Like all industrial strikes, Hollywood screenwriters hope to fight for more benefits and rights, but strikes are just means, not ends.

Once a strike occurs, it means that a large number of union screenwriters will be unemployed for a considerable period of time and have no source of income.

Therefore, after the Producers Alliance broke the union alliance by means of division and disintegration, the Screenwriters Union also attacked everywhere, hoping to win more rights for itself in a similar way.

Even the animation studios were lobbying by them.

"Some time ago, a vice chairman of the screenwriter's union found Pixar Studio."

Standing in front of the premiere theater, John Lasseter looked at the huge poster of the mouse not far away and said to Ronan: "I hope the writers of Pixar Studios can participate in the upcoming strike."

This is the North American premiere of "Rat King" and is affected by the recent trend. The premiere is somewhat deserted, especially the number of guests is small.

Ronan asked, “What did you think about it?”

John Lasseter replied: "The employees of Pixar Studios currently do not have members of the screenwriter union. Since we have enjoyed the rights of the screenwriter union, we naturally do not have the obligation to maintain the screenwriter union."

He then asked, “Is this strike inevitable?”

It has entered November. The producers' alliance has done what should be discussed and concessions, but the conditions of both sides are still so far away from heaven and earth. Ronan knows this very well and directly said: "This screenwriter strike is inevitable."

John Lasseter asked again: "Pixar Studio's script work has been completed ahead of schedule under your advice and will basically not be affected."

Ronan said: "As usual, we will not be affected too much."

Under his control, Relativity Entertainment has made sufficient preparations. All the scripts are finalized for the projects that are underway and to be promoted next year.

Moreover, foreign purchase scripts not produced by Relativity Entertainment received relevant authorization when signing the contract. In the absence of the screenwriter, Relativity Entertainment has the right to modify the script.

This is also a common situation. After a film company buys the copyright of the script, it often makes big changes.

The most typical example is "The Man Hancock" starring Will Smith and Charlize Theron, which was originally a romantic script, but was later changed to a science fiction action film by Sony Columbia.

Entering the theater VIP room, Jessica Felton, who was chatting with Ed Camel's wife, walked over.

"I heard them say it's been these days?" Jessica Felton asked.

Ronan nodded slightly: "Although the screenwriters union has not issued the final notice, it is likely that the strike will be officially launched next Monday."

After all, Jessica Felton is a pure producer. Although he rejected the lobbying of the screenwriters union, he was somewhat sympathetic to the screenwriters. After all, sympathizing with the weak is a common situation.

She whispered: "The two sides can't give in."

Ronan shook his head slowly and firmly: "Everything can be agreed upon in other aspects, but the income of DVD and new media... is too different. The screenwriter's union also knows that 15% is absolutely impossible. It is a huge bidding. The negotiation that broke down, they lowered it to 5%, but this is still unacceptable."

Take "Transformers" as an example. Currently, DVDs are best-selling around the world, with a total of two signed screenwriters. According to the new requirements of the screenwriters union, these two screenwriters can already get a share of nearly 5 million US dollars.

This has not yet calculated the revenue of new media such as online on demand.

With the general situation in Hollywood and the film and television industry, how is this possible?

Jessica Felton asked curiously: "The bottom line of the league..." She then realized that the problem was inappropriate: "When I didn't ask."

Ronan did not answer, in fact, the senior executives of large and medium-sized companies had already had a tacit understanding, and tried to reduce the share ratio required by the screenwriter's union to less than one-5% and limit the production company's income range.

It is natural that negotiations break down.

The Producers Alliance cannot make too much concessions, because within the 20-year period of the Big Framework Agreement, coordinated consultations with various trade union organizations every three years, and certain adjustments will be made based on the specific circumstances of the previous three years.

These unions that are not mascots are really too troublesome for the investors.

The investor does not want to make concessions. The laborer believes that he should get more, and even believes that the importance lies in the actors. The huge differences cannot be reconciled.

In Ronan's view, the strike is not entirely a bad thing, and may make some people in the screenwriter's union calm and clear.

A fact that cannot be ignored is that the average income of screenwriters unions is very high because many well-known screenwriters are paid well, but most people have not earned high incomes. In addition, Americans have a general overdraft consumption habit. Once the strike is longer, the major Hollywood companies will definitely not be able to hold on.

At that time, the screenwriter's union may face a bottom-up rebound and have to consider the conditions of the producers' alliance.

The Producers Alliance dares to put forward such conditions to break down the negotiations between the two sides. It is of course of confidence to watch the screenwriters union launch a strike.

As for the Actors and Directors’ Union, they will definitely support the Screenwriters’ Union mentally and verbally, and how to make money physically or how to make money.

Of course, it is not ruled out that directors and actors will really stand with the screenwriter union.

After all, this is Hollywood, the largest concentration of liberals in the United States.

But Ronan has made preparations in advance, and the film and drama projects under Relativity Entertainment will not be affected too much.

Jessica Felton did not ask Ronan about the screenwriters' union and took him into the theater.

Pixar Studios became a subsidiary of Relativity Entertainment, and officially entered North American cinemas.

Even the smallest person has the power to have dreams, even if he is just a mouse living in the gutter.

This film breaks people's inertial thinking and regards mouse Xiaomi as the core character of the film. It hopes to end the life of picking up garbage to feed on it, and can become the chef of the top restaurant in Paris and make the most delicious dishes by hand.

From toys with life (Toy Story), to monsters frightened by a little girl who wanders into their world (Movie Power Company), then into a tiny fish lost in the sea (Find Nemo), a superhero who wants to live a normal life (Superman), and a young and energetic car running wildly on Route 66 (Car No. 66).

This Pixar, which represents the world's top animation technology, consistently presents one unique story after another full of emotion and visual stimulation.

The technology demonstrated by Pixar Studios is still at the cheat level for this industry.

The complexity of "Rat King" is no longer comparable to "Toy Story" more than ten years ago.

Toys back then were mostly regular shapes, and the materials were just plastic. The various foods in "The Ratat King" already had various materials with different soft and hard textures. It is necessary to use computer animation to make these things feel edible. The difficulties are self-evident.

This film has a very good reputation, but the theme and theme are a bit cold. The market response is not much better than the previous animation feature films.

The first weekend of North America started painting for three days, and "The Rat King" won $51.17 million in 4,211 theaters.

This is also the worst box office opening of Pixar Studios' animated feature films since entering the new world.

Art is always elegant and belongs to a small number of people.

After Pixar Studios succeeded in many animated feature films, it was inevitable that it became a little artistic in the critics' praise. Even though it has always adhered to its original concept, it has been somewhat influenced by elegant art in the creation process.

There is an undeniable point in the entire world film market today. Once you pursue elegant film art, you will always gradually move away from the market.

In some ways, this is not a bad thing, and Pixar Studios will also look at its own problems.

The ability and mind of these group of hang-ups should not be underestimated.

On the day when the box office data of "Rat King" in North America was released in the first week of North America, a general strike that swept through Hollywood occurred.

In order to fight against the producers' alliance, two major screenwriters unions in the United States called on members to strike at the same time. On November 5, nearly 12,000 screenwriters gathered in the Hollywood area and started a strike parade along the Avenue of Stars and Hollywood Avenue.

This massive strike parade immediately attracted the attention of the whole United States.

The last collective strike of the screenwriters union was in 1988, lasting 22 weeks, causing more than $500 million in losses to the entire industry. This strike will inevitably bring greater pain, because the entertainment industry has grown into a giant beast. According to statistics from multiple Wall Street institutions, the entertainment industry, including the surrounding chain, can account for about 10% of the US economy.

From the overall strategic considerations of the future, Hollywood manufacturers with the six major companies as the main body will not easily compromise.

A group of film and television dramas inevitably became temporary victims.

On the day the strike began, all talk shows had to stop working immediately because there was no screenwriter.

In the following days, some film and television projects that lacked sufficient preparations could only be suspended.

"Twenty-Four Hours" announced the cancellation of this season, becoming the first unlucky TV series; "The Da Vinci Code" sequel "Angel and the Devil" invested by Tom Hanks became the first unlucky movie because the script could not be completed on time.

Then, the screenwriter of "007: Quantum Crisis" launched the crew, and the project was temporarily suspended to join this ranks.

DreamWorks was also affected, and the highlight of Spielberg and Peter Jackson's collaboration "The Adventures of Tintin" was temporarily shelved...

Even so, the Producers League showed a tough attitude.

Because of the intervention and match between the Washington authorities and the Labor Association, the producers' alliance did not make any concessions even if they sat back at the negotiating table, and the strike continued.
Chapter completed!