Chapter 692: Made in Heaven

Affected by the hit of "Van Helsing", the cooperation between Shahai Entertainment and Kate Beckinsale has temporarily come to an end and will not be restarted in a short time.

Len Wiseman's plan to remake "Total Recall" is expected to cost around $120 million.

Of course Ronan would refuse.

Len Wiseman officially married Kate Beckinsale this year, who also worked on Martin Scorsese's The Aviator.

If Ronan remembers correctly, like the marriages of most Hollywood stars, Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman ended in divorce.

This is arguably the common ending for marriages in Hollywood.

Judging from Ronan's years of experience here, people here will basically choose to divorce when love is exhausted, and many people break up peacefully.

Of course, there are also cases in Hollywood where each plays his own way, and it is not uncommon for a man or woman to be dragged together for a threesome.

This can be regarded as one of the most open circles in the United States.

September is the traditional off-season of the North American film market. Generally, there will be no large-scale film releases. This is the period for B-level films and small-scale commercial films.

Relativity Entertainment also released this month a small-budget follow-up to its successful horror flick "While Turning 3."

As a typical B-movie, the series' reputation is deteriorating, but the box office is still stable. Although it didn't win the box office championship on the opening weekend, it still earned 16.81 million US dollars.

The budget of this B-grade horror film is only 6 million US dollars.

As long as it is profitable, the series will definitely be filmed. The income from the offline rental market of this series has already exceeded the box office share.

Most of the profits of such horror films come from the offline DVD market.

As of August this year, Relativity Entertainment's DVD revenue, excluding channel expenses, has exceeded 400 million US dollars.

This result can only be ranked fifth in the industry, ahead of Warner Bros., Walt Disney, Sony Columbia and Twentieth Century Fox.

Warner Bros.' "Harry Potter" DVD series continues to sell well; Walt Disney's platinum reissue of the classic animated feature has been a hit, with "The Lion King" alone bringing in more than $100 million in new DVD sales .

Sony Columbia Pictures owns "Spider-Man," and 20th Century Fox is the distributor of the "Star Wars" and "Star Wars Episodes" franchises.

Although Relativity Entertainment has solved the problem of insufficient film sources after obtaining the film library of Artisan Pictures, the background is still not comparable to that of big companies.

Because the DVD market is getting wider and the profit margins are astonishing, all major film companies are converting their films to DVD and re-selling them to the market.

For example, the DVDs of "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind" have entered the top 20 North American DVD sales in 2004.

Even though they have been released for a long time, these films are still creating a lot of profits for the copyright owners.

In the past, Sony Columbia Pictures released Spider-Man when it encountered a production crisis, and Walt Disney released new versions of classic cartoons on DVD when it encountered revenue difficulties.

These are tried and tested life-saving tricks.

Some old films will also cause controversy, because films created according to the social conditions at that time, after decades, certain plots will always be caught by people with ulterior motives.

Like Gone with the Wind.

Ronan remembers seeing reports in this regard. Around 2015, certain consciousnesses in Hollywood were fully awakened and overdeveloped, so some groups also focused on "Gone with the Wind", accusing "Gone with the Wind" of seriously involving racial discrimination. , requiring exhibitors, TV stations and offline distributors across the United States to completely remove this film.

Many theaters in North America, including the famous Orpheum Theater, originally had the tradition of showing "Gone with the Wind" once a year, but they had to cancel it under the strong protest of this part.

Although it is impossible to block a certain movie in the North American market,

But "Gone with the Wind" has been greatly affected in terms of TV broadcasting and DVD sales.

This kind of thing sounds unbelievable at first, but when you think that there are no black people on the list of unspoken rules exposed by a certain Hollywood director, and you are also accused of racial discrimination, you will feel normal.

"Black people cannot be the number one villain. This is an unshakable principled issue in our movies!"

Walking in the studio set up as a supermarket, Ronan said to Andrew, the producer of Mr. and Mrs. Smith: "Take a few black actors as supporting roles, and don't let them become villains."

Andrew is also an old producer, and said: "The crew is doing it, and will not make such low-level mistakes."

Ronan turned to ask, "When will the filming start?"

Andrew took a look at the busy director Doug Liman, and said, "Director Liman thinks the filming will start later this month."

Ronan sees Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in training: "Did anything special happen on set?"

"Something special?" Andrew was full of doubts: "No, everything is normal."

Ronan didn't ask any more questions. Seeing that Doug Liman was busy with the work at hand, he walked over.

Doug Liman shook hands with Ronan and said: "The budget of the crew is adequate, and the preparations are going very smoothly. Thank you Mr. Anderson for your support."

"You're welcome." Ronan smiled and said, "I believe this is the beginning of our successful cooperation."

The preparatory work went smoothly because a lot of work has been done ahead of time, such as actors. Although Nicole Kidman was interested in the heroine for a while, Catherine Zeta-Jones also expressed interest, so he did not hesitate to use Michael Douglas's In terms of human relationship, Ronan chose Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie without any hesitation, without delaying any time at all.

There is also the script. After Shahai Entertainment got the script and before the crew was established, the screenwriting department revised and adjusted the script more than fifty times.

This script was originally just the graduation work of the young screenwriter Simon Kinberg, and there were too many places that did not meet the shooting requirements.

It is no wonder that the script has not been made into a movie since it was written in the 1990s.

Doug Liman accompanied Ronan around the set area of ​​the studio, focusing on the supermarket and the home of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

"This is not just a space where you can get food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, but it implies a marriage relationship that is dangerous to be involved in destruction." Walking in the home of the Smiths, Doug Liman said to Ronan: "There are too many things in their lives. Secrets, lies and ennui. The design of the house is very luxurious, complex and spatial, but it lacks warmth and soul, more like a show than a home.”

Ronan nodded slowly: "Both Jane and John have superb abilities that ordinary people can't hope for, but they haven't learned how to get along with another person for a lifetime."

"Yes." Doug Liman said: "So, this symbolizes the house of the disharmonious relationship between husband and wife, and finally it will be razed to the ground."

Ronan said: "This kind of scene design is good."

Doug Liman added: "Actually, I have long wanted to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment. Back then, I wanted to fight for the director of "The Bourne", but you already have Paul Greengrass."

Ronan said politely: "I regret this, but it is not too late for us to start working together."

Doug Liman said with a smile: "Hopefully this is the beginning of a successful cooperation."

Relativity Entertainment is growing fast, with a well-funded budget, and this kind of company is an ideal partner for the director.

There are fewer directors that Ronan has memory, and Doug Liman's name is not among them.

After chatting for a while, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie finished training, Angelina Jolie went to the locker room, and Brad Pitt came over.

"Hi, Mr. Anderson." Brad Pitt shook hands with Ronan.

Ronan said, "Hello, Pete."

Brad Pitt came to look for Ronan, obviously there was something to do, and said: "Mr. Anderson has invested frequently in film production and has attracted a lot of attention."

Ronan didn't know his intentions, so he said vaguely, "The company is just operating normally."

"Jane and I partnered to form a production company." Brad Pitt said simply: "It's called Plan B."

Ronan nodded slightly: "I heard that I participated in the production of "Troy"."

Brad Pitt said with a smile: "Plan B is not comparable to Sandsea Entertainment, but Jane and I are also planning to shoot a few film projects."

Without the slightest hesitation, he asked directly: "Plan B has just been established, and the funds are not particularly sufficient. I wonder if Mr. Anderson has invested?"

Of course Ronan would not make a decision lightly: "What projects are they all?"

Brad Pitt said simply: "A biographical adaptation of the humorous memoir of the same name by Augustine Burroughs, "Survival", has been confirmed to be directed by Ryan Murphy, and Annette Bening will be the heroine. "

Ronan recalled it for a while, making sure that he didn't have any relevant memories, and said, "Peter, how about this, you have someone send the relevant materials and plans to my office, and I will make a decision after I have read them."

Biographical films are almost all made-to-order products for the awards season, and cannot be operated as commercial films. Films without any impression are probably not the kind that can make a lot of difference in the Oscars.

Brad Pitt also knew that it was impossible for Ronan to listen to him and decide whether to invest or not. He said, "Okay, I will send someone to the Relativity Building tomorrow."

The two chatted for a while, and Jennifer Aniston entered the studio, came over to say hello to Ronan, and left the set sweetly with Brad Pitt.

This pair of well-known golden couples in Hollywood, in the words of the media, is a match made in heaven, and they look sweet.

They are not only fathers, but also partners, and the production company of Plan B is a husband and wife shop.

Ronan vaguely remembered that Brad Pitt, as a producer, had been on the Oscar's best picture award podium several times, and Plan B was a typical black film factory.

For example, "Moonlight Boy", which is a collection of LGBT masters.

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