Chapter 715: Benefits

Not only did Shahai Entertainment not publicly express its attitude towards "Ten Thousand Years Before History", it also followed Ronan's intention to contact Roland Emmerich and his agent, creating an illusion for the outside world , Shahai Entertainment is very interested in this prehistoric film project.

Ronan can't remember which company made this film, but if 20th Century Fox is interested, it will be happy.

No matter which of the six major companies is willing to invest, it is not a bad thing.

From "Ten Thousand Years Before History", Ronan got some inspiration. In the past, Hollywood invested in the production of large-scale epic films and did not stop there. From time to time, a first-line large-scale epic film will come out, which shows that the epic film project is in the top six. There has always been a market for the company.

Maybe we can release some news about this, which can properly divert the attention of the 1.6 major companies and consume their resources...

Even if no one pays attention, Relativity Entertainment will not lose anything, just spread a little news.

Ronan thought for a while, and soon came up with a simple plan, and immediately called George Clint.

"The news of "10,000 Years Before History" has been passed on to 20th Century Fox."

George Clint introduced the latest progress: "From the feedback, it seems that 20th Century Fox is not the only company that is interested in this project. Yesterday, someone discovered that people from Warner Bros. had suddenly contacted Roland Emmerich's agent."

Ronan was curious: "Warner Bros. are also interested?"

"It seems to be." George Clint said: "It is not clear what Warner Bros. talked with Roland Emmerich's agent, but it must be related to the movie project."

Ronan couldn't help shaking his head secretly, it was obviously a hole dug for 20th Century Fox, why did Warner Brothers jump in on its own initiative?

If you like it, then come in. Anyway, Relativity Entertainment and Warner Bros. both cooperate and compete, and both sides have dug holes for each other.

As a person who followed Ronan's development and growth step by step, George Clint has always had confidence in Ronan: "You once said that there are risks in epic film projects, and the company should be cautious about this genre. "Ten Thousand Prehistoric" Year" Is there a problem?"

"Whether there are any problems will not be known until the film is made." Ronan said more implicitly: "Roland Emmerich is good at science fiction and disasters,

Shooting this kind of prehistoric epic..."

He shook his head: "If it's Roland Emmerich plus a disaster movie, I will invest in Roland Emmerich without hesitation, but let's forget about an epic movie."

Ronan can see this, and many people can also see it.

But Roland Emmerich has achieved success one after another, and the halo of a successful director has always been an important basis for the production company to review and judge projects.

If it is an ordinary director and "Ten Thousand Years Before History", this project is likely to be a situation where no one cares about it in Hollywood. If it is replaced by a famous director, it will naturally be another situation.

In this industry, a thousand words and ten thousand words are not as convincing as a successful qualification.

George Clint said at this time: "Roland Emmerich is very marketable in Hollywood."

Ronan nodded slowly, thought for a while, and said, "George, there are a lot of people staring at Shahai Entertainment, right?"

George Clint understood Ronan's meaning: "Our films have been successful one after another, and many companies are watching us, hoping to snatch projects from us."

He smiled: "But they can grab very few. At present, our sources of film projects are mainly divided into two types. One is that you provide ideas, and we register the copyright of the script; the other is to preemptively buy the adaptation copyright. There are very few parts that are provided by our partners, and Sandsea Entertainment provides them with favorable conditions, and they are willing to continue to cooperate with Sandsea Entertainment.”

Seeing that Ronan was thinking, George Clint said again: "There are actually very few projects delivered to Sandsea Entertainment from outside."

Ronan said calmly: "It's not easy for them to stare at us. It's been so long, it's time to give them some benefits."

Benefits? George Clint absolutely does not believe that his boss will give benefits to his competitors.

Welfare really, and that's also toxic welfare.

Ronan really wanted to give away a wave of welfare, and said: "Find a suitable way to let the news spread. Shahai Entertainment intends to make related movies based on the story of Robin Hood."

The story of Robin Hood is widely spread in the English-speaking world and is familiar to everyone. Hollywood has made related movies more than once. George Clint naturally knows this.

Ronan added: "The story of Moses dividing the sea is also good. Sandsea Entertainment intends to make a live-action movie based on "Exodus."

A few years ago, DreamWorks Animation Studio shot the magnificent hand-painted animated feature film "Prince of Egypt", which was adapted from "Exodus". Although it was not particularly successful commercially, because of some special relationships, the media made a lot of hype. fiery.

George Clint said: "I understand, I will arrange related matters when I get back."

Ronan nodded slightly, and said, "This is a classic theme, and it's also the type that Hollywood shoots and shoots. There is no copyright issue, and it should have a certain degree of credibility."

It seems that he has seen more than one big-budget "Robin Hood" movie, and Ridley Scott has also filmed the live-action "Exodus", starring Christian Bale.

Hollywood is keen on these classic themes, but previous results show that a new generation of teenage audiences are not interested in such movies at all.

Robin Hood, like King Arthur, later became a street product who was unlucky.

Those stories in the "Bible" seem to be outdated in today's Internet information fast food era.

Someone has photographed it before, maybe someone else will be tempted.

Regardless of whether Robin Hood or Moses Divides the Sea, there is no copyright issue. Whoever wants to make an adaptation is fine. There are no copyright restrictions at all.

George Clint left Ronan's office, returned to Sand Sea Entertainment, and immediately started arranging for people to quietly spread the news.

Meanwhile, awards season in Hollywood has officially kicked off.

Since the mid-to-late 1990s, the Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented at the end of November, have become a symbol of the beginning of the awards season.

Although it is the second largest independent film award in the United States after St. Denis, the influence of the Gotham Independent Film Awards is not particularly large. The weight of the awards during the awards season is often the more important and influential the awards. The time when the results are announced later.

Needless to say, the Oscars and the like, like the Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild Awards, are often behind the Golden Globes.

Strictly speaking, "When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door", which has a lot of investment, is also an independent film. After all, the only investor is Shahai Entertainment.

However, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" only appeared at film festivals such as the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival. It was neither released in North America nor screened on a small scale. Qualifications.

Not only "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", but many of Ronan's most seeded contestants have not yet participated in the Gotham Independent Film Awards.

For example, "The Aviator" directed by Martin Scorsese, "Million Dollar Baby" directed by Clint Eastwood, and "Crash" which has been bought out by Embassy Pictures.

All these films will not be released or screened one after another until December.

The already-released "Singer of Soul" got off to a good start in the awards season, winning the Gotham Independent Film Awards for Best Picture and Best Breakthrough Director, while black actor Jamie Foxx won Best Breakthrough Actor.

The embassy film industry has also gained something. The "Emperor Penguin Diaries", which has already been released, won the best documentary award.

After several weeks of filming, "Emperor Penguin Diaries" expanded to 2,102 theaters the previous weekend, earning $9.89 million at the box office.

The North American box office of this documentary totaled 16.33 million U.S. dollars.

"Diaries of the Emperor Penguin" is not a film that Embassy Pictures has invested heavily in. The Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary Film is also conducive to impacting the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film.

Compared with the popular awards, the competition for the best feature-length documentary is much less intense. Among the documentaries released this year, the most popular documentary is "Fahrenheit 9/11".

This documentary has created too many records, such as the highest box office record in North America, the highest box office record in the world and so on.

However, "Fahrenheit 9/11" has no competitiveness in the awards season and Oscars, let alone the best documentary at the Oscars. According to the general opinion in the industry, it may not even be nominated for an Oscar.

Of course, there are also awards that love "Fahrenheit 9/11".

It is said that the Golden Raspberry Award is very fond of this film, and intends to award the worst actor to the one in the White Room.

This year, there have been many bad movies in Hollywood, such as "Catwoman", "King Arthur", "Alexander the Great" and so on, but whether it is Colin Farrell or Ben Affleck, in front of Xiaobu, they all There is no competition.

If there is no accident, the worst actor is Xiaobui.

Hollywood awards season, the winners of the four most important awards, if you analyze carefully, although there are many upsets, such as Gwyneth Paltrow and "Shakespeare in Love", but there are more cases , It means that the winners are promoted all the way during the awards season, and can get 60% or even more than 70% of the awards related to the awards season.

To some extent, wind vane is more reliable, because the more wind vane awards you get, the higher the exposure.

There are too many Oscar judges who don't watch the film at all, and will vote based on familiarity except for PR.

Another effective way to increase exposure, of course, is to spend money.

Buying advertisements and soft articles in newspapers and magazines such as "Vanity Fair", "Variety Show", "Entertainment Weekly", "Empire" and "Hollywood Reporter", which have a wide audience in Hollywood, suddenly became popular.

During the award season, these magazines will sell takeaway advertisements in pages, and the transaction price of each page can reach six figures.

This is also a season full of business opportunities.