Chapter 1762 Colombia in Trouble

"Looking at Warner's film list for next year, it is also very aggressive. "Lego Batman", "Kong: Skull Island" and "Wonder Woman" at the beginning of the year are all big productions, which will undoubtedly squeeze the living space of other companies' projects. Summer vacation At the same time, "King Arthur: Legend of the Holy Sword" has been delayed several times and is finally scheduled to be released.

Nolan's first war-themed movie "Dunkirk". Film critics who have seen the test screening revealed that this is a rare masterpiece. Of course, the box office is not expected to be too high, but the profit problem is not big. There are also "Justice League" and "Geomagnetic Storm" at the end of the year. Just looking at the lineup, it seems that it is not much weaker than Disney, but what I want to say is that facing Warner, New Era Pictures has the power to fight! "

Yang Cheng was surprised, "So confident?"

Donna Ronde looked confident, "Of course~"

Yang Cheng smiled and stretched out his hand, "You continue~"

"Then there is Fox. This year, because of the initial negotiations with Disney, it acted extremely strongly. It seems to be to prove its value to Disney. To put it bluntly, it is to raise its value in disguise so that it can be sold at a good price.

The stunning performance of "The Revenant" and "Deadpool" spanning 2015 to 2016 allowed Fox to lead Hollywood at the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, the summer film suffered three waterloos, "X-Men: Apocalypse" and "Independence Day 2" , all major productions of "Ice Age 5" were in vain, and all three showed sharp declines compared to their predecessors. In just a few months, Fox's vitality was seriously damaged, and their idea of ​​​​raising their value was self-defeating. .

After the semi-dead DreamWorks Animation Studio launched the not-so-successful "Kung Fu Panda 3" in the first half of the year, it finally regained a bit of dignity with "Trolls" in the second half of the year. In November, "Miss Pei's Castle" It has great stamina and is still being released. Needless to say, "Assassin's Creed" is a game adaptation that has never been popular with Hollywood, so it was booked on the street.

As for next year, Fox's film list is tepid and more stable. It does not have the strength to compete with Disney and Warner, but it will not be reduced to being in the company of small companies.

"The Wolverine 3" is Hugh Jackman's last time playing the role of Uncle Wolf, so it is worth looking forward to. The hit sequels "War for the Planet of the Apes" and "Kingsman 2" will be Fox's main summer releases next year, and they are also the only projects that can be expected at the box office. , as for the latest Alien sequels "Covenant" and "Murder on the Orient Express", I can't give a prediction, but it is difficult to have an eye-catching performance. "

Yang Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up, "'Murder on the Orient Express'? Fox remade it?"

Donna didn't know why, "Yes, what's wrong?"

Ruiz smiled and explained, "The boss is acquiring Delmond, the parent company of the Orient Express Hotel~"

Donna looked at Yang Cheng in surprise,

"So, do you need me to extend an invitation to Fox for cooperation and joint promotion between the two parties?"

Yang Cheng nodded, "Yes, but I just made it up on the spur of the moment and haven't figured out the details yet. This matter is not urgent. You can contact Fox first. I think they will not let go of things that are beneficial to the announcement." ~”

"No problem, I'll contact Fox when I get back~" Donna wrote down this matter in the memo seriously. There was no way, there were too many things. If you don't write them down, you will definitely forget them. If you forget other things, you will forget them. If she forgets what her boss told her, it would be too much for Donna herself.

After she remembered it, she raised her head again and said solemnly, "The next thing is the key point. Through our previous contacts with Sony, it seems that they are still not ready to let go of Columbia Pictures. No, no, to be precise, they still want to hold on for the last breath. After looking at the situation, I decisively chose to suspend negotiations~"

She smiled and said, "Sure enough, I made the right choice. I believe that at this moment, Sony Pictures, which is also doing its year-end summary, must regret the suspension of negotiations. Now our offer is definitely not as high as it was originally~"

Yang Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this, "Keep hanging on to them. These RB people just can't see the rabbit and don't let the eagle fly, so let them hold on. We are not in a hurry anyway."

Eddie nodded and agreed, "I think so too. If we can successfully acquire Columbia Pictures, we won't be left too far behind by Disney and Warner. Even if it takes two more years, it's worth it."

Donna hummed, "Yes, Sony's highest-grossing film in North America this year is actually "Ghostbusters", followed by "Angry Birds". This is also their only two North American box-office projects that have exceeded 100 million. Disney and Warner are just there to fill the numbers."

Yang Cheng said unexpectedly, "I thought it would be miserable, but I didn't expect it to be so miserable. What are the RB people doing? By the way, when I came back from the Middle East last month, I watched a movie "Shark Beach" on the plane. Produced by Sony, right? I think the shooting is pretty good."

Donna nodded and said, "Yes, "Shark Tank" has a good reputation, but it is an original movie after all, and its box office performance is average. In addition, many projects including Tom Hanks' "Dante Code" failed in a mess. By the way, Sony will launch a project called "Passengers" during the Christmas period. Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence will be responsible for the box office. The internal test screenings have been average, so it will be good if it does not make a loss."

Yang Cheng sighed. These two are popular fried chickens in recent years, one is Star-Lord and the other is a cousin. Logically speaking, these two are famous enough to support a medium-sized production, but what about movies? If something is good, it is good, and if something is not good, it is bad. If the reputation has collapsed, no matter how big a celebrity you are, you will be criticized as a dog, and there is no room for negotiation.

"As for next year, Sony has only one major project~"

Before Donna Round could finish speaking, Yang Cheng blurted out, "It must be Spider-Man, right?"

Donna laughed, "Yes~"

Yang Cheng spread his hands, "I know this is the usual trick of RB people. Every time there is a problem, they use little spiders to scare people, not to mention that they can survive~"

“With Disney’s support this time, I should be able to breathe again.”

"Then let them survive for a year and then intensify the pace of negotiations in 2018."

Donna nodded, "I understand~"

After a pause, "Then let's talk about Universal. Last year they won the first championship of the new millennium, but maybe they were too lucky and they were missing "The Fast and the Furious", "Minions", and "Jurassic World". Among the three ace series, Universal’s performance this year is as disastrous as Sony’s.”

When talking about Universal, Donna Land couldn't help but feel like she hated iron. After all, it was her old employer. It was inevitable to have feelings. Yang Cheng could understand it, and he knew better that the reason why Universal had last year's success was A wonderful performance, which is inseparable from Donna's layout before leaving.

As for the current situation, Universal can be said to have played a bad hand with its good cards. "Snow White and the Huntsman 2" launched a sequel when the previous one was not ideal. I don't know what the successor CEO thought, and there is also an epic failure. The films "Warcraft" and "The Bourne Supremacy" barely recovered some blood, otherwise Universal will follow in Sony's footsteps and become the laughing stock of the audience and the talk of the town after dinner!

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