hollywood draw

The broken incident caused by James Franko has a considerable influence. He was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department twice in a row, and then twice in a row, both of which were released on bail with the legal department of Warner Bros. It can be said that in the eyes of many people in the circle, "The Flash" has become a joke before it even started filming.

"I heard that Wayne Greenberg has already boarded the plane back."

It’s not just Warner Bros. is paying attention to this matter. In the CEO office of the Sony Columbia Films headquarters building, before the meeting began, CeO Okayama, who was born in the family, joked to the distribution supervisor in front of several executives:

"Paul, do you think Wayne Greenberg will change the first thing after he comes back is to replace the troublesome male lead."

His teasing caused laughter from several executives, but Paul Knight did not laugh. Instead, he thought carefully for a while before answering: "It shouldn't be. With Wayne's style of gradually putting interests first over the past few years, he should be concerned about the shooting progress and time cost. I don't think he will change the male lead before the shooting starts."

Paul certainly knew what to discuss in this small-scale meeting today. He looked at Roland Emmerich, who was sitting silently in the corner, and frowned involuntarily.

"Well, I have to say, this is good news for us."

Without waiting for Okatsu to speak, a middle-aged white man sitting next to Roland Emmerich patted his palms a few times, and the gloating on his face was not concealed at all. Dean Defolin is also one of the protagonists of today's meeting.

As he said that, he suddenly thought of something. He turned to look at Sony Columbia Ceo and whispered in a hoarse voice: "I suggest that we can stare at this James Franco, maybe there will be some surprises. Even if he is going to join the crew for filming next time and has no time to cause trouble, but when the necessary time is right, we can still guide it."

"Good idea, Colombia will stare at him."

An executive was also satisfied with the idea and nodded and smiled.

"Wayne Greenberg's trip to the other side of the Pacific this time caused a greater sensation than everyone thought."

Without wanting to continue this topic, Paul simply talked about the news that had been spread to Hollywood during this period. Some news reports, videos, photos, etc. had been transmitted back to North America a few days ago. Perhaps ordinary people would only watch it, but some things can be seen in the eyes of their executives.

"Boss, should we also consider it and go there next year to test the market?"

Oga Yu nodded slightly. Not only him, but several executives from Sony Colombia all showed thoughtful expressions.

The popularity of "Batman: The Dark Knight" not only allowed Warner Bros. to test out how great the potential of that market is, but also allowed major Hollywood film companies to see the signs. The first thing that movie capital pursues is profit, and no one would care about an emerging ticket store.

“It’s hard, and it doesn’t make much sense.”

Just as everyone was thinking, an executive sitting in the corner spoke first and began to speak his point after seeing everyone's attention. "The good relationship between Warner Brothers and there is nothing we don't have, and the sensation caused by Wayne Greenberg over there is something that no one can copy.

The most important point is that you have considered it! According to the WTO agreement signed by countries across the Pacific, there are strict restrictions on the number of movies introduced each year. Unless the two sides renegotiate a new agreement in the future, even the Warner Brothers films will be selected to introduce them in a very small number of movies."

This is an objective factor and one of the reasons why Jeff Robinoff refused to hype. Even Warner Bros. can only output a few films to the opponent in a year. Of course, he hopes to use his Riot Movie Series and DC Movie as the theme of the introduction film.

In this era, there were very few places for films introduced, which also caused Hollywood to not pay attention to it. After the review and editing of large scissors, it might take several reproductions to be released. However, the box office share was extremely low and the market size was not large. These conditions have persuaded most film companies to withdraw.

After all, the same thing is true. Movie capital is profit-seeking. When the benefits gained by spending a lot of effort are better than not doing it, it will naturally make most companies give up on themselves.

"But with the terrifying population base over there and the incredible economic development speed, the future potential is visible to the naked eye..." Paul shook his head slightly and looked at the spoken executive. "I think we should try it, just to cultivate the market and try it, and we can't let Warner Brothers lead everywhere."

"Today I will talk about Godzilla."

ceo Oga Yuuo frowned slightly, waved his hand and said, "We'll talk about this after a while."

After saying that, he looked around everyone, especially Roland Emmerich and Dean Deforin. These two people are the protagonists today and the actual producers of the project "Godzilla".

"Director Emmerich, Dev." Seeing that everyone was ready for the meeting, Oga Yuuo said directly: "The preparations for the project "Godzilla" are about to end. The second production fund of 45 million US dollars will be transferred to the third-party insurance company's account this afternoon. You can rest assured about the funds. If the budget of 130 million US dollars is not enough, Sony Colombia can also increase its budget as appropriate!"

Roland Emmerich first glanced at the producer beside him, then looked at Sony Columbia CEO, nodded silently, without saying a word.

"Sony Columbia will give the crew sufficient funds, but I only have one requirement." Oga Yu nodded and continued: "The film must be completed before early April to mid-April next year. You should understand the company's arrangements. We want this monster to land in North America in early May or mid-May!"

This year's summer season allowed all companies to see one thing clearly, that is, at the beginning of the summer season, if a film does not have a lot of competition, how terrifying is the ability to make money. Fans of the summer season cannot be viewed and analyzed by common sense at all.

Sony Columbia has great ambitions, or Ogamoto has great ambitions for "Godzilla". What's even more rare is that he is still quite sober. He never thought that his "Godzilla" could sweep across North America like this year's "Batman: The Dark Knight" and even crush the world in the theater market.

In his heart, the benchmark is never "Batman: The Dark Knight". He is not that stupid. Compared with the box office of film history, everyone knows that if you are not lucky, a similar film will not appear in ten years.

What Oga Yu wants to target is "Jurassic Park 2", which has always been. Even the idea that this "Godzilla" was first introduced to North America is also from "Jurassic Park 2".

Everyone saw that this movie lost, but he didn't watch it that way. He was able to compete with an unprecedented great movie like "Batman: The Dark Knight", and still achieved a box office of more than $200 million and a global box office of more than $600 million. Even if all the glory was covered by Batman, this big dinosaur still made a lot of money for Universal Pictures.

"Are you sure you have to release in May?"

As a film director, Roland Emmerich is very reluctant to rush to a big production like this. And as we all know, it will be released in May, which means a challenge to the King of Darkness in the summer since the 1990s! "I'm sure I won't think about it anymore?"

“The plan won’t change.”

At this time, Oga Yuki was ambitious and showed extremely strong confidence under his short figure. "I bet that the top works of other companies will be far away from the damn "The Flash", so, Universal Pictures did this, why can't we do it again!"

It's obvious that the same monster movie, in his eyes, his "Godzilla", can completely replicate the journey of "Jurassic Park 2".

As long as he thinks that there is almost no competition in the summer season except "The Flash", he will inevitably be excited. And one thing he didn't say is Oga Yu's judgment that "The Flash" will definitely not be as unprecedented as "Batman: The Dark Knight".

In comparison, it is definitely much easier to deal with. With some other competitive means, it is not certain who loses to him. Others are afraid of Wayne Greenberg and Warner Brothers, but he has never been afraid of it.

"Okay, I'll speed up the production of the video."

Roland Emmerich shrugged. After all, the other party was the film investor and the boss. From the beginning of taking on this project, he thought of these things and made relevant preparations.

The content of the subsequent meeting was all about accelerating the production progress of "Godzilla". After Sony Colombia was silent for a few years, she had to do her best when she took action. Basically, everything related to this film was given a green light.

At the end of the meeting, Oga Yuki looked at an executive and asked again. "Doug, keep an eye on that James Franko. Sony's media should not participate in reports on those messy things. First, collect information with all your might. Maybe it will come in handy at any time."

"No problem, leave it to me."

After leaving Sony Columbia headquarters, Roland Emery finished his silent image and sat in the car and looked at producer Dean Deforin. "Dian, do you think the plan of that bookmaker can work?"

"The probability of success is very high." The producer nodded. He was obviously very interested in this plan. "Universal Pictures is not doing perfectly this year. As long as Sony Columbia takes action, it will not give Warner Bros. another chance to turn around."

Some things I wanted to say, but seeing the producer's attitude was like this, Roland Emmerich chose to remain silent. "I hope..."