hollywood draw

100 Universal Plaza, located between Los Angeles and the media capital Burbank, Universal Studios, the second-old Hollywood film industry giant, has moved to New York, with only the production department and office still remaining here.

It was completely dark at this time. Universal Pictures ceo Ron Mayer stood in front of the office window, holding a cup of coffee, and watching the brilliant lights of Burbank in the distance.

It is recognized as the center of the media industry, not a big place, with hundreds of large and small media companies. Most importantly, there is also the Hollywood giant Warner Bros.

In recent years, the film industry giant has expanded rapidly. Through its continuous successful sequel movies and Wayne Greenberg's hit black films, its revenue figures are getting more and more amazing every year, especially this year, revenue has been ranked first in the six worlds again.

If this is nothing, these giants in Hollywood will have ups and downs, and no one will be proud for too long. Perhaps the losses of a super big production can waste all the profits of a year?

Especially in recent years, the scale of large-scale productions has become larger and more investments. The cost of a Hollywood first-line science fiction or action blockbuster has increased to over 100 million US dollars. If such a terrifying investment fails, even the six giants will be slowed down for a long time.

There are media groups behind these giants. If it is those small and medium-sized film companies, the failure of a first-line project will lead to bankruptcy and reorganization of such film companies.

But when every time everyone invests in a movie, it is like gambling, Warner Bros. is the first to find the bargaining weight that they will almost win. The first-tier projects they have invested in in the past two years have become more conservative, and their goals are all aimed at the sequel series with a much higher success rate than the original one.

Because the sequel has a large fan base, it is difficult for Warner Bros. to fall into this regard.

They also have Wayne Greenberg, a dark genius. This year, because of the comic-revised movies he filmed and released, Warner Bros.'s offline marketing channels have gradually improved. In this regard, it has ranked second in the six majors. Walt Disney, which started with animated feature films, has created unplanned profit points for the company.

However, what disappointed other giants is that all this is just the beginning. In the latest news revealed by Warner Bros., Batman's second part can be prepared for filming at any time. At the same time, they have also set up a new screenwriter department to specifically assist Wayne Greenberg in writing other superhero scripts.

All the information revealed is the ambitions of Warner Bros. and DC Comics. Their comic revision plan has been fully planned, and it is very likely that it will be designed in a few years.

However, there is only one absolute core of the comic adaptation plan, that is Wayne Greenberg, the irreplaceable executor of the DC series of movies. From the work plan he revealed to the media during his previous new film launch conference, we can find that after this film, the beginning of the comic adaptation blockbusters began to frequently land on the big screen.

No one wanted to see such a scene appear, but now that young man has had full wings in a few years without realizing it. It is difficult for him to easily suppress him.

The investment in Warner Bros. completely changed Wayne Greenberg's identity. From the day he invested, he was no longer a weak director. He turned into one of the bosses of the movie giants, actively integrating into capital has become an inseparable part of capital.

So when opportunities arise, everyone tacitly extends their hands, hoping to reduce the success rate of his works through various methods. Usually no one can come out intact with these one-by-one methods. This is also the most common and effective means for giants to use media, channels, capital and other resources.

"The ratings of CBS are wide enough, and the effect should not be bad!" Ron Meyer, who had been staring out the window, took a sip of coffee and suddenly spoke. "Notify our media and the cable network of our parent company to follow up on this topic from tomorrow morning."

"The media has said hello, and I believe we will not only follow up at that time." Justin, who rushed from New York, whispered. Anyway, Wayne Greenberg was very popular during this period, and nothing he reported on him would lose.

According to the unknown tacit understanding before, it is definitely not only their family who will follow up tomorrow. As long as they don’t want to miss this opportunity, they will probably follow the hype silently and guide public opinion.

This tacit understanding has only appeared twice in the past two years on several giants. The first time I targeted a Jew, that is, the good-looking man from DreamWorks Steven Spielberg.

No one wants to see the seventh giant appear in Hollywood, but the ambition of a good man is well known to everyone. Now it is just the beginning. As long as the Jewish director does not give up his ambitions, the inexplicable targeting will only increase.

Wayne Greenberg is the second one, and the reason is the same. No one wants to see Warner Bros. develop more rapidly because of him. Now the North American market is so big in total. Every time Warner Bros. accounts for a little more, the other five companies will lose a little.

Although the major Hollywood giants cooperate a lot with each other, competition will always be the main theme.

"We need our own superheroes to speed up the production process in the Hulk!"

Walking back to the rest area, Ron Mayer put down the cup and continued, "If this Hulk can succeed, I will immediately come into contact with Marvel Comics. Although the first-line characters in their hands have been sold out, there are still many second-line heroes, so the first one is really important!"

Being able to achieve the position of one of the six major CEOs is enough to prove Ron Mayer's ability and vision. He wants to get in touch with Marvel Comics now. If he can make the decision, he even wants to get rid of the comic company in one go.

But he is just a senior worker, not the boss of Universal Pictures. The shareholders who are really able to make decisions are Conscart, the parent company of North America's second largest TV operator, behind it.

So before the results are made to prove the value of Marvel Superhero, the board of directors and the senior management of the parent company will not support any ambitions for Marvel Comics.

Whenever he thinks of this, he is full of jealousy towards Jeff Robinoff, who are also the head of the movie giant. Warner Bros. is not only an important part of the media group, but also owns the treasure of DC Comics.

Justin shrugged, his tone full of teasing. "Bill Bakerby had other ideas, and the producers had told him that the film must be in a dark style, otherwise we don't mind changing the director to direct it."

Since "Batman: War Moment" is a dark and serious style and has achieved great success, there is no reason for "Hulk" to risk changing style. This is the unanimous opinion of senior executives of Universal Pictures.

Let’s take a look at Batman, who has been on screen for six months. In such a long screening cycle, I have never experienced a cliff-like box office decline. Even if it is approaching the downturn and the scale of the screening has been reduced to less than 200 theaters, the attendance rate is still partially guaranteed.

Just because they have no reason to innovate. With Hulk's good reputation and proven successful shooting style, Universal Pictures will not be very bad to copy what Warner Bros.

Seeing that it was already very late, Ron Mayer finally asked in a low voice: "Won't that woman give up yet?"

When Justin mentioned this, he felt a toothache. "No, that woman seemed to be dragging her on purpose, and she was always hesitant."

"The filming of "The King of Talks" is about to start. Find a way to get the agent to contact the other party again and tell her that this is the last chance. Continuing to hesitate will only miss the second cooperation with Jim Carrey!"

Ron Mayer shook his head. The key to the next plan is women. It is logical that there should be no actresses, so they can reject the heroine who is produced on the front line.

The other party's first success was achieved by working with Jim Carrey. Now that this opportunity is right in front of him, he doesn't believe that the woman can refuse it.

As for the reason why Wayne gave up the opportunity to send it to him, he didn't even think about it. This circle has always been extremely realistic. It is normal to turn against others. Everything depends on the size of the profit. No one is so stupid that he can talk about feelings, let alone a big deal between them.

The temptation is more than the project "The King of Talks". As far as Ron Mayer knows, the agent also brought the invitation from "The Man in Black", and he didn't believe that the woman would refuse in the end.

Everything that is happening and about to happen in Los Angeles doesn't affect Boston. At this time, Wayne sat by the bed in the master bedroom of the top-floor suite of Four Seasons Hotel, holding the phone in his hand and responded from time to time.

"Cami, it seems you are not so easily tempted, didn't you? I really didn't expect you to tell me this on your own."

Cameron Diaz's voice came out on the phone with a hint of annoyance. "Damn, sugar daddy? You definitely don't know how much I gave up! But I believe you will give me more."

Wayne was silent for a while before speaking, "You won't regret the choice you made today, Kami, you will get more. Oh, fxxk, be gentle..."

"What?" Cameron Diaz asked in confusion on the phone.

"It's okay, don't rush to reject them first. I'll turn around and ask Nina to contact you. That's it, let's hang up first."

When he pressed the phone to the table, he looked down and saw Jennifer Connery's innocent face, and blinked at him playfully.

"I'm sorry, my dear, I didn't think I'd love you, I swear!"

"Shit, I want..."

Before Wayne finished speaking, the phone ringing ringed again, helplessly suppressing his impulse again, and reached out to take the microphone over again. However, he did not rush to speak, but instead covered the microphone and looked down at the innocent face.

"Listen, if your technology suddenly becomes clumsy, I will definitely make you regret it!"

After saying that, he felt it carefully, and a satisfied expression appeared on his face and answered the phone. "Hi, good evening, this is Wayne Greenberg."

"Wayne, I'm Harry, there's one thing I have to tell you..."