hollywood melon man

Chapter 641 Laying out the future
At that time, only a few people realized the great changes brought about by Internet content. Netflix, which had caused the streaming media revolution in the previous life, was still doing DVD rental business and had just established its own video website.

Warner's streaming media development business was just getting started when it was cut off by new CEO Kiri Ross.

She even planned to cancel the development of games such as "The Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter and the Mystery of the Spell" and transfer the development rights to Banana Company's game studio.

Perhaps Qili Ross's decoupling plan should start with these businesses that she thinks are not very important.

Gilbert Jr. said he had nothing to say about this short-sighted female CEO who seemed to be a little hostile to him.

Since you are not willing to help me get rich, I have no choice but to eat alone.

Robert Iger also has plans to develop related streaming media businesses, but Disney has spread its wings too wide.

Currently, Disney’s main focus is on Pixar Studios and the acquisition of Lucasfilm, and it has no time to take care of the streaming business for the time being.

Just in November, George Lucas once again publicly stated that he would no longer direct subsequent "Star Wars" films.

This is a huge blow to 20th Century Fox, as Star Wars is one of the pillars of Fox Film Corporation.

If subsequent plans cannot go forward, it will be a huge blow to Fox Film.

There are even rumors that George Lucas is interested in transferring the ownership of Lucasfilm. Lucasfilm is not just "Star Wars", although this is tempting enough.

Lucasfilm also includes Industrial Light & Magic, one of the top special effects studios, as well as Skywalker Sound Studio, LucasArts, which develops games, as well as publishing and animation production departments.

These things alone are worth a lot of money. If they were sold as a whole package, the value would probably be more than four or five billion dollars.

But before that, George Lucas also announced that the "Indiana Jones" series will return and plans to make a fourth film. It was also announced that Steven Spielberg would direct and Harrison Ford would return to play Indiana Jones.

"I've spoken to both Steven and Harrison and they're both keen to come back for the sequel, and I promise it's a fantastic story."

George Lucas was very excited when talking about this: "The three of us are very much looking forward to seeing the new series of works after 17 years. Please keep looking forward to it, all fans."

When talking about the latest Star Wars film, George Lucas said: "In fact, I have said several times that the best person to take over Star Wars is Gilbert Jr.

I talked to him about it and he showed a lot of interest in it.”

Star Wars is changing its director? It seems a bit hard for Star Wars fans to accept. However, considering the poor performance of the Star Wars series of movies in recent times, it seems that changing the director is not a bad idea.

What's more, the director who took over was Gilbert Jr., the most creatively talented director in Hollywood. "Star Wars" fans expressed their anticipation.

However, if Gilbert Jr. wants to take over the "Star Wars" series, he will face a problem, that is 20th Century Fox.

The copyright of "Star Wars" is jointly held by 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm. If Gilbert Jr. wants to direct, he has to cooperate with 20th Century Fox.

Of course 20th Century Fox agreed, they were even looking forward to it!
I'm just waiting to see how the Star Wars series will develop. Now I have the opportunity to work with Gilbert Jr., which is really great.

However, in this matter, the thoughts of another party, Little Gilbert, are also very important.

Agent Sheena Boone also discussed this issue with Gilbert Jr., and Gilbert Jr.'s answer was: "Be patient, we will not let 20th Century Fox in." Since they are considering taking over Lucasfilm, of course they have to kick out the annoying 20th Century Fox.

In its past life, Disney acquired Lucasfilm through a combination of shares and current methods, and enjoyed the exclusive copyright to well-known IPs such as "Star Wars".

Later, it acquired 20th Century Fox, which proved one thing, that is, there was a problem with 20th Century Fox.

In Gilbert Jr.'s impression, the failure of "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" was the last straw that broke the camel's back for 20th Century Fox. A movie determined the life and death of a giant.

Again, when a Hollywood giant company has fallen to the point where it needs to be saved by a movie, this giant is basically on the verge of despair.

The success of one movie cannot save a giant, all of them must be successful, just like little Gilbert.

What happened to MGM is a lesson for 20th Century Fox, but MGM has Prince Abdul and the oil capital behind him, and what is behind 20th Century Fox Film Corporation.

News Corp? Although it is not known why 20th Century Fox did not receive support from News Corp, Gilbert Jr. believes that this is related to the phone-hacking scandal.

Last year, when News Corporation attempted to acquire Time Warner, Rupert Murdoch personally called Gilbert Jr., hoping that he would support him.

But the acquisition was stopped by Washington on the grounds of suspected monopoly.

Rupert Murdoch was not willing to accept this, but the growing size of News Corporation had obviously affected the interests of many people. In the media sector, News Corporation seemed to be a bit too powerful.

So next News Corporation will be targeted and will have no time to take care of 20th Century Fox.

In fact, according to the situation, Rupert Murdoch was more miserable, because the enemy went after his lifeblood. Gilbert Jr. was not so lucky, because the enemy did not kill him, which also gave Gilbert Jr. some opportunities.

After Warner announced that it would complete its separation from Cantaloupe Studios, Gilbert Jr. realized that he could not control two Hollywood giants at the same time through holding.

So he changed his mind and thought, in this case, he might as well take control of Disney first. The assets under his control were coveted by Disney, and if Disney wanted them, it would have to pay a price.

By nibbling away at their own strength bit by bit, by then the Disney board of directors will have to be named Landrini, and the Disney family will have to step aside.

Of course, this operation is a bit difficult, and there are many people on the Disney board of directors who oppose me. They will definitely prevent me from continuing to expand my power on the board of directors.

But it doesn’t matter, little Gilbert has a second trick, which is 20th Century Fox.

There are two directions. One is to control Disney and then complete the acquisition of Fox Film as in the previous life. The other is to buy Fox Film if you can't control Disney.

The specific implementation process requires flexibility, but Gilbert Jr. is full of confidence.

With the addition of Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, and the streaming media ecosystem, it can be said that a grand blueprint has been unfolded, and it would not be a problem for Hollywood to completely change its name.

However, Gilbert did not tell anyone about these plans, not even Naomi Watts and the others. The main reason was that they were too predictable, and more people would speak up, which would increase uncertainty.

The details have changed, but the general trend remains, and the advantage of foresight remains.

(End of this chapter)