Chapter 542： Deadly magic

The next day, Ronan made a special trip to visit Goldman Sachs Group and Marvel Comics. The former has not yet started to investigate Netflix, so naturally he will not reply.

Compared with a few years ago, the latter has not changed significantly, and will not go bankrupt, but it has not developed much, and is not dead or alive.

To be precise, Marvel comics are just taking their roots, and most of their income comes from "Spider-Man" and "X-Men".

Ronan bought out the copyright of those superheroes at the time. It seemed that Marvel Comics had the funds to continue to maintain and develop again, but to some extent sold off his future.

Of course, there are infinite possibilities in the future, and no one can guarantee that Marvel comics will not appear in the situation of Hedong and Hexi for thirty years.

After returning to Los Angeles, Ronan called Robert Iger, went to San Francisco together, and stayed at Netflix's headquarters for three full days.

Afterwards, the specific cooperation with Goldman Sachs or other companies, and the operation and listing in the next few years, are all responsible for Mark Randolph and Robert Iger.

Taking advantage of the time before Thanksgiving, Ronan’s crews turned around. Both "The Wedding Proud" and "Wonderful Night at the Museum" have entered the filming stage; "Resident Evil 2", "Underworld 2" and "Reaper" The sequel movies such as “Here Comes 3” have all been produced, and Embassy Pictures is formulating a publicity and distribution plan; “Dawn of the Living Dead” and “When Happiness Comes Knock” have finished filming and have just started post-production; Preparations for "Chain Saw" are about to be completed, and shooting will begin soon.

In addition, Ronan came to Warner Studios to watch the post-production of "Batman: Hour of War".

"The hue is darker! Yes! Don't use bright colors!"

With Ronan’s support, Christopher Nolan got the right to speak in post-production. In the post-production room, he said to the staff at the Da Vinci color table: "Even in the daytime, don’t have sunshine, brother. Tan has always been shrouded in a gloomy blue-black tone!"

Jessica Felton, who is preparing for the second two films of "Pirates of the Caribbean," and the post-production producer Jessica Felton came with Ronan. She folded her **** and whispered to Ronan: "Director Nolan Dark tones are very addictive."

Ronan nodded: "This is the style of the film that I and him decided at the beginning of the project."

Jessica Felton asked: "Why?"

Ronan said softly: "Because this style matches the simple folk style Gotham."

"Simple folk style? Gotham?" Jessica Felton couldn't help smiling: "What a simple folk style Gotham City."

Ronan smiled: "The folks are simple and honest, and the talents come from Arkham..."

Jessica Felton had to admire: "This description is too accurate."

After a period of work, Christopher Nolan came over and chatted with Ronan for a while. Jessica Felton was not familiar with Christopher Nolan, but just served as an audience.

"I have asked Jonathan to start writing the next script."

Since the first "Moment of War" was not released, Christopher Nolan was not very confident in some of the entire series, saying: "Can the audience accept such a crazy character?"

Ronan said calmly: "Infinitely raise his IQ and make him look omnipotent. Such a villain, if well shaped, is even more attractive than the protagonist."

Christopher Nolan nodded: "I hope so." He changed the subject: "Recently, Jonathan had an idea about the magic that prevailed in the Victorian period. I think it's not bad. After letting him finish the second script, just Write it down."

Ronan said without hesitation: "The script is complete, let me see first."

"Of course." Christopher Nolan said directly: "Are we a partner, we must give you priority."

Ronan can roughly guess that what Christopher Nolan said should be the "Fatal Magic".

"How was the post-production?" Ronan asked.

Christopher Nolan said: "It will be completed before the end of this year, and Warner Bros. plans to release it in June next year." He said with concern: "I heard that there will be a lot of large-scale productions on Relativity Entertainment next year. on."

Ronan nodded: "Don't worry, I will let Embassy Pictures coordinate the schedule."

Christopher Nolan glanced at his watch: "I want to continue working."

Ronan said goodbye: "I'm leaving now, please call me if you have any questions."

"I will." Christopher Nolan looked at Ronan with gratitude in his eyes.

Although Ronan served as the first producer of the crew, he basically delegated power to him, and he took a lot of pressure from Warner Bros.

Christopher Nolan knew very well that there were some executives within Warner Bros. and DC Comics who had very big objections to his shots and wanted to intervene several times, but Ronan successfully persuaded Charles Rowan and the two teamed up. He carried it down.

"Batman: Hour of War" is successful, and everything is easy to say. If it fails, Christopher Nolan feels that he will be ashamed of the trust in Ronan.

Out of the post-production room, Jessica Felton asked curiously: "Ronan, do you trust and optimistic about Director Nolan?"

Ronan told the truth: "Batman is the most suitable theme for Christopher Nolan. When the two come together, it's like gasoline meets a flame, which will burn a raging fire."

Jessica Felton also trusted Ronan's vision and said: "A good director is indeed worthy of trust."

The two went out of the office building together and walked towards the studio’s gate. Jessica Felton asked again: “I met Lindsay Bill a few days ago. I heard her say that you are operating a social reality. Significant items?"

Ronan said: "I just finished the script and haven't started operation yet."

Jessica Felton was a little curious: "Socially relevant? It's not like your style."

Ronan said dissatisfied: "Jesse, you are a person with technical pursuits, and I am also a person with artistic pursuits!"

"Okay." Jessica Felton shrugged, shaking the mountain: "Actually, I also have artistic pursuits. Can I read the script?"

Ronan said: "You have time to entertain the theory of relativity. If I'm not here, you ask Connie to give it to you."

After leaving Warner Studios, the two got in the same car. Ronan told the driver David to go to the airport and said, "Did you bring all your luggage?"

Jessica Felton nodded: "Take it well, I am not demanding. Rosario is not a deserted Mexican town in the past few years. In recent years, Hollywood crews have frequently filmed there, which has promoted commercial development. You can buy everything there."

She is going to work on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" crew in Rosario, not only to prepare for post-production, but also to take over George Clint as the producer.

As the CEO of Sandsea Entertainment, George Clint cannot stay in Mexico for a long time. After several years of experience, Jessica Felton is a good candidate to succeed.

"The crew is not very peaceful." Ronan specifically urged: "Little actors have become big stars, each with their own ideas, there will inevitably be conflicts, especially Johnny Depp, his often have some very different The idea is not the kind of person who follows the rules."

After all, Jessica Felton had served as the post-producer of "The Curse of the Black Pearl" and had a certain understanding of the crew, and said, "I will pay attention."

Ronan added, “I’ve never worried about your technical ability. Even if you don’t, as long as you give you some time, you will always be proficient at the fastest speed. But the producer needs more than technology. There are even more important organizational and coordination capabilities."

Jessica Felton knew that this was a key point of her career, and said with a smile: "It's really not possible, I can still ask you for help."

Ronan couldn't help laughing. When Rolls-Royce Phantom came to the airport gate, he personally sent Jessica Felton into the terminal building. He kept watching her go through the security check before returning to the car.

The job of a producer is not easy to do, especially for female producers.

The status of women in Hollywood is actually the same as that of society as a whole. It is much harder than men to make a career in an important position.

Well-known female filmmakers in Hollywood can count them with almost one hand.

It is extremely rare for women like Shirley Lansing to sit at the top six helms in Hollywood.

Thanksgiving Day in 2003 is approaching, and the North American film market has entered another period of the year with the most intense competition except for the summer vacation.

Award-winning films began to be screened one after another, and various activities and plans for the award season were rapidly launched. Even the Embassy Pictures is frequently creating momentum for "Lost in Tokyo".

This film will be the key award project of Embassy Pictures in this awards season.

On the weekend before Thanksgiving, another heavyweight movie was released, and the "The Matrix" series produced and released by Warner Bros. hit twice a year.

Following the "The Matrix 2: Reloading" released in May, "The Matrix 3: Matrix Revolution" was officially released In addition, the British film "True Love First" released by Universal Pictures was also released at the same time. ".

This love movie that gathers almost all the stars in the UK today can be described as a work full of ambitions, but it also brings more British flavors, which directly leads to a general response in the North American market, with only less than 7 million US dollars in the box office in the first weekend.

The market response of "The Matrix 3: Matrix Revolution" was unexpected. Warner Bros. was too impatient. For this kind of sequel, the fastest can only be released one sequel a year, only half a year, two sequels It was released one after another...

Moreover, the Shinto Taoism in the second part also made "The Matrix" fade away from the halo accumulated in the first part.

This sequel only received $48.4 million during the opening weekend, which is a remarkable step backward.

"Mean Girl", which entered its second weekend screening, became the first choice for many teenagers to watch movies. The box office of 21.1 million US dollars the following weekend not only made the film only one place behind, it became the second only to "The Matrix 3" in the box office. The film’s total box office has pushed over 50 million U.S. dollars, with a cumulative total of 58.9 million U.S. dollars.