Three Hundred and Ninety-One - He Is Unwilling

"Here comes something interesting."

Naomi Watts playfully winked at the father and daughter beside her, stretched out a white finger and scratched little Fendi's delicate nose, causing the little one to smile on his father's lap. My mouth is watering, as if I can really feel my mother's joy.

Noticing Wayne's confused look, she shook the newspaper in her other hand and whistled without caring about her image. "Wow, this newspaper called "Hollywood Entertainment" published an exclusive interview with Bill Beckbee, the director of "The Incredible Hulk". Do you want to listen to it?"

"Nami, that's just a second-rate gossip tabloid..." Wayne squinted his eyes and discovered from the strange layout of the newspaper. The reason for the existence of this kind of newspaper is to desperately try to attract attention. "Just read what's written on this thing, don't take it seriously... Okay, I want to hear it."

Realizing that the woman was beginning to roll her eyes, he quickly changed his tune. In fact, accepting such media interviews is inherently risky. It is just a routine practice for reporters to over-interpret the interviewees' words, and it is also very common for them to distort the meaning of their words.

It seems that the director of "The Incredible Hulk" accepted interviews from such gossip media because he really couldn't find any channel to speak out.

"The failure of the Incredible Hulk has nothing to do with me. It was all caused by the insistence of Universal Pictures executives!" The director of "The Incredible Hulk" accepted our exclusive interview. The above sentence was said by Bill Beckby himself. During the interview China has expressed anger to reporters on more than one occasion.

According to Bill Beckby, at the beginning of the preparation of the film "The Incredible Hulk" with an investment of hundreds of millions, the crew was intervened by many executives from Universal Pictures and requested that the film must be shot in a dark style. If he doesn't agree to those conditions, he will be kicked out of the crew!

The reason why the film turned out like this now was because Universal Pictures had confirmed the finished film effect. Therefore, facing the accusation from the distribution director Justin, he felt very unjust...'

Halfway through reading, Naomi Watts curled her lips and sneered, touching the newspaper to the side. She originally thought it would be some righteous news, but she didn't expect it to be just common accusations against each other.

"Even an actor like me understands that doing this makes no sense at all, and will completely offend Universal Pictures. I really don't know what this director is thinking."

"He was unwilling to give in."

This is human nature. Even if we know that there is no benefit in doing so, sometimes individuals who have been wronged will still not be able to help but speak out. Wayne had seen a lot of similar things in the past few years, and he hit the nail on the head. “He would have absolutely no say in if ‘The Incredible Hulk’ was a box office success.

But now that the film failed has become a fact, and Universal Pictures has shifted the responsibility to him, normal people will have a lot of negative emotions. According to the rules of Hollywood, he should remain silent for a few years and then wait for the opportunity to take the camera again, but he was unwilling to do so. "

As he spoke, he reached out his hand and touched the cigarette case on the coffee table. He found the little princess in his arms and took his hand back helplessly.

In fact, in Hollywood, more than 90% of directors play a similar role as a filming machine in the crew. Even the shooting plan must be reviewed by the producer first, and there is no chance for them to make their own decisions.

Not to mention the decision-making power in the post-production of the film, the normal right to make suggestions and participate is very rare. This is the way this industry has developed to this day. If you want autonomy, just don't touch commercial films at all, and find the funds yourself to shoot small-cost independent films.

The producer-centered model is the best choice in more than 90% of cases. Because as long as they are directors, they all have the desire to express their own ideas. Most of them will not consider market factors and just want to convey emotions through their films.

The existence of a producer can naturally prevent such a situation from happening, protect investors or the demands of the production company to the greatest extent, and prevent the film from going astray in targeting the market.

The two were chatting and fully enjoying the happy time of a family of three after breakfast. Nina hung up the phone and walked into the living room.

"Hey, our little princess, let me go out and smoke a cigarette." Wayne picked up the little guy in his arms and put it into the arms of the woman who was flipping through the newspaper. He picked up the cigarette case and lighter and pointed outside the villa. , took Nina out of the living room and walked towards the small fountain.

"What's wrong?"

The lighter made two chirps, and a wisp of smoke erupted from his mouth. Normally, if there was nothing that needed to be told to him, Nina would not disturb them from spending time with their children at this time.

"Jeff called." The assistant shrugged, reaching out and pushing up her glasses out of habit. "DreamWorks and Warner Bros. have reached an agreement. The films they produce starting from 1998 will be distributed by Warner Bros. Jeff asked you if you are willing to attend the signing conference."

"Push it."

Wayne shook his head without hesitation. His role in this kind of matter was just a matchmaker, and he had no intention of serving as a Warner Bros. executive. The follow-up had nothing to do with him as a distribution layman.

"DreamWorks decided to leave Paramount and hand over subsequent films to Warner Bros. for distribution. How did Paramount and other companies react?"

"It's not clear yet." Nina thought carefully for a while, and her tone suddenly became a little sarcastic. "I analyze that other companies will not react much. Paramount is not sure what they will do. Warner Brothers is taking meat from their mouths, but..."

After observing Wayne's face, the assistant lady raised her eyebrows and joked: "However, the tacit understanding of the six major companies is to squeeze the living space of DreamWorks together. As long as this goal remains unchanged, whoever sucks the blood of DreamWorks, Whoever can make DreamWorks willing to be exploited depends on who has a tough hand. At least now I can be sure that Paramount will definitely hate you..."

There are no secrets in this circle. Steven Spielberg plays high-profile golf courses at Wayne Golf Course. These two top directors in the circle meet. Everyone is usually busy with things. Only a fool would think of them. It's just that my hands are itchy and I want to practice playing skills.

In addition, the two of them did not shy away from reporters at the time, and Wayne also accepted a high-profile interview for Warner Bros.'s warning plan.

Perhaps in the beginning, in the eyes of several other giants, this was just a gesture made by Warner Bros. with a very clear purpose, which was to warn them and break a certain tacit understanding, but now things have really happened.

In fact, this is also Paramount's fault. They squeezed DreamWorks too hard, and they are sure that DreamWorks will not choose other distribution companies. The negotiation team led by Bruce Rosenblum also offered a distribution commission that was higher than the normal distribution level in the industry, but a little lower than Paramount.

This is completely enough. We also have a global upstream and downstream distribution network. Warner Bros.’s is even more complete than Paramount’s. After all, the movies produced by Wayne in the past two years have greatly accelerated Warner Bros.’s development of peripheral products. channel construction.

They were both being exploited and had their blood sucked from them. The conditions offered by Warner Bros. were not only tempting, but they were also willing to add an important clause to the distribution agreement, that is, after DreamWorks established its own global distribution network, DreamWorks The factory can terminate this long-term distribution agreement early.

"Jeff didn't say anything about the detailed film distribution terms, commissions, distribution quantity, etc." Nina saw her boss in a daze and did not stop talking. After spending several years together day and night, she knew what she was talking about very well. The other party can hear everything.

"But boss, are Warner Bros. really not afraid of giving DreamWorks a rare breathing space to completely expand and become the seventh giant in the industry?"

The first thing Nina considers is to put herself in the position of her boss. She feels that Warner Bros. is playing with fire.

"No, DreamWorks has no chance."

Wayne took a long puff of cigarette and directly denied her worries. Others may really have similar thoughts, but the six major Hollywood giants definitely have no such worries.

Even though DreamWorks started from a very high foundation, even surpassing the scale of most medium-sized film companies, it started with a very large business, such as music department, animation department, live-action film and television, TV series, etc., it seems to be heading towards a company. Large companies develop across the board.

Doing so is undoubtedly like telling everyone that DreamWorks has the ambition to become a giant. Not to mention the ubiquitous suppression, as long as DreamWorks does not have its own distribution network, no matter how good the content is, the distribution company will still have to take away most of the profits.

One of the foundations for the six major Hollywood companies to always be in the upper reaches of the industry chain is a complete global distribution network, and Spielberg's ambitions will be eroded on this in the future.

The two of them were talking about work by the small fountain outside the door. In the living room, Naomi Watts was holding her daughter in her arms and flipping through the newspaper that had been delivered in the morning. The sun shines through the large retro floor-to-ceiling windows and shines on the two people on the sofa. She especially enjoys the warm atmosphere at this moment.

Days like this are destined to be few and far between. Wayne will next attend the premiere of his new film "Twister" to support Warner Bros.'s summer production, and will immediately start the pre-screening promotion of "The Departed".

For this film that is full of mystery and full of gimmicks, countless fans and media are waiting for its release to see why Wayne uses it to win awards.

Naomi Watts has also been actively restoring her figure during this period, and the results have been very significant. Now she has recovered more than half of her figure.

All her actions have clearly stated that she will not give up her career easily. The first step is to completely return to the state before production before the summer vacation is over, and strive to give her best performance in Batman Part 2. This movie, destined to be a hit, announces its comeback.