Chapter 737： The pit dug by the new line
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When Firefly was arranging the screening of its projects in an orderly manner, Shay, the president of New Line Pictures, threw the market report in his hand on the table in annoyance.
In the second half of last year, the company's performance was really bad. Except for "Reaper 3" and "Texas Massacre Prequel", the cost-effective projects were not bad. The remaining 5 independent productions added up and lost almost 42 million yuan. And that will definitely affect his standing within the company. You know, it's not a day or two that Warner wants to completely swallow the new line——
In 1993, New Line was acquired by TV giant Warner, and in 2000, AOL merged with Time Warner, so New Line also entered the Time Warner Group together.
However, at the beginning of the acquisition of the new line, the management of the new line still held a part of the equity of the new line, and enjoyed the company's independent management rights.
Therefore, although New Line belongs to Time Warner, its film business has nothing to do with other film companies within the group.
In other words, although New Line and Warner are "a family", they have their own ways, and at most they complement each other's resources.
The management of Warner Bros. has never wanted to let the new line out of control, and wants to gain absolute right to speak, so the relationship between the two is a bit incompatible.
Integrating businesses and reducing unnecessary overlap and waste should have kicked out some of the management, especially President Shea.
This naked crisis was weighing on him all the time, and he himself didn't want to go from being the head of a decent studio to being an executive of such-and-such.
I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, right?
Warner? It's so messy.
But if you don't get results, you will inevitably fall into the limelight, which also makes Xie Yi inexplicably annoying.
Some people just play this game behind their backs every day, and they don't think that the production project must be risky.
But they don't care about that.
Yingying's buzzing verbal harassment can't be ignored.
The new line enjoys the right to operate independently, but the premise is that the asset is valuable. The conditions that were put forward in order to win over were not completely protected, and it could even be said to be a gambling agreement.
Anyway, if the operation is good, then continue to operate, and if the operation is not good, where is the qualification to operate?
Shay looked at the piles of unprocessed approval documents on the table. Of course Warner executives could force and put pressure on them, but he could not ignore them.
But how to recover from the downturn in the production business?
Certainly developing new film projects.
What to shoot?
Shay had a hard time choosing.
There are also a lot of scripts in the script library of the new line, but it does not mean that if there are scripts, they will be able to make money.
The risk of original projects has always been high, which is why studios increasingly prefer to choose literary novel adaptations with traffic blessings.
Because it does have many conveniences.
Looking through the various planned projects, Shay still felt that something was missing.
In other words, he doesn't think that these projects will get very high profits, at best, they are just making money offline, not to say that it has been a waste of manpower to not start work all the time.
Everyone wants to make money. If you don’t give people the opportunity to make money, the internal management may be messed up first.
This year, the cost of job-hopping is getting lower and lower.
Xie Yi stood up silently, stood at the window, looked at the distant scenery, and relieved the sullenness in his heart.
Alas, it takes a big production to declare the new line's independent status.
The thought popped into Shay's head, and then he couldn't ignore it any longer.
Warners want to see the results, just show them.
Yes, in exchange for several years of calm, no, anyway, the situation is so bad, the performance has declined for two consecutive years, and last year was even worse.
Shay picked up the phone and called the production manager to come in.
"The original proposed project of "The Golden Compass" can be approved." Shea continued: "I will arrange the budget funds immediately, and then I will discuss with Warner about the distribution."
The production manager listened to it without the slightest obstacle and responded.
Because as early as after the big sale of "The Lord of the Rings", the new line consciously hoarded the best-selling magic works on the market, but everyone is very fast, and the big studios have more financial resources than them. The result is the trilogy of fantasy novels "Dark Matters" written by British writer Philip Pullman.
As for this project, the script adaptation started as early as 2004. The reason why Xie Yi never set up the project is because the budget is too high. According to the ideas of the executives of the production department, if you want to restore this magical work, you can expect to achieve The box office market of "The Lord of the Rings" is less than 150 million, which is a bit out of reach. If a few big-name actors are invited to raise the topic, the cost will have to increase.
Such a high investment must be carefully considered.
As for why the project is set up now, it is not because the new line urgently needs a major work to stabilize its position, plus the big production has big profits.
Think about it, New Line fell out with Tolkien's estate management fund because of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy - people directly sued the Los Angeles court, accusing New Line of concealing the movie "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy profits in order to avoid paying box-office royalties to the original copyright holders.
Separately, the novel's U.S. publisher, Harper Collins, is a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit. In the indictment, the two plaintiffs are asking the court to impose a certain amount of fines on New Line and terminate the prequel "The Hobbit" owned by New Line, in addition to $150 million in damages. film adaptation rights to other Tolkien works.
And the two plaintiffs claimed that the gross revenue of the movie "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy was as high as 6 billion US dollars. But the Lord of the Rings trilogy grossed less than $3 billion, according to New Line.
Of course there are tricks in this.
For these non-industry people, it's more common for studios to sneak in extra money.
But getting caught was embarrassing.
To this end, several parties have been wrangling endlessly, and the "Lord of the Rings" prequel project that was originally planned to be launched in 2007 and 2008 has been stranded.
But there is no way, the days have to pass.
In fact, New Line knows better than many studios how lucrative a blockbuster series is. To say that it is a three-year-old film would be underestimated. Therefore, when Xie Yi encountered difficulties, the first thought was to move another blockbuster. And it is the "Golden Compass" with a similar theme.
He thought that even "Kingdom of Narnia" could sell well, and "The Golden Compass" was not bad. The audience happened to be young and middle-aged people who controlled a part of social resources at this time. They had bulging wallets, and there was still hope for a wave of harvest. big.
It can only be said that the pressure from Warner made Shay more determined to develop the "Rockin Compass".
The only regret may be that I hated director Peter Jackson.
Shea actually admires Peter Jackson very much, but once there is a certain amount of interest, or a little bit of operation, tens of millions are easily accounted for, who can resist the temptation?
The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy may also embezzle the interests of the director and even the creator behind the scenes.
After all, New Line did conceal the exact profit of the project in order to pay less.
But what Shay doesn't know is that some things have been deceived once, and they will never go back to the past, not to mention that Peter Jackson's temperament hates similar things, when Miramax interfered with his creation, until now both. The relationship between the two has not eased, let alone this kind of knife in the back?
Another reason why "Rockin's Compass" was not approved was that New Line's most promising director, Peter Jackson, refused to cooperate.
Perhaps, the remake of "King Kong" was also scolded. In short, Peter Jackson tinkered with his documentary and cooperated with Weta Digital on new special effects visual technology.
But this time he didn't want to wait.
He feels that Hollywood is not a place where one cannot operate without a director What's more, at this time, the magic theme is very popular. Once "The Golden Compass" succeeds, it will not be a box office hit, even if the box office can't make a return, But as long as offline is popular, all troubles are not troubles.
You know, "The Golden Compass" is only the first part of "Dark Matter", and there are at least two more excavations in the future.
Xie Yi cheered up, thinking about the birth of another magical series, and his frowning brows gradually relaxed.
Don't talk about Warner, if the new line can really bring billions of cakes, who can't give a good face?
Moreover, the distribution work is for Warners to participate, will they have trouble living with their own money?
As long as all goes well...
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When Firefly was arranging the screening of its projects in an orderly manner, Shay, the president of New Line Pictures, threw the market report in his hand on the table in annoyance.
In the second half of last year, the company's performance was really bad. Except for "Reaper 3" and "Texas Massacre Prequel", the cost-effective projects were not bad. The remaining 5 independent productions added up and lost almost 42 million yuan. And that will definitely affect his standing within the company. You know, it's not a day or two that Warner wants to completely swallow the new line——
In 1993, New Line was acquired by TV giant Warner, and in 2000, AOL merged with Time Warner, so New Line also entered the Time Warner Group together.
However, at the beginning of the acquisition of the new line, the management of the new line still held a part of the equity of the new line, and enjoyed the company's independent management rights.
Therefore, although New Line belongs to Time Warner, its film business has nothing to do with other film companies within the group.
In other words, although New Line and Warner are "a family", they have their own ways, and at most they complement each other's resources.
The management of Warner Bros. has never wanted to let the new line out of control, and wants to gain absolute right to speak, so the relationship between the two is a bit incompatible.
Integrating businesses and reducing unnecessary overlap and waste should have kicked out some of the management, especially President Shea.
This naked crisis was weighing on him all the time, and he himself didn't want to go from being the head of a decent studio to being an executive of such-and-such.
I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, right?
Warner? It's so messy.
But if you don't get results, you will inevitably fall into the limelight, which also makes Xie Yi inexplicably annoying.
Some people just play this game behind their backs every day, and they don't think that the production project must be risky.
But they don't care about that.
Yingying's buzzing verbal harassment can't be ignored.
The new line enjoys the right to operate independently, but the premise is that the asset is valuable. The conditions that were put forward in order to win over were not completely protected, and it could even be said to be a gambling agreement.
Anyway, if the operation is good, then continue to operate, and if the operation is not good, where is the qualification to operate?
Shay looked at the piles of unprocessed approval documents on the table. Of course Warner executives could force and put pressure on them, but he could not ignore them.
But how to recover from the downturn in the production business?
Certainly developing new film projects.
What to shoot?
Shay had a hard time choosing.
There are also a lot of scripts in the script library of the new line, but it does not mean that if there are scripts, they will be able to make money.
The risk of original projects has always been high, which is why studios increasingly prefer to choose literary novel adaptations with traffic blessings.
Because it does have many conveniences.
Looking through the various planned projects, Shay still felt that something was missing.
In other words, he doesn't think that these projects will get very high profits, at best, they are just making money offline, not to say that it has been a waste of manpower to not start work all the time.
Everyone wants to make money. If you don’t give people the opportunity to make money, the internal management may be messed up first.
This year, the cost of job-hopping is getting lower and lower.
Xie Yi stood up silently, stood at the window, looked at the distant scenery, and relieved the sullenness in his heart.
Alas, it takes a big production to declare the new line's independent status.
The thought popped into Shay's head, and then he couldn't ignore it any longer.
Warners want to see the results, just show them.
Yes, in exchange for several years of calm, no, anyway, the situation is so bad, the performance has declined for two consecutive years, and last year was even worse.
Shay picked up the phone and called the production manager to come in.
"The original proposed project of "The Golden Compass" can be approved." Shea continued: "I will arrange the budget funds immediately, and then I will discuss with Warner about the distribution."
The production manager listened to it without the slightest obstacle and responded.
Because as early as after the big sale of "The Lord of the Rings", the new line consciously hoarded the best-selling magic works on the market, but everyone is very fast, and the big studios have more financial resources than them. The result is the trilogy of fantasy novels "Dark Matters" written by British writer Philip Pullman.
As for this project, the script adaptation started as early as 2004. The reason why Xie Yi never set up the project is because the budget is too high. According to the ideas of the executives of the production department, if you want to restore this magical work, you can expect to achieve The box office market of "The Lord of the Rings" is less than 150 million, which is a bit out of reach. If a few big-name actors are invited to raise the topic, the cost will have to increase.
Such a high investment must be carefully considered.
As for why the project is set up now, it is not because the new line urgently needs a major work to stabilize its position, plus the big production has big profits.
Think about it, New Line fell out with Tolkien's estate management fund because of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy - people directly sued the Los Angeles court, accusing New Line of concealing the movie "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy profits in order to avoid paying box-office royalties to the original copyright holders.
Separately, the novel's U.S. publisher, Harper Collins, is a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit. In the indictment, the two plaintiffs are asking the court to impose a certain amount of fines on New Line and terminate the prequel "The Hobbit" owned by New Line, in addition to $150 million in damages. film adaptation rights to other Tolkien works.
And the two plaintiffs claimed that the gross revenue of the movie "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy was as high as 6 billion US dollars. But the Lord of the Rings trilogy grossed less than $3 billion, according to New Line.
Of course there are tricks in this.
For these non-industry people, it's more common for studios to sneak in extra money.
But getting caught was embarrassing.
To this end, several parties have been wrangling endlessly, and the "Lord of the Rings" prequel project that was originally planned to be launched in 2007 and 2008 has been stranded.
But there is no way, the days have to pass.
In fact, New Line knows better than many studios how lucrative a blockbuster series is. To say that it is a three-year-old film would be underestimated. Therefore, when Xie Yi encountered difficulties, the first thought was to move another blockbuster. And it is the "Golden Compass" with a similar theme.
He thought that even "Kingdom of Narnia" could sell well, and "The Golden Compass" was not bad. The audience happened to be young and middle-aged people who controlled a part of social resources at this time. They had bulging wallets, and there was still hope for a wave of harvest. big.
It can only be said that the pressure from Warner made Shay more determined to develop the "Rockin Compass".
The only regret may be that I hated director Peter Jackson.
Shea actually admires Peter Jackson very much, but once there is a certain amount of interest, or a little bit of operation, tens of millions are easily accounted for, who can resist the temptation?
The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy may also embezzle the interests of the director and even the creator behind the scenes.
After all, New Line did conceal the exact profit of the project in order to pay less.
But what Shay doesn't know is that some things have been deceived once, and they will never go back to the past, not to mention that Peter Jackson's temperament hates similar things, when Miramax interfered with his creation, until now both. The relationship between the two has not eased, let alone this kind of knife in the back?
Another reason why "Rockin's Compass" was not approved was that New Line's most promising director, Peter Jackson, refused to cooperate.
Perhaps, the remake of "King Kong" was also scolded. In short, Peter Jackson tinkered with his documentary and cooperated with Weta Digital on new special effects visual technology.
But this time he didn't want to wait.
He feels that Hollywood is not a place where one cannot operate without a director What's more, at this time, the magic theme is very popular. Once "The Golden Compass" succeeds, it will not be a box office hit, even if the box office can't make a return, But as long as offline is popular, all troubles are not troubles.
You know, "The Golden Compass" is only the first part of "Dark Matter", and there are at least two more excavations in the future.
Xie Yi cheered up, thinking about the birth of another magical series, and his frowning brows gradually relaxed.
Don't talk about Warner, if the new line can really bring billions of cakes, who can't give a good face?
Moreover, the distribution work is for Warners to participate, will they have trouble living with their own money?
As long as all goes well...
For the convenience of reading next time, you can click on the \"Favorites\" below to record the reading record (Chapter 733 The pit dug by the new line (please subscribe, ticket)), and you can see it when you open the bookshelf next time!
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