Chapter 1117： Development will mature

In the Presidio district of San Francisco, the Letterman Digital Art Center was newly built in 2005, and Lucasfilm's headquarters is located here.

This company was founded by George Lucas in 1971. The most famous work is the Star Wars series, but it also has other major productions, such as the Indiana Jones series and American style paintings.

Lucasfilm is a leader in visual effects, sound effects and computer animation in the film industry.

But today, Lucasfilm faces an inflection point, because the company's founder and actual controller George Lucas has decided to retire and sell his shares in Lucasfilm.

The executives of Lucasfilm have hesitated in recent months, even George Lucas is no exception. After all, the decision to sell the company is good, but selling a good price is not easy.

"Talk about it."

In the conference room, George Lucas slowly said, "After talking for so long, what do you think?"

Michael Zhou, who serves as the chief operating officer, then said: "As far as the contact with Relativity Entertainment, they are very sincere and willing to take over Lucasfilm in its entirety, and to ensure the stability of Lucasfilm."

The person next to him echoed: "Ronan Anderson is currently the best film operator in Hollywood. He has the ability to continue to lead Lucasfilm forward."

This is also in line with George Lucas' intentions.

Another person answered: "The initial price of $3.6 billion for Relativity Entertainment is also above our bottom line, and this is the first price to be offered, and there will be talks later."

George Lucas nodded slowly, Ronan’s offer was reasonable, and the two sides will have to negotiate. The 3.6 billion US dollars is not the final price.

President Jones Kent, who has been silent all the time, suddenly said: "I received an acquisition offer here. Twentieth Century Fox expressed a strong interest."

Everyone looked at Jones Kent. Jones Kent took a bag of documents and asked the assistants to send it to every executive in the venue. At the same time, they said: "Jim Pros of Twentieth Century Fox called me. And sent an official letter."

George Lucas picked up the file and briefly scanned it aside, temporarily without any intention to speak.

"Twentieth Century Fox?" Michael Zhou was full of misgivings: "Didn't they want to acquire Time Warner? Why are they suddenly interested in Lucasfilm?"

Jones-Kent smiled and said: "It's not surprising that Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox have a lot of cooperation. The "Star Wars" series of films are all released by Twentieth Century Fox. Both parties have shared interests and A good foundation for cooperation will maximize your advantages if you become a family."

This remark caused many people to think, after all, Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox have cooperated for nearly 30 years.

"But 20th Century Fox is not doing well these days." Michael Zhou said of what he knew: "The acquisition of Time Warner failed and paid a considerable price. 20th Century Fox..."

He looked to Jones Kent: "Do they still have enough funds to buy Lucasfilm? All shareholders want cash, not a contract that can only be fulfilled in the future."

Jones-Kent took a peek at George Lucas, saw that he was still browsing the files, and said: "The introduction of Twentieth Century Fox, even if they are not strong enough, it also gives Relativity Entertainment an additional competitor. This can help Lu Cass Films won more favorable conditions."

Regardless of other things, let's put Twentieth Century Fox into the market first. James Murdoch promised that Twentieth Century Fox has a way to let the relativity entertainment get away from it.

Jones-Kent added: "I suggest that you establish a communication channel with Twentieth Century Fox on this matter, and make it public when appropriate, and you can also put pressure on Relativity Entertainment."

This is in the interest of everyone here, and no one opposes it.

After some discussion, George Lucas said: "You are responsible for the specific operation. I only emphasize one point. If the bids are similar, our first choice is still relativistic entertainment."

If the price is too high, he must also consider the entire Lucasfilm industry.

Lucasfilm's meeting soon dismissed, and related news soon appeared on the desk of Relativity Entertainment.

Ronan and Robert Iger convened a meeting and did not take any action for the time being. For such a huge acquisition, patience is a necessary quality, and impatience is often counterproductive.

Moreover, the secret investigations in the United Kingdom and the United States have never stopped. Relativity Entertainment is waiting for a better opportunity, and from the feedback from various sources, the opportunity will soon appear.

But as far as Lucasfilm is concerned, Relativity Entertainment has huge advantages, especially in terms of funding.

The team of Relativity Entertainment is also appropriately raising its bargaining chips. After all, this acquisition is still a matter of money.

Thanksgiving Day is approaching, and this is also a schedule in the North American film market. Films will be released together. Walt Disney’s family carnival "Thunder Dogs", 20th Century Fox’s "Australia" and Lionsgate’s "Very Human Vendor 3" ", all selected to start painting this weekend before Thanksgiving.

"War Dogs of Thunder" is the first computer animation feature film after Disney Animation Studios announced the abolition of the hand-drawn animation department, which determines the future development of Disney Animation.

"Australia" is not the dragon ball that Ronan gave to 20th Century Fox. They seem to be very superstitious about Nicole Kidman's fame and appeal. Under the impetus of CAA's Pat Kingsley, Nicole Kidd As the male and female protagonists, Man and Uncle Wolf Jackman invested 130 million US dollars to create this Australian version of Gone with the Wind.

Needless to say, "Very Human Trafficker 3" is a French foreign product, a masterpiece of the prosperous beauty Guo Da-Statham.

At the same time, Relativity Entertainment also has a movie released this weekend, "The Hunger Games" starring Gal Gadot.

This weekend, except for "Very Human Trafficker 3" which is very weak, the other three films seem to be competitive.

Among them, the investment of Relativity Entertainment is the lowest, and the production cost of "The Hunger Games" is only 60 million US dollars.

However, with the momentum of "Twilight", Lindsay Bill's long-established reputation, and the huge book fans attracted by the original, this dystopian youth idol movie has attracted the most attention.

Compared with the previous movie, under Ronan’s suggestion, Lindsay Bill, as the producer, strengthened the action scenes, and director Patty Jenkins was not a weakness in shooting action scenes.

Then the role of the heroine is strengthened and become the absolute protagonist.

The three-hundred-and-sixty-degree appearance without dead ends and the shots of super long-legged bow archery are also full of highlights.

In the words of movie fans, it is indeed a good face, good legs and a good role. Katniss is definitely the biggest surprise of the whole film!

Gal Gadot has also signed a long-term contract with Relativity Entertainment, and there is still a long time in the future to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment.

Compared with the average Hollywood actress, Gal Gadot's appearance and appearance have a longer shelf life, and it is not a problem to star in the girl Katniss.

The biggest problem with the former big cousin is that he is too mature. After all, Katniss is a sixteen-year-old girl. Perhaps the older cousin is deeply developed by many people. Katniss, who starred in her role, said that she was 25 years old and everyone believed it. .

White actresses like the big cousin are very mature around the age of twenty, and they are a bit reluctant to say that they are fifteen or sixteen.

This is very helpless. The fifteen and sixteen-year-old actors are often the most embarrassing group in Hollywood, just like many female stars who have been playing heroines until they are about forty years old and unwilling to retreat to supporting actress positions. , There are few plays and roles that can be accepted.

Actors of this age, especially actresses, face very complicated situations. They play roles younger than their actual age. Hollywood has too many girl stars who are so cute that they are more competitive than them. Older roles are basically impossible; even if they are acting in a role that matches their own age, they have to face the competition of actresses who are eighteen or nineteen and even their early twenties, and the latter is better than them in terms of performance and mentality. The advantages are numerous.

The content of the movie is also easily accepted by American audiences. It is simple and clear, and also has the nature of a youth idol.

In the future North America, Parnham was built on a ruin, and its center, Kapite, was located in the middle of the twelve districts.

Every year, the twelve districts are forced to send one boy and girl aged 12 to 18 to Kapite as a "tribute" to participate in the "Hunger Games."

This is a cruel and terrifying contest between life and death. All tributes must be fought to death. The last survivor is the winner.

Survival is the instinct of the 16-year-old Katniss. She relies on poaching and collecting wild fruits outside the fence of the 12th district to support her mother, sister and herself. When Katniss participated in the Hunger Games in place of the sister who won the “Life and Death Lot”, she understood that it meant death for her. If she wanted to survive, she had to choose between humanity and survival, death and love~www.novelhall .com~ Regardless of whether it is a movie, it is very similar to the island country's "Battle Royale". After the film has been opened on a large scale in the international market, the media on the island country will inevitably make comments and bombardments.

But like Lionsgate before, Relativity Entertainment doesn't care at all, and the opponent cannot win a transnational lawsuit.

Companies in Hollywood, even with other companies in North America or the Western world, are very particular about copyright, but outside this range, the style is somewhat overbearing.

For example, in the country of origin of "Battle Royale", how many Hollywood movies have been talked about plagiarizing their cartoons or other literary works, but few people over there initiate copyright lawsuits, and even if someone fights a copyright lawsuit, it is difficult to win.

It can be said that for countries and regions that are not within the circle delineated by Hollywood, the rules of the game in Hollywood do not consider them at all.

A circle that attaches great importance to copyright and contracts, but does not attach importance to copyright contracts in other countries and regions, this is not new in Hollywood.

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