husband and wife, will eventually be razed to the ground."

Ronan said: "Such a scene is well designed."

Doug Liman added: "Actually, I wanted to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment for a long time. I wanted to win the director of "The Bourne", but you already have Paul Greenglass.

Ronan made a special sentence: "I regret this, but it is not too late for us to start cooperation."

Doug Liman smiled and said, "I hope this is the beginning of a successful cooperation."

Relativity Entertainment is developing rapidly, and the budget is sufficient. This kind of company is an ideal cooperation target for directors.

Ronan has fewer directors who have memories, and there is no Doug Liman's name.

After chatting for a while, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie over there ended their training, Angelina Jolie went to the locker room, and Brad Pitt came over.

"Hello, Mr. Anderson." Brad Pitt shook hands with Ronan.

Ronan said, "Hello, Pete."

Brad Pitt came to look for Ronan, apparently something happened, and said: "Mr. Anderson has frequently invested in film production, and he is very concerned."

Ronan didn't know his intentions, and said vaguely: "The company is operating normally."

"Jane and I co-founded a production company." Brad Pitt said simply: "It's called Plan B."

Ronan nodded slightly: "I heard about it and participated in the production of "Troy."

Brad Pitt said with a smile: "Project B is incomparable to Shahai Entertainment but Jane and I are also planning to shoot several movie projects."

Without hesitation, he asked directly: "Plan B has just been established, and the funds are not particularly sufficient. I wonder if Mr. Anderson has any investment?"

Ronan certainly wouldn't make a decision lightly: "What are the projects?"

Brad Pitt simply said: "According to Augustine Burrough's humorous memoir of the same name, the biopic "Between the Dead" has been determined to be directed by Ryan Murphy and Annette Bening will be the heroine. "

Ronan recalled for a while and determined that there was no relevant memory, and said: "Pete, it's better to do this. You have to send the relevant information and plans to my office, and wait until I read it before making a decision."

Biopics are almost all customized products for the awards season and cannot be operated as commercial films. The films without any impression are probably not the kind that make a big difference at the Oscars.

Brad Pitt also knew that Ronan could not listen to him, so he decided whether to invest, and said, "Okay, I will send someone to the Relativity Building tomorrow."

The two chatted few words, Jennifer Aniston went into the studio, came over to greet Ronan, and left the crew sweetly with Brad Pitt.

This pair of famous golden boys and girls in Hollywood, in the terms of the media, is a match made in heaven, and they look sweet.

They are not only fathers, but also partners. The plan B production company is to add mom-and-pop shops.

Ronan vaguely remembered that Brad Pitt had been on the Oscar's best picture podium several times as a producer. Plan B was even more typical of a black film factory.

For example, "Moonlight Boy" is a collection of LGBT masters.

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