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Published at 3rd of November 2021 09:38:18 AM


Chapter 1450: 1450

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In 2000, Thomas Tour founded Legend Pictures on the basis of a private equity fund with a scale of approximately US$50 million, and formally signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Warner Bros., and subsequently attracted many well-known investment banks and angel investors. Capital injection, now the market value has exceeded two billion US dollars.

However, they are more of an investment platform than a film production company. They invest in Warner Bros’ projects, provide flexible funds, and wait for returns, but in many cases they will not participate in the film production process, but the specific project to choose is determined by Legend Pictures.

What Legendary Pictures relies on is Thomas' vision and mind. The company chooses whom to work with and what projects to produce. Wall Street tycoons never intervene and give Thomas 100% trust.

Previously, Warner Bros. had actually asked Legendary Pictures to cooperate with the "Green Lantern", but Thomas directly rejected it, and expressed his opinion by verbal abuse, "If you just walk in by yourself, just throw me a script. Speaking of filming, I can only say that this is too far-fetched." Later, it was also confirmed that Thomas' vision was vicious, and the "Green Lantern" lost more than 150 million U.S. dollars.

It is this kind of Thomas who also took advantage of the infighting at Warner Bros., hoping to grasp more power and interests; then, after the failure, he quickly withdrew and left.

For Warner Bros., this is obviously worse.

In fact, Thomas has never concealed his ambitions and ambitions. Not only does he want to get more returns, but he also tries to "more talk about it" in the projects he invested in, and get to the next level in the Hollywood pyramid.

To put it simply, Thomas Tour and Kevin Tsujihara are both of the same type. They both want to hold power in their hands, not only for profit, but also for control-Disney’s former CEO Michael Ace So is Na. There is no room for two tigers, so between Thomas and Tsujihara, someone must leave.

An insider revealed that Thomas was unwilling to be just an investor. He wanted to play more of the role of producer and have more decision-making power over the film. Warner Bros. does rely on Legendary Pictures' venture capital, but Tsujiwara does not need a chattering gold master. Parting ways is an inevitable result.

This split is actually the epitome of the game between Wall Street and Hollywood: Warner is the first partner of Passing Pictures to give up, but it will definitely not be the last.

After that, things became chaotic.

To briefly explain the result: Warner Bros. and Dune Entertainment reached a cooperation agreement. Dune Entertainment had previously cooperated with Twentieth Century Fox for a long time, and jointly created "Avatar", "Prometheus", "Wolverine 2" and other works; then in July After the comic show, Warner Bros. officially announced the establishment of the "Batman vs. Superman" project and started the formal development plan for dc comics.

Rosenbaum, who was in charge of the Warner Bros. TV department, joined Legend Pictures and created a new TV and digital department. Then Legend Pictures announced that it had joined forces with Universal Pictures and reached a formal cooperation. They developed the first film together. The project is the restart of "Jurassic Park".

Robinoff, who was in charge of the film department, was not in a hurry to find his next home. According to the rumors, it seems that he is preparing his own production company. Half a year later, Studio No. 8 (-8) was formally established, and a cooperation agreement was reached with Sony Columbia Pictures, with the goal of targeting the Chinese/Chinese market.

So, it came to the current chaos.

On the one hand, Warner Bros. is quickly sorting out the situation and is intensively developing the dc project. The original conversation between Lan Li and Barry about "the negative effects of rashness" has now come to nothing. History is still following its original trajectory. In the face of the entire Time Warner behemoth, the little butterfly, Lan Li, is still too insignificant.

By the way, Barry Meyer, who is 66 years old this year, has begun to enjoy his retirement after resigning as CEO. The major film companies in the Hollywood industry have never mentioned this person again.

On the other hand, Universal Pictures is catching up quickly. In the turmoil, Diesel chose to bow his head and retreat for the talent. "Speed ​​and Excitement/Emotion 7" was immediately involved in the shooting; the "Jurassic Park" project encountered rolling up his sleeves and preparing for a big deal. Thomas Tour, who was on the field, was temporarily deadlocked.

It can be simply considered that the previous Legendary Pictures was just an investment platform and a production company with a name; but now it is truly transforming into a production company, and more cooperation with Universal Pictures to carry out related business.

A storm is sweeping across Hollywood, not just the Warner Bros. family. Twentieth Century Fox, Disney, Universal Pictures, etc. are also involved. Even Paramount and Sony Columbia can't completely stand by. The powers of all parties are being reshuffled.

For Lan Li, he is a poker card in this game. Or in other words, a chess piece. Although this is too cruel and too cold-blooded, the fact is that he is not enough to shake the whole Hollywood situation. Warner Bros. cannot change its strategy for him, and Universal Pictures cannot offend Legendary Pictures for him. .

As a result, things fell into a delicate balance for the time being in the chaos——

"Jurassic Park" restarts the project. The negotiations between Andy Rogers and Thomas Tour are still in a tug of war. Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall can only exert indirect pressure, not directly intervening, Lang- Instead, Meyer put on a stand-off posture.

In the "Speed ​​and Excitement/Emotion" project, Ron Meyer does not move forward or retreat. Although the seventh film has started, he did not say whether the rumor and sequel should continue to cooperate with Renly, Van Diesel’s problem How should it be resolved? Just maintain the relationship not far or near.

No wonder Andy personally found Lan Li, his expression is also unpredictable, neither optimistic nor pessimistic, whether positive is not negative.

After a brief understanding of the ins and outs, Lan Li gently closed his jaw and asked earnestly, "So... does this mean that I may not be able to find a job for some time?"

Although the content of the words expresses concern, the way of speaking is still an understatement. After finishing the question, Lan Li took his teacup unhurriedly and began to enjoy the afternoon tea. He was slow and comfortable. Where was there any sign of worry?

Andy had expected it a long time ago and couldn't help but chuckle, "Honestly, are you happy? Now you can finally not worry about commercial film shooting opportunities?"

"Of course not." Lan Li replied solemnly, "I have been waiting for the opportunity to appear in a commercial film. It is still necessary to maintain a rhythm of one year a year, and it has been a long time since the "edge of tomorrow" , I am looking forward to'Gravity' becoming a commercial film. In addition, I am also willing to participate in more commercial film performances."

If you are someone else, you may also believe in Lan Li, because Lan Li is too sincere, and people can't help but want to believe.

But Andy knows Lanly, how could he be easily fooled, "Why did you forget the dubbing work of "Big Marine Corps"?"

"Oh, is animation a commercial movie? I don't know." Lan Li thought about it seriously, "I think the box office prospects of Big Hero 6 should be pretty good, but obviously, Disney won't thank me for that. They don’t want to pay me dividends. I’m very embarrassed."

The robot-style answer made Andy laugh cheerfully, "If this is the case, it would be a pity. I originally thought that the recent Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures affairs will be turbulent for a while. It is estimated that the progress of related cooperation negotiations will not be too fast. Commercial films can only be temporarily put aside. Therefore, I have found another black independent work for you. I think you will definitely like it very, very much."

With that said, Andy took out a script from his briefcase and placed it on the coffee table.

"But now, are you not interested anymore?" Andy looked at Lan Li confidently, as if he was certain that Lan Li would definitely change his mind after reading the script.

But Lan Li was still not in a hurry. He put down the tea cup in his hand and wiped the water stains on his fingers. Then he picked up the script~www.novelhall.com~ When I saw the title of the cover, Lan Li raised his eyebrows slightly, and raised his head again to look at Andy, only to find that Andy cast a confident look and gestured at the script with his eyes, as if to say, "Look through it first. , Let’s talk in detail again.” The self-confidence that bursts out from the inside out, as well as the pride hidden in it, are fully revealed.

"night Stalker".

This is the title of the script brought by Andy. To be honest, Lan Li can understand Andy's pride, because this is indeed a wonderful and spectacular work.

"Nightcrawlers" tells about a real industry in Los Angeles. They are called "nightcrawlers." These freelance journalists and photographers go around shooting the effects of violent crime and sell them to TV station-related program groups to earn high amounts. Return.

In the age of entertainment to death and profit-oriented, the media needs explosions and gimmicks. Explosions, blood and even murder, etc., all become their sources of income, so this allows nightcrawlers to get the soil to thrive and gradually Began to lose control.

In fact, from a certain point of view, this is the same as the behavior of paparazzi outside the Juilliard School not long ago——

This is the case with the current night walkers. In order to find the news, they enter the halls and do not compromise, and finally go crazy. As long as it is criminal or violent, they can smell blood like hyenas, and even target onlookers and ordinary people. When they witness crimes such as murder, their first reaction is not justice, but Record news materials.

The bottom line of morality, the boundary between justice and evil, just collapsed bit by bit.

"Nightwalker" tells such a story.

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