The Best Entertainment Era

In the Presidio district of San Francisco, the newly built Letterman Digital Art Center in 2005 is where the Lucasfilm headquarters is located.

The company, founded by George Lucas in 1971, is best known for its Star Wars franchise, but it also has other big hits like Indiana Jones and American Graffiti.

Lucasfilm is the film industry leader in visual effects, sound effects and computer animation.

But now, Lucasfilm is facing an inflection point, because George Lucas, the founder and actual controller of the company, has decided to retire and sell his shares in Lucasfilm.

The executives of Lucasfilm have been hesitant in recent months, even George Lucas is no exception. After all, the decision to sell the company has been made, but it is not easy to sell at a good price.

Tell me.

In the conference room, George Lucas said slowly, We've been talking for so long, what do you think?

Michael Zhou, the chief operating officer, said: As far as the contact with Relativity Entertainment is concerned, they are very sincere and willing to take over Lucasfilm in its entirety and guarantee the stability of Lucasfilm.

The person next to him echoed: Ronan Anderson is currently the best film operator in Hollywood, and he has the ability to continue to lead Lucasfilm forward.

This is also in line with George Lucas's intentions.

Another person answered: Relativity Entertainment's initial asking price of 3.6 billion US dollars is also above our bottom line, and this is the first asking price, and there will be more discussions later.

George Lucas nodded slowly. Ronan's asking price was considered reasonable. The two sides will conduct formal negotiations later, and 3.6 billion US dollars is not the final price.

President Jones Kent, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, I have received a takeover offer from Twentieth Century Fox, and Twentieth Century Fox has expressed strong interest.

Everyone else looked at Jones Kent, who took a document bag and asked his assistants to distribute it to every executive in the room, and said at the same time: Jim Prose from Twentieth Century Fox called me personally. , and sent an official letter.

George Lucas picked up the file, briefly browsed it aside, and didn't intend to speak for the time being.

Twentieth Century Fox? Michael Zhou was full of doubts: Don't they want to acquire Time Warner? Why are they suddenly interested in Lucasfilm?

Jones-Kent smiled.

Said: It's not surprising. Lucasfilm has a lot of cooperation with 20th Century Fox. The Star Wars series of films are all distributed by 20th Century Fox. The two parties already have common interests and a good foundation for cooperation. If we are one family, we will maximize our advantages.”

This remark caused many people to think, after all, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox have cooperated for nearly 30 years.

But 20th Century Fox is not doing well recently. Michael Zhou said what he knew: The acquisition of Time Warner failed, and a considerable price was paid. 20th Century Fox...

He looked at Jones-Kent: Do they still have enough money to buy Lucasfilm? What shareholders want is cash, not a contract that can only be fulfilled in the future.

Jones-Kent took a sneak peek at George Lucas, saw that he was still browsing through the documents, and said, Introducing Twentieth Century Fox, even if they are not strong enough, will also give Relativity Entertainment an additional competitor, which will benefit Lukas. Cass Films has secured more favorable terms.

No matter what else, let’s bring Twentieth Century Fox into the arena first. James Murdoch promised that Twentieth Century Fox will have a way to make Relativity Entertainment quit.

Jones-Kent added: I suggest that we establish a communication channel with 20th Century Fox on this matter and make it public at an appropriate time. It can also put pressure on Relativity Entertainment.

This is in the interest of everyone here, and no one is against it.

After some discussion, George Lucas said: You are responsible for the specific operation. I just want to emphasize one point. If the bids are similar, our first choice is still Relativity Entertainment.

If the price is too high, he will also consider for the entire Lucasfilm.

Lucasfilm's meeting ended soon, and related news soon appeared on Relativity Entertainment's desk.

Ronan and Robert Iger convened a meeting and did not take any action for the time being. With such a huge acquisition involved, patience is a must-have quality, and impatience is often counterproductive.

Moreover, the secret investigations in the United Kingdom and the United States have never stopped. Relativity Entertainment is waiting for a better opportunity, and judging from the feedback from various sources, the opportunity will appear soon.

But in the case of Lucasfilm, Relativity Entertainment has a huge advantage, especially financially.

The team of Relativity Entertainment is also appropriately raising their bargaining chips. In the final analysis, this acquisition is still a matter of money.

Thanksgiving is coming, and this is also a period when the North American film market is full of films, such as Walt Disney's family carnival Thunder Dogs, 20th Century Fox's giant Australia and Lionsgate's Human Traffickers 3. , all selected to start painting this weekend before Thanksgiving.

Thunder Dogs is the first computer-animated feature film after Disney Animation Studio announced the abolition of the hand-drawn animation department, which determines the future development of Disney animation.

Australia is not the Dragon Ball that Ronan gave to 20th Century Fox. They seem to be very superstitious about Nicole Kidman's fame and appeal. Under the impetus of CAA's Pat Kingsley, Nicole Kidd Mann and Wolf Uncle Hugh Jackman, as the male and female protagonists, invested 130 million US dollars to create this Australian version of Gone with the Wind.

Needless to say, Very Human Trafficker 3 is an imported product from France and a representative work of Guo Da-Statham, the beauty of the prosperous age.

Meanwhile, Relativity Entertainment also has a movie coming out this weekend, The Hunger Games, starring Gal Gadot.

This weekend, except for Very Human Trafficker 3, which is very weak, the other three films seem to have certain competitiveness.

Among them, the investment of Relativity Entertainment is the lowest, and the production cost of The Hunger Games is only 60 million US dollars.

But with the momentum of Twilight, as well as Lindsay-Bill's long-established fame, coupled with the huge book fans attracted by the original book, this dystopian youth idol movie has attracted the most attention.

Compared with the previous movie, under Ronan's suggestion, Lindsay Bill, as a producer, has strengthened the action scenes, and director Patty Jenkins is not weak in shooting action scenes.

Then the role of the heroine is strengthened and aggravated, becoming the absolute protagonist.

The three-hundred-sixty-degree appearance with no dead angles and the super long-legged archery shot are also full of highlights.

In the words of movie fans, she really has good looks, good legs and good characters. Katniss is definitely the biggest surprise of the whole film!

Gal Gadot also signed a long-term contract with Relativity Entertainment, and there is still a long time in the future to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment.

Compared with ordinary Hollywood actresses, Gal Gadot's face value and appearance have a longer shelf life, and it is not a problem to play the girl Katniss at all.

The biggest problem with the former big cousin is that she is too mature. After all, Katniss is a 16-year-old girl. The big cousin may be because of the relationship that many people have deeply developed. Katniss, who played the role, said that she was 25 years old. People believe it .

Caucasian actresses like Big Cousin are very mature when they are around twenty years old. It is a bit reluctant to say that they are fifteen or sixteen years old.

This is a very helpless thing. Fifteen and sixteen-year-old actors are often the most embarrassing group in Hollywood, just like many female stars who have been playing leading actresses until they are about forty years old and are unwilling to retreat to the position of supporting actress. , There are very few plays and roles that can be accepted.

Actors in this age group, especially actresses, face a very complicated situation. They play roles younger than their actual age. There are too many girl stars in Hollywood who are so cute that they make people bone crisp. They are more competitive than them; It is basically impossible to play an older role; even if you play a role that matches your own age, you still have to face the competition from actresses who are in their 18s, 19s or even early 20s. There are many advantages.

The content of the movie is also easily accepted by American audiences. It is simple and clear, and it also has the nature of a youth idol.

In the future North America, the country of Panam was built on ruins, and its center, the Capitol, was located in the center of the twelve districts.

Every year, twelve districts are forced to send a boy and girl aged 12 to 18 to the Capitol as a tribute to participate in the Hunger Games.

It's a brutal and terrifying life-and-death contest where all tributes must fight to the death and the last survivor is the winner

Survival is the instinct of 16-year-old Katniss. She barely supports her mother, sister and herself by poaching and gathering wild fruits outside the fence in District 12. When Katniss takes part in the Hunger Games instead of her sister who drew the lottery, she understands that it means death for her, and that if she wants to survive, she must choose between humanity and survival, death and love.

Regardless of whether it is a movie, it is very similar to the Battle Royale of the island country. After the film was released on a large scale in the international market, the media on the island country inevitably discussed and bombarded it.

But just like Lionsgate in the past, Relativity Entertainment doesn't care at all, and the other party can't win a transnational lawsuit.

Hollywood companies, even with other companies in North America or the Western world, are very particular about copyright, but outside this scope, the style is a bit domineering.

For example, in the country of origin of Battle Royale, how many movies in Hollywood have been discussed for plagiarizing their animation or other literary works, but people there rarely initiate copyright lawsuits, and even if someone files a copyright lawsuit, it is difficult to win the case.

It can be said that for countries and regions that are not within the circle defined by Hollywood, Hollywood's rules of the game do not consider them at all.

A circle that attaches great importance to copyright and contracts, but does not pay attention to copyright contracts in other countries and regions, this is not new in Hollywood.

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