Zombie films have always been the favorite of heavy-taste movie fans. The unique setting of zombies can not only satisfy the sensory stimulation of heavy-mouthed mouths, but also the hopeless feelings of doomsday or the dark human conflict, which is also very attractive.

In the 1980s, George Romero gradually went on a downward journey. In 1985, "Zombies Out" was ridiculed by critics, but the box office was also bleak. Later, several other films were still unsatisfactory.

George Romero had to stop.

The box office sales of "The Land of the Living Dead" officially announced to the world that the "father of zombie films" has returned!

This will inspire the feelings of many zombie film enthusiasts. In film marketing and promotion, feelings are an effect that cannot be ignored.

Therefore, despite the bad reputation of "The Land of the Living Dead", the box office trend is not bad.

Just ten days after North America's release, the box office of this film easily exceeded $30 million.

Moreover, in overseas releases, markets such as the United Kingdom, France, Australia and Germany have performed well.

Compared with the production cost of the film of $8 million, the box office of $10.12 million in the first week of overseas is also quite outstanding.

The success of "The Land of the Living Dead" has made Shahai Entertainment pay more attention to "The Walking Dead". The relevant preparations are accelerating. Netflix streaming is also urging, hoping to release the first season of the series next winter.

Netflix streaming media has developed rapidly in more than half a year since it was launched. Without any strong competitors, it has attracted a large number of audiences with extremely rich content.

"Prison Break" Season 2 and "Survival of the Wild" Season 2 will also be launched in the last quarter of this year.

By next year, new dramas will be available on Netflix's streaming media platform.

Although the rise of Netflix Network's stock price has gradually slowed down after experiencing successive speculation and rapid growth, it has also risen steadily.

This is also the normal development model of a healthy enterprise.

Just like the real estate market on the other side of the Pacific, after explosive growth, there must be a short period of adjustment and then accumulate momentum for the price surge in the next stage.

In recent months, Netflix Network has also steadily promoted its overseas expansion plans. In addition to some special markets, such as central Africa, most of them have set up branches to promote Netflix's related businesses.

Even in the Arab world, relatively open countries such as the UAE and Qatar, Netflix successfully entered.

For example, in an extremely conservative country like Saudi Arabia, although Netflix video and other businesses were blocked outside, Netflix Sharing opened up the market.

In addition, there are new trends in Android.

After the establishment of the Open Handheld Device Alliance, the already powerful individuals joined together in a general direction, attracting more companies to join, and Android has also ushered in a period of rapid development.

Netflix Network also convened an alliance meeting with major manufacturers in September, and officially announced that Samsung, BlackBerry and Motorola mobile phones equipped with Android systems will be officially launched next year.

This is undoubtedly a great news for Android and Netflix.

But there are also unfavorable news that Nokia officially announced the acquisition of Saipan, which became Nokia's exclusive system.

The two major consortiums of mobile terminals have also officially come to the forefront. Nokia wants to completely establish its global dominance with its world number one sales.

The relatively closed Symbian and open Android are about to usher in their own different destinies.

Ronan is not very worried about Nokia and Saipan, even though he has always been a loyal user of Nokia.

Netflix Network has used Android to attract too many mobile terminal manufacturers and formed a wider alliance.

In contrast, Nokia's circle is much smaller.

The only shame is that Ronan never motivated Steve Jobs, and Apple still insisted on its own system. Fortunately, Netflix's app has fully entered Apple's system.

Both the zombie films, "Dawn of the Living Dead" and "The Land of the Living Dead", have all been successful. In addition to "The Walking Dead", Ronan also bets on this genre.

First of all, there are Shahai Entertainment's script library and the submitted scripts received. Ronan has passed it again. There are many zombie-themed books, but there are basically no ones that can be worth shooting.

This has nothing to do with his memory, but is judged based on the typical Hollywood-style review principle. Most scripts do not even conform to the basic three-part structure, and the content settings are in chaos.

Having said that, most scripts that take the delivery route are new and new works, and it is not easy to discover valuable works.

Similarly, it is not very difficult for those valuable newcomers to make a debut in new works.

Although Ronan personally reviews the scripts or projects received by Shahai Entertainment every once in a while, he is still a few lucky ones who can eventually appear in front of him.

Excluding Netflix Network, the main business of Relativity Entertainment is based on content production.

Although the proportion of box office revenue in the company is declining, the content of all offline and peripheral operations is actually the basis.

This is no different from Warner Bros., who performed best in Hollywood today, and Walt Disney, which once became the dominant class.

Content production requires scripts, and Ronan also needs to screen more widely.

To this end, he specially brought George Clint and Jessica Felton over to discuss related matters.

"The expansion of the screening area is not simply referring to these delivery scripts." Ronan pointed to the copy of the script placed on the table and said: "There are many scripts that may not be submitted to Relativity Entertainment, and may also fall into the script library of other companies."

George Clint said: "Other film companies would rather have a moldy and ash script than agree to us to see their script library, even if they don't have copyright."

Jessica Felton agreed: "Well, it's true. For example, I will never let the producers of other companies read the scripts in my hands."

Of course, Ronan understands this. Many scripts are submitted to film companies, just to make a fortune. The copyright is still in the hands of the author. The film companies may be disdainful of the script, but they will not let outsiders read it.

"It's not just new people and new works," Ronan said, "including projects in the circle looking for investment or production companies."

There are many projects in Hollywood. Even if the project has been established by the producers, it sometimes takes many years to shoot and produce it, because it is not easy to find an investor.

George Clint said: "There may be thousands, tens of thousands, or even more scripts created every year in Hollywood. In fact, there are only a few of them that appear in front of us. But it is not easy for us to expand our horizons, and it will be restricted by various realistic factors. We cannot concentrate too much resources on finding scripts."

Ronan said: "This is also the reason why I asked you to discuss today. How can we expand our horizons and let more valuable scripts and projects come into our sight."

"What do you think?" Jessica Felton asked.

Hollywood brings together the world's strongest film talents and has a huge talent reserve.

These talents come from all over the world, with dreams in mind, and hope that Virgo can win in one blow.

The script provides the initial story model, character appearance, conflicts, and event transformation, and determines the theme and genre of the movie, and to a considerable extent the basis of the movie.

Jessica Felton is not a rookie when she just collaborated with Ronan. She is very familiar with the entire Hollywood industry model and said: "In fact, this is not a problem for our family, but all production companies are facing this. How can we expand our horizons with minimal investment and find valuable projects as much as possible from so many scripts every year?"

George Clint asked with a smile: "Is there any other way besides manual screening?"

As the CEO of Shahai Entertainment, he deeply felt that it is not difficult for a production company to have a script material library, but it is not easy to make this material library dynamic and often update.

For new screenwriters who want to make a name for themselves, how to sell their scripts is also a difficult problem.

"Find scripts and sell scripts are never easy," Ronan said.

Compared to George Clint, Jessica Felton spoke more directly: "Hollywood is conservative, and most executives say 'no, no, no' all day and go to dinner because yes may lead to being fired.

Ronan knows that what she is talking about is the truth. How many executives in Hollywood are swept out because of the failure of a movie project?

"I have an idea that if more people are mobilized, will more scripts appear on my desk?" Ronan said.

George Clint doesn't quite understand: "Mobilize more people? We need to invest more resources in this regard?"

Ronan waved his hand: "I don't mean that. George, Jesse, and Shahai Entertainment film more than ten films every year. The number of directors, actors, screenwriters and producers we have worked with is huge. They are all front-line practitioners in the industry and have direct contact with a large number of scripts and projects every year..."

Jessica Felton understood what Ronan meant. Maybe this was a good idea?

Ronan continued: "We can build smooth communication channels with the good people we work with, let them use email or other methods, and recommend scripts that we like but have not produced when we have read. If we can adopt them, we can give them a certain recommendation."

"This... seems to be extremely feasible." George Clint thought for a while and said: "With the company's current development momentum and many people in the circle who have good cooperative relationships should respond."

He then added: "We can also mobilize internal staff in the company, after all, they will have a lot of opportunities to get in touch with the script."

Jessica Felton said: "I think it works, too."
Chapter completed!