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

To be precise, the suppression of Lionsgate has been related to politics from beginning to end.

California and Hollywood have belonged to the Donkey Party since the 1980s. At the Academy Awards in February this year, Michelle Obama was invited by the Academy to present the Best Picture together 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 to canvass votes and call on celebrities to donate every time there is an election.

In return, the Donkey Party will also give Harvey some convenience during its rule.

This relationship has been established since the 1990s and has continued to this day. This period is also the period when Harvey has the strongest power in Hollywood.

However, now under the influence of Lionsgate, Harvey and Weinstein Pictures' influence 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 had expressed his dissatisfaction with Washington when he debuted in 2009, not to mention that his father-in-law's status soared after joining the Elephant Party.

Link naturally cannot cooperate with the Donkey Party.

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

In addition to the suppression of public opinion, the American Film Association MPAA rejected Lionsgate's application to join the organization for the second time.

MPAA is the management agency of the American film rating system.

The main function is to evaluate the film based on the theme, language, degree of violence, degree of physical exposure, scale of passionate scenes and drug use scenes of the film, representing the views that most parents may give.

The purpose is to provide parents with relevant information about the film in advance to help parents judge which movies are suitable for children of a certain age.

Ratings have nothing to do with the quality of the film content.

The main members of the current organization committee are jointly chairmen and presidents of the six largest film and television media giants in the United States.

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

The six film companies other than DreamWorks are also called the "Big Six".

Originally, MGM was also a member of the MPAA Committee, but withdrew from the MPAA after Sony failed to acquire it in 2005.

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

Lionsgate ranked seventh in the annual box office of the films released in 2011, third last year, and top five this year. In terms of strength, it is fully qualified to join the MPAA, but its two applications were rejected.

The Big Six do not seem to want to recognize the status of Lionsgate, nor do they recognize the "New Big Seven" rated by the media. They hope that Lionsgate will continue to be a strong independent film company.

There are both commercial and political factors behind this.

They tried to use this method to suppress Lionsgate's films. For example, a few swear words appeared in the movies "American Hustle" and "The Wolf of Wall Street", and they were rated PG-13 special guidance level, not suitable for children under 13 years old, instead of PG, ordinary guidance level.

The greater the rating restrictions, the smaller the market, and the box office will also be affected.

This practice is obviously a suppression.

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

In addition, after discussing with Netflix Chairman Hastings, Link proposed to apply 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 result will not be known until next year.

Although Lionsgate's films will receive special treatment from the MPAA when they are released and rated, there is the Motion Picture Production Code, as well as public opinion and judicial supervision. The MPAA dare not do too much and can only make some small obstacles in the rating.

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

This is also the reason why Lionsgate has not torn its face with the MPAA for the time being.

"Dallas Buyers Club" has been released 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 showing the film is still less than 1,000. It is also being screened on a small scale overseas, and the current box office is about 16.5 million US dollars.

Due to the high quality of the film, it saves a lot of publicity costs when it is released. The current publicity and distribution costs do not exceed 3 million US dollars.

In early October, Lionsgate released the second film of the autumn season, "Mother Invasion", which tells the story of two little girls and their ghost mother, starring Alexandra Daddario, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and others.

The film cost 15 million US dollars to produce. It premiered in 2,647 theaters in North America for three days and earned 28.4 million US dollars at the box office. It paid back the cost in three days. It is undoubtedly a big-selling movie.

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

The global box office of this movie is expected to be around 200 million.

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

Lionsgate's movies are not only popular in the summer season, but also in the autumn season, as if they will never lose money, which makes many people feel unhappy.

But there is no way.

Lionsgate's horror movies, like Disney's animated movies, are their own territory and basic market. They have rich experience and relevant professionals in making such movies. Other film companies can't imitate them even if they are jealous.

The big sale of "The Invasion" also made the movie heroine Daddario famous in the horror movie circle. Since last year, she has starred in Lionsgate's "The Cabin in the Woods", "The Conjuring", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", and this "The Invasion", all of which have achieved good results.

Daddario has also been rated as the "Queen of Horror Movies" by the media. There are rumors online that her eyes can see ghosts, and there are rumors that she is a psychic.

These reports make Daddario happy and helpless.

With several popular horror movies, she has also become a popular movie star in the circle, with tens of millions of film and advertising income, and many hardcore fans, which is very good.

But when they were dating privately, Daddario said she wanted to be an actress like Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, and Anne Hathaway, who had both beauty and acting skills, rather than a horror movie queen.

Daddario complained that when she patted someone's shoulder from behind, it would scare them and make them scream, which made 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 transformation from next year, get more exposure to modern urban movies, and also consider making TV series.

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

Daddario happily agreed and took the initiative to give her a kiss.

Link also habitually slipped his hand into her T-shirt to feel the size and temperature of Hollywood's most beautiful breasts.

In fact, Daddario's thighs and hips are also very good. She is 173 cm tall and her legs are nearly 100 cm long.

Round and plump, with smooth and delicate skin, and a faint milky fragrance.

This is why he has occupied the girl for more than three years and is still unwilling to let go.

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

When Link was not busy, he would date her three to five times a month, and each time he would make the girl exhausted and get the maximum satisfaction.

At the same time, under his introduction, Daddario's father also joined the old father-in-law's faction and became a senior official of the New York Police Department, and her mother's law firm also became a partner of Dynasty Sports.

The cooperation between the two sides became closer.

So much so that Daddario tactfully proposed to give him a few children.

Link thought about it and tactfully raised an objection.

In recent years, he has been very busy, busy with work and taking care of several children, and has no extra time to allocate here. Daddario is also in the rising period of his career. After giving birth to a child, he can't just leave it at home.

If Daddario is willing to quit the entertainment industry now and stay at home to raise children, she can give birth now. If she still wants to achieve success in her acting career, she can give birth again in a few years.

After considering it, Daddario said that she wanted to work hard in the industry for another five years, and then quit the industry after five years so that she can give him more children.

Link thought this was a good idea.

Seeing that Daddario was so well-behaved and obedient, he picked up the wet girl and played around again.