Chapter 821 Memorandum Signing
In fact, these two people are here to solicit investment!
The cost of Hollywood blockbusters is getting higher and higher. It is too difficult to expect the North American market to recover the cost. Therefore, we must consider the overseas market... But who knows whether the overseas market can explode?
Fantastic Studio does not have the rights to adapt comics!
It is impossible to mass-produce comic book blockbusters and cut leeks...
What to do?
Hedging risks!
Absorb funds from other places.
In the past, there were commercial loans, loans provided by major banks, and investment funds pooled by Wall Street. After the financial crisis, such investments have become less and less!
Now, all of Hollywood is eyeing China.
In the original time and space, starting from 2012, Chinese funds began to enter Hollywood...
Capital from China has gradually become an important player in Hollywood. Chinese companies such as Wangda, Perfect World, and Dianguang Media have reached investment cooperation with mainstream Hollywood film companies.
Of course, at this stage, Hollywood does not realize that the Chinese are rich, but Joseph and the others know that Shen Xudong is rich!
In addition to "Godzilla", there are also three movies such as "Wrath of the Gods", "Jack and the Giant", "Pacific Rim" and "The Wardstone Chronicles"...
"Wrath of the Gods", Shen Xudong knew about this project, the sequel to "Clash of the Gods", a bloody work;
"Pacific Rim", Shen Xudong also knows, is also a bloody work;
"Jack and the Giant"... is actually "Jack the Giant Catcher", which topped the 2013 money-losing list with a cost of US$200 million and a global box office of 130 million...
"Where did you find the projects?"
“Introducing Thomas Tull…”
Shen Xudong pointed to the third script: "Where did you get this "Jack and the Giant"?"
"This is an adaptation of the British fairy tales "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jack the Giant Killer"!"
"...also introduced by Thomas Tull?"
"right!"
"Then what is this 'Wardstone Chronicle'?"
"...a wizarding world movie similar to Harry Potter..."
"How come I haven't heard of it?"
"It's not too famous...but the story is still good..."
Shen Xudong shook his head: "I've never heard of it, and I definitely won't invest... I advise you not to invest either!"
This "Wardstone Chronicles" is actually "The Last Apprentice", with a total of 13 main stories and two side stories, including witches, vampires, witches, skeletons, etc...
The original time and space was adapted into a movie called "The Seventh Son: The Battle of the Demons", which cost 100 million US dollars and had a global box office of 100 million. The North American box office did not reach 20 million at all...
Well, Legendary Pictures suffered various losses in those years, and its foreign debt exceeded one billion US dollars!
They all came out like this!
Therefore, Thomas Tull is so awesome that even if he loses more than one billion, he can still find a successor.
Shen Xudong has no interest in taking over - he even sold the well-financed Fantastic Studio he founded, so how could he be interested in other film companies?
Joseph and Jason did not continue to persuade, and the three of them chatted about other things...
After all, we started a business and worked together back then, so we still had a lot of common topics!
By the way, the North American rights of "The Grandmaster" were taken over by New Line. It's not competing for Oscars or anything like that. It's going to be released next year...
——It can’t beat “A Separation”!
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Entering January, the Lunar New Year holiday is still going on, which is pretty much as predicted. After the release of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", it followed the pattern of "The Thirteen Hairpins". For two consecutive weeks, the box office of "The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" was around 400 million. "Longmen" took 55%, "Thirteen Hairpins" took 35%...
The remaining 10% will be shared by other movies!
As of January 6, "Thirteen Hairpins" has been in theaters for 23 days, with a cumulative box office of 750 million, and 800 million is very likely;
"Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" was released for 14 days, with a cumulative box office of 400 million. Judging from this trend, the final box office should be around 650 million!
Both movies were hits!
Then, "Those Years" came out...
The slogans are ‘Real youth film’ and ‘Teach mainland directors what a youth film is! ’
These days, Wanwan still has a bit of a reputation...
Not to mention movies, "Cape No. 7" is called a great civilian epic; "Sediq Bale" hasn't even been released yet, but it's already been touted as 'the top blockbuster in Chinese-language movies!' ’, ‘Epic war movie! ’ and ‘Why are Taiwanese movies better than mainland China? Because he is real! ’
You ask him where he really is?
He couldn't tell...
Ahem, in short, after the release of "Those Years", there was all kinds of praise on the Internet, and then... "A Little Thing About First Love", which is also a youth theme and was promoted with the label of 'Mainland Version (Those Years)', was rejected. !
Wanwan Capital’s common routine is to pull and step...
People born in 1975 are often compared to those born in the 1990s in Mainland China, bragging about their dedication and acting skills...
I still can’t understand why a Taiwanese Canadian who has no popularity in the mainland can actually play the role of Hu Bayi, a retired PLA soldier?
A moderately capable mainland actor became famous and was immediately targeted - "The Pretender" and "Nirvana in Fire" made Wang Kai famous. When he became famous, the entire internet was blackened overnight, which was simply scary!
However, Zhao Youting was nominated for one of the three most authoritative TV awards in mainland China, the Magnolia Award for Leading Actor, for his dubbing! He also made it into one of the final five candidates, and surprisingly no media questioned this!
What is this called?
Media immunity treatment!
It's a pity that this time I met Tianmei Media, or I met Di Lieba who was blessed by "East Palace"!
Reba has many fans.
Taking the Weibo platform as the center, they spontaneously counterattacked and satirized Chen Yanxi for being ugly...
A lot of information was also revealed - fans will really dig up the team members for their idols...
A massive boycott was launched!
But the cheap "Those Years" and various media reports naturally increased the film's reputation...
On the first day of release, the box office was 6.6 million, on the second day it was 7.8 million, and on the third day it was 9.4 million - edging out "The Thirteen Beauties" and taking the runner-up spot at the single-day box office...
Then Ke Zhendong successfully entered the mainland...
There is no way around it. In the original time and space, "Those Years" was attacked by "Thirteen Hairpins" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" and won a box office of 76 million...
It doesn’t look like much, but you have to know that “The Magician” will be released on January 11th, “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” will be released on January 15th, and “Backlash” will be released on January 17th…
There is basically no gap left for "Those Years". Under this premise, it is a miracle that it can win 76 million at the box office!
Then at the end of January, "Mission: Impossible 4" was released, and by the way, news came out: the Sino-US film memorandum of understanding was officially signed, just like the original time and space, with two contents, one: based on the original 20 films introduced each year, 14 IMAX or 3D movie; Er: The box office share will be increased from 13% to 25%...
Many people are happy: they can finally watch the latest Hollywood movies in mainland China!
The industry is in a panic - there is a crooked example before us: after Taiwanese films were fully liberalized in the film market, local films once only accounted for 0.5% of the market share in 2002, and they were basically dead.
Even last year, which was known as the renaissance of Taiwanese films - "Those Years" and "Sediq Bale" were released successively, the share of local films reached 15%...
I'm watching "All or Nothing"...
In addition...just now, I corrected the typo and changed it directly to the banned state...