Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

With the Oscars wrapped up, the movie season has started again for the new year.As usual, the spring file is arranged for genre films, literary films and other less popular movies. First, the audience's desire to watch movies in this time period is not strong, and it will not waste Hollywood's production level if you arrange some lesser movies. Second, this The time slot is also the filming vacuum period of the film company. Except for horror films and comedies with a short production cycle that can catch up with the schedule, only films that were bought in previous years but have not been able to find a release date can be arranged.

Although the spring file is a schedule that major film companies are not very optimistic about, some film companies still plan to take advantage of this muddy schedule to arrange some better movies to attract attention.The "Blade Warrior 2" arranged by New Line Company this time also has the same idea. After all, the "Blade Warrior" series itself has some horror action movies that follow the bloody and dark route. Come and dawdle in the spring stalls.

"John, let's go to the movies sometime," Jed suggested from the study.

At this time, Jed has been discharged from the hospital, but he still hired the best cardiology nurses to live in the Sherman Mansion in Beverly Hills, and also arranged for the best cardiologists in the United States to do medical work for him every day. Check daily.Originally, Jed thought he was "too capitalist" to do so, but later found that he was actually one of the world's famous "big capitalists". Since he has the money to maintain such luxury, why not treat himself better?What's more, both Shannette and John felt that such a waste was worth it. If one operation was not completely done, would they have to wait for the second operation?Even if Jed is still young and strong at this time, the knife incident can still be avoided as much as possible.

Because there are professionals taking care of the mansion, Shannetti has the confidence to represent Jade to inspect various industries.And John stayed in the mansion. On the one hand, working from home is no longer a technologically difficult thing to solve. On the other hand, Jed really needs to be accompanied by friends.After holding back at home for a long time, Jed finally got permission from the doctor and thought he could go out for a walk.

"Spring is a high-incidence period for influenza. Didn't the doctor advise you to go to public places?" John asked while holding the document.

"I'm not as delicate as you think, okay?" Jed protested with some dissatisfaction, "Besides, I have a flu shot, and the doctor also said that the flu epidemic has been lifted recently, and he thinks I'm going out That's a good walk.—How about it? John, shall we go out and see a movie? New Line's Blade 2 is coming out."

Jed's mansion had a state-of-the-art projection machine, and under Jed Sherman's name, it was easy to get copies of any upcoming film from the major distribution companies.It's just that Jed seldom uses this privilege for movies other than his own company, because it is not easy for Jed to go to the cinema to watch movies, so he can only watch his own company's works and important rival's competing works in his own mansion .But this time Jed really doesn't want to stay at home and watch movies, not to mention "Blade Warrior 2" is about to be released, Jed plans to see how this Marvel superhero movie performs.

We must know that New Line Company was very reluctant to return the copyright of "Blade Warrior" at the beginning, as if giving up the company's most profitable work.But Jed knew that the box office of "Blade Warrior 1" was a dismal one. If the cost had not been recovered from overseas box office and home entertainment platforms, Jed didn't think that "Blade Warrior 2" would be scheduled for production.In order not to continue the misfortune of the previous work, New Line also deliberately replaced the director of "Blade Warrior 2" with Gilles Moditello.

Of course, Ditto is a very good new director, especially when it comes to shooting sci-fi horror themes, there are almost faint signs of a master.Dittlow's debut film "Devil's Silver Claws" is amazing, and his second work "Mutant DNA" allows people to see the maturity of a newcomer director to a commercial director.It didn't take long for Dittlow to adapt to the demands of Hollywood, and he quickly became a rising star director of sci-fi horror with his unique style.When it came to "Ghost Children's Home" filmed last year, Ditto not only performed more unexpectedly on horror themes, but also brought a lot of thinking and criticism about human nature and society to this black-themed movie.Even Jed praised "Ghost House", but New Line Company actually asked him to shoot the sequel of "Blade Warrior".

Although John didn't think that Jed should go out to watch a movie, but since Jed was really bored at home, he still booked two tickets for the premiere of "Blade Warrior 2" at the Galaxy Cinema for Jed.Jed and John hid their faces slightly and rushed to the Galaxy Theater to watch a movie, and the weather in Los Angeles was still a little bit cold at this time.Therefore, Jed had to wear thicker clothes under the doctor's advice. Although it was a bit ugly, at least the chance of catching a cold was minimized.

Of course, the new episode of "Blade Warrior" cannot continue the plot of the previous episode "Protagonist vs. Vampire", not to mention the plot of "Human vs. Vampire" is too old-fashioned.A character named "The Reaper" appeared in the new episode of "Blade Warrior 2".Reapers are a variant of human science. They can not only attack vampires, but also humans. It can be said that they kill completely without distinction.Compared with the huge base of human beings, the blood race first expressed that they could not face the reaper alone.They had to contact the Blade Warrior, expressing their willingness to reconcile temporarily to face the enemy of the Reaper together.

The plot of "Blade Warrior" is naturally known to everyone, and it is the director's ability to shoot his own style.Jed watched "Blade Warrior 2" quietly, and suddenly found that Ditto had his own very unique ability to deal with this kind of old-fashioned horror film.Originally, the vampires were all gothic, but the gothic style was not yet popular at this time, so Dittlow replaced the whole movie with street hip-hop and electronic psychedelic styles that are more familiar to the American people.All the protagonists are leather jackets and pants, each of them seems to be SM enthusiasts.But this kind of dress makes American audiences find it particularly attractive. I have to say that Americans' tastes are really not ordinary.

Now that everyone knows about the plot, Ditto used all his skills on the camera processing.Different from the first one, the fighting style of "Blade Warrior 2" is obviously much more beautiful.Ditro deliberately made the protagonist's sword somewhat similar to a Japanese samurai sword, and at the same time incorporated Japanese ninjutsu into the fighting style of Blade Warrior.This kind of fighting method with a collection of things really made the adrenaline of the fans in the movie theater soar, and even Jed had to admit that Dittlow had a skill.

"Dietro's director style is very commercial, but at the same time he is very pleasing to fans of genre films." Although John is not a film major, he has managed the Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group for a long time and often works as a deputy beside Jed. Now he The vision of watching movies is no less than that of ordinary film critics. "If Ditto agrees to direct the third film, it may be very difficult for us to get back the adaptation rights."

"No, he will only direct the second part." Of course, Jed knows that "Blade Warrior 2" is simply a remake of the "Blade Warrior" series, but if the boss of New Line Company is smart enough, he will ask Ditto to continue directing .

It's a pity that although Ditto likes "Blade Warrior", the most important comic work in his heart is "Hellboy". "Blade Warrior 2" not only surprised New Line, but also shocked Columbia Pictures.Soon they will remake "Hellboy" to snipe the strong attack of Marvel and DC. As a diehard fan of "Hellboy", Dittlow will definitely give up "Blade Warrior 3" and direct "Hellboy".At that time, I am afraid that the entire New Line Company will feel desperate, so it is reasonable for Yinhe Films to claim the adaptation rights of "Blade Warrior" from the third film.

"New Line is, after all, a Hollywood giant, and people want to go to the top."

After returning home, John took the statistics of the box office of "Ice Age", which was released earlier. "Ice Age" is the latest work of Galaxy Films to acquire Blue Sky Studios and form Galaxy Blue Sky Studios. The film invested about 5900 million US dollars.As a general rule, the domestic box office must hit $1.8 million to break even.Otherwise, we can only find ways to recover the cost from peripheral income such as overseas box office, home entertainment platform and TV network broadcasting.If the North American box office reaches three times the production cost, it is called a breakeven for a film company; if it reaches five times, it is called a blockbuster; , home entertainment platforms, and TV network broadcasts all have good returns.But in many cases, overseas box office and other income are in the form of buyouts. Where is the domestic box office that can be obtained so easily by dividing it?

At present, "Ice Age" has been released for one week, and the box office is already 1.5 times the production cost. If estimated at this rate, the cost can be recovered in two to three weeks after the release, and it will be pure profit in the future.Generally speaking, there is no problem for American movies to be released for six to ten weeks, so if the cost can be recovered in the first three weeks, the movie's box office is generally considered a success.So John was relieved to see the box office of "Ice Age", and he was worried that the box office of the Galaxy movie would decline because Jed didn't preside over the overall situation.

"Are you worried about the box office?" Jed was leaning on the sofa while reading a book and listening to an Italian opera. "What is there to worry about? The film company may not be able to operate without me, but what does the movie box office have to do with me?" What about it? A good movie is good, and a bad movie is bad, and I won’t turn a bad movie into a blockbuster because of my presence.”

John smiled and said, "You are such a heartless person. I was worried that your property would shrink because of your absence, but you said I was just worrying?" Because the box office met expectations, John was naturally in a very happy mood.

"Isn't my property also your property? Don't forget, you are one of the major shareholders of Sherman Holdings. You also have a lot of shares in my major companies. If I make less money, it means you make money Missing?" Jed continued to read the book without lifting his eyelids. "Do you think we should take a vacation to Palm Springs? I miss the hot springs and the beach."

"Yes, but at least until after May," John said. "Oh, here is a document that needs your confirmation. The president of Lionsgate Entertainment hopes to visit you at the right time. How about it, when do you plan to meet him?"

Jed thought for a while, "Just this weekend? Inviting him to lunch is a thank you for giving me the copyright for free."

"I'm afraid there is nothing simple for him to come to the door this time?" John was a little puzzled.