Chapter 935: Super Bento King

The latest website: Today’s Hollywood, North America’s first weekend box office is very rare. "X-Men 3: Last Stand" is undoubtedly a huge commercial success.

At the Fox Tower, Jim Prolos looked at the young man in front of him who had come back from London, England, and said: "Although the "X-Men" trilogy is over, we will still dig deeper into the market value of this series."

James Murdoch was standing in front of the French windows with his arms folded, looking at the Relativity Building not far away, with a look of interest: "Tell me."

Jim Prolos said immediately: "At present, we are preparing to operate two projects, which are the personal films of two extremely popular characters in "X-Men", namely "Wolverine" and "Magneto".

"I understand "Wolverine", this is the most popular character." James Murdoch questioned: "But villains like Magneto also shoot independent films..."

Jim Pross said: "We intend to portray him into a character who is both righteous and evil, taking care of the overall situation at every critical moment."

James Murdoch said: "I have limited knowledge in this regard. You are an expert and you are responsible."

Having said that, Jim Prolos reported one by one: "In addition to the "X-Men" series, we also have a number of first-line film projects in the filming or in preparation."

James Murdoch did not speak, and seemed to care less about the same.

Jim Prolos would not think so, saying: "In the next three to four years, 20th Century Fox will have several major production film projects one after another. Ridley Scott's "The Pharaoh and the Gods" and Roland -"Ten Thousand Years Before History" directed by Emmerich is currently being filmed, and "Robin Hood" is about to start filming. The production budget for these three projects averaged US$140 million."

James Murdoch said at this time: "On the scale of 20th Century Fox, only large production projects will have enough profitability."

This is the basic rule for the survival of major Hollywood companies. Otherwise, major Hollywood companies will not go ahead and shoot commercial films with a total investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, let alone push the barriers for first-line production higher and higher.

Jim Prolos continued: "Not only these three, "Terminator 4" with a production budget of US$200 million has basically determined the main creative team. There is also a disaster-type theme about storms, which is also steadily advancing, and it is expected to be invested. Around 150 million US dollars."

James Murdoch nodded slowly, and then asked: "Is it possible to run so many top production projects at the same time?

"It's a bit nervous." Jim Prolos said with a smile: "But when the film is released, as long as the box office reaches our lowest expectations, the funding situation of Twentieth Century Fox will immediately ease."

James Murdoch said: "Follow your plan."

Jim Pross went on to say: "We are still looking for other suitable large production projects..."

James Murdoch thought of something: "Is there no way in Fantastic Four?"

"It's better not to start again for the time being." Jim Prolos is still very wise: "The influence of the comics is still there, and the first negative influence has not disappeared."

He sighed, shirking responsibility and shifting the target: "Relativistic Entertainment and Marvel Entertainment have done too much on "Fantastic Four"!"

James Murdoch said: "Are they still aggressive?"

Jim Prolos said: "The lawsuits regarding "Fantastic Four" and "X-Men" have never stopped. We can't remain passive, Ronan Anderson..."

"Don't act rashly." James Murdoch interrupted him: "I said, Ronan Anderson's problem is my responsibility."

Jim Pross doesn't talk much anymore. James Murdoch has always been a man of great means. He has won many battles by unconventional means. Maybe he can really teach Ronan Anderson to be a man.

James Murdoch finally asked: "How is Fox Online developing? Can it compete with Netflix?"

Jim Prolos immediately suffered a bit, but he could only tell the truth: "In the short term, it is difficult for Fox Online to pose a threat to Netflix. After all, Netflix has accumulated years of accumulation, and we are just getting started."

These are facts that exist objectively, and James Murdoch cannot deny it.

He has done some understanding. After Ronan Anderson acquired Netflix, he has actually been preparing for future development and accumulating strength in the past few years. At that time, Netflix had neither a competitor nor attention. As a result, several years of content, After the accumulation of capital, technology and users, Netflix took off, not only opened up a number of new businesses, but also formed an absolute leading edge.

Jim Prolos added: "One thing, we must admit that Netflix's solo dramas have a high quality rate. In this regard, Shahai Entertainment has a huge advantage behind them."

James Murdoch stopped looking at the Theory of Relativity Building, and said: "Don't worry, catch up step by step."

Entering June, Netflix streaming media once again launched a new solo series. After more than a year of series, there is a saying from the outside world that has gradually become popular-Netflix produced, it must be a boutique!

Therefore, as soon as Lao Bai, who does not run the hall, went online, he attracted countless fans.

"Breaking Bad" even though only seven episodes were released in the first season, it received unanimous praise. Netflix's streaming media scored 9.7 points!

The IMDB score is as high as 9.5!

The ultra-high reputation has brought continuous growth in traffic and subscription users. After Netflix's global registered users exceeded 100 million, the number of paying users exceeded 75 million in one fell swoop.

"Breaking Bad" added 2.7 million new paying users to the Netflix network in its first week of launch.

Although it is not as high as 95 million paying subscribers at the peak of American cable TV, this is the sum of all cable TV stations. Now Netflix has grown into a new media that no one can ignore!

In order to further promote the Netflix network, Relativity Entertainment is also negotiating with the largest cable television service provider in the United States, Conscate, and the largest network telecommunications service provider ATamp;T.

Netflix is ​​completely different from a relatively closed Hollywood company such as Relativity Entertainment. To further expand, it needs more partners, a larger platform, and more money.

To some extent, Ronan is also seeking more partners and potential allies.

The purpose of Relativity Entertainment's negotiations with ATamp;T and Conscutt is to achieve cross-shareholding between Netflix and the two companies in order to obtain more abundant network communication resources and the promotion of cable TV channels.

Of course, even after the cross-shareholding, Relativity Entertainment will still hold an absolute controlling stake in Netflix.

In addition, Relativity Entertainment will also become a shareholder of ATamp;T and Conscat.

In fact, this is also conducive to increasing the risk resistance of Relativity Entertainment.

Because "Breaking Bad" was well received and continued to drive new users, a week after the series went live, Netflix Streaming Media sent orders for the new season to Shahai Entertainment.

Netflix streaming will have new dramas or sequels every month from the beginning of this year, and each drama can arouse continuous hot reviews on the Internet. The solo drama and Netflix’s storm viewing mode are changing the audience. The mode of chasing drama.

Also in early June, "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" officially entered the preparatory stage after more than half a year of early planning.

This will be the drama with the highest investment of Shahai Entertainment since the establishment of Relativity Entertainment, with a single-episode production budget of up to 5 million US dollars!

The cost of costume magic drama is generally much higher than that of fashion drama.

Even so, after many preparatory meetings, Ronan made the decision that this show will play down the magical elements to a certain extent while ensuring the plot.

So why did Peter Jackson almost cut off all the magic content of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy back then? When the wizard Gandalf fights, he uses a lighting technique, then rushes up to smash his stick and slash with a sword? In addition to Meyer's own good at close combat, it is not a budget shortage.

In the film, what the wizard releases is not magic, but dollars!

With a production budget of less than US$300 million, what kind of magic is needed to make such a "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Peter Jackson can give Gandalf an illumination technique.

"A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" seems to have a large budget of $5 million for a single film. In fact, it is hard to shoot in Hollywood. At that time, you must go to Eastern Europe to mix tax rebates and financial subsidies, and the local labor costs are low. , Really has an advantage.

The cost of hiring one person in California may hire five people in Central and Eastern Europe.

What about this person? It is also protected by trade unions and other organizations. Once something goes wrong, there will be a lot of trouble.

In contrast to those five people, minor injuries and minor bumps may not be a big deal at all. Maybe the local government will suppress them without the crew coming forward.

There are really not too many people in Central and Eastern Europe who think about the overall investment situation.

Ronan will control the overall situation for this series, but George Clint will be the producer. In a production plan he submitted, in order to save money, in addition to the previous matters, he also prepared Looking for dogs like huskies to act as ice wolves can huskies be qualified for shooting? Ronan is a little worried, so if Dohuski appears in the crew, will the crew collapse?

The second generation of the wolf family each raises a husky. After the battlefield, the husky always reached a consensus with the enemy...

No wonder the wolf family was about to die.

In any case, "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" will soon be on the media platform, and the ultimate bento king will also embark on a super feat that will take ten years to cross the impeccable Great Wall and give people away.

Thinking back to the last season, the Night King appeared in full atmosphere, neatly draped, bright armor, with all the troops, including all the staff of the staff, slowly walked from the flames, if it is equipped with a windbreaker, the little devil blows a fan next to it , Ma Ge is definitely resurrected.

However, such a man who pulled the wind, just saw the dawn of victory in the ghost world, and died.

The Night King and his comrades spent eight seasons with the fans of the drama. The finale is not yet complete, but the Night King bid farewell to everyone and left with the wind.