The Best Entertainment Era

The next day, Ronan made a special trip to visit Goldman Sachs Group and Marvel Comics. The former has not yet started investigating Netflix, so naturally it will not give an answer.

Compared with a few years ago, the latter has not changed significantly, and it will not go bankrupt, but it has not developed much, and it is neither dead nor alive.

To be precise, Marvel Comics is eating its own money, and most of its income comes from Spider-Man and X-Men.

Ronan bought out the copyrights of those superheroes at the time. It seemed that Marvel Comics had the funds to continue to maintain and develop again, but to some extent sold out its own future.

Of course, there are infinite possibilities in the future, and no one can guarantee that Marvel Comics will not have the situation of Hexi in the past 30 years.

After returning to Los Angeles, Ronan called Robert Iger, went to San Francisco together, and stayed at Netflix headquarters for three full days.

Later, Mark Randolph and Robert Iger will be responsible for the specific cooperation with Goldman Sachs or other companies, as well as the operation and listing in the next few years.

Taking advantage of the time before Thanksgiving, several production crews of Ronan walked around. Wedding Crashers and Night at the Museum have already entered the filming stage; Resident Evil 2, Underworld 2 and Death Here Comes 3 and other sequel films have all been produced, and Embassy Pictures is formulating a promotional release plan; Dawn of the Living Dead and When Happiness Knocks on the Door have finished shooting and have just started post-production; Bourne 3 and Preparations for Saw are nearing completion and filming will begin soon.

In addition, Ronan specially came to Warner Studios to watch the post-production of Batman: Beginning of War.

Darker tones! Yes! No bright colors!

With the support of Ronan, Christopher Nolan got the right to speak in the post-production. In the post-production studio, he said to the staff next to the Da Vinci color palette: Even in the daytime, don't have sunshine, bro. Tan is always shrouded in a gloomy blue-black tone!

Jessica Felton, who is preparing for the last two parts of Pirates of the Caribbean and serves as a post-producer, came with Ronan. She crossed her arms and whispered to Ronan: Director Nolan is interested Dark tones are very addictive.

Ronan nodded: This is the film style that he and I decided on at the beginning of the project selection.

Jessica Felton asked: Why?

Ronan said softly: Because this style matches the simple folk customs of Gotham.

Simple folk customs? Gotham? Jessica Felton couldn't help laughing: What a simple Gotham City.

Ronan smiled: The folk customs are simple and honest, Arkham is full of talents...

Jessica Felton had to admire: This description is too accurate.

After finishing a period of work, Christopher Nolan came over to chat with Ronan for a while. Jessica Felton was not familiar with Christopher Nolan, so he just acted as an audience.

I've asked Jonathan to start writing the next script.

Since the first Time to War has not been released, Christopher Nolan is not very confident in some of the entire series, saying: Can the audience accept such a crazy character?

Ronan said calmly: Improving his IQ infinitely makes him look omnipotent. Such a villain, if well shaped, is even more attractive than the protagonist.

Christopher Nolan nodded: I hope so. He changed the subject: Recently, Jonathan had an idea about magic that was prevalent in the Victorian era. Write it down.

Ronan said without hesitation: The script is finished, show it to me first.

Of course. Christopher Nolan said directly: We are partners, and we will definitely give you priority.

Ronan can roughly guess that what Christopher Nolan said should be the previous Fatal Magic.

How's post-production going? Ronan asked.

Christopher Nolan said: It will be completed before the end of this year, and Warner Bros. plans to release it in June next year. He said worriedly: I heard that Relativity Entertainment will have many large-scale productions released next year. Let's not bump into it by ourselves. superior.

Ronan nodded: Don't worry, I will let the embassy film industry coordinate the schedule.

Christopher Nolan glanced at his watch: I'm going to continue working.

Ronan offered to leave: I'm leaving first, call me if you have any questions.

I will. Christopher Nolan looked at Ronan gratefully.

Although Ronan served as the first producer of the crew, the power was basically delegated to him, and he undertook a lot of pressure from Warner Bros.

Christopher Nolan is very clear that there are some executives in Warner Bros. and DC Comics who have very big objections to the shots he took and wanted to intervene several times, but Ronan successfully persuaded Charles Rowan, and the two teamed up He carried it down with all his strength.

Batman: Beginning of War is a success, and everything is easy to say. If it fails, Christopher Nolan feels that he will definitely be ashamed of his trust in Ronan.

After leaving the post-production room, Jessica Felton asked curiously, Ronan, do you trust Director Nolan very much?

Ronan said truthfully: Batman is the most suitable theme for Christopher Nolan. When the two meet together, it is like gasoline meeting a flame, and it will burn a raging fire.

Jessica Felton also trusted Ronan's vision, saying: A good director is indeed worthy of trust.

The two left the office building together and walked towards the gate of the studio. Jessica Felton asked again: I met Lindsay Bill a few days ago, and she said that you are running a social reality studio. Significant items?

Ronan said: It's just finished the script, it hasn't started working yet.

Jessica Felton is a little curious: Socially realistic? That's not quite your style.

Ronan said dissatisfiedly: Jesse, you are a person with technical pursuits, and I am also a person with artistic pursuits!

Okay. Jessica Felton shrugged, causing the mountain to tremble: Actually, I also have artistic pursuits. Can I read the script?

Ronan said: You have time to go to Theory of Relativity for entertainment. If I'm not here, you can ask Connie to bring it to you.

After leaving Warner Studios, the two got into the same car. Ronan told the driver David to go to the airport and said, Have you brought all your luggage?

Jessica Felton nodded: Take it well, I am not too demanding. Rosario is not a deserted Mexican town in the past few years. In recent years, Hollywood crews have frequently filmed scenes there, which has driven business development. You can buy everything there.

She's going to the crew of Pirates of the Caribbean, which is filming in Rosario, both to prepare for post-production and to take over from George Clint as producer.

As the CEO of Sandsea Entertainment, George Clint is unlikely to stay in Mexico for a long time. After several years of experience, Jessica Felton is a relatively good candidate to succeed him.

The crew is not very peaceful. Ronan specifically warned: Young actors have become big stars, each has his own ideas, and it is inevitable that there will be conflicts, especially Johnny Depp, he often has some very different ideas. Not the kind of person who follows the rules.

After all, Jessica Felton had served as the post-producer of The Curse of the Black Pearl and had a certain understanding of the crew, and said, I will pay attention.

Ronan said again: I have never worried about your technical ability. Even if you don't, as long as you give you some time, you will always be proficient at the fastest speed. But producers need more than just technology, There are also more important organizational and coordination capabilities.”

Jessica Felton knew that this was a key point in her career, and said with a smile: It really doesn't work, I can still ask you for help.

Ronan couldn't help laughing. When the Rolls-Royce Phantom arrived at the gate of the airport, he personally sent Jessica Felton into the terminal and watched her go through the security check before returning to the car.

The job of a producer is not easy, especially for female producers.

The status of women in Hollywood is actually the same as that of society as a whole. It is much more difficult than men to make a career in an important position.

The famous female producers in Hollywood can be counted on one hand.

It is extremely rare for a woman like Shirley Lansing to sit at the helm of the top six in Hollywood.

Thanksgiving is approaching in 2003, and the North American film market has also entered another period of the year with the most intense competition except for summer.

The award-winning films began to be screened one after another, and various activities and plans for the awards season were launched rapidly. Even the embassy film industry is also frequently promoting Lost in Translation.

This film will be the key award-winning project of Embassy Pictures in this awards season.

On the weekend before Thanksgiving, another heavyweight movie was released, and the Matrix series produced and distributed by Warner Bros. hit twice a year.

Following the release of The Matrix 2: Reloaded in May, The Matrix 3: Matrix Revolutions is officially released.

In addition, the British film Love Actually released by Universal Pictures will also be released at the same time.

This love movie, which gathers almost all the stars in the UK today, can be described as an ambitious work, but it also brings more British flavors, which directly led to the mediocre response in the North American market, and only received less than 7 million US dollars at the box office in the first weekend.

The market response of The Matrix 3: Matrix Revolutions was unexpected. Warner Bros. was too impatient. Like this kind of sequel film, the fastest can only be one release a year. In only half a year, two sequels It was shown successively...

Moreover, the gods and gods of the second part also made The Matrix fade away from the aura accumulated in the first part.

The sequel only took in $48.4 million during its opening weekend, which is an obvious step back.

Mean Girls, which entered its second weekend screening, has become the first choice for many teenagers to watch movies. The box office of 21.1 million US dollars in the second weekend not only makes the film only one place behind, becoming the box office runner-up after The Matrix 3, it will also The total box office of the film has pushed over 50 million U.S. dollars, with a cumulative total of 58.9 million U.S. dollars.