Hollywood Hunter

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In today's Hollywood, the seven major film companies are no longer in the era of big studios, which are still controlled by their founders and do everything they can to compete for market share.

The seven major studios are basically all listed companies or part of listed companies. The helms of the seven major studios may have different powers, but they are all professional managers who take care of the company for shareholders.

Under such a situation, if Simon is just a young director who has just emerged in Hollywood and made several blockbuster films, when he seriously threatens the interests of other studios, he may be ruthlessly suppressed.

However, the current situation is that Simon's identity has long been not limited to the director.

Before the whole of Hollywood has reacted, he has established Daenerys Entertainment, an entertainment company whose strength is close to the size of traditional big studios. Moreover, Simon himself has rapidly amassed a multi-billion dollar fortune in various ways.

In a society like the United States where capital is king, Simon's billions of dollars in personal wealth represent powerful strength. Even if this strength is not deeply rooted in those old money families who have accumulated for decades, it is definitely not from the big Hollywood studios' Professional managers' can easily provoke shake.

Those people may make some small moves in private, wanting them to gamble their professional future against Daenerys Entertainment, the possibility is very low.

As for joining forces to suppress Daenerys Entertainment, a latecomer, it is hard to gather people's hearts. Three monks have no water to drink, let alone seven, seven 'monks' who are also competing for a well with different thoughts.

Inside the offices at Santa Monica headquarters.

Simon understands all of this, but doesn't take the ongoing WGA investigation lightly.

Just like the vigorous Hollywood anti-sexual assault movement many years later.

Many people originally just watched with relish as the melon eaters watching a fat man who has been rampant in Hollywood for decades, but they didn't expect that a devastating hurricane would roll on everyone in the blink of an eye.

Things are unpredictable.

While it is clear that the threat of the WGA's statement banning union members from working with Daenerys Entertainment is unlikely to actually occur, the worst outcome could well be unexpected if Simon takes it lightly and allows Hollywood rivals to take their chances come true.

At that time, Daenerys Entertainment, which is not very stable in Hollywood after all, will be hit hard, and even cause a more serious chain reaction.

Therefore, Simon decided without hesitation to nip this potential crisis in the bud as soon as possible.

After making up his mind, Simon put down the pencil he was playing with and said to Amy: "I suddenly remembered that after last year's "Flying Innocent" and "Batman", the company has not signed any cooperation projects with other film companies, and now it is Time to continue this."

Amy recalled that Simon had spoken about the plan last year, and that he intended to work with other Hollywood studios to dispel the fears of rivals about the rise of Daenerys Entertainment. It's just that, since the end of last year, everyone has been busy until now, and there is no extra energy to take into account this matter.

Simon thought for a moment, then continued: "Amy, you release the news as soon as possible, Daenerys Entertainment will cooperate with 10 films in the next two years."

Amy showed surprise in her expression and asked, "The cooperation mode of "Flying Over Innocent"?"

"Of course, and this time there is no need for a copyright tie-in sale like "Wonder Woman". As long as the project is finalized, each party will invest 50% and share the copyright and income. Daenerys Entertainment leads the production, and the other party is responsible for the distribution through various channels. Well, this time, the distribution commission ratio is stuck, limited to 10%."

Amy said: "8% is actually fine."

Simon shook his head with a smile, and said, "There's no need to be so harsh. The point is that Daenerys Entertainment's accounting team must follow up the entire project from production to distribution."

Amy thought for a while and said, "We can set up separate financial accounts for each project that are jointly supervised by both parties to avoid the phenomenon of underreporting and arrears of the company's due income."

"You can discuss these details yourself, I only look at the results."

Amy agreed, but still asked: "What about the script, Simon, do you want to activate the copyright we hoarded ourselves?"

"Of course not. The studio that wants to cooperate with us will provide the script, and I will choose it myself. In addition, remember to sign the relevant copyright agreement in advance to prevent them from regretting it."

"I don't think this is likely to happen," Amy smiled, and was about to get up to work on the matter, when she noticed that Simon was leaning on the leather chair a little tiredly, and couldn't help saying: "Simon, after the news was released, You're probably going to be the most powerful person in Hollywood."

The continuous success of "Bodyguard" and "The Sixth Sense" proves that the magic of Daenerys Entertainment is still there.

Now, the company suddenly released the news that it will cooperate with the outside world on 10 films, which will definitely make the whole Hollywood boil. After all, Daenerys Entertainment's previous string of films with Orion, Fox, and MGM have all been box-office hits, proving that Simon Westeros isn't just keeping the best projects to himself.

10 films, perhaps because of the increase in the number, the commercial performance can no longer be so good, but as long as half of them can reach the top ten level of the annual box office list, it also has a huge attraction for the studio. If there is a big hit project like "The Sixth Sense", a studio will only rely on 50% of the revenue

Enough for a year.

Simon smiled, but in his heart he thought of the Hollywood Power List of "Premier" magazine in the original time and space.

The "Premier" magazine's Hollywood Power List in memory will not announce its first list until next year.

To many people's surprise, the first list in the original time and space was ranked first by the president of caa, Michael Ovitz.

In fact, this point can once again prove that Simon's idea just now, the current Hollywood studio is at the helm, and the power and influence are not as great as ordinary people think. If it were the golden age of Hollywood a few decades ago, the number one on such a list would have been either Jack Warner of Warner Bros., Louis Mayer of MGM, or Darryl Za of Fox. Nuuk, it is impossible to fall on a talent agent.

After a few more words, when Amy left, Simon leaned back into the leather chair.

Another busy week is coming to an end. I will discuss the fine-cutting plan of the film with the creative team of "Flying Innocent" soon, so I can only take a short rest.

Inexplicably, I want to suddenly fly to Australia again, let go of everything, and get tired of Janet for two days.

but.

Think about it or not to toss the Japanese stock market.

A moment later, Jennifer pushed the door and came in, signaling that the main creative team of "Flying Innocent" had arrived, and Simon stood up.

At the same time, the news that Daenerys Entertainment is about to cooperate with other Hollywood studios for 10 films in the next two years spreads all over Hollywood in just one morning.

For a time, Simon, Amy, Robert Rehm, Ella Deutschman, and even Robert Iger on the East Coast and many other Daenerys entertainment executives were all blown up, and all kinds of parties, meals, etc. Reservations such as talks and receptions also flocked to the crowd.

As the ultimate decision maker for this plan, Simon is naturally the center of attention.

However, Simon just let Jennifer push all the invitations. Although he did not fly to Australia on the weekend, he quietly rushed to San Francisco. It is mainly for rest, and by the way, I check the development progress of each project of Igrit.

The weekend is over by the time the media, which is as hot as Hollywood, discovered Simon's trace.

August is also unknowingly approaching.

Although they realize that it is likely that WGA's sudden attack has triggered Daenerys Entertainment's plan to cooperate with 10 foreign films, there are many people in the circle who feel that Westeros' reaction is a bit of a fuss. However, in the new week, the original aggressiveness Wga seems to have suddenly lost some kind of support, and its attitude has softened significantly.

Writers Guild of America Western Chapter President George Kogo also said in a statement last week that the WGA will set up a special investigation committee for Daenerys Entertainment's breach of the agreement. Over the weekend, the so-called committee seemed to be forgotten by everyone, with only the WGA's legal department still tepidly following up.

Apparently, relative to the WGA's Daenerys Entertainment survey, everyone agrees that those 10 movie projects are the most important.

The seven major Hollywood studios, if you count them carefully, do not have a completely irresolvable conflict with Daenerys Entertainment. Well, maybe one or two projects, maybe one or two talents, maybe they are preparing to file a lawsuit, but these are just normal business behaviors, not personal complaints.

As long as everyone has a more positive attitude and is more proactive, it is still very possible to get a share of these 10 movies.

So, when the WGA's upcoming investigation is almost over, major studios have also begun to show their favor to Daenerys Entertainment.

Orion Pictures, whose performance has been sluggish for more than half a year, contacted Amy Pascal immediately, claiming that the company has recently recovered a sum of money that can pay Daenerys Entertainment's due share in "Pulp Fiction". However, I hope the two sides can sign another film contract.

Amy was also unequivocal, insisting that Orion pay the share first, and then talk about other things.

MGM just stated last week that it would insist on filing a lawsuit, but it changed its tone on Monday and sent a batch of scripts shyly.

The head of Samsung Pictures, a subsidiary of Columbia, also relayed the message to Simon through Jonathan Friedman, and Samsung Pictures decided to cancel the film contract with Matthew Broderick called "The Godfather of the Lizard".

Simon and Matthew Broderick's entanglement is no secret in Hollywood.

Matthew Broderick jumped from wma to caa months before norman broca left. "The Godfather of the Lizard" was originally a film that Samsung Pictures took a fancy to. The story is set to have two male protagonists. In addition to Matthew Broderick, the other male protagonist is the famous Hollywood veteran actor Marlon Brando.

After signing the contract and then canceling the contract, Samsung Pictures has to pay liquidated damages.

This is really sincere.

The circle also realized that after this incident, Matthew Broderick's career in Hollywood was completely over.

Originally conscious of having no interest in Daenerys Entertainment, other studios did not have much scruples about using Matthew Broderick. Now, everyone is fighting for Daenerys Entertainment's 10-film contract. Samsung Pictures did not hesitate to pay liquidated damages to directly draw a clear line. The attitude has become so obvious that if other studios cooperate with Matthew Broderick again, That was simply a challenge to Simon Westeros.

After all, Westeros has only one, and there are a lot of Hollywood niches who can replace Matthew Broderick.

It is conceivable that Matthew Broderick will not be able to move from the first or second line of the mainstream Hollywood in the next few years.

It is unlikely that the film company will get any role in the hands, even if it wants to turn to the TV industry. In a few years, the actor will only be completely forgotten by Hollywood.

Daenerys Entertainment announced the details of the two scripts of "Scream" and "The Sixth Sense", because the announcement of the 10 foreign cooperative film plans has attracted the attention of Hollywood, and no other forces have come forward. The media trend was disrupting the situation, and public opinion was almost overwhelmingly supportive of Simon.

For the sake of its own face, the Writers Guild of America did not end the investigation of Daenerys Entertainment as soon as possible, but just delayed it shyly.

However, because of good public opinion control, the "Sixth Sense" script incident basically did not have much impact on the film's box office. "Lucky Star and Lucky General", "Friday the 13th 8" and "Paradise" were released on July 28. The three new films of "Cinema" also did not pose a threat to "The Sixth Sense".

From July 28 to August 3, another week passed, and the box office decline of "The Sixth Sense" continued to be controlled at a very good 23%, and it collected another 23.96 million US dollars.

At the same time, "The Sixth Sense" accumulated a total box office of 173.98 million US dollars in five weeks, and also surpassed "Indiana Jones 3", which was originally the number one of the year.

In its ninth week of release, "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" grossed $172.16 million, trailing "The Sixth Sense" by nearly $2 million. Moreover, the single-week box office of "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" has slipped to less than 5 million US dollars. Whether it can exceed 200 million US dollars in the next few weeks depends on luck.

In comparison, the single-week box office of "The Sixth Sense" still remains above 20 million US dollars. With the box office trend shown by the film, it is definitely not a problem for North America to collect another 100 million US dollars. Whether it can break through 300 million US dollars may also depend on luck, but this kind of luck is only at the level of envy, jealousy and hatred compared to "Indiana Jones 3".

Disney's "Lucky Star and Lucky General," starring Tom Hanks and Michael Fox, earned $19.12 million in its first week, ranking second.

Warner Bros.' "Lethal Weapon 2" took in another $15.68 million, ranking third, with a cumulative four-week box office of $94.12 million, which is full of stamina.

Paramount Pictures' old classic horror film "Friday the Thirteenth", the eighth installment in the series, "Friday the Thirteenth 8", made $8.48 million at the box office in its first week, ranking fourth.

Disney's "Honey, I Made My Children Smaller" slipped to fifth in the rankings this week, with an additional $7.61 million and a cumulative box office of $98.47 million.

Outside the top five on the list, "Cinema Paradise" released by Universal Pictures did not have the luck to reproduce the "Sex, Lies and Videotape" in early July.

"Sex, Lies and Videotape" finally made $6.31 million at the box office in its first week of release at the beginning of the month. For four consecutive weeks, with its excellent media reputation and continued weak decline, it continued to make $3.76 million this week, with a cumulative four-week box office of $22.19 million.

According to this box office trend, "Sex, Lies and Videotape" can almost safely break the $30 million box office mark before it goes down.

In contrast, Universal Pictures has struggled to excel in both film re-editing and English dubbing, as it is too eager to bring "Paradise" to theaters.

"Cinema Paradiso" won the Palme d'Or in Cannes, but the re-cut dubbed version in North America was a mess, and even director Giuseppe Tonadore made a public statement, claiming that this is already another movie.

The word-of-mouth failure, and its own lack of commercial attributes, "Paradise Cinema" was similar to "Sex, Lies and Videotape" in the first week of 553 screens, but only received 1.86 million US dollars at the box office. If the start fails, there is no way to talk about the long-term. It is expected that the two-week contract period will end, and the theater will withdraw the film. The total North American box office of the film is only about 3 million US dollars.

"Paradise Cinema" failed both in terms of media reputation and box office, and Universal Pictures was destined to no longer be able to win the Best Foreign Language Film Award for this film like Miramax did.

In order to obtain "Paradise Cinema", Universal only paid the film maker the prepaid copyright amount of 5 million US dollars, and also promised a sharing clause. The recent publicity and distribution expenses invested in it are not less than 2 million US dollars. Now, this project is definitely To lose everything.

The multi-million dollar loss Universal can certainly afford, however, for many people who are looking forward to "Cinema Paradise" because Daenerys Entertainment is optimistic, it is extremely disappointing.

Not only Universal, but Giuseppe Tonadore, who also intends to hit the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film after the Palme d'Or in Cannes, and is trying to further enter Hollywood, is like being hit with a sap. The studios who paid a premium for the rights to Tonadore's new film because of Daenerys Entertainment's bid are no longer so confident.

After the North American box office of "Cinema Paradiso" was released, the French producer tf1 Film Productions, which had grabbed the investment rights for Tonadore's new film, re-contacted Daenerys Entertainment to test whether there is any possibility of cooperation between the two parties.

Simon has seen the script of "Journey to the Family" before. Although he has little impression of the original Italian film, he remembers that the film was remade into the American version in the original time and space, by Robert De Niro and Kate Beckinsale. and stars like Drew Barrymore. The French filmmakers offered to show their favor, but Simon did not let Ella Deutschman refuse, and asked the other party to participate in the capital injection to win the North American distribution rights of "Journey to Heaven".

"Sex, Lies and Videotapes" and "Cinema Paradise", one big hit, the other hit the street, the two films have completely different endings, also made Hollywood studio executives gradually realize something

Reality: The projects that Daenerys Entertainment values ​​are not necessarily 100% successful. Obviously, the key to the matter is the participation of Simon Westeros himself.

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