How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 542 The situation is back again

North America.

[Pirates of the Caribbean 4] crew.

Not long after Robert Watt returned, Disney Pictures agreed to Zhang Nan's conditions after deliberation for a while.

After all, until now, there has never been a case where the quality of a series of films dropped due to the loss of Zhang Nan.

There are even films that have improved their quality after losing Zhang Nan's participation, such as the "Fast and Furious" series.

And most of the time.

It was Zhang Nan who instigated a top-level IP project out of thin air, such as the "Transformers" series, or Zhang Nan made an IP that had been outdated for a long time become popular, such as the "Jurassic World" series, or it was Zhang Nan used the IP of the popular series to create spin-off films of the same level, such as "Voldemort" and "The Legend of Sauron".

Therefore, Disney Pictures did not consider that after excluding Zhang Nan from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, problems may arise in the series itself.

Therefore, huge short-term expenditures are exchanged for a stable copyright income.

This approach is very cost-effective for Disney Pictures.

After all, Disney Pictures is different from other movie companies. Its film copyrights can also be placed in the park to expand and enrich its business.

So after agreeing to Zhang Nan's conditions, Disney Pictures acted very resolutely and quickly roped in the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" and sent Zhang Nan a film appointment.

Zhang Nan did not delay, and took the gun that had just been sharpened by Neon, and went directly to the Disney Studios studio to start working.

then……

Zhang Nan had not been in "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" for a few days, and David Morris, the president of Warner Pictures, came to Zhang Nan with people, smiling faces, and a very low profile to soften and apologize.

Without it.

In the past few months, things have been a bit bumpy for Warner Pictures.

Originally scheduled to be released in mid-August, it was delayed until the end of August, and finally "Harry Potter 8" was released in mainland China in early September.

Because of the delay, the box office in the Mainland was greatly affected.

[Harry Potter 8] was released at the end of September in the Mainland.

The total box office in the Mainland has changed from more than 400 million yuan, which is equivalent to more than 50 million US dollars, to a box office of nearly 100 million yuan, which is only a few thousand US dollars.

This amount of money is nothing if calculated based on the 25% share of Hollywood blockbusters in the mainland.

Then there is the "Green Lantern" project that Warner Pictures imitated Marvel Pictures' movie universe plan to compete with "Iron Man".

When it was released in October, it had a box office of 5269 million U.S. dollars in the first three days, and the single-day box office the next week fell directly below million U.S. dollars.

This directly breaks Warner Pictures' plan to learn from Marvel Pictures in creating a movie universe.

[Green Lantern] failed in North America, and [Harry Potter 8] was criticized for being released in China.

There is also "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" from Disney Pictures, which is cooperating with Zhang Nan, and Sony Columbia Pictures is going to talk to Zhang Nan about the new science fiction blockbuster "Pacific Rim".

Warner Pictures' resistance to Zhang Nan suddenly disappeared.

no way.

There are currently only seven Hollywood giants.

MGM and Zhang Nan produced [006], Disney and Zhang Nan produced [Pirates of the Caribbean 4], and Sony Columbia and Zhang Nan produced [Pacific Rim].

Half of the giants in this area have switched sides. If we don't turn around, it will be too late.

Moreover, David Yates's preparations for the new Harry Potter spin-off project - "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" are really too slow.

At the same time, after Christopher Nolan finished filming "Batman 3", he directly stated that he wanted to take a break, change his taste, and play hard science fiction films. Warner Pictures has also cooperated a lot with Christopher Nolan’s temperament and is quite familiar with it.

Combining the term hard science fiction, we know that this project will have a bit of a "Space Odyssey 2001" feel.

The quality is not low, but I’m afraid it’s difficult to make money! ——This is also the view of many people when Nolan was filming "Interstellar".

In this way, Warner Pictures not only needs to find a project that can take over after the [Harry Potter] series, but also needs to find new projects besides Christopher Nolan.

So what better way than to directly pick up the [Harry Potter-Voldemort] series?

The answer is yes, but it is not as simple and lightweight as the [Harry Potter-Voldemort] series.

After all, to launch the [Harry Potter-Voldemort 2] project, all it takes is to make David Morris, the soon-to-be-changed CEO, lose some face and show weakness in front of Zhang Nan.

But looking for other projects, aside from all the energy invested, is also very risky.

Of course.

Warner Pictures didn't just make a fool of themselves by asking CEO David Morris to soften up to Zhang Nan.

The schedules of "Inception" and "Sherlock Holmes 2" have also been advanced to mid-November, and the target of the attack has been changed to "The Twilight Saga 4" of Summit Entertainment.

Without it.

Ever since Summit Entertainment followed what Warner Pictures did with Harry Potter 7.8 and divided the last film [Twilight Saga 4] into upper and lower parts, those idiot fans of [Twilight Saga] have been hating them. Went to Warner Bros. Pictures.

After all, things like broken dogs are hated by people whether they are in novels or movies.

Although the idiot fans are idiots, they still know not to criticize Summit Entertainment, the producer of "The Twilight Saga", so they went to criticize Warner Pictures, which took the lead in ruining the atmosphere.

Warner Pictures was very unhappy about this, but they couldn't attack the idiot fans yet. They could only take the opportunity to give the flanking package originally prepared for "Mission: Impossible 4" to "The Twilight Saga 4" .

to be frank.

Summit Entertainment is very confused and a little panicked.

Because [Twilight Saga 4] is different from the previous [Twilight Saga 1.2.3].

For the previous "Twilight Saga 1.2.3", Summit Entertainment controlled costs and invested to million US dollars in production fees. The idea was to use a small amount to make a big impact.

But since Xiaobo has played a lot, Dingfeng Entertainment, which has gained confidence, naturally wants to play big.

In addition, [Twilight Saga 1.2.3] has indeed made a lot of money for Summit Entertainment. This is the last novel to be divided into two parts.

So Summit Entertainment directly raised the total investment in [Twilight Saga 4] to US$1.1 million.

The pressure to repay the capital has already increased, and now Warner Pictures is not responsible for pulling out the movies of Zhang Nan and Robert Downey Jr. to gather together.

The executives of Summit Entertainment were immediately paralyzed.

Of course.

Summit Entertainment is not the only one who is paralyzed by Warner Pictures' operations.

Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures became anxious when they saw Warner, the leader of the stalemate with Zhang Nan, suddenly relenting to Zhang Nan without notifying them privately.

After all, the [Jurassic World] and [Transformers] series are really profitable!

Otherwise, they wouldn't have secretly kept quiet at the back when Warner Pictures was taking the lead.

But if we keep quiet now, it is estimated that [Jurassic World 3] and [Transformers 3] will have to be released a few years later, or even longer.

After all, there is now another MGM Secret Agent digital series.

So not long after Warner Pictures came to visit, Paramount and Universal Pictures quickly sent people to talk to Zhang Nan about the "Jurassic World 3" and "Transformers 3" projects.

For a while.

Zhang Nan went from having no film dates to having no film dates.

(End of this chapter)