Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 546 MPAA

In the case of suppressing Lionsgate Pictures, in addition to the capital groups behind the six major film studios, political groups are also involved.

To be precise, the suppression of Lionsgate Films has everything to do with politics from beginning to end.

California and Hollywood have been the territory of the Donkey Party since the 1980s. At the Academy Awards in February this year, Michelle Obama was invited by the Academy to jointly present the Best Picture award with Jack Nicholson.

These are all public activities carried out by the Donkey Party to increase its influence in the entertainment industry.

Harvey is the spokesperson of the Donkey Party in Hollywood. He will help canvass votes and call on celebrities to donate during every election.

To reciprocate favors, the Donkey Party will also provide Harvey with some conveniences during its time in power.

This relationship began in the 1990s and continues to this day, which was also the period when Harvey was most powerful in Hollywood.

However, now under the influence of Lionsgate, the influence of Harvey and Weinstein Pictures in Hollywood has declined, which will also affect the Donkey Party’s right to speak in the entertainment industry. This kind of thing is intolerable to them.

Originally, they could have chosen Link after Harvey lost power, but Link expressed dissatisfaction with the Washington guy when he debuted in 2009, not to mention that his old father-in-law's status has soared after joining the Elephant Party.

Link naturally cannot cooperate with the Donkey Party.

This is one of the reasons why they took action against Lionsgate.

In addition to public opinion suppression, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rejected Lionsgate's application to join the organization for the second time.

The MPAA is the governing body of the American film rating system.

The main function is to evaluate the movie based on the movie's theme, language, level of violence, degree of physical exposure, scale of passionate scenes and drug use scenes, etc., and represent the opinions that most parents may give to the movie.

The purpose is to provide parents with movie-related information in advance and help them determine which movies are suitable for children of a specific age.

Ratings have no bearing on the quality of a movie's content.

Currently, the main members of the organization's committee are chairmen and presidents of the six largest film and television media giants in the United States.

Including The Walt Disney Company, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., Fox Pictures, and DreamWorks.

The six film companies other than DreamWorks are also known as the ‘Big Six’.

MGM was originally a member of the MPAA committee, but withdrew from the MPAA after its acquisition by Sony failed in 2005.

According to the regulations of the film industry, strong film companies have the opportunity to join the MPAA committee and perform certain powers.

The films released by Lionsgate in 2011 ranked seventh in the box office industry, third last year, and guaranteed to be in the top five this year. In terms of strength, they are fully qualified to join the MPAA, but their applications were rejected twice.

The six major film studios do not seem to want to recognize the status of Lionsgate Pictures, nor do they recognize the "New Seven" selected by the media. They hope that Lionsgate Pictures will continue to be a powerful independent film company.

There are both commercial and political factors behind this.

They try to use this method to suppress Lionsgate's movies. For example, the movies "American Hustle" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" contained a few curse words and were rated PG-13, not suitable for children under the age of 13. Rather than PG, general tutoring level.

The bigger the rating limit, the smaller the market and the box office will be affected.

This approach is obviously suppression.

In order to solve this unfavorable situation, the public relations department of Lionsgate Pictures continues to lobby the shareholders of Paramount, Universal Pictures, and 20th Century Fox, win over relevant personnel, and prepare for the next application.

In addition, after discussing with Netflix Chairman Hastings, Link proposed applying to join the MPAA in the name of Netflix. Netflix has also been producing and distributing film and television content in recent years, with a large output, and is also eligible to join.

Netflix’s application is still under review and the outcome won’t be known until next year.

Although Lionsgate's films will receive special treatment from the MPAA when they are released and rated, with the Film Production Code, as well as public opinion and judicial supervision, the MPAA does not dare to go too far and can only Use a little stumbling block when rating.

This has some impact on Lionsgate films, but not much.

This is also the reason why Lionsgate Pictures has not broken with the MPAA for the time being.

"Dallas Buyers Club" has been in theaters for four weeks, and the North American box office has exceeded 20 million. The current box office is 20.52 million US dollars. The number of theaters is still less than 1,000. It is also being screened overseas on a small scale. The current box office is about 16.5 million US dollars.

Due to the high quality of the film, it saves publicity costs when it is released. The current publicity and distribution cost does not exceed US$3 million. In early October, Lionsgate Pictures released the second fall movie, "Motherhood," which tells the story of two little girls and their ghost mother, starring Alexandra Daddario and Nicola ·Starring Coster-Waldau and others.

The film's production cost was 15 million U.S. dollars. It premiered in 2,647 theaters in North America during its three days, and grossed 28.4 million U.S. dollars at the box office. The film made back its money in three days. It is undoubtedly a blockbuster movie.

The overseas box office performance was also good, with a box office of US$35.74 million in 33 countries and regions in the first week.

The movie's global box office is expected to be around 200 million.

This box office performance also made the six major film studios and peers jealous.

Lionsgate's movies are not only selling well in the summer season, they are still selling well in the fall season, as if they will never lose money, which makes many people feel unhappy.

But there is no way.

Lionsgate's horror films, like Disney's animated films, belong to its own territory and base. It has rich experience and relevant professional talents in the production of such films, and other film companies cannot imitate them even if they are greedy.

The success of "The Invasion" has also greatly increased the reputation of the film's heroine Daddario in the horror film circle. Since last year, she has starred in "The Cabin in the Woods", "The Conjuring" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" under Lionsgate Pictures. "Crazy" and this "Mother Invasion" have achieved good results.

Daddario has also been named the 'Queen of Horror Movies' by the media. There are rumors on the Internet that she can see ghosts with her eyes, and there are also rumors that she is a psychic.

These reports made Daddario both happy and helpless.

With the help of several popular horror movies, she has become a popular movie star in the industry, earning tens of millions in advertising fees, and has many die-hard fans, which is great.

But when dating in private, Daddario said she hoped to be an actress like Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, or Anne Hathaway, with both beauty and acting skills, rather than a horror movie queen.

Daddario complained that if she slaps someone on the shoulder from behind, it will scare them into screaming, which makes her, a beautiful woman, feel helpless.

Link understood her thoughts and did not force her to continue making horror movies. He suggested that she consider a transition from next year and be exposed to more modern urban movies, and she could also consider making TV series.

Next year, Lionsgate and Netflix have three TV series production plans, "True Detective", "American Crime Story" and "The Exorcist". She can find a suitable role to play among them.

Daddario happily agreed and offered a sweet kiss.

Link also habitually slipped his hands into her t-shirt, feeling the size and warmth of Hollywood's most beautiful breasts.

In fact, Daddario's thighs and hip curvature are also very good, with a height of 173 centimeters and a leg length of nearly 100 centimeters.

It is round and straight, with smooth and delicate skin, and a faint milky fragrance.

This is the reason why he still refuses to let go of the girl he has occupied for more than three years.

After Daddario got used to the way of getting along with him, he accepted this relationship calmly, did not compete with Ivaca and Taylor for his time, and behaved very well.

When Link was not busy, he would go on dates with her three to five times a month, and each time he would exhaust the girl and get maximum satisfaction.

At the same time, with his introduction, Daddario's father also joined his father-in-law's faction and became a high-ranking member of the New York Police Department. Her mother's law firm also became a partner of Dynasty Sports.

The two sides cooperate more closely.

So much so that Daddario politely offered to give him some children.

Link thought for a moment and objected politely.

In recent years, he has been very busy, busy with work and taking care of several children, and has no extra time to allocate to this. Daddario is also on the rise in his career. After giving birth to a child, he cannot leave it alone at home.

If Daddario is willing to quit the industry now and take care of the baby at home, she can give birth at this time. If she still wants to achieve success in her acting career, she can give birth in a few years.

After thinking about it, Daddario said that he still wanted to work hard in the industry for five years, and then quit the industry after five years to give him more children.

Link thought this was a good idea.

Seeing that Daddario was so obedient, he picked up the wet girl and started playing around again.

(End of chapter)