Legendary Hollywood Director

It seems that many directors like to do this.

Once, the great director Michael Bay, who was recognized by netizens as the day when the comet hit the earth, put down his rhetoric again and again, I will never direct Transformers again.

This was said after the filming of Transformers 2, and then 3 also said it. As a result, the fifth film was specially filmed.

There is also Cameron, who has said more than once that Avatar 2 will be released soon. As a result, it is 2020, and there is still no accurate news. It is always the next year, and the next year's waiting.

As for what Hayao Miyazaki said: I will retire after filming this; Big Brother Cheng said: This is the last time I acted in an action movie; and the director genius Quentin also said something similar to Luc Besson: filming Don't quit after 10 movies.

It's just that the speed of filming is still far from 10 films. This product has already reached the end, and it is time for the golden plate to wash its hands and seal the guide cylinder.

If you count the movies he wrote or supervised, it would be terrible, even worse.

Moreover, he has been doing similar work as a producer and screenwriter in recent years, and he has not officially made a film for four or five years.

If you think about it seriously, part of what he did is to cultivate suitable director talents for Europa Films. After all, unlike ordinary French film companies, this guy likes to support the production of films with English dialogues whenever he has the opportunity. Do your best to resist the invasion of Hollywood, and even break into other people's headquarters.

This rather commercial approach undoubtedly brings a lot of convenience to Europa Films, and also makes its production team lineup very international.

Although he finally broke his promise, at heart, Luc Besson has always been an old urchin with a passion for filmmaking.

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Okay, I'll give you a reference when I have time.

Hearing the promise, Luc Besson was also very happy.

The two were chatting, and Luc Besson thought about the Chainsaw that Lehmann invested in, thinking that the main audience of that movie was American movie fans, and if he wanted to show it there and divide the interests, he would If you need to register a leather bag company similar to Mann Studio, he suggested: Lehmann, is your company registered in the United States going to be affiliated with our branch? If necessary, I can help you contact the relevant department. , help you get it done.

Originally, Mann Studio in France followed this path. They were responsible for all financial affairs, and they only reconciled accounts here.

In the face of Luc Besson's kindness, Lehmann smiled and declined: Forget it, I can just find an office location for this broken company to complete the handover, and don't have to worry so much.

But who is Luc Besson? He is an insider and the president of a film distribution company. As soon as he hears this, he understands that he has his own plans.

Listening to Lyman's refusal to leave the US affairs to Europa Pictures, he asked softly, Do you want to cooperate with Paramount Pictures?

Lyman smiled noncommittally, neither saying yes nor no.

Luc Besson frowned secretly, thinking that people really had such an idea, and at the same time he understood in his heart, he would still be a little unhappy.

I thought that Paramount Pictures had secretly contacted him and gave him any conditions.

To know this kind of thing, isn't it a disguised indication of the relationship between the two companies.

not intimate,

Who wants to hand over the company's inner workings and financial relationships to someone else.

I heard that Paramount Pictures has made a big move recently. It seems that the executives of their company have been in contact with people from DreamWorks, maybe... He said, and glanced at Lehman, This is If DreamWorks joins Paramount, there will definitely be a big move. Compared with Spielberg, how much resources can your studio get? Finally, he also said with a meaningful emotion: I'd rather be a chicken head. Don't be a phoenix tail.

Lehman naturally understands this truth, otherwise he would not reject the kindness of Europa Pictures. As for his thoughts, how could Luc Besson think of it. Besides, it is better to continue to be affiliated with Europa Pictures than to be affiliated with Paramount. At least, the strength of Europa Pictures' satellite companies has always been Mann Studios. As for Paramount, the small film company supported by his own company does not know much, not to mention, he knows that DreamWorks really joined Paramount.

It's a pity that, with the vigorous development of his career, an idea called ambition, which is actually an ambition, entrenched in Lehmann's mind.

This time, he has other plans and intentions - to create a real studio with production capabilities, not a bag of Mann Studios.

In the longer term, if distribution channels are available, the next American version of Europa is not necessarily impossible.

After all, theater companies are a bunch of vested interests, don't they need excellent film sources?

Once his company can consistently produce relatively good works, who is it not to cooperate with?

Most of the so-called distribution channels are established step by step in this way, and I have never heard of any one completely monopolizing this aspect.

Of course, just like the United States is the sphere of influence of the six major Hollywood, sometimes, the film companies that end in dismal results can't stand the fight against suppression, hard power and even propaganda.

Like DreamWorks.

Spielberg, like every big director wants to take that step, started a studio.

It's a pity that he is about to declare failure and is still struggling.

Looking at history, the quality of the movies they produced is actually very high, such as Shrek, Gladiator, Transformers, How to Get Away with Murder... Not word-of-mouth masterpieces, Oscar hits, but movies The box office sold well, but even so, it still failed to escape the sanctions of the Big Six.

It was also strangled by the neck of fate - their overseas channels could not be established, and only Lionsgate in the entire Hollywood succeeded in taking this step later, and Lionsgate is really not bad, and the investment shareholders behind it are all European. A very powerful presence. Think about it, if you don't have overseas channels, how can you jump around and just work for others. Comparing the investment cost of each film is so large, it is risky, and it is really worth losing. There is no overseas channel to return blood, and one wrong step will be an abyss.

Later, Spielberg also figured out that they are all part-time jobs, why can't they be more comfortable, work hard, and earn less than when he was only a director before.

So, as you will know later, this acquisition was not finalized by Viacom until 2005, and the DreamWorks label was automatically acquired by Paramount Pictures.

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