Chapter 950: Little Devil
The latest website: Many people invest in their first work in Hollywood and often need to pay tuition fees. "Air Combat Heroes" is undoubtedly the first high tuition fee paid by David Ellison in Hollywood.
According to the previous trajectory, David Ellison will have to pay such tuition fees many times.
Perhaps it was luck, or maybe it was misfortune. David Ellison met Ronan, integrated into Hollywood at a faster speed, and hoped to compete for the control of a real top company.
Then there is Larry Ellison's support for David Ellison is really great.
He is said to have invested a lot of money in David Ellison's foundation.
Such a person who is born at the end of success can only be envied by others.
The key film project of Maple Leaf Pictures in the next stage is "First Blood 4". Stallone has already finished filming this film, and it may be released in the second half of the year or early next year.
David Ellison and Ryan Kavano would like to have more cooperation with Relativity Entertainment on specific film projects, but Ronan will not let go in this regard unless he can find another movie similar to "First Blood". 4" This kind of project.
Besides, Maple Leaf Pictures now has Stallone as a long-term partner.
Stallone is a very thoughtful director. He always wants to reshape the glory of Hollywood classic action movies, and he is also lobbying everywhere. The cooperation with Maple Leaf Films is also a strong alliance.
Moreover, Stallone has enough capital, even if he suffers a crushing defeat, his family will still have three thousand gold.
Some people have said that the greatest difficulty in life is making a choice. If the opportunity to choose one of the three is in front of you, what should you do?
A real man walks the world with his sword and never makes a choice.
In the next week after the release of "Air Combat Heroes", another masterpiece of Relativity Entertainment, "Fast and Furious 3", premiered in North America.
This sequel completely abandons the design of Boss Tang, and uses Paul Walker as the leading actor to introduce one of the new dual leading actors, Dwayne Johnson, so as to revolve around these two roles and create a racing car family with "logging tired" as the core concept. .
"Fast and Furious 2" completely abandoned Dominique Toretto, and "Fast and Furious 3" didn't even mention it.
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All members of the racing family have also appeared one after another, and the multi-ethnic characteristics of the main actors are also conducive to attracting a wider target audience.
The whole film implements the ideas of Ronan and Jessica Felton, closely revolving around action scenes and drag racing scenes, with an unprecedented explosive power and a carefree catharsis.
Coupled with the active publicity and release of the Embassy Pictures, the film has exploded with great vitality since its release.
In the first weekend of its release in North America, "Fast and Furious 3" won $68.75 million in one fell swoop, creating the best opening box office since the series.
In just ten days, the North American box office of this film exceeded 120 million US dollars.
This series has been revitalized smoothly, and "Fast and Furious 4" has also been put on the agenda.
And different from the previous ones, starting from the fourth one, Shahai Entertainment will increase investment to make the "Fast and Furious" series a quasi-first-line commercial production.
New characters will be introduced one after another in order to increase the appeal of the film in overseas regions.
Ronan is very clear that overseas is an important market for the "Fast and Furious" series. In the future, overseas revenue will inevitably exceed that in North America. It is necessary to increase the appeal of the film overseas.
For example, when the film market on the other side of the Pacific can develop further, the racing family will inevitably introduce a Chinese character.
The movie market on the other side of the Pacific Ocean has not yet exploded, and it has only just started to grow in recent years. The income of Hollywood movies there is very limited, and it can't even compare with the Bangzi Market next door.
This point cannot be resolved without negotiations on a new WTO agreement between the two sides of the Pacific Ocean.
After all, the box office share of the film market is directly related to the WTO agreement between the two parties, and cannot be determined by a single person or company.
The interests of Hollywood in this regard are the same. Medium and large Hollywood companies, including Relativity Entertainment and the Big Six, have been lobbying the Washington authorities, striving to further open up the film market on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
Of course, even if an agreement can be reached, Hollywood movies will be subject to certain restrictions there.
It's not just this market that restricts Hollywood movies.
In November 1994, the Hollywood film "The Fugitive" became the first part of the account introduced by Dongfang, and created a box office miracle of 25 million that year. The "savior" when the film market is in recession.
Since then, a series of films such as "True Lies", "The Lion King", "Forrest Gump" and "Speed" have performed very well at the box office in China.
Perhaps in the memories of many post-80s generations, there are still good memories of sneaking into the theater to watch Leonardo draw pictures for Kate Winslet.
This paragraph, that era appeared directly in the theater, and it is incredible to think about it in retrospect.
It probably has a lot to do with a high-level person directly naming and praising the film.
In 2001, the two sides officially signed the WTO bilateral agreement, which has clear regulations on the film industry, allowing 20 commercial blockbusters to be imported in the form of split accounts each year, and the split ratio at that time was 13%.
The agreement is valid for 10 years.
It is not easy to revise this agreement in advance, and it is even more difficult to obtain 25% of the box office share.
What Hollywood is promoting is not only these, but also two extremely important points: one is to introduce international audit institutions to supervise the box office of the Eastern film market; the other is to increase the number of approved films imported.
Once upon a time, after 2012, the Eastern film industry faced the imminent increase in overseas film quotas. At that time, the Eastern film industry was devastated.
But the facts have proved that oriental films do not need to underestimate themselves when facing Hollywood. Only in competition can they become bigger and stronger, and the same is true for movies.
Blindly seeking protection will only backfire.
Someone once said: "The Oriental film market is open to Hollywood, and what will be destroyed are those filmmakers who have achieved some kind of success by relying on luck, relying on the so-called star lineup, relying on their laurels, and relying on black hands to manipulate the market. It can only be a blessing for producers who conform to the laws of the film.”
It is no exaggeration to say that the audience is also one of the biggest beneficiaries.
What viewer doesn't like to see colorful movies on the big screen?
If the market is closed and there is a pool of stagnant water inside, anyone can only imagine what movies can be seen in the theater.
Of course, certain restrictions are also necessary.
Hollywood's huge industrialized system has shattered Hong Kong City's film industry. The latter couldn't even resist and was easily defeated.
The nascent oriental film industry needs time and space to grow.
In August, only one film under Relativity Entertainment, "Fast and Furious 3" was released. Its box office success has brought unlimited possibilities for the follow-up series.
By the end of the month, the North American box office of "Fast and Furious 3" was close to 200 million US dollars, and the global box office exceeded 350 million US dollars. It is no longer difficult to recover the investment through the box office.
In addition, after "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" exhausted all the enthusiasm in the theater market, it was officially released from North America.
The North American box office of this unique comic book adaptation finally stopped at the figure of 256.89 million US dollars.
At present, the global box office of the film has crossed the US$500 million mark. Although the follow-up growth will be slow, it will continue to appear in the film markets of more than ten countries and regions.
"Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" was a huge hit, and Relativity Entertainment was naturally the biggest winner.
Director Zack Snyder also benefited a lot.
Because of the box office of this film, Warner Bros.'s trust in Zach Schneider is enough to be described as doubled, not only giving him the final editing rights of "Watchmen", but also fully involving him in the process of designing the Justice League movie universe plan with video style.
It is said that Warner Bros. and DC Comics, at the suggestion of Zack Snyder, have agreed to use an image style similar to oil paintings similar to "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta".
This is not only brought by "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", but also related to the "Batman" series that Ronan and Warner Bros. cooperated.
Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" has completed the initial editing, and its darkened image style has been well received by almost all high-level figures in Warner Bros. and DC Comics.
These all drive the Justice League movie universe to rush towards the once dark style without regret.
If there is no accident, it won't take too long for "Martha" to shake the North American film market again.
At the end of August, "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" officially confirmed the director.
The production budget for a single episode is 5 million US dollars, and the total budget for the first season is 60 million US dollars. This huge investment determines that it is impossible for Ronan to use newcomers.
After CAA's recommendation, Ronan chose David Nutter as the director after careful consideration.
This seemingly unknown man is well-known in the TV drama production industry. He has directed many successful American dramas such as "Band of Brothers" and "X-Files".
In terms of actors, Peter Dinklage was first confirmed, and Shahai Entertainment directly signed a long-term contract with him, including movies and TV series.
Hollywood has never been short of actors, but types like Peter Dinklage are definitely rare resources.
A dwarf with outstanding acting skills, even in Hollywood, is not so easy to find.
Peter Dinklage will play the little devil Tyrion Lannister in the series.
The dwarf who shot his father on the toilet was once one of the most outstanding characters in the early stage of the plot.
Ronan was extremely impressed by a line from the little devil.
"Lord Tywin Lannister died without pulling gold."
Sean Bean, who played Boromir, played Ed Stark, the actor who is always killed mercilessly by various means in movies, and his head will be cut off again.
Ed Stark is undoubtedly a rare good man in the series, and he can be called a real knight. Unfortunately, his political wisdom is almost zero. In King's Landing, he manipulated it with one hand, not only killing himself, but also ruining the wolf family.